Training

Data Center Environmental Awareness Training - DCAT

WES has provided formal environmental awareness training to over 300 data center professionals around the world over the past two years. Technical training seminars have been held in Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States.

The training is designed to convey a basic understanding of the ways in which data processing, storage and telecommunications equipment availability is affected by environmental influences. The seminar's focus on connecting the environment to reliability makes it a useful tool in helping the various elements of a facility’s support team develop a comprehensive approach to maintaining high reliability.
The information is presented in a manner designed to be accessible to non-technical personnel, while still providing value and detail for more technical personnel. It includes real-world examples and solutions that will be useful to Site Engineers, Account Managers, Data Center Managers, Operations Personnel, Facilities Personnel and all manner of personnel responsible for maintaining high-availability computer facilities.

The DCAT Seminars are custom tailored to the audience and are designed to help field personnel, technical support managers, and vendor sales and account teams understand the importance of appropriate environmental conditions in the maintenance of high reliability equipment and applications. The seminars explain key environmental issues and help personnel learn how to identify environmental indicators requiring comprehensive environmental evaluations or corrective actions.

These seminars are designed as an entry-level discussion of the relationship between the environment and the hardware. While not designed to prepare attendees to conduct environmental assessments, this training is designed to allow participants to convey the importance of the environment to customers and help in the identification of problem sites before availability is impacted by environmental conditions.