Education

A database is only as good as the people who create and support it.

Education is the key to developing the expertise so necessary in the competitive computer industry. Whether you are an individual seeking to enhance your skills set or a company establishing a training program, Sobek can help. We offer courses ranging from data modeling to SQL to performance tuning.

Key Benefits

Experience in teaching technical courses

Experience in teaching data modeling, SQL, and database performance

Experience in teaching backed up by work experience

Capabilities

Sobek Consulting has developed and conducted classes in logical data modeling, SQL and database performance for over 7 years. Our instructors come to the classroom with years of working with their subjects in real-life situations. They present not only the dry facts of their topics, but their experiences.

Data Modeling

Sobek offers one to three day classes in logical data modeling, customized to the requirements and environment of the client. Data modeling is a craft requiring specific skills, much like programming or other technical expertise. The instructor has over seven years of logical design experience.

SQL

The best designed database will not deliver good performance if the queries written against it are not well written. Knowledge of SQL by the programmers writing to a database is the highest critical success factor in implementing a good, tight system. Sobek offers SQL training customized to the experience level of the audience. The instructor has spent the last five years tuning SQL, and is one of the leading experts in this area in North America.

Database Performance

Likewise good performance depends not just on 'good' SQL, but on a database optimized for performance working in an operating environment optimized to support it. Sobek offers classes in performance tips and techniques, based on years of real world experience.