(August 2008) Programming for Mobile Devices

Data storage is exploding. Some internet companies are adding 250GB storage space a day. Large enterprises and medium companies are also facing the challenge that local storage can no longer meet the demand of the collaborative workforce. Innovative network storage architectures have come into the scene in the last 10-15 years. SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, InfiniBand, ATA, RAID,..., etc. Many such technologies are the inventions of leading Silicon Valley companies. For students who are associated with such technologies or want to be associated with them, finding a structured learning venue is not easy.

UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley continues its tradition of providing top-quality, professional training to engineers in technologies that matter most. We will be offering new courses on the storage networking in the coming quarters. Starting from the fall of 2008, we will have a course on ´Data Storage Essentials´, which starts with the basics. Followed in the winter (January) 2009 by courses on ´Storage Networking Design and Architecture´ and ´Optical Networks Essentials´. Also in the winter quarter, we will be adding ´Voice Over Internet Protocol Networks, Introduction´ to bring to our students another new filed on the horizon -- the internet phone.

These courses will equip you with new skills and open doors for your careers. They represent the revamped, exciting new curriculum in our Network Engineering certificate program.