Receive free copies of DB2 for education or research. DW11 DW110 is the entry point into the core DW curriculum. It's the prerequisite for all remaining DW core courses as those courses all build on concepts, architectures and techniques introduced in DW110. DW110 trains the professional how to built a data warehouse.
Students actually build a simple DW in class.
Other competitive DW offerings teach how nice the world would be should students build a DW and how the instructor's consulting service can build one for them. However, there's a ton to consider and there are thousands of ways to implement. We surveyed the industry and teach a consolidation of best practices from the best of the practioners. Students leave the course pleased having covered an action-packed 4.5 days, but have a sense that they need more. The stated objective of DW110 is to enable the student to participate in a mentored DW implementation project of non-trivial scope.