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Tumbleweed Training FAQ

What are the course prerequisites?
What is your policy on customer cancellations?
What about Tumbleweed cancellations?
What is Tumbleweed's policy for training conducted at a customer's site?
How about customized courses?
How do I get to your Redwood City location?
Do you have hotel recommendations for Redwood City?
How do I get to your New York City location?
Do you have hotel recommendations for New York City?
How do I get to your Berkshire based Training location?
Do you have hotel recommendations for Berkshire?



 
Q:
What are the course prerequisites?  
A:
  • MailGate Administration: Basic Networking Knowledge
  • Email Firewall Administration: Win2003 experience (as appropriate)
  • Secure Messenger Administration: Win2003 experience (as appropriate), suggested EMF Admin
  • SecureTransport Administration: Linux/Windows experience (as appropriate)
  • SecureTransport Development: Some programming experience (Java and/or Perl), suggested ST Admin
Requested courses Prerequisites are listed in the detailed course descriptions.
   
Q:
What is your policy on customer cancellations?
A:
Cancellation notice is required a minimum of six business days prior to the start of training. A 20% cancellation fee will be applied for cancellation notice less than six business days before the start of training.
   
Q:
What about Tumbleweed cancellations?
A:
Tumbleweed will make every effort to ensure that training course dates are met. However, Tumbleweed reserves the right to reschedule to a later date. In this case, attendees will be notified of the reschedule no later than five business days prior to the original course start date.
   
Q:
What is Tumbleweed's policy for training conducted at a customer's site?
A:
The Policy for training Delivered at a Customer Sites is as follows:
  1. A signed registration form must be submitted in order to schedule dates. Without this signed form we cannot commit resources to a training class.
  2. Classes are charged per day of training. Please contact Tumbleweed training (at training@tumbleweed.com) for the current customer site training fees.
  3. Pricing applies to 1 - 6 students per class. Additional fees will be charged for more than 6 students.
  4. A half-day of set up is included in the price of training. An additional fee may be required if more than a half day is required for setup.
  5. Customer is responsible for instructor's travel and expenses.
  6. Training services will be billed at 20% of full rate unless cancellation is given at least 15 business days in advance of first class day.
  7. To schedule customer site training please contact Tumbleweed Training at training@tumbleweed.com.
   
Q:
How about customized courses?
A:
If your organization is interested in a customized Tumbleweed product course, contact training@tumbleweed.com with your customized course request.
   
Q:
How do I get to your Redwood City location?
A:
Driving Directions to Redwood City, CA location:
1. Take US-101 North or South, depending on your starting point.
2. Take the Woodside Road/84 West Exit.
3. At the fork in the exit ramp, head towards Seaport Blvd. Woodside Road will become Seaport Blvd.
4. Seaport Blvd will split at the dead-end so turn right to continue on Seaport Blvd.
5. Follow it around until you reach 1600 Seaport Blvd, Suite 400, South Bldg.


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Q:
Do you have hotel recommendations for Redwood City?
A:
Hotel recommendations for Redwood City, CA Location:
Hotel
Address
Phone
Distance
(miles)
2834 El Camino Real
Redwood City, CA 94061
650-366-2000
3.1
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City, CA 94065
650-598-9000
5.1
100 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
800-368-2468
650-322-1234
5.7
550 Shell Boulevard
Foster City, CA 94404
650-377-0600
9.1
1333 Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-347-1234
12.7

   
Q:
How do I get to your New York City location?
A:
Tumbleweed holds its New York trainings at the Technical Advancement training center, which is one block from Penn Station.

Technical Advancement, Inc.
360 7th Avenue
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 631-7496

If arriving at Penn Station, follow exit signs to Seventh Ave ⁄ Madison Square Garden. The facility is located on 30th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues on the South Side. The building sits on 7th Avenue but the entrance is on 30th Street.

By Train
The following trains stop at 34th Street⁄Penn Station:

Long Island Railroad
Amtrak
New Jersey Transit
PATH (33rd Street & 6th Avenue)

The following subway lines stop at 34th Street:

8th Avenue:
7th Avenue:
6th⁄7th Avenue:
Lexington Avenue:

The following trains stop at 42nd Street:

Metro North Railroad trains stop at Grand Central Station at 42nd Street between Lexington and Vanderbilt Avenues.

   
Q:
Do you have hotel recommendations for New York?
A:
Hotel recommendations for New York, NY Location:
Hotel
Address
Phone
Distance
(miles)
371 7th Ave
New York City, NY 10001
866-246-2203
0.4
481 8th Ave & 34th St
New York City, NY 10001
866-800-3088
0.5
215 W 34th St
New York City, NY 10001
800-278-7757
0.6
30 East 30th St
New York City, NY 10016
800-346-8357
0.7
401 7th Ave & 33rd St
New York City, NY 10001
800-223-8585
0.7
234 W 42nd St
New York City, NY 10036
800-346-8357
1.0
3 East 40th St
New York City, NY 10016
212-447-1500
1.0

   
Q:
How do I get to your Berkshire based Training location?
A:
Postal Address
Cantley House Hotel, Milton Rd.
Wokingham, Berks
RG40 5QG

Berkshire Map See also Local Map here.
Q:
Do you have hotel recommendations for Berkshire?
A:
Hotels in the general area:
The training venue has rooms available for booking by attendees, however if you require other accommodation options, please see the table below.
(This is not an exhaustive list and we make no recommendations)
Hotel Address Tel Fax Website
Cantley House Hotel Milton Road, Wokingham, Berkshire
RG40 5QG
 0118-978-9912   0118-977-4294  www.cantleyhotel.co.uk
The MoatHouse Mill Lane, Sindlesham Nr Wokingham, Berkshire, Reading
RG41 5DF

0118-9499988 0118-666530 www.moathousehotels.com
The Holiday Inn Caversham Bridge, Richfield Avenue, Reading
RG1 8BD

0118-9259988 0118-9391665  www.sixcontinentshotels.com 
The Bird in Hand Hotel Bath Road, Knowl Hill, Twyford
RG10 9UP
01628-826622 01628-826748 www.birdinhand.co.uk
The French Horn

Thames Street, Sonning, Reading, Berkshire
RG8 7AR
0118-969-2204 0118-9442210 www.thefrenchhorn.co.uk

 

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