Wouldn't it be great if life were like a Staples commercial—where an “Easy” button could create a virtual classroom for registered students on demand?…
Discussions are raging on and the voices are getting louder about the disappointing state of education. You’d be hard pressed to go a week without hearing a comment from the White House, a TED talk, or a news broadcast talking about improving education for today’s changing world. More and more tools are facilitating new ways…
Have you seen a recent TV commercial that spoofs customer service? In the segment, a man walks up to an agent at an airport rental car desk and asks to rent a car. For a few seconds, the conversation between customer and agent seems real, but the exchange quickly deteriorates as the agent transforms from…
What if the person securing your bank’s computer systems cheated on their certification exam in order to get their job? What would you think if you found out that the person managing your company’s confidential employee data cheated on their certification exam? Or, how would you feel if you found out that you were declined…
There are currently 5 beta exams available for Java Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE6) at $50 each. That's a big savings over the traditional Oracle exam price of $125. Although Java certifications were originally part of the Sun certification program, they were recently re-branded under the Oracle name and lead to Oracle Certified Professional Developer…
There’s no such thing as a simple business. No matter the industry, no matter the service or solution provided, no matter the organizational size, business is a complex system. In large part, it’s about the ability to communicate, to share, to collaborate, and by doing so, to advance the organization from Point A to Point…
Beginning this fall, more than 80 community colleges and universities in the U.S. will begin training health care IT workers under a government grant program created to help fill an estimated 50,000 jobs needed to assist doctors and hospitals as they roll out electronic medical records (EMR).…
A new cyber warrior training facility may be coming to the U.S. Naval Academy.
The facility would train students in a growing field of national importance, allowing them to apply their class work in real-life situations, said Andrew Phillips, the Naval Academy's chief academic officer.…
The concept of architecture can be looked at as a means to integrate solutions to a diverse range of complex needs and as a means to manage that complexity and making more intelligent management decisions in the short and long run. The benefits of taking a holistic, strategic architectural approach as opposed to applying point…
The company's Small Business University grows as those partners servicing SMBs ask for help in sales and service. Also, Cisco's Andrew Sage outlines the findings of the survey in a company video.…
Cuyahoga Community College could receive up to a $2.5 million grant to lead a consortium of 17 Midwestern community colleges to offer health information technology training.…
Microsoft has teamed up with officials in California to offer free or subsidized tech training to thousands of residents of the Golden State.…
The demand for technicians to work at GlobalFoundries and General Electric has prompted the state Labor Department to award $150,000 in grants to train college students and unemployed people for future jobs.…
There has always been a debate about how important IT certifications really are. Some believe certifications prove that an IT professional is knowledgeable but may not prove how well they can actually do the job. However, certifications provide the knowledge needed to gain experience and validate skills to potential/current employers. And in the current economy,…
When it comes to securing private data and networks, there’s only so much the IT staff can do before they must rely on the engagement and support from their end users, and that means ensuring that there is a holistic and dynamic training program in place.…
