Wandering Through Microsoft Ignite 2016 and Exploring the Future of AI

October 10, 2016 Tracy Wallace Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

For the last four years I have attended Microsoft’s big conference for IT professionals. It used to be called TechEd and for the last two years it has been combined with a few other conferences and goes by Ignite. This is the biggest conference that Microsoft sponsors for IT professionals (and according to Microsoft it is the biggest tech conference in the world) so it always offers insights into where Microsoft is going.

Microsoft Ignite: A Great Event Challenged by Growing Pains

May 14, 2015 Mike Hammond Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

When it comes to event planning, Microsoft subscribes to the “go big or go home” school of thought. The house that Bill Gates built does not host small parties. So after deciding to combine the Lync Conference, the SharePoint Conference, the Microsoft Exchange Conference, plus the flagship TechEd North America conference into one event, Chicago was a logical choice of venue.

Sparking the Future at Microsoft Ignite 2015

April 30, 2015 John Mark Ivey Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Global Knowledge has been a long-time Microsoft training partner, but amazingly I’ve never been to a Microsoft event. For one reason or another whenever Microsoft TechEd rolled around in years past, I was already booked or we were already well represented. But this year is different.