Microsoft Certifications Excel in Four Key Areas

June 6, 2017 Casey Wasserman Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Stop for a minute and consider the range of Microsoft’s offerings and the longevity of its creations. This is a company that has not only given the world what is perhaps the gold standard in desktop publishing and office productivity software (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) but it’s also infiltrated our home lives as well through gaming and portability. (We’re looking at you, Xbox and Surface!) Microsoft is the foundation for an incredible number of businesses; eighty percent of the Fortune 500 is on the Microsoft Cloud. More than 400 million devices are running Windows 10. In short: Microsoft is everywhere.

ITIL® Retains Rank Among Top 5 Most Popular and Top 20 Highest-Paying IT Certifications

May 17, 2017 Barry Corless Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

You may have heard about IT service management and ITIL being yesterday’s news, but the survey suggests you need to re-evaluate those rumors. The enduring value of ITSM credentials and practices have been championed by Gene Kim, one of the Godfathers of the DevOps world, who has said, “It is my firm belief that ITSM and the DevOps movement are not at odds. Quite to the contrary, they’re a perfect cultural match.”

Fitting Training into Your Company’s Digital Transformation

April 12, 2017 Laura Faughtenberry Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Look at pretty much any business right now, and you’ll notice signs of an impending digital transformation. Call it a sign of the times since most businesses these days know it’s a requirement to incorporate digital strategies into day-to-day and long term operations. As a leader in the technology training space, we want to ease the pain of those changes and transitions for our clients. That’s why we’re constantly thinking of ways to make training more accessible and easier to consume.

Want a Strong ITIL Strategy? Start with the Right People

January 10, 2017 Paul Dooley Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Many ITIL® training alums may wonder, “Now that I’ve learned these best practices, how do I actually implement them in my workplace?” An effective ITIL strategy is the product of a concerted focus on people, process and technology, as well as an ongoing, cost effective and valuable IT service management (ITSM) practice.

ITIL Ranks Among Top 5 Paying IT Certifications

November 1, 2016 Cassie Demeter Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

As the technology industry has advanced, the professional certification industry has grown alongside it. The Global Knowledge 2016 IT Skills and Salary Report revealed that Cisco, Microsoft, IT service management, ITIL and security certifications are the most lucrative to obtain.