IT Security Threats Growing Rapidly

February 1, 2016IT Training

A new article at InfoWorld deals with the topics of malware and IT security in the present day, when security challenges are growing by leaps and bounds, and on a daily basis. The article gives the same information in a few different ways, which is understandable since the statistics are staggering. It points out that … Read More

How to Learn Balance as a Project Manger

January 25, 2016PMP Training

Last week, an article at CIO brought up a topic of great value for project managers and anyone who is concerned with the culture and group process of an organization or a project. That topic is the notion of balance, and how to achieve it by compiling one’s personal knowledge about his own role and … Read More

ITIL Training: Relevance Revisited

January 18, 2016ITIL Training

The JAVA Developers’ Journal recently published an article asking the question, “Is ITIL still relevant?” While the answer is less than thorough, the article is still interesting just by virtue of the fact that it exists. It exists and it is not alone. We’ve noticed that this question seems to appear on a fairly regular … Read More

“Technology” Means More Than You Might Think

January 12, 2016IT Training

In a recent article at IT World Canada, Don Sheppard made the argument that “technology is an overused word.” While the purpose of his observation seems a little muddled and he does little to illustrate this supposed overuse, he does point to some potentially interesting questions about the role of language in driving people toward … Read More

Modern Project Management Calls for Flexibility

January 4, 2016PMP Training

Just ahead of the New Year, the Huffington Post published an article focusing on the very modern risks and opportunities facing project management in the coming year and beyond. While the author of that article writes from the perspective of banking and finance, but the observations are relevant to our own areas of expertise as … Read More

Online Information Technology Training for the New Year

December 28, 2015IT Training

As of this posting, the New Year is right around the corner. This is a time to reflect upon the career skills that you have developed over the previous year and the ones that you are likely to need in the coming year. If you have definitive answers as to what your employers or prospective … Read More

Free Training Now, Online IT Training Later

December 14, 2015IT Training

There was an article in the Houston Chronicle recently – certainly not the only one of its kind – which described the availability of various tuition grants for information technology training programs. That particularly article took San Jacinto College as an example, but if you’re on a blog because you’ve been searching for an online … Read More

Community College Education and Online IT Training

December 7, 2015Jobs

For a long time, something has been amiss about our attitudes and priorities when it comes to higher education in America. Recently, there’s been a strong counter-trend, leading people to reject liberal arts as useless and to blame expensive for-profit colleges for the student loan crisis. This seems a bit like overcompensation for past missteps. … Read More

IT Training for Careers in Military, Manufacturing & Service

November 23, 2015Jobs

Can you imagine a time when military basic training includes not just a battery of physical tests but also things like PMP training and certification, or online information technology training courses? You probably don’t see a lot of overlap between the roles of your average foot soldier and the roles and responsibilities of a California … Read More