The UK’s Liverpool John Moore University recently unveiled plans for Center for Doctoral Training in the relatively new field of “data intensive science.” This can easily be viewed as another in a long line of examples illustrating the integration of information technology training into other fields. In this particular case, we are looking at the … Read More
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Career Foundations: ITIL Training and Certification
The internet is widely peppered with articles that serve as introductions to ITIL training and certification. Many of them, like this one at CIO, explicitly point out that it is “near the top of almost every list of must-have IT certifications.” Those same articles will tell you that ITIL training and certification provides the aspiring … Read More
Experts Agree: ITIL Training, etc. Useful in Various Industries
It is our hope that the Canvas InfoTech blog is your go-to source for information about prospective information technology training, or at least one of them. It is our hope that it will remain that way over the long term. But we also understand the value of seeking out multiple sources, and we’re happy to … Read More
ITIL Training and Adaptability
On Wednesday, the blog “Joe the IT Guy” published an article purporting to offer five tips to help people get started with ITIL. On our reading of the post, it seems that the tips themselves would be more helpful to organizations than to individuals, and could best be implemented by professionals who have already acquired … Read More
Building on ITIL Training for Cyber Security Tasks
On Wednesday, the blog for the internet registry body APNIC published an article relevant to ITIL training and to online information technology training more generally. It is part of an ongoing series of articles on ITIL training and implementation, and it dealt specifically with the topic of cyber security and how this is an apparent … Read More
Local Trainers Gone? Find an Information Technology Consultancy Online
In July, Denver Business Journal reported upon the closure of a local Colorado information technology company called Tuliva Inc. The company declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy after listing a liability-to-asset deficit of more than four million dollars. If you share our confidence in information technology training and development, you might be surprised by virtually any story … Read More
The General Applicability of Business Data Analyst Certification
Earlier this month, the Data Otaku blog at Microsoft.com published an article that ought to be of interest to anyone who is pursuing business data analyst certification or who is generally considering that form of business analysis as part of their future career. It doesn’t particularly matter whether that prospective career is in IT or … Read More
Millennials and Business Analyst Training
On Friday, an article appeared at CIO that dealt with the topic of younger workers and the provision of on-the-job training, especially information technology training. There are probably a lot of different conclusions to draw from this piece, or others like it. But one thing that jumps out at us is the unacknowledged potential for … Read More
MBA Programs and PMP Training and Certification
On Monday, an article appeared at NorthJersey.com which primarily served as a sales pitch for a Masters of Business Administration degree. More specifically, it concluded by describing a combination MBA and PMP training and certification program that certain New Jersey-area professionals might pursue. Rest assured, though, that the general advice is by no means specific … Read More
Show Them How to Use Your Information Technology Training
As we were exploring recent news and commentary related to the online information technology training and the general IT industry, we happened to come across a piece that brought our focus back to the less familiar topic of business analyst training. Published in Florida Today, the piece is titled “How Leveraging Technology Impacts Business.” If … Read More
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