April 27, 2012 5:17 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
2012 salary and skills survey shows modest signs of improvement,
IT spending for 2012 to grow fastest in developing countriesA recent training and certification vendor survey from Global Knowledge (with Website TechRepublic) and a Gartner survey on IT spending both dispense some rays of welcome sunshine on an otherwise cloudy economic landcape for the industry. I'm talking about these items:
April 25, 2012 2:23 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Microsoft supports IT cert and training scholarships for winners in 13 countries,
MSL DPE scholarship programLast month, Microsoft announced recipients of 13 scholarship awards from a global collection of countries as part of its Twenty...
April 23, 2012 1:39 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
the formative impact of the twenties on life career and family,
twenty-somethings can establish lifelong learning habits to maximize their IT career potentialI heard a fascinating story on NPR yesterday morning while showering after my every-other-day stint on the stationary bike. It's based on a recent book by University of Virginia clinical psychologist Meg Jay entitled
April 20, 2012 6:49 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
evaluating pros and cons of ILT classroom cert training,
how to decide if expensive classroom training makes sense for your cert credentialA wise man once told me that the answer to any good question always begins with the same two words -- namely "That depends..." In this case the good question has been popping up in numerous e-mails and blog post comments. It comes in a variety of forms, of course, but I'll simply summarize them...
April 16, 2012 3:47 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
CompTIA makes social media and mobility training available to the IT channel,
CompTIA puts seal of approval on mobility and social mediaYou know that technology and communication trends are becoming accepted and entrenched when CompTIA picks them up and starts running with them. I don't mean this as a criticism: the organization can't afford to get too far ahead of the curve, or it risks leading the rank and file of its membership...
April 13, 2012 2:35 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
15 days since last Building Windows 8 blog,
current lag since last Building Windows 8 blog is more than double media gap and almost triple the averageHmm... Interesting! I'm looking at the Building Windows 8 (BW8) blog right now and doing some rough-n-ready frequency analysis. It's been 15 days since the last post to the blog ("
April 13, 2012 1:57 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
economic jitters show weak improvement,
recent economic and hiring numbers fail to encourage or enthuseIn pondering recent economic and employment news, especially hiring and unemployment filing trends, I find myself wondering which of the three little pigs built the house in which our current economy lives. I'm quite sure it's not made of brick, so it's pretty much up to sticks and straw. Zounds! I...
April 9, 2012 1:58 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
foundational certs becoming commonplace elements in secondary and tertiary education,
increasing convergence of IT education and certificationI've been watching and reporting on the increasing tendency for IT education programs to incorporate elements of IT certification for years now, and have noticed the pace of convergence picking up over the last three years. Along those lines, there's a fascinating story from Ray Kelly, the CEO of...
