Browsing news: Tech skills

    • Global Knowledge expands its operation into Manchester

      Global Knowledge | Wokingham ¦ 20th April 2009 |

      Global Knowledge, the world’s largest independent IT training provider, is increasing their offerings by running a complete portfolio of courses in Manchester. These courses include Cisco, ITIL, Project Management Microsoft and VMWare.

    • As the demand in virtualisation increases Global Knowledge expands their portfolio to include Citrix

      Global Knowledge | Wokingham |

      Global Knowledge (UK and Ireland) leader in IT and business skills training, today announced their Citrix Authorised Learning Centre (CALC) status. In this current economic climate the ability to deliver applications and desktops to any user, anytime, anywhere from a secure, central location is becoming a core focus for most IT organizations. Citrix are continuing to see a huge growth in the purchase of their products and as a result the training delivered by Global Knowledge will support organisations with world-class, in-depth technical training content.

    • Investing in new skills will help shorten the recession says Global Knowledge

      Global Knowledge | London |

      Global Knowledge, the world's largest independent IT training provider, is calling on businesses worldwide to strengthen investments in learning and development which it says will help to lead the world's economies out of recession. The business is also investing in new ITIL Service Management and VMWare Virtualization Technology instructors.

    • learn eXact Enterprise debuts at CeBIT

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy, & London, UK |

      The leading learning and mobile content management solution provider, Giunti Labs, is showcasing learn eXact Enterprise, the newest version of its learning content management system (LCMS), at this year’s CeBIT, the IT and telecommunications fair in Hanover, Germany, from 3rd to 8th March.

    • BCS to award ICTP certificates to pilot candidates

      Learning and Performance Institute | London |

      After three years of consultation, BCS has decided it is more appropriate for it to endorse the Institute of IT Training (IITT)'s new national training standard, rather than continuing developing its own standard.

    • Global Knowledge and avodaq to Lead the Development, Marketing, Sales and Delivery of Advanced Cisco Unified Communications Training

      Global Knowledge | Cary, N.C. |

      New alliance yields innovative product solutions for UC and collaboration.
      Two powerhouse training companies and Cisco Learning Solutions Partners (CLSPs), Global Knowledge and avodaq, have created a transformational alliance that provides a deep and broad portfolio of Unified Communications (UC) and collaboration training solutions for their joint customers worldwide. The alliance, which recognizes the strengths of each company, was formed in response to growing market opportunities and changing customer requirements.

    • QA recognised for quality of Citrix training: Certified Instructor of the Year

      QA |

      QA’s leading Citrix technologist, Rob Blincoe, has been recognised as Citrix Certified Instructor of the Year for EMEA. The training company leads the way in the UK with 85% of the market share for Citrix courses, and is the only UK Citrix Authorised Learning Centre (CALC) to offer the entire Citrix curriculum.

    • IT Training Awards 2009 celebrates outstanding achievement

      Learning and Performance Institute | London |

      The Institute of IT Training IT Training Awards for 2009 were presented at a glittering gala dinner held at The Dorchester in London last night. Despite the bad weather around the country, a capacity audience of over 450 people attended this year's awards, held at The Dorchester, in Park Lane, London, on Thursday 5th February.

    • Double Gold for Happy Computers

      Happy | London, UK |

      Happy Computers this week won Gold in both the IT Training Company of the Year and the IT Trainer of the Year categories at the annual Institute of IT Training awards.

    • Blended learning for Adobe CS4 hits the UK

      Highlander | London, UK |

      The first blended learning courses for Adobe’s new CS4 product range are now available in the UK from Adobe Accredited Provider Highlander.

    • Pardo Fox joins the IITT Learning Directors Network team

      Learning and Performance Institute |

      Pardo Fox, the leading specialist provider of market intelligence and strategic consultancy to the IT training industry, has joined the IITT's specialist group for IT Training Providers - Learning Directors Network - as its specialist research arm.

    • New 'green IT' qualification launched: accredited approach to best practice

      QA |

      A new accredited qualification in environmentally-aware IT best practice has been launched by the British Computer Society (BCS) and will be delivered by the UK's leading provider of technical training, QA-Xpertise. Developed in collaboration with industry experts the programme will provide the skills and knowledge to answer today's challenges in a way that is both cost-effective and resource-conscious.