The Institute of IT Training is delighted to announce the launch of its new accreditation programme: Learning Technology Accreditation.
Premier IT, the workforce improvement specialist, is delighted to announce that it is now offering fully accredited VMware training courses in partnership with ETC, at its training centre in Russell Square (London WC1). The courses are aimed at technical staff in charge of administering and managing virtual networks.
QA, the UK’s leading provider of technical training, has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards winner in Learning Solutions, Impact Partner of the Year. The company was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners for delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.
Training Synergy (A division of The Synergy Group) has helped 3 more candidates achieve the level required to be awarded their Institute Certified Training Practitioner certificates.
Global Knowledge and avodaq, two award-winning Cisco Learning Solutions Partners announce the availability of an exclusive training course for Cisco's new product Cisco Unified Communications Integration for Microsoft Office Communicator. The worldwide schedule offers classroom training as early as July 2009.
With the current pressure on IT budgets, investing in Green IT might seem like an unnecessary extravagance. But a new Green IT qualification (Foundation Level) from the BCS in conjunction with QA not only helps organisations understand how to begin to protect our environment but also helps to save money, meet legislation and prevent bad publicity.
Global Knowledge announced today that it has received four Cisco Channel Partner awards for outstanding performance in 2008, including Cisco's highest recognition - Global Learning Partner of the Year.
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.
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.
Global Knowledge teamed up with their longstanding training vendor Cisco to host a charity golf day at the world famous Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey.
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.
Highlander, the specialist training provider for creative skills, has launched a series of Certification Bootcamps to help simplify the path to becoming an Adobe Certified Expert.
Global Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT Training and Business Skills, today announced the availability of the What's New Next Generation VI Platform training.
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.
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.
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’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.
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.
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.
Two highly respected technology companies, Global Knowledge and Firefly, are providing data center education and consulting solutions to Cisco channel partners and customers through a worldwide alliance announced today. The companies' consulting and training services will blanket the entire new technology lifecycle, from early adoption to late market maturity.
Happy Computers is the first provider to be a fully qualified assessment centre for the Institute of IT Training. A full programme of assessment and training to the new TPMA standard has been announced.
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, 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.
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.
Premier IT, the IT and business skills training provider, has added a series of course dates for the Microsoft Business Certifications to its schedule for 2009.
The support from all sides of the industry has been quick to come in support of the new IITT initiative. Leading educationalist and commentator with huge IT training industry experience Dr Brian Sutton, former head of largest IT training provider QA-Xpertise, has shown his total support for the IITT's TPMA service.
QA-Xpertise has been awarded the UK Citrix Authorised Learning Centre (CALC) of the Year award for 2008. The award recognises both the high quality of the training delivered by QA-Xpertise and the breadth of the Citrix curriculum offered.
Redmond magazine readers give first place honors by a wide margin for Boot Camps and second place for Online, Disk, or Instructor-Led Training.
Global Knowledge UK , today announced a new addition to its extensive range of technical training, customers will now also have access to authorised training courses from VMware, the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter. Virtualisation training is a growing requirement for IT departments in businesses of all sizes.
Global Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT and Business training, today announced the immediate availability of the new Cisco® 360 Learning Program for CCIE® Routing and Switching for customers in North America and EMEA.
New service gains heavyweight industry support - The first organisations to be approved IITT Authorised Qualification & Assessment Centres have been announced by the Institute of IT Training today.
This year we are sponsoring and exhibiting at the itSMF UK Annual Conference 'Driving Real Value' - the premier event for IT Service Management.
Join Global Knowledge and VMware to ensure you and your company are making the most from virtualisation, which can help you to reduce your IT costs while improving efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability of your infrastructure.
Global Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT and Business training, today announced that it has joined the Google Enterprise Partner program and is specializing in delivering instructor-led Google Search Appliance Training in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Global Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT and Business training, today announced a worldwide partnership that will allow the company to apply its strengths as a leading education solutions provider in North America, Europe, and the Middle East by offering virtualization training on VMware (NYSE:VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter.
Premier IT Group, the workforce performance improvement specialist, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Major Training, a London based company providing IT training for the creative sector.
NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems announced the release of the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) 5.5 today.
Premier IT, in partnership with Microsoft, will be hosting a FREE, half-day seminar to showcase Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, on Thursday September 11th 2008. It will be held at Premier IT's central London training centre in Russell Square, WC1.
Global Knowledge, Europe's leading independent training company, is welcoming the expansion of the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification program which was announced today at Cisco Live. The introduction of three new entry level technology–based CCNA concentrations which are designed to build upon Cisco’s most popular career certification CCNA are seen as an ideal stepping stone for those delegates not able to make the full commitment that a professional level certification requires.
Independent research firm IT Skills Research has ranked Xpertise as third in its annual list of the UK’s top 50 IT training providers.
Global Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT and Business
training, has announced the launch of its new Cisco Unified Communications Project Management training class, a five-day course where students learn to manage a Unified
Communications (UC) deployment from start to finish.
Leading training company Xpertise has launched the new Microsoft Business Certification Programme including brand new qualifications for Office 2007 and Windows Vista– and Xpertise is its own first customer.
Leading training company Xpertise is launching a new range of ‘intensive development programmes’ at the HRD show at ExCel in London on 15-17 April.
QA-IQ has launched its new .NET 3.5 schedule with a full development path of courses from beginner to expert levels. The courses range from an introduction to .NET for those new to the framework, through language courses for both Visual Basic and C#, to application development and skills for those working with enterprise technologies.
Xpertise‘s outstanding preliminary results for 2007 include an increase in revenue of 40% and increase in profits of over 100%
QA-IQ has been awarded UK Oracle University Partner of the Year for 2007 at the Oracle UK Partner awards. The award is in recognition of both the growth in Oracle training delivered by QA-IQ in the last twelve months, and also the company’s commitment to consistently high quality delivery.
Leading training company Xpertise has added Siebel training to its portfolio of customer-relationship management (CRM) training.
IBM has selected leading training company Xpertise as its Reseller of the Year for 2007 – a prestigious award based on the company’s exceptional track record during the year.
A game, developed for ICICI Bank in India by the global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), has been shortlisted for an award in the ‘E-learning Project of the Year’ category at the forthcoming Institute of IT Training (IITT) Awards.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), based in Oakington, is the national organisation operating the UK 'Hotline' for the public to report their exposure to potentially illegal online content, particularly child sexual abuse images. The IWF works with the online industry, the Government, the police, and the public to ensure abusive images of children are eradicated from UK networks and that internet users are protected from stumbling across such content. With the support of Information Security specialists 7Safe, the IWF has been awarded certification to the international security standard, ISO 27001.
7Safe Information Security is seeking a limited number of high-calibre training reseller partners to assist in marketing its groundbreaking MSc in Computer Security and Forensics.
QA-IQ has launched a wide-ranging portfolio of Sun Microsystems training following the agreement of a new learning collaboration in the UK.
Bill Walker, board director at leading training company Xpertise, will join Microsoft’s Learning Partner Advisory Council.
A highly practical MSc in Computer Security and Forensics is launched today by Information Security education leaders 7Safe and the University of Bedfordshire.
Learning Tree International announces the introduction of two new courses designed to assist professionals in acquiring the new Version 3 Foundation Certification of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library
(ITIL). The one-day course, entitled ITIL v2-v3 Foundation Certification Bridge, is intended for those individuals who possess the ITIL v2 Foundation Certification and wish to transition their certification to ITIL v3.
New managed training programme contracts contribute to 30% revenue growth in Xpertise Group PLC's half year results.
The British Computer Society has announced that Steve Leach, Xpertise's lead ITIL trainer, has been nominated as a finalist for 'trainer of the year' in its 2007 Individual Excellence Awards.
Many companies are waiting for Service Pack 1 to be released for Microsoft's Windows Vista before beginning deployment, according to customers of the UK's leading learning company, QA-IQ. Over 70% of attendees at QA-IQ's recent Vista Deployment Summit said they are more likely to deploy Vista following its first significant update, currently scheduled for early 2008.
However, while many are waiting before committing to a widespread roll-out, they are already considering the skills that their teams will require to deploy and support the new operating system.
Training provider Happy Computers has once again been rated as one of the best companies in the UK for customer service. Happy, a past winner, is one of four companies shortlisted in the business-to-business section of the 2007 UK Customer Experience awards.
Nessus co-founder Jordan Hrycaj has completed the testing of 7Safe's new university-accredited wireless security training course.
Is your organisation planning to upgrade to Windows Vista and Office 2007? Do you want to find out more before you begin your deployment? Experts from QA-IQ and Microsoft will be explaining the best way to plan your deployment at a free summit this September. Taking place at Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, on Wednesday 12th September, the free community event gives technical managers and senior IT professionals the chance to understand how to plan and prepare for upgrading to Windows Vista and Office 2007.
QA-IQ is launching 'Jumpstart' courses for the revolutionary new Novell Desktop Management solution. The latest ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) product from Novell is the first to work with Microsoft's Active Directory as well as Novell's own eDirectory.
No less an influential figure than the UK government's information commissioner, Richard Thomas, has stated that, "The roll call of banks, retailers, government departments, public bodies and other organisations which have admitted serious security lapses is frankly horrifying".
Key soft skills training courses from leading UK training provider Xpertise have been accredited by the Chartered Management Institute - enabling delegates to qualify for Institute membership.
Leading UK training provider Xpertise has been selected by Microsoft to provide training on ProClarity business intelligence management software.
QA-IQ, the UK's leading learning solutions provider, and NIIT, a Global IT Training provider, today announced the UK launch of a Multi-Core training curriculum, developed jointly by NIIT and Intel and deployed globally by NIIT. As part of the alliance, QA-IQ, an industry-leader with over twenty years' experience in the field of technical training, will offer this specialised new training curriculum at its training centres across the UK.
Computer forensics taught by information security experts 7Safe played an important part in enabling police to capture members of a global internet paedophile ring run by a 28-year-old British man.
New industry alliance wins European Commission backing for increased investments in IT skills for the European workforce.
A court case battle between the Motion Picture Association of America and one of the world's largest online media download sites has highlighted critical issues regarding the nature of digital evidence.
In the latest of a string of high profile attacks, cyber criminals have targeted £225,000 (USD $450,000) of local government funds. The hackers gained access to confidential login credentials from bank accounts run by the city of Carson in California.
The predominance of the international ISO 17799/ISO 27001 Information Security standards means that ISO 27001 Lead Auditor status is an increasingly important and prestigious part of any serious information security professional's portfolio.
A new accreditation programme, with a special kite-mark logo, has been launched by the Institute of IT Training for training providers who sell directly to the public. The IT Training Provider Accreditation Programme - Personally Funded Training was officially launched by the Institute of IT Training's Chief Executive, Colin Steed today.
Colin Steed, chief executive of the Institute of IT Training, was presented with an award by Countess of Wessex for his work in raising over £100,000 for children's charity ChildLine.
Global Knowledge, Europe's leading provider of learning services for IT and management professionals, has announced details and course dates for a new ITIL Service Management Essentials version 3 course. This three day IT training course will help IT Managers and Practitioners to understand how an integrated IT Service Management framework, based on ITIL best practice guidelines, can be adopted and adapted within their own organisations.
QA-IQ has launched a new programme of Windows Server 2008 training with a dedicated week of clinics exploring the product's new features.
Growth in IT training and managed training services has led to an investment of £500,000 in a refit of Xpertise's training centre in Leeds, Yorkshire - doubling capacity in order to cope with local demand.
Global Knowledge, Europe's leading independent training company, has launched an on-line booking and training administration system that makes it simple for customers to book delegates onto IT training courses and administrate their IT skills development plans.
We are delighted to announce that, as from Monday 14th May, the new Institute website will be live.
Global Knowledge, Europe's largest independent training company, has announced details and course dates for a new ITIL version 2 to version 3 conversion course to quickly get enterprises up to speed on the latest ITIL service management methods.
Following Institute of IT Training chief executive Colin Steed’s pledge to clean-up the personally-funded training market when he appeared on the BBC TV's consumer watchdog programmes Inside Out and Watchdog, this is about to come to fruition.
Many companies are already planning their implementation of the new Windows Vista operating system, according to learning company QA-IQ. At a recent Windows Vista summit, hosted by QA-IQ, 78% of organisations indicated that they are already planning for the new system.
Global Knowledge, Europe's largest independent training company, has launched a series of ITIL version 3 training courses, giving enterprise customers the ability to benefit from the latest edition of the popular IT service management methodology without delay.
Global Knowledge, Europe's leading provider of learning services for IT and management professionals, will soon be running the new VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3: Deploying, Securing and Analysing course and the Virtual Infrastructure for Operators course from its training locations throughout the UK.
Leading IT training company Xpertise is just completing the delivery of an EMEA-wide Microsoft Visual Studio Team System training programme to over 300 people in twenty five countries.
Leading IT training and soft skills training company Xpertise is expanding its Microsoft Dynamics training portfolio to include training from the market leaders, Microworld.
In a new addition to its extensive range of technical training, QA-IQ now offers customers access to authorised courses from VMware, the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualised desktops and servers.
IT training watchdog the Institute of IT Training has warned its Accredited Training Providers to cease the malpractice of using Google Adwords in order to direct Internet searches from competitor sites to their own.
Following the recent landmark announcement of the partnership between Microsoft and Novell, many companies will be considering migrating from Red Hat to SUSE Linux. While the versions of Linux have a great deal in common, there are a number of different features with which administrators will need to become familiar.
Strong data management skills are of increasing importance in a world where business processes are shaped by information. With essential customer records gathered from customer service systems, web sites and payment processing, it's critical that this data is stored and maintained effectively and securely.
Businesses looking to reduce the complexity of application deployment can turn to QA-IQ Group, leading the way for Microsoft's SoftGrid technology with an end-to-end solution available through solutions provider, IQ-Sys, and sister company training provider, QA-IQ.
Xpertise has announced the further expansion of its training centre in the City of London, adding two more classrooms to cope with the demand for professional skills training.
Global Knowledge, Europe's leading provider of learning services for IT and management professionals, has launched a new series of PRINCE2 project management training courses in partnership with specialist project management training consultancy, Pearce Mayfield.
Global Knowledge, Europe's leading provider of learning services for IT and management professionals, has launched an enhanced set of ITIL courses for 2007 and has significantly expanded its ITIL training course schedule to meet the rising demand for training courses in the increasingly popular ITIL project and service management methodology.
Leading IT training company Xpertise is to extend its recent popular series of seminars on new major Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft Windows Vista, Longhorn server, Live Communications Server, SharePoint and Microsoft Office 2007.
Integrated practical learning ensures real-world experience: QA-IQ announces an innovative learning opportunity with the launch of its new Experience Packs. Allowing learners to gain real-world experience with new and existing technologies, the hands-on practical sessions ensure IT professionals return to the workplace having already gained experience of the actual situations they will meet.
QA-IQ, an Oracle Approved Education Centre is delighted to announce the expansion of its approved Oracle partner status. With the number of QA-IQ Oracle approved training centres increasing, customers can now benefit from the choice of a wider range of Oracle curriculum in a greater number of locations.
Work on Microsoft deployment is highlight of successful year: QA-IQ instructor and Principal Technologist, Dave Britt, has been awarded the prestigious British Computer Society (BCS) 'Trainer of the Year' award for 2006. Dave won this award in recognition of his exceptional skills as an instructor and his wider achievements in the past twelve months.
Premier information security specialist and university-accredited education provider will hold courses from its new purpose-built training suite located at South Cambridge Business Park from January 2007.
Colin Steed, chief executive of the Institute of IT Training, has welcomed the Leitch Review on Skills to 2020.
Global Knowledge, a leading provider of enterprise learning services for IT and management professionals, has been accredited in the United Kingdom by the Institute of IT Training, the world's first professional body for IT training professionals that exists to continuously raise standards of professionalism within the IT training industry.
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