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CIO’s Need IT Pros with Communication Skills – Are You Coming to the Rescue?
In many organizations, the IT function has moved from being only a back-office function. It is working alongside the business to drive innovation. Many IT leaders are expecting their teams to have the relevant soft skills to supplement the technical skills of IT professionals. But what are soft skills and how can you help develop…
Read MoreHow ITIL Practitioner Enables You to Become a True ITSM Professional
ITpreneurs had asked Kaimar Karu, Head of ITSM at AXELOS to write a foreword to be included in the ITpreneurs ITIL Practitioner coursebook. The foreword is published here on the blog to encourage ITIL practitioners. Times have changed. The IT function cannot afford to remain an ’outsider’, a mere cost center for the rest of…
Read MoreDevOps, Formula 1 and the Lollipop Man: From 2 Minutes to 2 Seconds
Have you ever changed a tire on your car? How long did it take you? I’ll bet it took you at least 10 minutes. Just fifty years ago, it took a Formula 1 crew about 2 minutes to change 4 tires. Last year, Red Bull set a record for changing 4 tires, the crew did…
Read MoreThe Software Testing Training Opportunity – Meet ISTQB
In my previous blog post, I wrote about the rise of test automation in organizations and how ISTQB® (International Software Testing Qualification Board) can meet the growing demand for software testers. In today’s blog, I would like to elaborate a bit more on this software training portfolio. In particular, I’d like to explain how you,…
Read MoreITIL Practitioner – Everybody Wins
The ITIL Practitioner certification has been released by AXELOS. Our partners have shown a lot of interest in our ITIL Practitioner training materials for this new certification. A question we get a lot is what type, of course, we’ve developed. Practical and Scenario-Based Training Materials To answer the question: We’ve developed a practical and scenario-based course…
Read MoreOffer training in ITSM? Here’s how to benefit from Cyber Resilience
As cybersecurity risks grow, what used to be a siloed responsibility is revisited. Adapting to the new cyber reality starts with building personal knowledge and skills, then moving to organization-wide culture, collaboration and responsibility. Recently, Dan Cole from AXELOS Global Best Practice spoke at our webinar on how ITSM can play a key role to…
Read MoreRESILIA Cyber Resilience: How Training Organizations Can Start Delivering it Today
The launch events on June 1 in Washington and June 22 in London marked the release of RESILIA cyber resilience best practice, AXELOS’ first new portfolio expansion. The AXELOS suite of products includes a guide, a self-assessment tool, awareness training courses, and a certification program. Now the certification portfolio is officially launched, as decision-maker in…
Read MoreHow RESILIA Could Have Mitigated the Recent Massive Breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management
In today’s rapidly changing world of technology, it is becoming more and more difficult for organizations to stay ahead of hackers and information breaches. What is even more disconcerting is the discovery of a breach occurring weeks or months later than the actual day of the crime and in some cases, even going fully undetected…
Read MoreCyber Resilience – Evaluating Relevance of RESILIA
Let me highlight why I believe the recently announced RESILIA™ Cyber Resilience best practices portfolio by AXELOS is relevant for organizations to consider. Value of Well Designed and Coordinated Response Given the rise of cyber threats that commercial, nonprofit and governmental organizations are encountering, there is an increasing focus and investments being made towards prevention.…
Read MoreInterview: Developing in the Cloud
As more and more businesses adopt cloud computing, application development and testing in cloud environments are gaining popularity. I have invited Vladimir Baranek, Lead Author of the Cloud Credential Council’s Professional Cloud Developer (PCD) course, to speak about how to position this course to your clients. You can navigate to the question most relevant to…
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