Are you losing valuable time sourcing, organising and administering your organisation's training programmes? If training admin is preventing your people from doing higher value tasks, then we can help. 

Data Warehousing on AWS is a new three-day course that is designed for database architects, database administrators, database developers, and data analysts/scientists. It introduces you to concepts, strategies, and best practices for designing a cloud-based data warehousing solution using Amazon Redshift. 

Microsoft just announced that it is buying LinkedIn, the professional social network, for a whopping $26.2bn in one of the biggest tech deals in history. The news, announced on Monday afternoon, instantly sent LinkedIn's share price soaring by 50 percent. Microsoft said LinkedIn boss Jeff Weiner would stay in charge and report to Satya Nadella, for whom this is the first big deal since he became CEO. The two companies have closely aligned motives: to connect professionals and improve business processes. LinkedIn is a network of 433m global professionals, with 1.5 million users in Ireland alone. 

In a letter to staff, Nadella sums it up thus: "Think about it: How people find jobs, build skills, sell, market and get work done and ultimately find success requires a connected professional world." He suggests the two could be integrated, with a tailored LinkedIn newsfeed based on projects that are relevant to you, or Office suggesting LinkedIn connections. 

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We recently celebrated a milestone of 15 years in business at our Belfast office in Northern Ireland. Having opened our Dublin offices back in 1993, it wasn't long before we were able to utilize the opportunity up north. Throughout those 15 years we have tried do stick by a number of key business values:

Leadership - Leadership at SureSkills is about inspiring and motivating people to explore new ideas and make them happen. It’s about being creative, setting new standards and inspiring people worldwide. We value people who strive to ‘do the best they can’ in support of our customers and fellow employees – people who lead by example in setting high standards for others to follow.

Customer Focused - We are 100% committed to doing what is right for our customers. Dedicated to providing the highest quality of service, we treat their goals and objectives as our own. At SureSkills, we use processes to design and deliver the most robust and engaging customer experience we can.

In recent months, there has been a lot of talk about how small to medium-sized business owners can level the playing field with giant, global enterprises. The cloud has been one of the suggested methods of boosting profits and productivity. However, does the cloud equate to a lot of unsubstantiated hype or does it measure up to expectations?