Recent breakthroughs in communication, information, learning and talent management technologies have fundamentally changed the way people live and work. Conventional work environments with cubicles, landlines, and desks piled high with paper are now being replaced with paperless, open-plan work spaces that look more like communal living rooms. Smartphones are increasingly being used for workplace communication, and there has been a shift towards Cloud-based file storage and online collaborative working. The dramatic rise in staff remote working practices has led some companies to wonder if they need physical office locations at all! 

Microsoft Azure is a flexible cloud-computing platform that allows you to shift your focus from managing and maintaining physical servers to solving business problems and addressing customer needs online. With Azure, you get the freedom to build and deploy wherever you want, using the tools, applications and frameworks of your choice.

Today we’re highlighting the three main features IT professionals need to know before using Microsoft Azure.

SureSkills has launched its Disaster Recovery as a Service offering, to provide customers with a managed service that delivers assurance they can quickly restore critical systems in the event of service disruption.

 
As organisations come to depend more than ever on their IT, and those systems grow in complexity, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for them to manage a resiliency strategy. The recent BA IT outage and the global WannaCry ransomware infection were stark reminders of how much businesses rely on IT, and the resulting risk when those systems are no longer available.

Such a scenario is becoming increasingly common. According to a business continuity survey by IBM, almost four out of ten organisations have had to execute their disaster recovery plan during the past two years, because of an interruption to their IT service.

Information Technology Infrastructural Library (ITIL) is the most popular framework or set of practices used by companies to manage their IT services. Not only does it provide an effective structure with which to manage and deliver services, but the framework also helps companies provide a good quality service and overcome any difficulties that may crop up in the development of IT systems.

The benefits of ITIL certification are plenty, but today we’re exploring the top 5:

As companies continue moving to the Cloud, options for Cloud-based services and platforms continue to grow. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one great option for meeting the broad range of business needs in this area.

Running your applications on AWS can help you move faster, operate more securely, and save substantial costs, all while benefitting from the higher scale and superior performance of the Cloud.

Here are the top five benefits of using AWS.

PRINCE2 2017 launches on the 10th July with the arrival of the updated PRINCE2 guidance and new Foundation and Practitioner examinations. All current PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate holders who passed the exam before the 2017 update can retain their existing qualification for the five-year period from when they passed the exam. 

Your current certification in PRINCE2 will remain valid until the end of its five-year period and it is still applicable for the PRINCE2 digital badge available via the PRINCE2 Membership programme.

However, AXELOS is updating the way in which PRINCE2 Practitioners remain current. It is recommended that any existing PRINCE2 Practitioners familiarise themselves with the changes through reviewing the new guidance or joining the PRINCE2 Membership programme which will provide exclusive content on the changes covered within the PRINCE2 2017 update.