Mind The Gap An industry report on open source technology skills in the UK commissioned jointly by non-pro t IT industry bodies LPI, Future Cert and CompTIA, uncovers the depth of the challenge, and indicates that a stronger focus on skills certification could be part of the answer. To obtain a copy of the White[…]
As a Cloud Solution Architect at tech company Ericsson, Charles Benon, age 30, gets to travel around the world and work with emerging technologies. He talked to us about his career and why training in Linux was an essential part of his career development. What LPI Certification have you taken and why did you[…]
As you know, there is a massive skills shortage in Linux and Open Source qualified people in the UK, with a marketplace crying out for new recruits and yet still too few taking the relevant qualifications. Is this because students don’t want to take the qualifications, don’t know about them, or the qualifications are simply[…]
Benjamin Readings, 27, works for a top Cloud computing company in the UK called Accellion Ltd, as Technical Services Team Leader. He took LPI Certification with Future Cert and we’ve interviewed him on his career and the benefits of working in the tech industry. What LPI Certification have you taken and why did you[…]
Last month ‘Women in IT’ advocate and all round amazing techy lady Andrea Goulet, director of US firm Corgybites, penned a guest blog article for us about ways tech companies could encourage more women to the workplace. It was called The Surprising Strength of Vulnerability (you can read it here) and it provoked plenty of[…]
During October we have celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first Linux Kernel release, and to coincide with this, we are releasing our mission statement for the next 25 years. This anniversary year is a great time to reflect both on the huge growth and success of Linux, as well as the challenges ahead and[…]
This month we received our student exam survey data, in which those who have taken LPI (Linux Professional Institute) exams with us leave their feedback and personal information to help us gain valuable insights to the industry. Whilst we are pleased to see that in general LPI Certification is on the up in the UK[…]
September 18th, 2015 Future Cert launches as a new company that promotes IT Certifications that delivers tangible benefits to the exam taker. These benefits can include: Better employment prospects – addressing the skill shortage in the IT Industry Better pay and perks – having the skills your employer needs Being able to demonstrate and quantify[…]