Your input is vital to the exam development process LPI have just finished consulting the field to help us determine the skills, tasks and areas of knowledge needed for jobs in a DevOps environment. The exam development team has drafted an outline of topics that they think should be covered based on this input. Now we need[…]
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[…]
Neil Haywood, 48, works as a security specialist for British Telecom, a busy and demanding role, but a fantastic job within IT. It’s a job in which Linux plays a vital role. Here, Neil talks to us about his LPI training and why young people should work in the tech industry. What encouraged you[…]
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[…]
Bringing more women into the Open Source industry is something that the LPI and Future Cert is committed to. We’ve blogged on the topic before, but here are some of the things we do to support women in IT, and women who want to gain LPI qualifications. Talking about it. Simply talking about the issue is[…]
At Future Cert, one of our mission statements is to attract more women to careers in Linux or Open Source in general. The lack of women in the industry (read, serious lack) is not confined to Open Source, it goes across the tech industry. A few months ago an article caught our eye on LinkedIn,[…]
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[…]
One thing we didn’t hear enough about at the LPI Conference this year, was the success of Nigeria and the planned LPI Innovation Hub, which is due to open soon. Nigeria has seen huge growth in Linux training and development in the last few years. Although it is a country rich in oil, its wealth[…]
When you’re part of the global Linux community it can be easy to get stuck in a rut of only communicating digitally. How many of us work with people, on a daily basis, that we’ve only ever ‘met’ via Skype or email? And whilst the digital tools available make our work lives possible, there are[…]
Innovation in computing does not come out of thin air. You need highly skilled people, you need the technology, but most importantly you need the investment and the infrastructure to drive it forward. This is where Ireland have got things so very right. And where the UK is still lagging behind. UK industry will almost[…]