Microsoft will be increasing the price of their exams taken or scheduled after July 18, 2016. The price change is happening worldwide and the new price will differ by region. In the United States the price will be increasing from $150 per exam to $165. This $15 increase is less than the last price increase that happened in 2011 with a $25 increase. With the price change … [Read more...]
Dell and EMC form Dell Technologies
Dell is 32 years old and rebranding to Dell Technologies following its purchase of EMC. Founder Michael Dell made the announcement at EMC World and also published the announcement on LinkedIn. Dell Technologies will be the name behind the family of businesses. It will include Dell, EMC II, VMware, Pivotal, SecureWorks, RSA, and Virtustream. The PC line will be branded Dell … [Read more...]
Google Summer of Code 2016 projects
Google Summer of Code has been around since 2005. In the program, Google partners with open source software projects and technology-based groups to fund students interested in working on real world software development for three months. Students gain good experience and advice from mentors. The organizations get specific projects or features developed while increasing the … [Read more...]
Microsoft provides free resources for IT Pros to shift careers to the cloud
Last week, Microsoft announced an impressive collection of free resources that they are providing to IT professionals in order to help make the transition to an IT career in the cloud. The resources were presented on Microsoft's Server & Cloud Blog where they also quoted statistics like: There is a significant opportunity for IT professionals to adopt the cloud. IDC … [Read more...]
Logitech acquires wireless audio company JayBird
Logitech announced that it has agreed to acquire Jaybird, a company based out of Salt Lake City that has been making wireless audio wearables since 2006. Logitech also owns Ultimate Ears and will similarly keep Jaybird as a separate brand while benefiting from combining team strengths as all three companies have audio engineering and design products. Jaybird's most popular … [Read more...]