{"id":171,"date":"2011-03-30T09:44:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T16:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2011-03-30T09:44:20","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T16:44:20","slug":"follow-the-money-by-training-in-priority-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/follow-the-money-by-training-in-priority-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Money by Training in Priority Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/678196\/The_Tech_CIOs_Are_Paying_For?taxonomyId=3153\" target=\"_blank\">recent survey<\/a> regarding technology investment priorities, cloud computing hit the top.\u00a0 Other highlighted areas include mobile, hardware, and business-process innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-one percent of responding heads of IT focused on <strong>cloud computing<\/strong> which was a 10% lift from 2010.\u00a0 Cloud computing continues to command increased attention from IT leadership as a catalyst for cutting costs, increasing efficiency and more.\u00a0 The pursuit of the cloud is also transforming the role of key IT personnel in their organization, shifting emphasis toward resource management, business process and business intelligence and away from the more operational aspects of technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile<\/strong> continues to appear on the scope of IT leaders.\u00a0 Finding ways to apply the fruits of a recent explosion of mobile device innovation is the focus here.\u00a0 IT departments are receiving or generating their own mandates to employ tablets and smartphones in ways that push beyond simple interaction.\u00a0 In particular, the advent of tablets has inspired fresh thinking of how to empower human resources in the field of a variety of industries.\u00a0 Intense effort being poured into mobile platform development for iOS, Android, webOS and Windows Phone 7 provide a strong backbone for this emerging field.<\/p>\n<p>Newcomers to the IT field and experienced personnel looking to maintain their edge (and employability!) are increasingly seeking training in key fields.\u00a0 Virtualization is a key aspect of cloud computing and is seeing expanded training opportunities.\u00a0 Acquiring mobile development skills is another area of focus with Android programming the latest to emerge as a viable platform.<\/p>\n<p>Expensive training options and \u201c$99\u201d courses that claim to equip one with a new skill set continue to populate the market.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GogoTraining, leading provider of IT and management training<\/a>, continues to put forth effective and affordable training for the latest areas of pursuit.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/course.php?id=138\" target=\"_blank\">VMware training<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/programs\/android-development.php\" target=\"_blank\">Android Development Training Program<\/a> are but two of a wide range of training opportunities that exist in the GogoTraining IT training course catalog.<\/p>\n<p>Find what will benefit you the most and pursue it today!\u00a0 These job markets are only beginning to open up and early adopters will \u2013 as usual \u2013 be positioned the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent survey regarding technology investment priorities, cloud computing hit the top.\u00a0 Other highlighted areas include mobile, hardware, and business-process innovation. 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