Professional development. Upskilling. Training. Mentorship. Whatever you call it, it all adds up to growing the abilities of workers and investing in a talented workforce, which in turn means investing in your business or organization. We all seem to agree it’s important, so why can it be so challenging to make it a priority? According to Pew Research, in 2024, only 51% of employed adults polled said they have taken a class or gotten extra training in the past year. At ITS, we recognize this ...
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Professional development. Upskilling. Training. Mentorship. Whatever you call it, it all adds up to growing the abilities of workers and investing in a talented workforce, which in turn means investing in your business or organization. We all seem to agree it’s important, so why can it be so challenging to make it a priority? According to Pew Research, in 2024, only 51% of employed adults polled said they have taken a class or gotten extra training in the past year. At ITS, we recognize this ...
Episode 6: Defeating the Blue Screen of Death; The Global IT Outage, One Year Later
IT'S a Tech Podcast
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4 months ago
Episode 6: Defeating the Blue Screen of Death; The Global IT Outage, One Year Later
On July 19, 2024, a faulty software update by cybersecurity company Crowdstrike took down millions of Microsoft Windows operating systems all over the world. It caused computers to crash and lock, displaying the so-called “blue screen of death.” The outage led to widespread disruption across multiple sectors of the global economy, including airlines, banks, hospitals, businesses and even governments like ours in New York State. Dubbed the “largest IT outage in history,” it caused ...
IT'S a Tech Podcast
Professional development. Upskilling. Training. Mentorship. Whatever you call it, it all adds up to growing the abilities of workers and investing in a talented workforce, which in turn means investing in your business or organization. We all seem to agree it’s important, so why can it be so challenging to make it a priority? According to Pew Research, in 2024, only 51% of employed adults polled said they have taken a class or gotten extra training in the past year. At ITS, we recognize this ...
