I had another interesting certification question the other day - a student asked me what he could do to persuade his manager to pay for more training classes and tests. This is a subject that is going to be brought often as the economy slows down and costs need to be trimmed. Unlike the dot com crises 7-8 years ago - the IT field is actually looking ok - for right now! But the problem at hand is how to persuade this recalcitrant manager that training is a worthwhile investment for not only this student, but for the other IT personnel in the company?
It seems that whenever the economy starts to take a hit it is the IT field that is one of the first to suffer cuts. There are some enlightened executives who realize that the IT department is not an endless black-hole sucking resources away from other "profitable" areas. Computer networks are vast, complex elements these days (not that they weren't before, just more so now with OCS, security measures, new flavors of Exchange, SQL and ISA to name a few)that all add into the equation. These networks require a great deal of expertise and a skill set that covers broad range of products to maintain, much less trying to migrate them to newer technologies. This is the crux of the problem. Companies need to remain as current as possible, but within their budgetary constraints. Remaining current also means having trained and competent people on these new networks. Case in point - I had a client recently that was still using Exchange 5.5 and NT4.0. These are not the newest versions of software out there by any stretch and these IT pros that were using these old - very old technologies, needed a lot of training for their upcoming deployment of Exchange 2007!
That is the point here - training is an investment not only in your employees, but also for your company as well. More capable employees - hopefully the smoother running network!
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