StormWind Studios uses proprietary technologies to provide live, interactive IT training courses online in technologies such as Cisco, VMware, Microsoft, CompTIA, ITIL, AWS, cybersecurity, project management, and more. Our blog aims to share the goings-on at StormWind Studios, as well as industry news, blog posts, and some fun stuff, too.
Raymond Lacoste
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s largest, most robust cloud computing platform with over 70 offerings, a million of customers, $10 billion in annual revenue, and 40% of the cloud computing market share. AWS operates in 44 availability zones, 16 geographic regions, and serves customers like Reddit and Dropbox. While all the tech stats […] Read More: 6 Tips to Save Your Organization Money with AWS
Vince Rightley
VMworld 2017 was a few weeks ago, but we got the opportunity to catch up with Vince Rightley, Senior Certified VMware instructor, about his experience at the event. A little background on Vince. He has over 30 years of experience in IT and almost 10 years experience as a Certified VMware Instructor. To say he’s […] Read More: Everything You May Have Missed at VMWorld 2017 from a VMware Certified Instructor
Ralph Smith
Did you know Americans hold about 11 million meetings per day and of those, 85% of all meetings require remote attendees to join digitally? This is one of the reasons why it’s so important for admins to understand the ins and outs of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager, also known as CUCM or Call Manager. […] Read More: Using Cisco Conference Now Functionality for Your Company
George Chanturidze
Being in IT can be terrifying. From security issues to demanding users, it’s all in a day’s work for admins. Now, what do you do when you have a company of monsters? Literally, live in the sewer monsters. The Late Late Show with James Corden shows what happens when a user mistakenly calls IT instead of I.T. […] Read More: Just for Fun: Pennywise the Accidental IT Admin
Ashley Hunt
Ashley Hunt, Senior StormWind Studios PMP© instructor, received her shiny, new PMBOK© 6th Edition and Agile Practice Guide in the mail and she’s got A LOT to tell our fans. As we’ve been announcing this is the first change in the PMBOK© since 2012, and will affect PMP© earners from here-on-out! The new edition was released […] Read More: PMP Book Review: PMBOK© 6th Edition and Agile Practice Guide©
Doug Bassett
“This [cours is going to harden our system, because one of the big problems that we run into, is any time that we’re looking at threats, we forget the number one threat to our company, which is internal employees.” With the average cost of a data breach in 2016 was $3.62 million according to an […] Read More: How to Protect Your System Against Internal and External Threats
Ashley Hunt
We are on the final countdown until the new PMBOK© 6 Guide is released. September 6th, 2017 is coming fast and our fireworks are on back order. Bummer. As everyone in the project management industry gears up, many students are left wondering where this announcement leaves them. How does the PMBOK© 6 change affect me? […] Read More: PMBOK 6© Release: Here’s How This Will Affect You
George Chanturidze
On August 25th, 2017, StormWind Studios was quoted in a leading higher education publication regarding the implications of signed changes to the GI Bill. The Inside Higher Ed published a piece that discussed the current barriers to employment for veterans and how the new “Forever” GI Bill will address these challenges. This new bill was […] Read More: Press Release: Change in GI Bill Will Lead to More Opportunities for Veterans
Vince Rightley
At the beginning of this month, VMware announced a new resource center to help users with the vSphere 6.5 upgrade. They call it “vSphere Central” and we call it cool-new-free toys to play with! VMware is providing all this content to help users better understand what vSphere is, what it can do, and how to […] Read More: An Expert Interview about vSphere 6.5
Dan Goodman
Wireless access points are the bread and butter for most IT department, but these latest use cases are anything but. While most people use their WPA to access cat videos without an ethernet cable, Schlegel Villages is using them to save lives. This long-term care and retirement community management company is building a network of over 1,500 […] Read More: The Latest Uses of Wireless Access Points: Life-Saving or Home Decorating?
