Mark Plunkett Posts

At EMEA this week in London, Sue Cawdron and Nick Hnatiuk of Pearson Work Based Learning discussed the merits of modern day apprenticeship programs and the opportunities for the future of learning in the education and commercial sectors.  They debated the practicalities of apprenticeship programs, how they are currently being used and potential benefits to be gained, in what was an insightful session.Supporting various organizations, Pearson has a philosophy of being flexible in its work with em ...

Some of the largest MFP vendors gathered together at an EMEA session entitled “Channeling Talent into the Document Imaging Industry through Apprenticeships” to tackle common issues facing their industry such as a lack of standards and skills amongst young people entering the market and available learning and accreditation paths.Clive Allen from Sharp Electronics pontificated on the reasons that young individuals don’t want to step in to the document and imaging industry and how apprenticeships a ...

At the recent EU IT Services and Support Executive Forum, David Milot from Unisys started off discussions with a presentation on the revolution of cloud computing. The cloud has been a hot topic, but there still seems to be a slightly fragmented approach to the subject. How can managed service providers, logistics companies and OEM's best utilize this delivery technology? According to research statistics and those in the room, security is the biggest fear around deploying cloud computing solu ...