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Techlite Topics for 11/22 and 11/23

What's New With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?

Looking to the future, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 blurs the lines between virtual, physical, and cloud computing to address shifts taking place in the modern IT environment. Featuring updated core technology, from the kernel to the application infrastructure to the development toolchain, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is designed to meet the needs of the coming generations of hardware and software technologies.

The major themes of the release include pervasive virtualization, improved scalability and availability, increased power efficiency, and delivery of some of the latest software technologies. The following new and noteworthy improviements will be discussed.

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Project Management: Save Time and Money (2 PDUs)

Did you know that, according to the Project Management Institute (PMI), 74% of all projects fail, come in over budget, or run past the original deadline? Did you know that 90% of major IT project initiatives are late or over budget, and that every year $75 billion dollars is spent on failed projects?

If you are someone who would like to:

. . . then this presentation is for you.

Students attending this techlite will learn effective strategies for managing people, time and resources. Students will first be introduced to the Project Management Institute's compliant management practices. A discussion of the five phases of Project Management will follow. Students will then be introduced to state of the art practices in the Project and Program Management world including:

Project and Program management skills cut across all sectors of the economy. Therefore, this seminar has enormous value to any Project or Program manager or anybody in an organization who has assignments to complete within time constraints and/or with limited resources. Students attending this techlite will earn two PDUs.

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Introduction to Android - More Than a Little Green Guy

This techlite is designed to introduce you to writing applications for Android devices. You will learn some of the basics of the Android platform, and gain an understanding of the life cycle of an Android application.

By the end of the session, you will have seen how to write a simple GUI application that interacts with GUI components and the built-in database to store data locally. This is a perfect techlite for programmers interested in seeing first hand how to get started with Android programming. Software development managers and smart-phone decision makers will also find this techlite useful.

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