Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Novell Community Rocks! On-Demand Training does too.

I went off on my once a month trip to get allergy shots and came back to a nice surprise on my desk.  A very kind and generous friend has shipped me a fun new Novell toy in the form of an RC Tesla complete with Novell and KIS logos on them.  KIS is a Platinum Partner of Novell and my friend Allan was at BrainShare this year, so I'm sure he's behind the fun toy.

Besides the fact that the Novell community is rather self-supporting, there is a new push to adopt an Open Horizons format for NUI in some regions.  Norm O'Neal is the force behind this push and behind NUGI (Novell User Group Indiana).  Keep your eyes open if you're in the MidWest for some news on this as wheels are churning in the background at this point.

I've been using the On-demand training offered by Novell for some time now and haven't really talked about it much.  It's actually really effective training, and if you're like me, you have access for free.  It's almost the same as being in the classroom, and for those of us with no Novell classes locally available it is the only training option.  The big benefit is being able to go through the training at your own pace, on your equipment, and on your schedule.  And I can usually listen to the lecture while addressing fires at work without impacting my training too much.  When you have a chance, check it out.  Too bad Microsoft doesn't have something of similar quality that I could mooch.

I'll post pictures of my new toy as soon as I take some.  And I'll be posting things about Teaming 2.1 in the next few weeks.

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