Learning Tree International Blog

The UNIX Operating System has a long and influential history in computing and Brian Kernighan’s new book, UNIX: A History and a Memoir tells that story. I started teaching UNIX (and C programming) for Learning Tree back in 1984. A lot has changed since then including the advent of Linux, the move to PCs, and […]

Blazor is Microsoft’s cross-platform technology for creating client-side, browser-based applications in C# using .NET Core. It really does work and, more importantly, really could change everything. The immediate reason that IT shops should be interested in Blazor is because it reduces the size of the shop’s toolbox. The long term reason that Blazor you want […]

Since the creation of ITIL v3 back in 2007 the world has filled with frameworks and methodologies, Agile, and many more so where does and ITIL 4 fit into this new landscape and what value does it offer you Lean, DevOps and your organization? Essentially why ITIL? Why ITIL 4? Firstly, ITIL has some solid […]

Passwords will be with us for quite a while and so will password breaches, I’m afraid. Last week I received a notice that a site I use experienced a password breach. The email explained that the passwords themselves were encrypted, but that I should change my password on that site and any others where I […]

An ever-increasing number of IT professionals today choose to get certified to continue to grow their expertise. They can get certified in technologies they are already very proficient, and also get certified in technologies they are transitioning to. Getting a Microsoft certification offers multiple benefits to both the individual and his/her organization. These benefits include: […]