Posted by admin August 1st, 2018

Following their announcement on 13th June 2018 that hackers had accessed the personal details of 1.2m customers in 2017, Dixons Carphone  (owners of Curry PC World, Carphone Warehouse, Mobiles.co.uk and Dixons Travel (the airport tech retailer), amongst many others) have now upgraded that to confirm that c10m customer records have […]

Posted by admin May 9th, 2018

Following the success of the two exclusive scrum training events held in February, Dr Jeff Sutherland is returning to the UK later this year. If you missed out last time, then make sure you book early and ensure you don’t pass up your chance to learn Scrum from its inventor […]

Posted by admin February 22nd, 2018

We here at Focus on Training make no apology for again reminding you that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes in to full force on 25th May 2018 and is widely regarded as the most significant reform of Data Protection Law over the past 25 years. Many reports suggest […]

Posted by admin February 22nd, 2018

Last month we reported that ‘Prices on all VMware courses are increasing from the end of January, in many cases by a considerable amount, with many having already increased.’ This month we report that VMware (who provide cloud computing and platform virtualisation software and services) have reversed that decision completely […]

Posted by admin February 21st, 2018

Whilst we make no guarantees that the information contained within these articles is still accurate, or indeed valid, it is interesting to see the top 10 Blog articles read by you, our readers, over the past couple of months (some of them are years old!). APMP or PRINCE2 or PMP? […]

Posted by admin February 21st, 2018

Focus on Training is pleased to announce the launch of a new range of courses covering Finance, Accounting and Taxation. Our range of finance and accounting training courses are specifically for business and finance professionals looking to broaden their knowledge or refresh in key areas, including Governance, Risk, Financial Markets, […]

Posted by admin February 21st, 2018

Earlier this month it was reported that thousands of government websites have been hijacked by hackers to mine cryptocurrency. The websites included The Information Commissioner’s Office (the guardian of the UK’s information rights and data privacy and those responsible for ensuring GDPR implementation), the NHS, the Student Loans Company and […]

Posted by admin January 8th, 2018

As has been widely reported within the press, the new GDPR regulations come in to force across the EU on 25th May 2018 and are widely regarded as the most significant reform of the Data Protection Law over the past 25 years. At the start of 2018 we have already […]

Posted by admin January 8th, 2018

Prices on all VMware courses are increasing from end January, in many cases by a considerable amount, with many having already increased. We do however have a very limited number of VMware vSphere 6.5: Install, Configure, Manage (increasing from £2,699 to £3,140) and VMware vSphere 6.0: Fast Track (increasing from […]

Posted by admin January 8th, 2018

Article written and provided by our Training Partner Bernard Melson, Managing Director of TSG Training. Why testers should be certified: Is it a question or is it a statement – it seems a reasonable point to ask? I’ve yet to meet a tester who I didn’t consider compos mentis, and […]