Canada boosts tech support
The Canadian government has made a strategic investment in the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo to foster excellence in science and technology, reports PR-USA.net.
Gary Goodyear, minister of state science and technology, says: "This strategic investment will help make Canada a global leader in the field of quantum technology and attract some of the best and brightest researchers and students from Canada and around the world”.
The $50-million investment is expected to assist the IQC to build, purchase and generate resources needed towards the next generation of computer technology.
Military gets free computer training
C-Trec, The Training Associates, National Cristina Foundation, and the American Legion have banded together with the CompTIA Education Foundation to enable the computer training for military veterans in Houston, says Ajax World.
IC3 training provides the core skills and knowledge necessary to use some computer applications and the Internet, gives a resume-building standard certification, and supplies the foundation necessary to further enhance productivity and marketability with other desktop application-specific certifications.
The four-week, computer and Internet literacy training is an online program, accessible anywhere 24/7 with an Internet connection.
Platform to improve learning
Financial Learning KK has selected SumTotal's Results On Demand as its platform for providing learning programs to its partners, states Business Wire.
Financial Learning provides training and educational courses for financial institutions in Japan. The content is focused primarily on employees who sell insurance, pension, and investment trust fund products to its customers.
Hiroshi Matsuda, president of Financial Learning KK, says: “The learning platform gives us the flexibility to create individually targeted programs that match our partners' specific needs”.
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