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ITIL V4, the latest version of the world’s most popular ITSM framework, was  released in February of 2019. Announced nearly two years ago at the itSMF USA Fusion 2017 conference, the new ITIL update focuses on integrating ITIL guidance with best practices from the worlds of DevOps, Agile, and Lean. ITIL V4 was developed by a team of more than 150 industry experts contributors and writers, along with a new ITIL Development Group consisting of more than 2000 members representing many of the largest organizations in the world.

How effective is your IT training strategy? Preparing IT staff to defend against modern threats and implement new cloud-based technologies requires ongoing education. But what are the most effective training methods? Which technologies should you invest in? And how do you stack up against your peers?

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. The legislation is a reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, a $1.2 billion program last overhauled by Congress in 2006. The new law allows states to set their own goals for career and technical education programs without the education secretary’s approval, requires them to make progress toward those goals, and makes other changes to federal CTE law.

On 4/19, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner confirmed the results of their Skills Gap report in an interview with CNBC. In addition to what analysts expected in the form of STEM jobs lag (specifically things like Mobile Software Engineer) Weiner also highlighted the serious supply/demand imbalance in Business Skills and Communications.

Change is scary, but the benefits the cloud seriously outweigh the time and effort required to understand and integrate it. To that end, let's explore what the cloud means for project managers and how these people can adapt to this new technology.