Microsoft Turns 35 – It’s been an adventure

 

This year the Redmond, Washington software company is hitting it’s 35th anniversary. It has come along way since it’s early inception in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the early efforts writing software for the Altair 8800. Bill Gates and Paul Allen’s dedication to making/acquiring the best software and companies revolutionized the business world in which we live in. The importance of this firm to the world is both well known and well documented.

Companies, organizations, and countries have counted on the firm’s product leadership to help them through times of reorganization, growth, and day-to-day operations. The savvy company (which at one point funded rival Apple with $150 million in cash through a non-voting stock acquisition) has ‘pressed the button’ on global growth and entrenchment within emerging markets. With an ever-growing pipeline of  new software coming out throughout the years, it can be a daunting task for managers to stay on top of all of their departments’ training needs. Thankfully, there are training solutions that are there in these times of need when building a strong aptitude for the Microsoft product catalog is required.

All of us count on desktop software and you should know that our team here at K Alliance is committed to meeting all of your desktop training needs. Also available are a wide assortment of Microsoft certification training courses, soft skills training, and online mentoring services available for you and your organization. Reach our main office here in sunny Tampa at (800) 330-9111. We look forward to servicing your needs.

Windows 7 reaches 90 million units

 

With the Redmond, Washington company recently announcing that its Windows 7 OS had recently eclipsed the 90 million mark in sales units the market has spoken that it is ready to look past some of its previous Windows Vista concerns and embrace this new operating system as ‘theirs’. As we all know Windows 7 offers business and individual users many new improvements compared to its predecessors. Improved functionality and efficiency are two of the many value-adds that users can enjoy with this new OS.

From personal experience I can say that it is a welcome improvement over earlier versions and helped keep me a ‘pc guy’. In using this phenomenal new OS, firms have been scrambling to integrate it into their everyday lives. One of the best methods to ensure a seamless integration is through the procurement of  solid Windows 7 training through a 3rd party IT training vendor.

Our team at K Alliance is committed to providing the marketplace with the absolute best IT/certification/desktop training. We also design custom courseware for clients and offer online mentoring. Fast tracking the education of your staff and partners does not have to be a difficult anymore - Contact one of our professional training specialists for info on Windows 7 training at toll-free (800) 330-9111 today!

Hyper-V rolling out in days!!!

The latest/hottest version of Hyper-V is due to be released to the marketplace in the coming days. Virtualization is changing the way in which corporations and agencies are approaching the business world. Great training in this highly specialized product category is absolutely required by the industry.

Visit our site and our YouTube page to get a peak at the hottest virtualization training software on the market. The quality of the video content speaks for itself, enjoy!

Training 2010 Conference Recap

 

K Alliance finished up a successful run on Wednesday (2/3) the 33rd at the Training 2010 Conference & Expo in California at the San Diego Convention Center. Members of senior management were on the west coast for strategy meetings and for business development. Leaders of the IT training, e-learning, corporate training, and educational fields gathered on the waterfront location for 3+ days of events.  

Training 2010 began on Monday morning and was chock full of great breakout sessions, roundtables, keynote speakers, and other related events. The firm was there as a sponsor of the Top 125 Awards Program & Gala, supplying event collateral for the entire event & hosting a raffle at the dinner. The main event was held on Monday night (2/1) and was a gathering of 700+ leaders from many of the most innovative firms and agencies from within the corporate training/IT worlds (sporting mant Fortune 500 companies).

Award winners included Cisco, General Mills, The U.S. Navy, Wells Fargo, Sun Microsystems, Wyeth, Avanade, and many others. K Alliance took its spot amongst the giants of industry with Director of Marketing Tchalla Greene stepping onto stage to accept the sponsor’s award from Training Magazine Publisher Joyceann Cooney-Garripa (soon to come to company FB page) on behalf of the company. The company’s brand definitely received some key visibility in the area, also benefiting from West2010 traffic – which was also taking place in there in the same time in another part of the same venue.

The events in Southern California will serve as a springboard for the company into the 2nd and 3rd quarters.

K Alliance Cares Program in the News Again

 

Following up on Friday’s aid efforts supporting the Haitian earthquake relief (pics going to Facebook page soon) K Alliance continues on its strong effort to be involved in community (here at the local level).

Senior VP of Operations & CTO Hugh Nguyen appeared on WTSP / 10 Connects  in St. Peterburg this morning to speak about the importance of community, his K Alliance Cares Program and the firm’s overall value proposition.  Hugh definitely understands the importance of community and giving back. His humble beginnings instilled a work ethic in him that remain until this day.

K Alliance Cares Program to conclude this Friday (1/15) – Contact main office if eligible!

K Alliance is wrapping up the KACP program this Friday, January 15th. The program provides free software training to those qualified unemployed individuals in the following areas: graphics,  administration, and accounting. Two key requirements of the program are that the interested party pick up their titles of choice at our Tampa office & present state documents that certify their unemployment.

The purpose of this program is to provide unemployed individuals with free IT training that will provide them with the types skills that today’s employers require in the competitive marketplace. If you know of anyone in the Tampa Bay area that can benefit from it please have them call our main office line (toll free) at (800)-330-9111.

K Alliance Cares Program Continues Its Outreach Efforts to TB

 

K Alliance VP of Business Development Gregg Burnett was on the Studio 10 set (WTPS) this morning to speak about the company’s ”K Alliance Cares” (KACP), which benefits unemployed citizens here in the Tampa Bay area. It provides free software training to those unemployed who are seeking gainful employment and looking to re-tool.

Content included in this program include: Adobe (graphics), QuickBooks (accounting), and Microsoft Office (administrative). Interested participants must provide hard copy documentation of work status and come by the Lois Avenue offices to pick up titles.

Please view the link below to see the segment which was filmed this morning at the 10 Connects WTSP-TV studios in St. Petersburg, FL  — Hosted by Holley Sinn & Jerome Ritchey.

http://www.studio10.tv/day/monday/segment.aspx/121131/KAlliance_Gives_Back

K Alliance would like to send best wishes to all in 2010

 

The K Alliance family would like to wish a most prosperous new year to all of our clients, vendors, channel partners, family, community, and friends in the coming year and decade ahead. The year 2009 brought a whole host of challenges and opportunities to the company that we met head on. We are proud to say that we made the most of them all and are looking forward to a strong 2010. 

We will continue to stay committed to providing our customers with the highest quality and most cutting edge content that the market desires. Please have a safe and happy new year!!

K Alliance Welcomes Governor Charlie Crist to Tampa to Sign Rail Legislation

Recently, Gov. Charlie Crist was in Tampa recently to sign legislation concerning a proposed commuter rail system that would eventually link Central and South Florida together. Director of Marketing Tchalla Greene met with him in the Westshore Business District, shortly before the governor left to sign the legislation at the Downtown Tampa Amtrak station.

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Implementations such as an improved commuter transportation system will help the Tampa Bay Area move forward as a community. K Alliance moves forward in an equally progressive manner, providing its clients with the most relevant and current content.

Windows 7 Power Keys

Power users are everywhere. Use an application enough, you’ll start to grasp the advantages of shortcuts. Need to open a new window or tab? Why move the mouse to File, New Window or File, New Tab when Ctrl-N or Ctrl-T are at your fingertips?

Once you grasp the utilization of the Ctrl, Alt, Shift and Win keys, you’ll ask yourself why you didn’t start using shortcuts earlier? Want to increase the text in your browser? Ctrl +. Want to decrease the size of browser text? Ctrl -.

Windows 7 brings new shortcuts to the interface and other functionality.

The Taskbar shortcuts are as follows:

Ctrl + Mouse click to cycle between windows or tabs.

Shift + Right click displays the classic Window menu. Right clicking on an application’s thumbnail also exhibits the same menu.

Ctrl + Shift + Click executes a new instance including admin privileges.

Shift + Click, or for 3 button mice, the middle click, brings up a new instance of the current application.

Global shortcuts new to Windows 7 are as follows:

Win + Left, and Win + Right immediately reposition the current window to the left or right half of the screen. If a multi monitor configuration is in effect, the window will continue to move to other monitors.

Win + Shift + Left, and Win + Shift + Right move the current window to the left or right display.

Holding down the Win + pressing the Space Bar is a shortcut for Aero Peek, displaying the desktop.

Win + Up maximizes the current window.

Win + Down minimizes the current window.

Win + Shift Up vertically maximizes the current window.

Win and +, Win and – (minus key) will zoom the desktop in and out.

Win + Home is a shortcut for Aero Shake, minimizing all windows except the current pane.

Win + P displays an ‘external display option’ pane, providing the user the choice of showing the desktop only on the screen, only on the external display, same output on both (cloned), or on both displays featuring independent desktops (extended).