Tag: IT Society

Troy University IT Society hosting Azure workshop

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Bishal Niroula Staff Writer The Troy University IT Society is hosting a Global Azure Bootcamp on Saturday, April 27 in Bibb Graves Hall starting at 8 a.m.  The Global Azure Bootcamp is an annual global event sponsored by Microsoft which aims to spread enthusiasm and knowledge about Microsoft’s cloud service Azure. According to Sven Aelterman, the director of information technology and lecturer of information systems, the bootcamp provides an opportunity for students to network with IT professionals. “It provides one of the best opportunities to put yourself in front of…

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LinkedIn seminar stresses the importance of networking

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Madina Seytmuradova Staff Writer Sven Aelterman, the information technology (IT) director at Troy, presented on networking through LinkedIn to the Information Technology Society students on Tuesday. “It’s all about…? Come on, people,” asked Aelterman, to which the students responded, “It’s all about networking.” Aelterman distributed brochures and went through his own LinkedIn profile’s key points. “It’s a way for you to take your experience, your education, your skills and put that out there on a professional social network that, probably in the IT industry, 95 percent of the people are…

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CGI presents for IT Society students

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Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer The Information Technology Society organized a presentation on CGI, the multinational IT firm with a base in Troy. The two-hour presentation was given by Kim Leverett, director of consulting at CGI, Troy, and senior consultant Prabhu Parisa. In the first part of the presentation, which took place on Tuesday, Oct. 24, Leverett introduced CGI and described the types of services it offers. “We have taken several Troy graduates in the past years and are looking to hire about five people each in January and June,” said…

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