Malicom Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of Linux and Open Source Software Training in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Our weekend workshops are designed to help participants gain proficiency using and managing Linux systems and networks. In addition to our weekend workshops, weekday training is also available.

The weekend workshops were developed by Malicom Systems to provide people access to Linux training that may be otherwise inaccessible. Investing in the training and development of the IT staff is an imperative for every organization. Everyone recognizes the many benefits of providing training to the IT staff. Many IT professionals surveyed say that training and development is one of their top priorities for several reasons:

• stay competitive in their current jobs
• advancement opportunities
• earn more money
• personal satisfaction

Every organization is looking for ways to save money and efficiently invest in the training and development of their workforce. Many employers find it cost prohibitive to send an employee for training during the normal workday, as they must pay the employee while he/she is in class in addition to the cost of the class itself. This is why weekend training is a win-win for both the employee and the employer. More often an employer is willing to pay for training if there is no additional cost of losing the productivity of a valued contributor.

Weekend training is even more essential for independent consultants. Independent consultants really feel the financial impact of weekday training. If an independent consultant is in class learning how to use the latest tools to solve his clients' problems, then he is not out billing those same clients for solving their problems. An independent consultant will incur the cost of training and lose out on billing clients while he/she is in class. And if the independent consultant does not continue to train and develop themselves, they may lose marketability and lose out on many new opportunities.

This is why we developed our weekend workshops. Our workshops are hands-on, instructor-led workshops that provide you with the information needed to become a competent system/network administrator, developer, user or manager of Linux systems and networks and their associated Open Source Software tools. Current Linux Weekend Workshops include:

• Introduction to Linux
• Linux System Administration
• Linux Network Administration

Linux is the world's fastest growing server OS. The Lintel platform, Linux on Intel or AMD, is growing and gaining market share from Unix on proprietary hardware. Open Source Software is ubiquitous; Apache is the world's most widely used web server, Sendmail delivers most of the world's e-mail traffic and neither Apache nor Sendmail will work without the world's leading Domain Name Server (DNS) software - BIND.

Contact Malicom Systems today to see how we can help you meet your training and development goals for your organization.

Oliver Wainwright, Jr. is an RHCE, CISSP and CCSE. Oliver is the Director of Technology at Malicom Systems, Inc. In addition to providing hands-on, instructor-led Linux and Free and Open Source Software Training, we also provide consulting services for organizations of all sizes in both the public and private sector. You can reach the author at .