News

Networking at Night

We will be offering a Network+ Certification class which will run on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:00PM to 9:00PM. The next class will begin on December 2. Please contact us for pricing, registration, and other details.

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Courses

We are now offering new hands-on, in-depth courses in ASP.NET Web Development and Windows Application Development using Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Framework. Our coursebooks and class content have been completely updated for this new development environment. We offer these classes in the programming language of your choice: C#.NET or Visual Basic.NET. These classes are currently scheduled, and we are actively teaching these newest technologies. Come join us!

What's new at Thoughtware

Keith Clarke has joined our sales and marketing team at Thoughtware Technologies. Keith is here to help coordinate the training classes you need. Contact Keith at keith@thoughtwaretechnologies.com.

David Kelly is now teaching ESRI authorized classes at Thoughtware in ArcGIS and other ESRI Geographic Information Systems software. We have several classes currently scheduled.

Aaron Peck is now teaching CompTIA classes at Thoughtware in computer repair and service and A+ certification classes, as well as Windows Desktop Support, Microsoft Access database training, and other classes.

Bob Ahern is teaching many database classes in SQL Server 2005 and Oracle 10g. These classes include database design and development, database administration and reporting solutions including SQL Server Reporting Services and Crystal Reports. Bob is also teaching a significant number of web development and programming classes.

A+ at night

Beginning on September 4, we will be offering A+ Certification classes on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:00PM to 9:00PM. Please contact us for more details.

Thoughtware Partners with the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Thoughtware Technologies has partnered with the Tallahassee Chapter of the Project Management Institute to offer classes in Project Management with Microsoft Project. While these classes are open to the general public, special pricing and Professional Development Units (PDUs) are available for PMI members.

We have worked with the Professional Development officers of the local PMI chapter to create a training opportunity that is relevant, affordable and can be worked into your busy schedule. These classes will be held on Friday and Saturday, July 11th and 12th and again on July 18th and 19th.

Thoughtware Technologies is an authorized vendor with the State of Florida. We can accept state purchase orders with class registration to reserve your seat. We accept payment by check, state P-Card, or other credit card.

Come join us for this exciting training event. Seating is limited, so register early to make sure you can take advantage of this learning opportunity. Download a registration form from our training page, or contact us directly for additional information on this class.

Information about the Tallahassee Chapter of PMI, including membership, meetings, and events can be found on their web site at www.pmitlh.org.

Classroom space available for rent

We are now offering classrooms for rent at our Thoughtware training center. If you are interested in renting computer classroom space on a short-term basis in Tallahassee, we are here to meet your needs. For detailed information, take a look at our classroom rental page.

Thoughtware training center

At Thoughtware Technologies, we now have our own fully functional training center. We have successfully conducted the first series of classes using our classroom, and we will continue to provide more training at our own location. Expect to see many future classes offered at our Thoughtware facility.

Accomplishments in web accessibility

Lisa Goodner presents OSCA Employee of the Quarter to
Phillip Pollock from the Office of the State Courts Administrators

Phillip Pollock, Web Administrator for the Office of the State Courts Administrator, was selected as the Employee of the Quarter for July – September 2007. He was nominated for his leadership role on Section 508 accessibility issues for the Court.

Phillip Pollock has been an eager student in several web development classes with us at Thoughtware Technologies, including our Web Site Accessibility course. He has worked hard to further the cause of accessibility within the Florida courts. 

On October 2, Phillip was part of a team of presenters along with Craig Waters, Director of Public Information, and Tricia Knox, Web Administrator for the Florida Supreme Court, that presented “Web Disability Access: Best Practices in Preventing a Disability Lawsuit over your Courts Website” at the National Court Technology Conference in Tampa.

We congratulate the Florida Supreme Court for their accomplishments in the area of accessibility.

Expression Web and SharePoint Designer

For those of you looking for training in Microsoft web authoring tools, we have two new web development courses that will interest you. We are now offering classes to provide training in Microsoft Expression Web and Microsoft SharePoint Designer. These courses will provide you with the skills you need to develop your own attractive accessible web sites. Please visit our training page to see detailed outlines for these as well as the rest of our extensive list of courses.

New courses added

We recently added several new courses to our repertoire. We now offer additional Microsoft Office topics such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Access Programming with VBA. We have also developed two new courses covering Active Server Pages, as well as an extensive set of courses in Oracle and Oracle PL/SQL. Check out our training page to view detailed outlines for all of the courses we offer.

Target sued over accessibility issues

As reported by Yahoo! News, "a federal judge in California certified a class action lawsuit against Target Corp brought by plaintiffs claiming the discount retailer's Web site is inaccessible to the blind..." read more

This may be the beginning of a huge step forward in making the web accessible to persons with disabilities. The case could set a precedent by declaring that the World Wide Web is a place of public accommodation, which would mean that all commercial web sites must maintain full accessibility.

Accessibility and the Florida Bar

Bob Ahern will be making a presentation to the Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar on Saturday, October 13, in which he will be providing an overview of the requirements and advantages of accessible web sites and accessible Office documents.

If you would like to arrange for a presentation by Thoughtware for your group or organization, please contact us to schedule.

More progress on our web site

We have made several more updates to our web site. The services page is now active. You can view a detailed list of all services we offer at Thoughtware Technologies. We have also published our articles page, where you are able to read articles we have written on various topics. Bob Ahern has posted two brand new articles on the topic of web accessibility.

Training Schedule now available

Our training schedule is now available on the web site. It shows the list of all currently scheduled classes along with the dates on which they are offered. The schedule is viewable on our training schedule page.

We have contact

Our contact page is up and running. All of our contact information is now available on the web site, as well as a form that allows you to submit any questions, comments, or feedback you have for us. We're looking forward to hearing from you.

Progress on our web site

We continue to make progress on the design and construction of our web site. The training page is now operational. This new page presents our approach to providing the highest quality training classes. It contains links to course outlines and our class registration form.

Thoughtware Presents

Bob Ahern was the featured presenter at the Kickoff Luncheon of the TalTech Alliance Web and Software Developer Roundtable. This new group formed by the TalTech Alliance is "designed for Web Developers and Software Developers, including webmasters... and software developers regardless of development language, operating system, or industry."

Bob presented an Introduction to Web Accessibility in a 60 minute presentation.

For more information about Taltech and the Web and Software Developer Roundtable, please visit their web site at www.taltech.org

If you would like to arrange for a presentation by Thoughtware for your group or organization, please contact us to schedule.