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Learning Tree Awarded Contract from the Texas Department of Information Resources
Learning Tree Awarded Contract from the Texas Department of Information Resources.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n Learning Tree International (OTCQX: LTRE) announced today that it has \n been awarded a Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) \n Deliverables-Based IT Services (DBITS) Contract. Through the DBITS \n Cooperative Contracts Program, state and local agencies, as well as \n educational institutions, may purchase from a select list of vetted and \n approved providers. Currently, agencies and educational institutions \n within 42 states partner with DIR to procure their IT services.\n \n \n “Learning Tree has long been an expert at helping governments and \n agencies worldwide build workforce skills in the latest technologies and \n management disciplines,” said Learning Tree CEO, Richard A. Spires. “We \n are thrilled for the opportunity to help even more agencies improve the \n quality, speed, and efficiency of IT services through DBITS.”\n \n \n Under this contract, Learning Tree can provide services in the following \n categories:\n \n \n Information Technology Project Management\n \n \n Some examples of Learning Tree’s IT project management services to \n isolate and address impediments within critical programs that are \n negatively impacting the cost, schedule, performance or customer \n satisfaction include:\n \n \n \n Project Delivery that includes training, mentoring, and assessments on \n the project management processes identified by the Project Management \n Institute as published in the most recent version of the PMBOK® Guide \n (currently Version 5, updating to Version 6 later in 2017)\n \n \n Organizational transformations from waterfall to agile\n \n \n Project risk mitigation through acceleration workshops designed to \n rapidly implement performance and process improvements\n \n \n \n Technology Upgrade/Migration and Transformation\n \n \n Learning Tree provides several services including a comprehensive range \n of IT cloud training services focused on significantly improving both \n your IT staff and end user skill sets. Services and training cover \n topics such as:\n \n \n \n Developing robust, flexible, and cost-effective cloud solutions\n \n \n Implementing highly durable and reliable storage systems\n \n \n Deploying and hosting web apps\n \n \n Business intelligence and data migrations (i.e. Microsoft SQL)\n \n \n Application upgrades (i.e. Java)\n \n \n Mobi...