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Google Workplace

Google Sheets is the Google Answer to Microsoft Excel and continues to grow in popularity. While some may think of it as “Excel online,” Google Sheets is a very different product. Regular Excel users might find themselves puzzled by the Google Sheets navigation and not know the platform’s full potential.  Whether you’re a daily Google […]

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Certifications

Top 5 Entry Level IT Certifications IT certifications can give your resume an extra boost to stand out from the crowd. Hiring managers and recruiters often get hundreds of applicants for jobs, even at the entry-level. Having certifications can help you land an interview, get recruited, and even provide leverage in salary negotiations.   There are […]

Microsoft Excel

Why A Microsoft Excel Certification Is Worth It For Your Career Technology evolves quickly. It seems at the speed of light, and we assume that everybody keeps up to date. While some have had years of experience with applications the Microsoft Office suite of PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, and others, many have only basic skills.  […]

Google Analytics

Google Analytics provides a window into your site’s visitors, activity, and conversion metrics. What level of metrics you (or others) can access, edit, and create is tied to user permissions. Google Analytics user permissions are critical to understanding as an admin when granting access to colleagues, employees, and digital marketing agencies.  What are Google Analytics […]

Comparing IPsec vs. SSL VPNs ONLC Training Centers
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VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) have been used for years for remote access to a network for users to their corporate or education networks. The end goal of a VPN is to provide remote users access to network resources. There are two main types of VPN software in existence today, IPsec and SSL. IPsec has been […]

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Microsoft

The ribbon toolbar of Microsoft Word contains a seemingly infinite number of useful buttons that execute various commands to help you build your documents. Most, if not all, of these buttons have keyboard shortcuts assigned to them. You can become much faster and more efficient at building Word documents if you can learn the keyboard […]

Security Certification Course
Certifications

With so many options available, it can be tough to know what cybersecurity certification is the right fit for your current skills, your future goals, and your personal interests. Certifications for CompTIA Security+ and CASP, Microsoft Security, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Certified Information Systems […]

PPT Tips and Tricks
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Most of us have either viewed or given a PowerPoint presentation at one time or another. Microsoft PowerPoint has been the most popular software for creating and delivering presentations on just about anything for decades. Even if you don’t work in a so-called “white-collar” job, you probably at least have heard of PowerPoint. Most likely, […]

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Certifications

Technology changes almost as often as some people change clothes. On a weekly, sometimes daily basis, our devices ask us to update this, download that, or do some kind of system check to make sure everything is current.  So, it stands to reason that if the technology is shifting like that, user knowledge of it […]

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