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Nextview partners with K2 University to expand its Salesforce training offering across DACH
K2 University has signed a Salesforce training reseller agreement with Salesforce Platinum consulting partner Nextview Consulting. This new partnership will help to address the Salesforce skills gap and expand their training offerings to companies across the DACH...
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How Machine Learning is Taking RPA to the Next Level
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is here to stay. It is continuously improving the way we work and has a market size that is expected to reach $3.97 billion by 2025. By utilizing RPA, businesses relieve their workforce of mundane tasks that take up valuable time. This...
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5 Reasons to get Salesforce Certified
The Salesforce market is booming, with 4.2 million new jobs set to be created in the Salesforce ecosystem by 2024. This means competition is fierce and certified professionals are more in demand than ever. Salesforce, the world’s leading CRM provider, was established...
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What Does it Mean to be a Salesforce Trailhead Academy Authorized Training Provider?
Salesforce is the leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform for enterprise businesses, with more than 150,000 customers globally. Thus the demand for Salesforce talent is high, with an estimated 4.2 million new jobs to be created within the ecosystem by...
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Boosting Your Career by Upskilling From Home
Even when working remotely it’s possible to boost your employability and take your career to the next level by getting certified with K2 University. Businesses all over the world are starting to speed up their digital transformation journeys, which are vital to their...
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K2 University and Salesforce are Bringing Women Back to Work in Switzerland
K2 University has partnered with Salesforce on a new initiative in Switzerland – ‘Bring Women Back to Work’. The aim of this program is to support and train women who have had career breaks and are looking to get back into business. At present, women are...
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The Four Phases of an RPA Implementation
So, your organisation has decided to implement an RPA robot. After careful consideration, it has been decided to automate a process that contains a high level of predictive, repetitive activity with structured data that traditionally has been handled by an employee or...
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PRESS RELEASE: K2 University and CodeDoor Partner to Help Underrepresented People Become Salesforce Experts
PRESS RELEASE: K2 University and CodeDoor Partner to Help Underrepresented People Become Salesforce Experts London, UK – 26 February 2020 K2 University, the leader in upskilling enterprise digital professionals today announced a partnership with CodeDoor, a Germany...
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Would you Make a Great Salesforce Instructor?
Once you have your Salesforce certification, the options are endless on what you can do, ranging from working in house for some of the largest organisations in the world or striking out as a freelancer, enjoying the benefits of flexible work. If you are really...
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The Importance of Having an RPA Certification
The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) market is one of the fastest-growing segments in the enterprise software market and its rapid growth is set to continue in 2020 as businesses look to maximise efficiency. This, therefore, means there is an unprecedented demand for...
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The RPA Revolution
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is revolutionising the way we work. As it becomes more widespread, its potential to become a standard part of business life is becoming a reality, which has resulted in a great amount of business investment. In 2018, the RPA market...
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Salesforce Ventures Starts New $125 Million Europe Investment Fund
Salesforce Ventures, the global investment group of Salesforce, is launching a new $125 Million “Trailblazer” fund to help European enterprise cloud startups. The fund seeks to empower companies in a variety of fields ranging from digital payments to machine...
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How to Successfully Launch an RPA Strategy
Companies are changing the way they work by implementing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in their day-to-day tasks. Rather than substituting humans, RPA enables an elevation of human capital by eliminating repetitive, rule-based business processes. In this way,...
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Press Release: K2 University Collaborates with Automation Anywhere to Increase the Number of RPA-Skilled Professionals
London, UK – 05 August, 2029 K2 University, the leader in upskilling enterprise digital professionals today announced a collaboration with Automation Anywhere®, a global leader in robotic process automation (RPA), aimed at training 40,000 professionals in high-demand...
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Robotic Process Automation Implementation: Waterfall or Agile?
Being involved in a Robotic process automation project for an international client is an intense experience. Early mornings, late nights, emails 24/7. And coffee. Lots of coffee. When starting this particular project, the project team debated which methodology to...
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K2 Konnect to Join the SAP® Fieldglass® Digital Partner Network
K2 Partnering Solutions and SAP® Fieldglass® today announced that the K2 Konnect® talent platform will join the Digital Partner Network for SAP Fieldglass Solutions to help companies better find and manage their contingent workers. The partnership will make the K2...
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Salesforce Success Story – Jeanne Moeller
This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce students, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were doing before taking the course, their thoughts about how the course went and their future career plans. We sat down...
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Salesforce Success Story: Alessia Rainero
This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce students, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were doing before taking the course, their thoughts about how the course went and their future career plans. We sat down...
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K2 University é Nomeada Fornecedora de Treinamento Exclusivo de Salesforce no Brazil
A K2 University tem o prazer de anunciar que fomos nomeados como o único fornecedor de cursos oficiais da Salesforce no Brasil. Se você está implementando o Salesforce, o sistema de CRM número um do mundo, para sua empresa ou gerenciando projetos do Salesforce para...
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K2 University Named Exclusive Salesforce Trailhead Academy Authorised Training Provider in Brazil
K2 University is delighted to announce that we have been appointed as the sole provider of official Salesforce courses in Brazil. Whether you are implementing Salesforce, the world’s number one CRM system, for your company or managing Salesforce projects for your...
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Students! Make Salesforce the Golden Ticket to Your Dream Career
After leaving university, every student faces the challenge of finding a job. It is certainly a daunting moment that everyone has to go through. In this article, we will explore how Salesforce courses can help you to boost your resume and demand a higher starting...
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K2 University Named Sole Salesforce Public Class Provider in the DACH Region
K2 University is proud to announce that we are the sole provider of official public Salesforce courses within the DACH region. This comes after changes in strategy from Salesforce, whereby all public courses in Europe outside of the UK and Ireland are to be provided...
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Six Time Management Tips to Make You More Productive
You’re already successful. But what if you could be more successful? What if you could build a few (fairly simple) time management techniques into your day to simplify how you work, get things done quicker, and improve the quality of your work? That’s what time...
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3 Steps to get you Going as a Salesforce Developer
There are many ways for professionals to join the world of coding. Some accidentally start coding on the web, attend a programming event or have friends working as developers. The thriving IT market is constantly looking for developers. Salesforce is adding 4.2...
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Cloud Drives SAP Q2 Growth
Cloud revenue drove SAP’s latest results as the software giant outperformed analysts predictions in Q2 2018. This represents growth of 4% year over year, with cloud subscriptions and support revenues in particular rising by 30%. This marks the ever growing trend as...
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Why Soft Skills Matter in a Digital Age
We’re part of a future that thrives on Information Technology. IT powers businesses, keeps us connected, and facilitates the progress of tomorrow – but hard IT skills are no longer (solely) where it’s at. In an increasingly tech-savvy world, digital skills are in...
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Job Automation: What the 1920s can tell us about the 2020s
When looking into the effects of job automation and the increasing power of artificial intelligence over the jobs market, one cannot help but make comparisons to history. In this instance there is a lot that modern society can learn about the automation of jobs from...
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K2 University Begins CITREP+ Accredited SAP Courses in Singapore
K2 University’s first ‘Become a Certified SAP Functional Consultant’ course started this week in Singapore. The courses are accredited by the Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme Plus (CITREP+). K2 University is providing courses for professionals to become...
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K2 University Speaks at the Forum for the Development of Digital Talent
AMETIC, RED.ES and the Digital Skills & Jobs Coalition, organised the 'I Foro de la Alianza por el Desarrollo de Talento Digital' on the 20th June in Madrid, where K2 University presented the digital journey of a K2 business associate. Our team in Spain demonstrated...
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Are you new to Salesforce? Here are 3 Tips on how to Kick-Start Your Career
With 150,000 customers, Salesforce is the #1 globally implemented Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. With its current growth in Sales, it is expected to create almost 2 million new jobs by 2020 – meaning a high demand for certified consultants and great...
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Work-Life Balance For IT Consultants: Why Continuous Learning is Important
Never stop learning. Knowledge is power. Knowing is half the battle. I could go on and on about the importance of education but to be honest, who has the time? Am I right or am I right? Actually, I’m not. Continuous education is the trick here and continuous is the...
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Why Salesforce Professionals Need to Keep up to Date With Their Certifications
You’re now a certified Salesforce professional, well done!!! Maybe you have one certification or ten, either way – it doesn’t stop there! You always need to keep learning in Salesforce. Why, you might wonder? Well, Salesforce isn’t the No.1 implemented CRM system for...
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Why Being a Certified Freelance IT Consultant is Important
I often speak to IT consultants who are not certified and truly believe that they don’t need to be. I’d say that it’s mostly because they don’t feel motivated, or are lazy, maybe even scared of preparing and sitting an official exam. As we continue to see a huge...
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Salesforce Success Story: April Rust, Salesforce Certified Administrator
K2 University has helped many budding Salesforce Admins and Developers excel in their Salesforce careers. This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce Trailblazers, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were doing...
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K2 Partners with EU on Internship Scheme to Close the Digital Skill Gap
The digital and technology skills gap is currently a much-discussed topic with more than 40% of business across Europe saying they have difficulty finding the right talent. Companies, governments, and educational institutions are all working to address the issue and...
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Salesforce Success Story: Leslie Kennedy, Salesforce Certified Administrator
K2 University has helped many budding Salesforce consultants and future IT specialists excel in their careers. This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce Trailblazers, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were...
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Salesforce Success Story: Javier Belaúnde, Salesforce Certified Administrator
K2 University has helped many budding Salesforce consultants and future IT specialists excel in their careers. This blog series focuses on the stories behind some of K2 University’s Salesforce Trailblazers, highlighting a bit about their background; what they were...
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EU Commission Highlights Need for Digital Skills Training
The European Commission has found that companies in Europe were suffering in their efforts for digital transformation due to a lack of specialised ICT staff. The Digital Society and Economy Index suggests 40% of European companies struggle to find IT specialists, this...
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Salesforce Beats Q1 Revenue Predictions
Salesforce has beaten its first quarter forecast of $2.95bn with revenue of $3.01bn. This Represented a year-on-year growth of 25%, with stock rising by 4%, after the announcement on Tuesday. Top performing Salesforce products in Q1 included: Sales Cloud: up 16%...
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Interview Tips for IT Professionals
You have landed an interview, maybe you’re feeling a little nervous, how do give yourself the best chance of landing the role? Here are some preparation tips for your next face-to-face or telephone interview. Preparation One major pitfall is not being well enough...
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Transition Your IT Skills and Become Salesforce Certified
Salesforce is the #1 implemented Customer Relationship Management system and is one of the leading cloud-based solutions on the market today. Salesforce gained more market share than the rest of the 20 largest CRM suppliers combined in 2017, according to IDC. 3.3...
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Helping IT Talent Meet the Changing Needs of the Market
The enterprise technology market is changing fast, marketing intelligence firm, IDC reports that cloud spend by companies is expected to grow at six times the rate of overall IT spending between 2015 and 2020. In addition, global demand for the cybersecurity workforce...
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