UPDATE: Unfortunately, I need to postpone the upcoming meeting. Please check back for future meeting dates or visit our Meetup page at http://www.meetup.com/Ocala-I-T-Professionals/. – Andrew Anyone can grab some space on the web and put together a page but what does it really take to design a site that will get your message out there? In the March meeting, we’re going… Read more »
Microsoft Access is the database portion of the Microsoft Office suite. It serves as a great tool for creating small applications to serve local reporting needs within departments and even small companies. It can be invaluable to power users who want to organize some data and generate reliable reports and perhaps learn more about database principles and programming at the… Read more »
Come on out and join us for our next meeting Thursday, January 28 at 6:00 p.m.. This is an informal dinner meeting and a chance for all of our members, especially the newer ones, to network and share ideas. See the official meeting announcement on Meetup.com for the location and more info. If you can make it, please take a… Read more »
Ocala I.T. Professionals Networking, learning, growing … Would you like to receive our newsletter by e-mail? Click here. Latest Updates … CEP – November exCEPtional Mornings The CEP will be holding their November exCEPtional Morning event on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 7:30 a.m. As part of Celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week, the guest speaker will be Kevin Harrington, inventor of… Read more »
There was a software issue that caused most of the links in our October 12 e-mail newsletter to redirect to our home page instead of the intended websites. Here are the corrected links for your reference. Our new Job Board is online and available to both local area employers and job seekers. If you’re looking for I.T. talent or employment… Read more »
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is looking for two I.T. Help Desk Technicians for their Support Services Bureau. These are full-time positions located in Ocala, Florida reporting to the I.T. Director. The closing date for applications is Sunday, October 18, 2015. The partial job description below has been taken from the official description on the Career Opportunities page of the Sheriff’s Office… Read more »
WordPress is one of the most popular website solutions in the world. This easy-to-use content management system (CMS) installs quickly on a web hosting account and the online control panel enables the website manager to focus on content rather than the technical details of creating each post. Behind the scenes, WordPress has certain requirements. It uses MySQL as a database… Read more »
Last February, we told you about the new Coder Dojo program at the Marion County Public Library. This is an innovative program in which local kids are taught basic coding skills to help them develop their creativity and love of learning. The last program was a great success and the next round of sessions is about to begin! They still… Read more »
This morning, the Ocala Chamber and Economic Partnership announced that eResources, a web design and I.T. services company based in the Washington D.C. area, will be moving its headquarters to Ocala and will be taking up residence near the center of town on SW Third Street. eResources plans to develop a presence here in Ocala, eventually employing as many as… Read more »
We had another great meeting on Thursday, this time at Marion Technical Institute in Ocala! Kim Burt, the I.T. Instructor at MTI, invited our group to see the school’s I.T. academy and sit down to lunch with some of the students to give them a chance to talk with I.T. people who had experience in the field. I and the… Read more »
