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ITProTV’s Don Pezet to Speak at the 2021 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

Pezet, an IT and security training expert, will present key insights to those seeking a career in the cybersecurity field

GAINESVILLE, Fla., November 23, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ITProTV, a leading provider of self-paced online IT training and certification courses, today announced that Don Pezet, Co-founder and Lead Edutainer, ITProTV, and CTO of ACI Learning, will present during the virtual 2021 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference. Pezet’s session, “College or Certifications: Charting the Right Path to a Cybersecurity Career,” will take place on Monday, Dec. 6 at 3:00pm ET.

The Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference, supported by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), features timely and thought-provoking presentations that highlight effective collaborations, bold experiments and innovations, and other potentially game-changing methods in support of growing the cybersecurity workforce. Attendees include training and educational leaders from academia, business, and government. As part of the event’s Promoting Cybersecurity Career Pathways track, Pezet’s session will present a non-traditional path for breaking into the IT and cybersecurity workforce and the growing weight of certifications, real world experience and demonstrable skills.

“Many high school students and educators today view four-year colleges as the target after high school, but students can start building careers in cybersecurity as early as high school and may not even need to attend four years of college,” said Pezet. “I am grateful to the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference for this opportunity to present out of the box job roles in cybersecurity, the certifications and job skills that would be required to be successful, and timelines for how long it would take for one to gain the appropriate skills. It is my hope that attendees will walk away from this session equipped to support students who may be interested in pursuing cybersecurity as a career and make them aware of the multiple paths to success.”

Pezet was selected as a presenter due to his continuous work in the IT industry, as well as his wealth of knowledge in IT and security training. He has been working in the IT industry for more than 25 years, and has spent time as a field engineer in the financial and insurance industries supporting networks around the world. Pezet has spent the last 15 years sharing his experiences with others by focusing on IT training. He is a co-founder of ITProTV and currently the CTO of ACI Learning. Pezet holds certifications from many vendors including the Microsoft MCSE, Amazon ACSA, Cisco CCNP, LPI LPIC-2, and PMI PMP. He also holds numerous certifications from CompTIA including A+, Network+, Security+, and Linux+.

To register for the event, please click here. To stay up to date on all of the news surrounding ITProTV, please visit www.itpro.tv.

About ITProTV, an ACI Learning Company

ITProTV is the industry leader for online, self-paced learning for technology professionals, students, and organizations worldwide. By blending entertainment and cutting-edge technology with IT education, ITProTV creates innovative, high-quality training shows taught by experienced educators and industry professionals. With thousands of hours of training video content on a variety of tech topics, ITProTV offers an innovative and effective solution to IT training designed to meet the needs of any learner and any organization – including anyone wanting to start their career, master their profession, or develop their teams. ITProTV is part of the ACI Learning family of companies providing Audit, Cyber, and IT learning solutions for enterprise and consumer markets. Gain unlimited, lifetime access to training content, practice exams, virtual labs, help forums, and supplemental materials, and learn all the latest tech skills online, on-demand, on any device: https://www.itpro.tv/.

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HAGENS BERMAN, NATIONAL TRIAL ATTORNEYS, Encourages Zhangmen Education (ZME) Investors to Contact Firm’s Attorneys, Securities Class Action Filed

HAGENS BERMAN, NATIONAL TRIAL ATTORNEYS, Encourages Zhangmen Education (ZME) Investors to Contact Firm’s Attorneys, Securities Class Action Filed

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Hagens Berman urges Zhangmen Education Inc. (NYSE: ZME) investors with significant losses to submit your losses now, Women Beauty.

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Zhangmen Education Inc. (ZME) Securities Class Action:

The litigation focuses on Zhangmen’s statements leading up to its initial public offering conducted in early June 2021 about material risks the company faced concerning the Peoples Republic of China’s crackdown on for-profit tutoring companies.

More specifically, the IPO offering documents emphasized the strong growth and market demand in the PRC for Zhangmen’s online K-12 one-on-one tutoring services.

According to the complaint, Defendants’ statements were materially false and misleading because they failed to disclose the PRC was implementing sweeping new regulatory reforms that prohibited (1) profit-making by private education companies, (2) engaging in core-curriculum tutoring during weekends and vacations, and (3) capital-raising by companies like Zhangmen.

Defendants’ statements were brought into serious question beginning on July 23, 2021 (less than two months after the IPO), when the PRC unveiled its overhaul of its education sector, banning companies that teach school curriculum from making profits, raising capital or going public.

Zhangmen soon admitted the overhaul would materially and negatively impact nearly all aspects of its business and that all existing PRC education system providers, like Zhangmen, are subject to review and re-registration as non-profit organizations.

These events sent the price of Zhangmen shares sharply below its $11.50 IPO price.

“We’re focused on investors’ losses and proving Zhangmen concealed the PRC reforms that were underway at the time of its IPO, reforms that essentially invalidated its business model,” said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.

If you invested in Zhangmen and have significant losses, or have knowledge that may assist the firm’s investigation, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman.

Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Zhangmen should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email mailto:ZME@hbsslaw.com.

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Sweden’s Ericsson snaps up cloud firm Vonage in $6.2 bln deal

  • Ericsson to buy Vonage for $6.2 bln
  • Deal one of the largest in Ericsson’s history
  • Ericsson shares fall 3.8{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}

STOCKHOLM, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Ericsson (ERICb.ST) on Monday agreed to buy cloud communications firm Vonage (VG.O) in a $6.2 billion all-cash deal, as the telecom gear maker moves to broaden its 5G portfolio.

The deal, one of the largest in Ericsson’s history, follows its $1.1 billion purchase of Cradlepoint last year which gave it access to tools that can connect devices using the so-called Internet of Things over a 4G or 5G network.

U.S-based Vonage makes Application Programming Interface (API), which helps different software communicate with each other.

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“Vonage is complementary to what we have built in enterprise so far … Cradlepoint was one of the big stepping stones as well in building an enterprise presence,” Ericsson CFO Carl Mellander told Reuters.

Ericsson will pay $21 for each outstanding Vonage share, a 28{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} premium to Friday’s closing price and a 34{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} premium to the average of the last 3 months, a price analysts said was high.

Ericsson shares fell 3.8{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} in early trade, on track for their worst day since July and the worst performer on the pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX).

“We see this acquisition as strengthening Ericsson’s vertical integration and product offering within the cloud space, but we also deem the price-tag quite steep,” said Danske Bank Credit Research analyst Mads Rosendal.

Vonage, which operates across sectors such as healthcare, finance, education and transportation, had sales of $1.4 billion in the 12-month period to Sept. 30, 2021, with a margin on adjusted earnings before interest, tax and depreciation of 14{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} and free cash flow of $109 million.

It has more than 1 million registered developers and more than 120,000 business customers.

“That’s where magic happens when developers use the Vonage platform to create applications for various enterprises,” Mellander said.

The acquisition marks a new phase after a period of restructuring and refocusing since Borje Ekholm took over as CEO in 2017.

Ericsson had branched out into multi-media in the early 2000s but struggled to fit its purchases into its operations, weighing on margins and profits.

“The transaction builds upon Ericsson’s stated intent to expand globally in wireless enterprise, offering existing customers an increased share of a market valued at $700 billion by 2030,” Ericsson said in a statement.

It said it expected the Vonage deal to boost earnings per share – excluding non-cash amortisation impacts – and free cash flow from 2024 onwards.

The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2022, subject to Vonage shareholder approval, regulatory approvals, and other conditions.

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Michigan 4-H offering Financial Fitness and Fun program for youth

Michigan 4-H is offering Financial Fitness and Fun sessions for youth through live online and self-guided formats.

Being involved in a financial literacy program can prepare youths for lifelong financial success. According to Next Generation Personal Finance (NGPF), high school graduates with guaranteed financial education are 21{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} less likely to carry a balance on a credit card while in college, use subsidized student loans 13{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} more often, and are 3.5{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} more likely to submit the free application for federal student aid (FAFSA). Students who receive financial education are also less likely to fall prey to high-cost predatory loans than their peers who don’t have access to a personal finance curriculum. A national study by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) found that nearly half of Americans (49{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550}) who have received more than 10 hours of financial education report spending less than they earn, compared with 36{ac23b82de22bd478cde2a3afa9e55fd5f696f5668b46466ac4c8be2ee1b69550} of those people who received less than 10 hours of financial education.  

According to the  National Institute of Food and Agriculture, a national evaluation of a teen financial education program showed that young people who were involved in a financial education curriculum for as little as 10 hours not only significantly increased their understanding of money management, but also improved their financial behavior in the ensuing months.

Michigan State University Extension and Michigan 4-H have embraced providing financial literacy education through a grant from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. The 4-H Financial Fitness and Fun program offers youth the opportunity to learn about setting financial goals, saving, budgeting, banking basics, credit, and much more through 10 financial education modules packed with fun lessons, activities, and games. Topics include:

Online modules are offered for an interactive self-guided course using Nearpod. Live online sessions will be offered again starting in late February 2022. Keep an eye on the MSU Extension calendar . The first 100 youth to complete all ten sessions either in a live session or through Nearpod lesson on the website will receive a $50 incentive.

MSU Extension and Michigan 4-H youth development help prepare young people for successful futures. As a result of career exploration and workforce preparation activities, thousands of Michigan youth are better equipped to make important decisions about their professional future, ready to contribute to the workforce, and able to take fiscal responsibility in their personal lives. For more information or resources on career exploration, workforce preparation, financial education, or entrepreneurship, contact 4-HCareerPrep@msu.edu.

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