Small businesses often face problems with their networks, computers and e-mail, and many rely on professionals in small business computer consulting to solve the problem.  Owen Scott, founder of the Open Source Academy of California is relying on this demand in order to offer courses to teach skills to those involved specifically in helping small businesses.  

Scott says he’s worked in small business computer consulting for the past 17 years and has seen the challenges technology presents.  According to Scott, small and mid-sized companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually outsourcing solutions for their IT problems that they could solve in-house with small amounts of training.  His new academy offers training for those involved in small businesses and was founded in 2006 by experienced IT engineers.  The academy has already become known for its comprehensive IT training program designed for technology professionals and those looking to change their careers to those in Information Technology and small business computer consulting.   

Some examples of classes include the following.

1.    Computer and Network Administration

2.    Internet Connectivity and Troubleshooting

3.     E-mail Issues, such as Spam, Failed Message Notifications, and Filtering

4.    Printing and Scanning Problems

5.    Security, Profiles, Permissions and Spyware

6.    Application Issues

7.    Computer Use and Productivity

Scott hopes that he will be able to bring great knowledge to a new batch of small business computer consulting professionals with his program.

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Submitted By:  Joshua Feinberg