What Would You Recommend for IT Training?

ITPhantom wonders: "It is that time again and my supervisor has been coming around and asking what training and conferences I would like to attend in the upcoming year. I have recently been put in charge of the management and security of a few dozen machines in our department, and our internal network (simple as it may be). While most of the machines that I am responsible for are running Windows, there are a few Linux machines in the mix. I am fairly proficient with Windows, but have not had any real experience managing Linux machines, though I have been a casual user for about a year. With all of the options available, from online training to extensive boot camps and seminars, what would you recommend for training in the areas above?"

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Re:one recommendation

[Anonymous Coward]

What most programmers would like:

Give each programmer a $500 per annum budget they can spend on tech books, let them keep the books, bring em home, read in their own time.
Total cost: $500 each for any employee who actually bothers.

What most managers do:

Spend $3000 per head on a 3 day seminar, send several employee costing the company 3 days work from each person.
Total cost: $3500+ per employee whether they bother paying attention or not.