Looking to expand your IT toolkit? How about learning BizTalk 2006? BizTalk is all about business processes. Biztalk helps you automate and optimize your business processes way above and beyond simply connecting disparate systems. This is the kind of stuff consultants lick their chops over.
If you really want to learn more about BizTalk, take a class on it. There aren't many classes available for BizTalk 2006 yet but Dunn Training is offering their new class at nearly 50% discount. Normally $3000, you'll only pay $1,600 for this week long training course.
Dunn Training BizTalk Server 2006 training bootcamp
Let me tell you a quick little personal story about how effective Mark Berry is as an instructor. I sat in on a 1 hour long chalk talk with Mark Berry about the orchestration process at last year's TechEd. I'd never seen any BizTalk material before. After this 1 hour chalk talk I managed to score high enough on a BizTalk exam developed by the BizTalk team that I was invited to a private dinner (open bar). Out of over 120 exam takers, only 25 were invited to dinner!
I can't stress enough how important effective training is and these guys are the best and most cost effective.