September 27, 2010 4:11 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
11/8/2010 ushers in new CCDA and CCDP exams,
CCDA and CCDP exams get updates,
Cisco CCDP ARCH and CCDA DESGN exams refresh on 11/8/2010As of November 8, 2010, Cisco will be offering updated versions for some of the exams for its Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) and Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)...
September 22, 2010 1:42 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
CCNA is not cert enough for a job guarantee,
mid-range Cisco certs more likely to lead to gainful IT employment,
no obvous connection between Cisco certification and Chemical Engineering degreesThis morning I took a couple of minutes to clean out my Outlook folders, and found an interesting email in my spam folder where it had been mis-classified, probably because the message sender had crafted some text that made it look like a solicitation of sorts. In reality, the message originated...
September 20, 2010 1:18 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
jobless recovery continues,
jobless recovery in the US likely to persist for years,
stuck between modest economic growth and miniscule job creation ratesIf you're willing to accept the conflation of jobs and observation into the word that appears in this blog's title, you'll also grant that such things have not been overly rosy since 2008, when the recession took real hold in the US and elsewhere. Here's what one of my favorite news publications...
September 17, 2010 3:25 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
cost of IT certification,
lifetime IT cert costs may be higher than you think,
six figures for lifetime IT certs may not be that highIn a recent posting to one of my blogs here, a reader indicated that he or she had spent "six figures" on obtaining numerous certifications over the course of a professional career of some standing. At first, I was staggered to read a number of this magnitude, but then upon reflection it occurred...
September 16, 2010 9:46 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
MCDST and upgrade exams retire on 3/31/2011,
MCDST to retire on 3/31/2011,
older Microsoft desktop certs headed for retirementSome recent issue of the MCP Flash newsletter must have shared this news, but I'll be darned if I can find the actual word that the exams for the Microsoft Certified Desktop Technician (MCDST) would be retired on March 31, 2011 anywhere. You can see the "exam retires" news for both 70-271 and...
September 13, 2010 6:37 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Global Knowledge offers good mix of infosec classes,
Global Knowledge seeks to prepare customers for 8570.1 compliance,
Global Knowlege infosec training catalogHeh! I get phone calls from telemarketers all the time because I often have to register for downloads that I want to write about for this blog and other Websites and publications. I'm sure I've got another phone call from Global Knowledge coming, thanks to what I'm about to tell you here (in fact,...
September 10, 2010 3:04 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Emmett Dulaney at CertCities reports that Windows 7 questions will be integrated into A+ exams,
next A+ revision not likely until late 2011 or early 2012,
Windows 7 content slated for next A+ revisionIn a story for CertCities dated 8/31/2010, veteran Cert-guy Emmett Dulaney scoops the news that Windows 7 coverage will be included in an as-yet-unscheduled future release of the CompTIA A+ exams....
September 7, 2010 3:01 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IPv6 how-tos and resources,
IPv6 on Windows networks,
IPv6 rears its headI just got the green light from the publisher of my college textbook on TCP/IP (Guide to TCP/IP, 3e, by Laura Chappell and Ed Tittel, Course Technology, ISBN: 1418837555) for a new fourth edition to get underway starting next month. Given the final and unavoidable...
