August 29, 2011 3:22 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Cisco gives ITIL the nod; Cisco Learning recommends ITIL certificationVendor-sponsored certification programs often get the reputation of presenting the world from a cloistered (or at least one-sided) perspective. But the more you dig into certain programs, the more you learn that they do recognize that the world they serve is bigger than their organization, and that...
August 26, 2011 2:45 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
special discounts on upgrade from VCP 4 to VCP 5 available thru 2/29/2012,
VCP 5 exam goes live 8/29/2011Here it is, straight from the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) home page:
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August 19, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
building a better IT certification database,
help GoCertify.com add value to its database and reporting,
pondering needs for IT certification informationI've been brainstorming a bit lately with a long-time cert industry colleague, Anne Martinez, whose terrific Website (GoCertify.com) I have mentioned in 25 of my 400-plus blogs here (for my most recent accolades to that magnum opus see my August 1, 2011 blog entitled "
August 16, 2011 12:14 AM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Anne Martinez agrees that things are looking up for IT certification,
Anne Martinez of GoCertify.com speaks out on current state of IT certification,
bust or bounce in the offing for IT certificationI opened my email last Friday morning to find this e-mail from Anne Martinez (the principal behind the fabulous GoCertify.com IT certification Website and nonpareil resource) in response to my recent blog at EdTittel.com entitled "
August 12, 2011 3:24 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Cisco data center certs provide nice entry-point into data center jobs,
Cisco offer 10 data center specialist certsIf you visit Cisco's Data Center Specialist Certifications page, you'll see a pretty formidable list of 10 different Cisco Specialist level certifications there,...
August 10, 2011 1:44 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
flash mob robberies pose interesting problems,
retail budgets and risk assessments must now account for flash mob robberiesI heard a story on NPR this morning that sent chills down my spine, about the spontaneous looting episodes that have occurred recently in British cities such as London, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, and others. At least part of the story came from an AP piece entitled "
