April 4, 2013 2:07 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersEarlier this week, I read an article from a long-time friend and colleague, Cheryl Conner, at Forbes magazine. It's entitled "
March 31, 2013 9:32 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersIn this case BTL stands for Born to Learn, the many-voiced and very active blog over at Microsoft Learning. Just last week (March 26), regular poster and MS Learning...
March 29, 2013 9:00 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersWhen I first got into the IT certification game back in the mid-1990s, there were a handful of online properties that really ruled that world. In the past decade, however, the old guard has been slowly crumbling into oblivion, and falling out of the game. I was on the masthead of one of those...
March 26, 2013 5:15 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersStarting today, there are no longer two classes of Cisco Certified Network Associates around. Why do I say this? Because until today's announcement, parties interested in earning some CCNA flavors -- such as Security and Wireless, for example -- actually first had to earn a plain-vanilla CCNA, and...
March 24, 2013 8:42 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersThe old saw tells us that the best things in life are free. By that metric, IT certification is generally excluded from consideration, as the vast majority of such credentials require spending money on a certification exam of some kind, as well as study materials. In some cases, certification...
March 22, 2013 2:49 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersIn previous postings here and elsewhere, I've waxed eloquent and complimentary about Miroslaw Burnejko's excellent ITCertificationMaster.com website. There's lots of good stuff there, especially his