December 24, 2012 4:08 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersIt's hard to believe that another year is almost behind us, and that the holidays are upon us in force. Last night before crashing, my wife and I wrapped Christmas presents. Most of them, of course, are for our 8-year-old son, Gregory, who -- much to my continuing amazement -- still believes in...
December 21, 2012 4:36 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersYesterday, I saw a Facebook post from an old friend -- my former local pool league team-mate, Joe, who announced in 2009 he was taking 5 years off from league to earn his CCIE -- to let us all know that he'd taken and passed the CCIE written exam earlier this week. From his start in 2008, he...
December 19, 2012 8:25 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersTOGAF stands for The Open Group Architecture Framework. It's a detailed, highly elaborate methodology with a corresponding set of support tools used when developing enterprise IT architectures. It's free for any organization that wants to employ it to build their own extensible enterprise...
December 17, 2012 6:44 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersYeah, I know: What’s the point of keeping a “cert for life” — like CompTIA credentials earned before the end of 2010 — if you opt into a continuing education program? The point is that in some positions or organizations, there may be an internal policy or an external mandate for IT...
December 17, 2012 6:10 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersThe Microsoft Technology Associate, or MTA, certification has been around for the past few years. Until recently, however, that credential has been solely available to academic institutions through Microsoft’s
December 17, 2012 6:06 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersOK, here’s one for your browser bookmarks or favorites from eBizMBA. It’s entitled “Top 15 Most Popular Job Websites” and it’s updated monthly based on Web traffic analysis....
December 14, 2012 5:03 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careersIn a nice follow-up to last week’s better-than-expected employment situation summary from the US Bureau of Labor statistics — which showed job creation at 146,000 and unemployment at relatively modest 7.7 percent (see my post from