Best IT Trainer Certifications: CTT+, MCT, ACT, CCSI

Have you heard a saying and tons of jokes about people who go into teaching since they can’t do their jobs well? Forget that! Jokers can joke all they want, but pursuing the career of an IT trainer is a great idea for a tech professional. Here’s why: When teaching may be right for you… Read More »

The Linux Fever: Linux Becomes Most Popular IT Field of 2015

The demand for Linux professionals is on the rise again! An overwhelming majority of IT hiring managers plan to hire Linux professionals in 2015, with sufficient plans to increase the salaries of their current Linux-focused employees, according to this TechRepublic article and other reputable industry sources. Many hiring managers also admit that Linux openings are… Read More »

How to Pass GMAT without Breaking Your Bank

The Graduate Management Admission Test is a standardized computer adaptive test, which is required to be taken by candidates who wish to apply for graduate management programs like MBA. GMAT assesses a person’s analytical, problem-solving, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills. The test also touches on data sufficiency, logic, and critical reasoning skills, which are… Read More »

Juniper Updates its Security Troubleshooting Exam in March 2015

CompTIA and Cisco aren’t the only certification providers to revamp their exam offerings. Recently, Juniper Networks has announced some changes, too. In just 2 weeks, on March 15, the Junos Security Troubleshooting exam, JNO-690, will be replaced by the new version: JNO-691. The old exam, JNO-690, will be fully phased out later this spring, on… Read More »

HP Launches New QA Certifications

As Quality Assurance is essential to many IT operations and processes, there is little wonder that it’s quickly developing in a complex self-sufficient area. Today’s understanding of the QA process involves review of products and processes (before they’re released to the public) using an array of specialized tools, processes and their coordination. Although there is… Read More »

(ISC)² CISSP Exam Gets Major Updates

Have you heard that (ISC)² is changing its most famous certification, the CISSP? Effective April 15, 2015, the CISSP exam will be based on a new exam blueprint. While the full blueprint is available for download from the (ISC)² website, here’s a quick list of topics it will cover: Security and Risk Management (e.g., Security,… Read More »

Take Microsoft Exams Online. Yes, Now You Can

As IT certification landscape continues to change, Microsoft takes its online proctored exams global, so more and more candidates can become Microsoft Certified Professionals without leaving their home/office. While in the beginning Microsoft IT proctored exams were available exclusively in the United States, the company has added 20 more counties earlier this month. So now… Read More »

EMC: New Exams Coming in January: E2O -597, E20-377, E20-375

While most of us are deciding on where to party for the New Years’ EMC is busy overhauling its certification program. The company is updating a number of its EMC Proven Professional certifications. On January 9, 2015, EMC will introduce 3 new certification exams: E2O -597, E20-377, E20-375. Two of these exams are specific to… Read More »

Must Bookmark: Microsoft’s Retiring Exams Directory

Planning to take a Microsoft exam some time soon? Make sure it’s not getting retired in 2015! As technology keeps rapidly changing, there is little wonder that a number of IT certifications become irrelevant and out of date very fast. As a result, some exams get minor updates while others get retired. This is the… Read More »

Breaking News! New MCSE: Enterprise Devices and Apps is Here

Microsoft has just announced the new MCSE: Enterprise Devices and Apps. This new credential enables IT professionals and technologists to demonstrate their advanced skills in device management in today’s BYOD enterprise. This MCSE can be earned by having a Windows 8 MCSA (or a Windows Server 2012 MCSA) and passing the new exams: 695 and… Read More »

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certifications: News & Overviews

Amazon is one of the coolest internet-focused brands of our times. And no, it’s a lot more than one of the biggest shopping platforms. Amazon Web Services unites a collection of remote computing services that make up a cloud computing platform, offered over the Internet by Amazon.com. The most central and well-known of these services… Read More »

NEW Cisco Service Provider Mobility Specialist Certs: CDMA and UMTS

Cisco has recently expanded its portfolio of Service Provider Mobility Specialist certifications with 2 new credentials. These are Service Provider Mobility Specialist certifications – Cisco Service Provider Mobility CDMA to LTE Specialist and Cisco Service Provider Mobility UMTS to LTE Specialist. Just like other similar Service Provider Mobility Specialist certifications, these credential validate a candidate’s… Read More »

Mobile App Security Professional? Get CSSLP-Certified!

As mobile technologies become even more embedded in our daily life than we could ever imagine, there seems to be a mobile app for everything. And that joke ‘there is a mobile app for that’ isn’t even that much of a joke anymore. At the same time, we often hear about various ugly information leaks… Read More »

Coming Soon: GNFA, World’s First Network Forensics Certification

The incredible development of technology, which we have been witnessing for the past decade has brought a number of new professions and exciting career opportunities. From Certified Ethical Hackers (CEH)  to Digital Forensics, to many of these sound too cool to be true. Yet, they are true. And now digital forensics, more commonly known as… Read More »

Take New Microsoft Azure and Office 365 Exams For FREE!

Want to get certified in Microsoft Azure or Microsoft Office 365 without spending a dime? For a limited time only, Microsoft is offering FREE exams for Microsoft Certified Specialist in Azure and Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate in Office 365 credentials. To earn Microsoft Certified Specialist in Azure, pass one or both of these exams: 70-532:… Read More »