VMware Retires Its VCP5-DCV Exam and Certification

VMware is famous for its successful solutions in the area of virtualization and automation of compute, networking and storage resources from the desktop to the data center and to the cloud. The open standards supported by the technologies, as well as the technologies themselves, provide a powerful basis approved and chosen by over 500,000 customers… Read More »

IBM Certified Solution Designer – IBM Content Collector (ICC) Certification Retirement

So long as new certifications appear, older ones are withdrawn. Thus IBM has recently informed candidates of the retirement of IBM Certified Solution Designer – IBM Content Collector (ICC) Certification. It ceases to exist on May 31, 2016. Instead, IBM suggests taking notice of the most current certifications: IBM Certified Solution Designer – Content Collector… Read More »

VMware Retires Three Exams at the End of October

There’s a good chance you’ve already heard of VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) exams, which are based on vSphere 5. The purpose to retire three of them doesn’t seem to be so unexpected. Older exams are to be retired on October 31, 2016. And here they are: VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 — Data Center… Read More »

VMware Retires Multiple VCA and VCP Exams This Fall

This is going to be an eventful fall for VMware, as well as for everyone working towards their VMware certifications, namely the VCA and VCP. You have probably heard about the release of the new VMware Certified Associate 6 (VCA6) and VMware Certified Professional 6 (VCP6) exams and certifications. So now VMware has announced the… Read More »

Microsoft Moves Retimerement of Lync Exams!

Remember that announcement about retirement of Lync 2013 exams?  Yet, Microsoft has recently announced they are moving the retirement date of Lync exams (335, 336, 337, and 338) to November 30, 2015 (instead of July 31, 2015). That’s right: you get a few extra months to take the old version of the exams for MCSE… 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 As technology keeps rapidly changing, there is little wonder that a number of IT certifications become irrelevant and out of date very fast.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 »

It’s Official: Microsoft Retires Dozens of Exams. We’ve Got The List.

There have been talks and rumors about Microsoft planning to retire a number of exams this year. Well, now we have an official confirmation, just released on the Microsoft Learning official blog. As expected, Microsoft plans to retire all Microsoft Dynamics MCTS and MCITP certifications by December 31, 2014. Yet, it’s not only Dynamics area… Read More »

Microsoft Postpones The Retirement of SQL Server 2008 Exams, And How You Can Benefit From This

Christmas miracle or not (but definitely a good news), Microsoft has just announced the extension for two SQL Server 2008 exams: 70-450 and 70-451, which were supposed to be retired on 31 January 2014. Yet, the vendor has moved the date towards summer, with the exams retirement date being postponed by 6 months: to July… Read More »