IBM buys a new Red Hat
Not quite two months ago, the tech industry’s great-grandfather IBM went to the open-source haberdashery and bought itself a pricey new piece of headwear. On Oct. 28, IBM purchased …
Read ArticleMeet six Virginia tech students who pulled together to get certified
Complaints about youthful behavior were being made long before Romulus and Remus — the mythical founder of Rome and that guy’s twin brother — disagreed about the location of their clubhouse, and …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CompTIA Network+
Most certified networking professionals probably get their first taste of computer networking by connecting devices to a home or public school wireless network. For quite a few of them, however …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Our first Amazon gift card winners
So we tried something new with the 2019 Salary Survey. To encourage participation in the survey — and also make a gesture that represents the gratitude we feel toward everyone who does …
Read ArticleTest your knowledge of Cassandra topics
The Cassandra database from Apache has become popular for linear scalability, high availability and fault-tolerance. It also provides solutions that are elastic with every node in the cluster being …
Read ArticleTough Virginia tech teacher keeps herself (and her students) informed
My first real job was cleaning up in a meat packing facility. Day one was a complete disaster. Everyone else had gone home; I was doing my best and failing miserably. I found myself drenched …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CompTIA CTT+
Many IT jobs require a degree of explaining to a customer, a coworker, or perhaps a manager how this or that IT process works. Some IT professionals have a deep understanding of technology and can …
Read ArticleCertification Survey Extra: Staying put vs. travelin’ on
In the words of famed American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan to one of his many muses, “When your rooster crows at the break of dawn / Look out your window and I’ll be gone / You’re the reason …
Read ArticleTest your knowledge of Hadoop topics
Big data is a big deal in IT these days, and the Apache Hadoop framework is one of the tools making it possible to manage all the data. An assortment of utilities — all open-source — Hadoop makes it possible …
Read ArticleMaximize your value to potential employers by mastering soft skills
As I sit in my home office, devoid of people around me, cut off from the outside world, I cannot help but reflect on how interactions with people are so badly needed for tech workers to remain …
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