Pick a cloud, any cloud: Where should you focus your cloud study efforts?
Cloud computing is the de facto technology standard for the majority of people in both their working and personal lives. The convenience and functionality of the cloud paired with powerful mobile …
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5G is what you think (faster, more powerful) and not what you’ve heard (a vector for infectious deseases)
During a recent conversation with a non-techie friend, I was asked about the impending rollout …
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Six important career skills that IT certification programs are overlooking
Information technology certifications can be broadly divided into two categories: certifications that are primarily knowledge- and task-oriented, and certifications that include content specific to …
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The next five years of IT certification
What do you see yourself doing five years from now? It’s a question commonly asked at job interviews (and on more than a few first dates). The point is to get candidates to peer into the future…
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The case for enforced restructuring of Big Tech’s big offenders
The uneasy relationship between humans and technology is thousands of years old. In recent decades, however, tensions have hit a boiling point, with a number of Big Tech companies under threat of …
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It’s time to subtract from CompTIA’s A+
CompTIA’s A+ certification for professional computer technicians has been part of the IT industry landscape for more than 25 years. The A+ accounts for half of all CompTIA certifications awarded in the …
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Pull-dated personnel: The problem of ageism is alive and well in the IT industry
An industry acquaintance of mine recently shared a story of the last office IT job he held. His manager at the company was a young adult nearly half his age, and none of the other team members in the …
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Money matters: Do IT certifications guarantee increased income?
From the mid-1990s onward, the question of whether achieving an IT certification increases one’s earning power has been debated by nearly everyone involved in the IT industry — or so it would seem, given …
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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 …
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Surveying the emerging field of Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
At the beginning of this decade, a sexy new three-letter acronym began making the rounds in the IT industry: SDN, which stands for Software-Defined Networking. At the time, SDN was an emergent …
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