The good and bad of pitching IT certifications to high school students
In October 2014, IT industry association CompTIA announced it had awarded its one millionth A+ certification — the organization’s flagship credential …
Read ArticleSalary Survey PLUS: A who’s what of Linux IT pros
Welcome to the boys club. Most people know that a fairly overwhelming majority of those who work in IT professions are men. The realm of Linux, however, is apparently an outlier …
Read ArticleExcelsior College’s National Cybersecurity Institute promotes security education
At the end of July, Certification Magazine was in Chicago attending the CompTIA …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Settling the great debates of our time
Both the annual Certification Magazine Salary Survey and our more frequent Salary Survey PLUS polls are serious attempts to measure and catalog empirical data. …
Read ArticleSalary Survey PLUS: Gauging Linux certification satisfaction
Certification doesn’t have a color, but many people primarily see green (or gold) when they think about the array of possible reasons to get certified. Money, however, …
Read ArticleOracle Certification creates two new bonus credentials
On Sept. 1, the Oracle certification team announced the availability of two new credentials. The first is the Oracle Database 12c Maximum Availability Certified Expert.
Read ArticleCerts in the forecast for Duke University cloud computing program
At the end of last year, Certification Magazine focused our always-churning Salary Survey apparatus on the realm of cloud computing. At the time,
Read ArticleSalary Survey PLUS: Most popular Linux certifications
It’s fitting, when you think about it, for Linux to have a penguin as its mascot. Penguins are resourceful creatures with the fortitude to survive in some of the …
Read ArticleConsider a career boot camp to jump start your IT future
The history of the world is rife with polarizing head-to-head debatable topics: PC or Mac, Michael Jordan or LeBron James, Coke or Pepsi, Team Edward or Team Jacob, iPhone (iOS) or Android. …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: 10 Certs At the Top of Many 2015 To-Do Lists
Pioneering 19th-century philosopher Søren Kierkegaard once observed that, “Life can only be understood backward, but it must be …
Read Article
