Is your certification certified? Why IT certification providers often seek out a seal of approval

Quite often, the reason a candidate pursues an IT-related certification is because there is value ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CompTIA Server+

Most people don't think about servers until they stop working. Even if it's just for a moment or two — a comparative availability hiccup — if the internet (or really any network of any size) doesn't perform ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Social media of choice for professional engagement

Twenty years ago in May of 2003 there was no such thing as Facebook and MySpace (which is now Myspace) wouldn't spread its wings and fly until Aug. 1. (Did you know that Myspace is still a thing ...

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Do the Microsoft Office Specialist credentials have a place in the modern IT sphere?

When people in the IT industry hear the words “Microsoft certification” they will typically think of the high-level credentials for products like Azure, Visual Studio, and SQL Server. There is another category ...

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Why recertification makes sense for your IT career

Certified IT professionals often lead busy lives with complicated work and personal schedules. It can be tempting to view certification as a one-off steppingstone, which perhaps explains why many ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on IACIS Certified Forensic Computer Examiner

Forensic examination, especially if you can believe what you see on TV, has become a lot more important to solving crimes in recent decades. Computer forensic examination is not limited entirely to criminal ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Social media of choice for personal engagement

Human beings are, as they say, social animals. Our connection to others is a big part of how we define ourselves. Whether it's family members, friends, coworkers, church groups, fan groups, or other groups ...

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Computer programming is (mostly) a certification-free zone

Ordinarily when sitting down to write about IT certification, I would expound on how one could go about getting certain credentials, and what they cost, and the reasons why you would want to get them. That ...

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College instructional trainer loves to ascend personal and professional summits

Ordinarily, Certification Magazine educator profiles are about hard working IT instructors doing all they can to teach students the intricacies of computers and other digital devices. Those middle school ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CIW Social Media Strategist

It's an interesting time to work in social media, and not just because one of the biggest social platforms on the planet is actively cratering after changing hands in a massive transaction that resulted from a ...

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