Opinion Articles

In the construction trades, it is often said that the strength of a building is in its foundation. In the 90s, with the goal of obtaining Microsoft's Windows NT 3.5 MCSE certification, my first attempt was ...

You've just started on at a new information technology (IT) job. You find yourself feeling overwhelmed. You're not completely certain about everything you've been asked to get done, and you certainly aren't ...

The confidence of being certified is wonderfully comforting! Certification is knowledge for the hiree, and proof for the hirer. Certification provides reasonable assurance that a prospective employee ...

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 ...

The tech industry offers more opportunities for learning and advancement than most others because technology is evolving so fast. Just as it is an exciting field, it is also highly competitive. Taking ...

Aspiring IT professionals recognize that technical certifications are an excellent way to break into a new career where they lack employment experience. But what about skilled professionals seeking ...

Equifax, Yahoo!, the National Security Agency, Verizon, the U.S. Department of Defense, Home Depot, Target, Edmodo, VeriFone, eBay, TJX Companies, Uber, JPMorgan Chase, Sony PlayStation, Jimmy John's ...

We've all heard of the Catch-22 phrase, "In order to get experience I need a job, and in order to get a job, I need experience." Liz Ryan, noted author of Reinvention Roadmap, and a contributor to Forbes Magazine ...

Open source software — what is it, how has it changed and grown over time, where is it going? Can this model be evolved to better serve other areas of IT, or even other areas of life as we know it? ...

Experts have suggested that creativity is an important element of every modern workplace. It seems natural to question, on the other hand, whether that observation truly applies to the information ...