Blog :: Test-Taking Skills 101: Final Batch o' Tactics
Hi everyone. This will be the final post in my series entitled "Test-Taking Tips 101." Here I concentrate on a handful of good, solid strategies that can be applied to different types of IT...
View ArticleBlog :: How Computer-Based Testing Works
The process IT certification exam registration can be confusing to the test-taker, at least at first. How does the exam registration process work? What is the first step to be undertaken? In this essay...
View ArticleBlog :: Real-World Experience 101: Preparing for a Career in IT
Preparing for a career in information technology (IT) can be very confusing. Those entering the field are greeted with a variety of options and choices, each one having the potential to greatly impact...
View ArticleBlog :: How Do I Gain Hands-On Experience in IT?
There exist a variety of ways for you to attain the valuable experience you need to get your IT career started. Unfortunately, many of these involve significant self-sacrifice and perhaps some...
View ArticleBlog :: Making Experience Count
So...you have figured out a way to obtain some practical experience in IT. Now your task is to make sure that you are going to use this very valuable opportunity to maximum advantage. In other words,...
View ArticleBlog :: The IT Certification Exam Registration Process
The overwhelming majority of IT certification providers use one or both of the following computer-based exam registrars: Prometric and/or Pearson Virtual University Enterprises (VUE). To learn which...
View ArticleBlog :: Test-Taking Protocol
So...the moment that we have been waiting for has arrived—today is the day of your IT certification exam. What should you do?
View ArticleBlog :: Why Build a Home Networking Practice Lab?
Earning your IT certification is only half of the "IT career" equation. That is to say, your success in IT certification in particular and an IT career in general hinges not only upon your mastery of...
View ArticleBlog :: Recipe for Building a Home Networking Practice Lab
To establish your home networking testing lab, you will require the following items: (a) a decent host computer; (b) virtualization software; and (c) demo or full-versions of the relevant server/client...
View ArticleBlog :: Microsoft's Best-Kept Secret
This week I have been discussing ways to build a low-cost home practice network. Today I want to make you aware of a free service Microsoft offers that gives not only current IT managers quick,...
View ArticleBlog :: What is DoD Directive 8570, and Why Should I Care?
If you are either (a) a current information systems security professional; or (b) aspire to be such, then you need to know about Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 8570.
View ArticleBlog :: More on the DoD Directive 8570 Program
In my last post I educated you as to what the Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 8570 is and why you as an IT professional might care. Today I would like to provide you with a little bit more...
View ArticleBlog :: On the EC-Council's Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Certification
You might notice that the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants' (EC-Council's) Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification is conspicuously absent from the list of approved...
View ArticleBlog :: How the PMP Certification Works
Today I would like to describe the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification program for you with a minimum of muss, fuss, or greasy aftertaste.
View ArticleBlog :: PMP Exam Prep: Core Documents
So...you have resolved to study for the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam. Where should you begin your preparation?
View ArticleBlog :: PMP Exam Prep: Multimedia Training and Practice Exams
Hi. Have you ever heard of the expressing "eating one's own dog food?" No? Well, step right in and let me tell you all about it.
View ArticleBlog :: The PMI-RMP Certification
Let's talk about the brand-spanking new PMI-RMP certification, shall we?
View ArticleBlog :: High-Level View of Adobe Professional Certifications
This is the inaugural post of a series that puts the Adobe Certification program in the middle of my crosshairs. For a variety of reasons, all of which you will become familiar with in time, I have had...
View ArticleBlog :: Steps to Becoming an Adobe Certified Expert
Let us leave to the side for the moment some of the needless complexity and conflicting information in Adobe certifications (covered in my last piece in this series). Today we shall focus on how to...
View ArticleBlog :: Introducing...Cert Prep Online!
Imagine an IT certification preparation tool that you could run from a standard Web browser from anywhere in the world, provided that you had an open Internet connection.
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