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• 74% of IT professionals polled in Network World said certifications increased pay and got them better jobs.  Forget what we are saying, this is what your peers say about the value of certifications. Are they sometimes a pain in the butt?

Sure. Do you HAVE to have them to get ahead in IT. Nope. And that is straight fr

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The first month of 2012 has been bleak. The Internet has come under attack from the American government, the slack-jawed cabal of mainstream entertainment companies, and the scat-eating vermin known as the MPAA. The so-called "economic recovery" is more stagnant than pond water, even while it's being made to look rosier than it is by Capitol Hill press agents, media hand-job manipulation artists, and the creative accounting of companies that continue to la

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ExamForce, the first company in IT training to build a truly adaptive engine for its exam preparation software, continues to raise the bar by building relationships with the industry’s premier publishers. Adding content from the extensive library of Sybex technical certification books and study guides stacks the deck in their favor. IT professionals need highly detailed and accurate information and explanations when training and preparing for certificati

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ExamCoach, a new service launched by ExamForce, intends to turn the tables on "good intentions" and instead create successful actions by providing a host of services that are included with each exam preparation title. These include customized study plans based on the candidate's desired exam schedule, follow up quizzes sent by email

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Back in the day…when AOL was usurping CompuServe and the ZIP drive was rocking the storage world, techies were a pretty complacent bunch.  We could wear wizard caps and put a curtain up around our work space and chant incantations and people pretty much left us alone.  Any question about the technology was met with a bored look, a wave of the hand and a few mumbles while mixing in words like CP/M OS <mumble> sneaker-net tape drive IO port’s connected to the com port…”oh, are you still standing there? Make yourself useful and get me another Jolt cola then.” Read More »

The CompTIA Security+ exam - It's a cornerstone for entry level computer security jobs, and one you need if you are working for the government or military or a civilian contractor working for the government or military. In the Department of Defense’s 8570.1 Directive’s vernacular, it is one of the approved certifications for the IAT Level II designation. Security+ is super hot these days, and for good reason. The internet is the great enabler, which means that criminals are more often looking for ways to steal your money (or for bigger fish, go after the financial institutions that are holding and using your money) in semi-anonymity. Read More »

This is a difficult time of year for me, I must admit. I still don't know exactly why I get moodier as we approach the end of the calendar year. Is it the waning daylight hours? The dropping temperatures? The snow piling up in the driveway? Is it just the booze talking? Or is it the lump in my head, the "ineligible dependent" whispering dark things to my subconscious while I'm out in the garage mixing oil and gas together in some arcane ratio in order to refuel my snowblower? It's probably organic food. I really need to stop eating that crap. Read More »

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It couldn’t have been a huge surprise this week when it was announced that Steve “I don’t like buttons, Blu-ray, or optical drives” Jobs is stepping down as Apple’s CEO. The man has undergone cancer surgery and a liver transplant in the last decade; the latter operation is even more impressive when you consider how difficult it is to swap parts in a Mac.

The appropriate tributes and critiques have started to make the rounds, the media ink flowing around what is perceived to be the next phase of Apple’s existence as a consumer electronics company. Read More »