Certification Connection

The CompTIA A+ certification acts as the first building block of your knowledge. It will teach you practically everything needed to be a technician, however, it is not a specialist qualification, rather it is generalist. After taking the A+ certification, it may be to your advantage to go onto a more specialist course, such as the CompTIA Networking+.

The CompTIA Networking plus extends beyond the generalist area of the a plus certification by focusing on how a technician would manage, maintain, troubleshoot, install and configure a basic network infrastructure. It will validate your knowledge and demonstrate your practical understanding of the concepts, which should be backed up by around 9 months experience in appropriate fields or further academic training, plus the A+ certification. To apply, you will then need to have already taken the a plus certification and have experience in the I.T field, or have taken a degree or equivalent in a relevant course.

The Networking+ is a 90 minute exam, where to pass you must score 720 on a scale 100-900. The exam is made up of a hundred questions. Although there is only one exam, unlike the A plus certification, the score to pass the exam is slightly higher.

The CompTIA Networking + certification is well sought after as it demonstrates to employers not only your willingness to learn, but your commitment to improving your knowledge and skills. This is a top attribute which employer’s love, especially in the I.T field where certifications and technology change every few years. Read the rest of this entry »

MCTS certification is purely for the IT professionals who are interested to gain knowledge and seek for a career change with MCTS can select this certification program. Microsoft certified technology specialist is the other term for MCTS. From this certification program, professionals can learn more details about Microsoft technology such as SQL server, vista, XP etc. By gaining knowledge with these latest technologies will help the professionals to have a great career from MCTS certification. This certification can be said as one of the foundations for Microsoft certifications and candidates are showing more interest in certifying with this program each year because it is guaranteed to the candidates that they can get in to multinational companies in a short period of time. From this certification, candidates will be able to perform various tasks like debugging, implementing, troubleshooting various Microsoft technologies. After successfully certifying with this certification, candidates can become one of the certified professionals with all accesses, benefits.

For certifying with MCTS certification, it is very important to the candidates in selecting their desired technology for certifying. Candidates are allowed to select various certification exams that will suit them best and along with those exams, one functional examination will help them to certify with various MCTS designations. Totally, there are 17 types of MCTS designations and candidates can certify them one by one if they wish. Each designation has its own importance in a particular specialization/ field. There are various examinations that are combination of two or more designations and candidates can easily earn those credentials from those examination. Combination examination will be three times tougher than the normal exam and therefore, it is necessary for the candidates to concentrate more on these combination MCTS exams. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft certified Information Technology Professional is the acronym for MCITP. This certification validates the comprehensive skills that are necessary for performing a particular job specialization role which includes enterprise messaging administration or database administration. MCITP certification also builds up technical proficient that are measured in the Microsoft certification informational technology professional. Hence, candidate can obtain more MCITP certifications to earn credentials in this certifications.

Successful candidates who are holding their MCITP certification will be capable of designing, deploying, building, optimizing as well as operating technologies of a particular specialized job role. Successful candidates will also design and make decisions regarding the technology in an effective way to bring successful technology implementation of projects.

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One of the facts in the world that is providing enormous growth in the computing field is because of networking field. Cisco is one of the reputed IT companies that are providing maximum benefits for a particular company’s growth. In fact, Cisco is becoming the major reason for being god father of several networking innovations to the companies around the world. Concepts in networking have made several benefits to the multinational companies. Cisco’s 350-001 examination is one of the prestigious examinations offered from Cisco to the professionals who are in the networking field. In order to implement as well as maintaining these networking concepts, companies are hiring candidates who are certified with certification exam like 350-001. Read the rest of this entry »

The best way to prepare for any exam is not only to know the information, but to know what you are going to be faced with on that dreaded exam paper. This will not only relieve a little stress, but will help you to get through the paper much easier. Like any other exam, the MCITP exam has a variety of different questions to test your knowledge and different skills.

On the MCITP exam, different formats and question types appear in order to challenge your knowledge and skills. There are currently three formats, including case study format which will challenge your analytical skills, simulations and virtual labs to test out your skills and knowledge within a real setting.

Question types include multiple-choice, hot area, active screen, drag and drop and build or reorder list questions. All of these question types have already pre-created answers, which may seem easy in theory, but in practice means you’re often easily more confused when faced with two very similar answers. Moreover, it is likely that there are going to be more questions in a multiple choice exam on a larger range of topics within your area of expertise, meaning you will probably have to learn most of the information on the syllabus. Read the rest of this entry »

Certifications are a means of establishing the credentials for any employee. In the IT sector, having certification in various technologies can help you in a number of sectors ranging from varied career prospects as they indicate the type of skills that you have earned and the types of tasks that you can competently perform. This will directly help you in giving better education at your school. Some of the other factors that might make you consider IT certification are the following:

1. Hiring And Promotion Eligibility

Many companies are still hiring in spite of the current economic status and chances for employment are very high for those who have been certified in various sectors of the IT industry. For those who are already employed, their promotion chances are higher if they have undertaken various IT programs. This means that your students will have additional job skills which will help them with their career. Read the rest of this entry »