I sometimes teach at Cuesta College, a California community college in San Luis Obispo. Cuesta recently became a CompTIA Education To Careers (E2C) member. During the process of becoming a member, it was mentioned that E2C was being “rebranded”. Well, it’s official. E2C is now …
CompTIA is the non-profit trade association advancing the global interests of information technology (IT) professionals and companies including manufacturers, distributors, resellers, and educational institutions. CompTIA offers popular certification programs. (After the implementation of DODD 8570, all Federal IT/IA employees and contractors are required to …
I recently had the pleasure of attending a NetApp Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode Administration class in Columbia Maryland, March 07-11, 2011. We purchased the training from Fastlane, one of NetApp’s authorized training partners. The class was hosted by System Source in Maryland. If you get …
I recently earned Novell Certified Linux Administrator (CLA). (Note that I passed the 2 CompTIA Linux+ exams, then forwarded these to LPI to get LPIC-1, and then forwarded LPIC-1 to Novell.) Turns out that earning Novell CLA, also qualifies you for Novell Data Center Technical …
The Linux Professional Institute has a partnership with Novell. Holders of LPIC certifications are eligible to receive the Novell Certified Linux Administrator (CLA) certification at no additional cost or exams. Once you hold LPIC-1, then follow the directions at LPI’s page on their Novell partnership …
I recently passed CompTIA’s Linux+. One of the first questions on the examinations is something like “Do you want to forward your scores to LPI?” Might as well say “Yes!”, since passing the 2 Linux+ exams automatically qualifies you for the Linux Professional Institute’s LPIC-1. …
I passed the 2 CompTIA Linux+ exams today. These are the new 2010 tests, and are titled “Powered by LPI”. Make sure that when you buy test prep materials, that the book, tests, or whatever are for “Powered by LPI” tests, not the old ones. …
Since I’ve been working on getting my Oracle certifications current, I kept studying after I passed the 10g upgrade test a couple of weeks ago. I passed the 11g upgrade test today, 2 weeks later. That’s a pretty fast turnaround time, I don’t recommend it. …
I’ve been an Oracle geek a long time, I’ve been certified since Oracle 8 days. Recently I haven’t kept up with these like I should, so I decided to freshen my certification up before Oracle retired the upgrade exams. I’m a current Oracle 9i Database Administrator Oracle …
I recently completed my Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional: Enterprise Administrator certification. This certification requires you to pass 5 exams. It turns out that if I took one more exam, 070-646 Pro: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator, I’d qualify for Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional: …