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By CompTIA
| November 01, 2013
Since 2008, Fuji Xerox Tokyo has tied its success serving customers to the core concept of CompTIA Project+ certification.
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By Janet Pinkerton
| October 28, 2013
CompTIA Subject Matter Expert Tenette Prevatte began working in IT to make a car payment. Fast forward nearly 20 years, Prevatte is department chair for information systems security at Fayetteville (NC) Technical Community College, where she also teaches in-person and online classes. She encourages those who want to get into IT to get experience wherever possible. “Being able to troubleshoot is something no instructor can teach you how to do. That’s just something that comes from experience,” she said.
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By Julie Ritzer Ross
| October 25, 2013
At some institutions, paying and sitting for certification exams is an option, rather than a requirement. But for students of Fortis College in Centerville, OH, this is not the case. Here, tuition covers the cost of test vouchers, while taking and passing at least two certification exams constitutes a prerequisite for graduation. The latter requirement not only helps more graduates find jobs faster; it distinguishes the school from similar local institutions.
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By CompTIA
| October 25, 2013
GFN AG found that many career changers and newcomers to the IT industry didn’t have the extensive previous knowledge for vendor-specific certifications. In their search for a suitable, universally recognized certification, GFN AG soon found exactly what they were looking for: The CompTIA A+ and CompTIA Network+ certifications.
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By Janet Pinkerton
| October 17, 2013
CompTIA and its exam development partner viaForensics are releasing the CompTIA Mobile App Security+ certification today. The exam is designed to validate that mobile application developers have the skills to securely create a native iOS or Android mobile app while also ensuring secure network communications and backend web services.
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By Janet Pinkerton
| October 01, 2013
Today CompTIA releases CompTIA Cloud+, a new high-stakes certification exam for IT professionals working in environments that increasingly use cloud computing and virtualization technologies. The exam is ideal for those with at least two to three years of work experience in IT networking, network storage or data center administration—specialties that have seen rapid change due to cloud’s wide adoption as a competitive IT solution.
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By Janet Pinkerton
| October 01, 2013
Given the rapid rate of change and the addition of new players in the cloud market, it’s rare that organizations will understand the entire scope of knowledge that they need to cut through the sales pitches and successfully deploy the cloud solution that is right for them. To address this problem, CompTIA worked with cloud subject matter experts to develop the CompTIA Cloud+ certification exam.
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By Janet Pinkerton
| September 27, 2013
The panelists of the CompTIA webinar “How to Use Social Media for Professional Gain” have used social media to launch businesses, build personal and corporate brands, forge new partnerships and, for one, land a life coach for free.
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By Janet Pinkerton
| September 25, 2013
CompTIA will retire the Printing and Document Imaging (PDI+) exam on Jan. 31, 2014. Vouchers for the exam are good until Jan. 31, 2014, the final day to take the exam. Anyone who has earned the CompTIA PDI+ certification will be certified for life.
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By Janet Pinkerton
| September 16, 2013
So you want a job in the mobile space. How are your skills working across iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows Phone, and Blackberry platforms? Whether the job involves mobile app development or supporting mobile workers and devices in an enterprise network, the ability to work with multiple mobile device technologies and platforms is key to success.
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