Course Name: CompTIA Cloud Essentials (CLO-001)
Companies will continue to shift towards cloud environments in 2012 whether they are public clouds or privately managed and secured cloud environments- read full article here. Whether you are new to IT or an established IT professional, knowing the fundamentals of Cloud Computing is essential. CompTIA’s Cloud Essentials certification is an excellent way to get started.
Course Name: VMWare vSphere (VCP)
For the student looking to really get hands on with virtualization technology, check out our VMWare vSphere VCP test prep. As the demand for IT professionals with datacenter virtualization skills increases, achieving VCP certification confirms that you have the education needed to successfully install, deploy, scale and manage VMware vSphere environments, as well as the skills obtained by a minimum of six months experience with VMware infrastructure technologies.
Course Name: CompTIA Strata Green IT
Green computing is big these days. As companies look for ways to cut data center space, power and cooling costs, IT professionals that pass the Strata Green IT exam validate that they have the aptitude needed to effectively implement and measure Green IT programs and investments, including: A specialized knowledge of current IT methodologies. The ability to develop, deploy, and calculate true ROI for green IT initiatives. Knowledge of cost-cutting power management and IT virtualization techniques. Proven understanding of environmentally-sound waste disposal.
Course Name: Healthcare IT (HIT-001)
Electronic Health Records (EHR) are buzzing these days, with recent focus on Health Care Information Technology. With HIPAA regulations already in effect, and more on the way, the world is moving towards a digital age in health care. IT professionals looking to work in the healthcare industry need to understand the how these rules and regulations impact the way they do their jobs. CompTIA’s Healthcare IT Technician certification offers an excellent introduction to these topics.
Course Name: Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Professional (PMP) PMP PMI’s certification provides the skills and abilities to manage large projects with critical paths, critical dates, available resources, and track the progress of the project from inception to completion. uCertify offers a great PMP course booked by a respected expert in the field with an excellent reference guide, videos and of course, hundreds of real world practice questions.
Course Name: Network+ 2012 (N10-005)
Network administrators have always played a crucial, behind the scenes role in keeping an organization’s infrastructure running smoothly and securely. With the continuous growth of IT adoption across organizations of all sizes across the globe, and the explosion of wireless technologies, keeping networks safe from external attacks is more important than ever. CompTIA’s Network+ 2012 edition broadens the spectrum for Network+ certification with coverage of virtual networking and advanced network security with seven layer of Open System Connection model.
Course Name: Storage+ Powered by SNIA (SG0-001)
CompTIA in collaboration with the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) recently released the Storage+ Powered by SNIA certification to fill the need for professionals configure basic networks to include archive, backup, and restoration technologies. The certification is comprehensive validation of the knowledge and skills necessary to support various solutions and technologies in data storage, storage networking, data protection, and the underlying interconnect technologies. An excellent certification for both network and system administrators.
Course Name: Advanced Security Practitioner (CAS-001)
With the growing threat of security attacks, organizations are paying much needed attention to protecting their networks and data. CompTIA’s Advanced Security course is targeted at individuals that have years of “hands-on” security, keeping networks running and secure. The depth of knowledge required is much more than for the Security+ course: the test candidate is expected to know about port scanners, vulnerability scanners, protocol analyzers, switchport analyzers, network enumerators, password crackers, fuzzing, and attack tool frameworks.
Course Name: Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA courses)
The MTA certifications need no introduction. uCertify has had practice tests for these exams for a while now, but they have recently been upgraded to courses with a reference guide and the status of being Microsoft approved courseware. The MTA certification creates a new entry point for these people to help them jumpstart their career aspirations. Each MTA Certification exam will cover a broad technology area, including:
- Microsoft Software Development Fundamentals (98-361)
- Microsoft Windows Fundamentals (98-362)
- Microsoft Web Development Fundamentals (98-363)
- Windows Server Administration Fundamentals (98-365)
- Microsoft Database Fundamentals (98-364)
- Microsoft Networking Fundamentals (98-366)
- Microsoft Security Fundamentals (98-367)
- Microsoft .NET Fundamentals (98-372)
Course Name: Program Management Professional (PgMP)
The PMI Program Management Professional certification exam is a complex certification ideal for project and program managers that multi-task multiple projects. It is a far more exclusive certification than the more common PMP cert, requiring more than double the experience years and hours. However, project managers looking for that major extra boost to direct enterprise critical projects, find the certification well worth the effort and cost.
Course Name: Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
The Business Analyst (BA) role has become essential in today’s workplace as a vital component of a successful project. The business analysis field has been accelerating at a rapid pace, and this acceleration has caused some understandable growing pains. Among the challenges are a lack of standardization, inconsistent terminology across organizations, and difficulty in assessing knowledge and skills of BAs. The CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) certification program created by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) is proof of a BA practitioner’s understanding and mastery of these standards for business analysis. 1:37 PM Friday, March 02, 2012
VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 (Desktop and Mobility Deployment) – The industry-recognized VCAP6-DTM Deploy certification validates that you know how to deploy and optimize VMware Horizon 6 (with View) environments. It demonstrates that you have the knowledge and skills necessary to leverage best practices to provide a scalable and dependable Business Mobility platform for your business. Some of the topics involve: Configuring and managing Horizon View components, configuring cloud pod archituecture, configuring Group Policy settings related to Horizon View, Configuring and optimizing desktop images for Horizon View & Mirage, Configuring and managing App Volumes AppStacks, Configuring desktop pools, Configuring and deploying ThinApp packaged applications, Configuring VMWare Identity Manager, etc.Sebastian’s take on the VCAP6 exam: “In my thoughts and opinions VCAP6 examination is way better experience when compared with VCAP5, the newest exam looks just like VMware HOL. The screen is simple, questions are structured on the right section of the screen, and could be concealed aside or even restored when required. My bits of advice to the questions window: if you opt to make it floating, you better know how to restore it back. I ended up moving it around for the reason that I fail to remember how to restore it back. The two arrows that resembled control buttons on the top were supposed to dock the window to right of left. Fonts can be resized, which in my opinion was a lot better than scrolling up and down the question. The response speed of the entire user interface was much quicker as compared to VCAP5.5, and there wasn’t any lagging time period experienced when switching from window to window. Something to keep in mind: BACKSPACE key is not working! I believe this is good since you don’t reload your examination window by accident, even so, it could be irritating sometimes whenever you type some thing mistakenly and you have to select and press Del to remove. The Desktop and shortcuts were structured very effectively, and all important applications like internet browser or Mirage console could be launched. You will find a excellent user interface for Remote Desktop Manager where you can find all necessary RDP connection to servers or desktops with no need to type username and password. The web browser had all the links in the Favorite Bar. At the time I’m penning this, there’s no additional 30 minute extension for Non-Native English speaker at No-Native English country, which is actually a bummer. There are actually thirty-nine question to respond to within the three hours time, and this can be actually quite hard for non-native English speakers just like me. Quite a few questions take time to complete, therefore it is preferable to bypass the questions that you can’t answer, and complete those you are able to. By the end of the 39 questions, you can get back on the uncompleted questions in case you have time. Don’t waste a long time on one single question! The examination blue print are available on my website at Szumigalski.com. It is well-organized and following it for the examination preparation should help a great deal. Obviously, the most suitable is if you could have a lot of hands on experience! I’m actually very happy with the examination experience, despite the fact that I passed this time around by small margin, but I understand what I missed for the exam, study from the errors and practice harder to familiarise myself with the environment. This qualification can open up your career prospects!”