Certification News

On June 24th, Cisco announced the addition of "concentrations" for CCNA certification covering security, voice, and wireless. Each one consists of a single exam added on to an existing CCNA certification. For example, to earn...

A new master certification level from Microsoft inserts a stepping stone between the Microsoft Certified Professional level of certification (MCITP and MCPD) and the very selective Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA). In fact,...

On Tuesday Cisco Systems announced three new specialties -- Security, Voice and Wireless -- that can be added on to its popular entry-level certification, the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) .

Each of the specialties,...

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) recently announced that a new version of its Security+ exam will be released in October 2008. The new exam contains a new subject area titled "Assessments and Audits," which...

In a somewhat retro departure from the currently popular format of role based certifications rather than product based certifications, Oracle has created the Oracle Certified Expert program to focus on specific Oracle products...

If you are at all interested in Oracle certification, now is the time to check out the 11 exams currently available under the beta program. Available exams include those for Oracle Database 11g, numerous exams for Oracle EBS R12,...

A number of exams that count toward the MCDBA, MCAD and MCSD titles will sail into the sunset in 2009. This according to a Microsoft blog post from Trika Harms zum Spreckel, a member of the marketing team in the Microsoft...

This week, Cisco Systems revealed new and updated exams for its mid-level Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) certification as part of a revamp that now allows candidates to choose between two CCVP tracks: Cisco Unified...

Recently Apple has realigned its certification programs to coordinate with Max OS X 10.5 Leopard. This has included a bit of renaming as described below, and alas, there is no upgrade path from Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger to the Leopard...

Cisco systems recently announced the creation of a Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) designation which it says is "parallel to CCIE in terms of difficulty, and expertise." Whereas the CCIE is focused on network implementation...