Certification News

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...

Microsoft's popular exam retake offer -- also known as the Exam Second-Shot -- was set to expire Jan. 31, but the Microsoft Learning Group has extended the popular program for three more months. The extension puts the expiration...

The exam for CompTIA's printing and document imaging certification, PDIA+, launched January 7th, 2008 and is now available in final form.

Target candidates for CompTIA PDI+ certification are service technicians, support...

The current Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server certifications are in the process of being updated from 10.4 to 10.5, with the new exams expected in February. There are three levels of certification available in the tracks:

Apple...

Cisco Systems announced this week that it has instituted a policy whereby all candidates will have a digital photo taken and provide a digital signature at the test center before being allowed to sit for any Cisco exam.

The new...

Back in July, CompTIA announced the results of a Web poll it conducted that asked people to rank the 10 most influential technologies in IT. The results showed that most respondents (24 percent) felt security would have the...

The Microsoft Learning Group on Monday said it has made some incremental improvements to the benefits package that it issues to those who achieve Microsoft Certified Professional status. According to a press release issued by the...