Posts Tagged ‘certifications’
10 reasons to be IT certified
June 15th, 2009
-Certified professionals make the difference, always!-
Here are 10 reasons why IT certifications are really important:
1. Organizations must minimize downtime
Server, desktop, and network downtime, as well as mean times to repair, must improve. This is true for most
every organization, but especially for those that have reduced staff, as fewer employees are available to pick up
the slack when errors or failures occur.
When running lean, as many companies have been forced to do, remaining employees’ workloads are often
increased. Thus, it’s imperative that organizations fully utilize remaining staff.
IT certification programs are one method of ensuring that staff members have the training and instruction required
to fulfill specific responsibilities. Employees who are better trained and educated as the result of certification
efforts will be less likely to commit errors that lead to failure. And when outages do occur, the corresponding
education and training will prove helpful in speeding recovery.
“Are You Certifiable?” The best IT show on Internet
June 11th, 2009
Microsoft has launched a Silverlight-based interactive game called: “Are you certifiable?”
This is a new and interesting way to test our knowledge and learn. Created as a television style game “Who wants to be millionaire?” 
There are actually two versions of the game, a developer one and another for system administrators. Read the rest of this entry »
Cisco Systems in CSI New York!
June 2nd, 2009
In the episode 15 in the 4th season of the famous serie CSI New York, we are able to watch Cisco TelePresence System in action.
Is really nice to see this if you are an IT professional For newbies and non-professionals I must say that this is not science-fiction… in anyway it appears in a fiction serie. Read the rest of this entry »