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Microsoft Certified Architect, Technical Certifications and An Architectural Finish – with Thorsten Wujek

March 12, 2012 in Interviews with IT Pros with 0 Comments

Microsoft Certified Architect Thorsten Wujek is a legend. Not everyone has heard about him, but his knowledge, entrepreneurship and passion is an inspiration for me and thousands of other engineers.

He belongs to the small group of people who have the Microsoft Certified Architect title and, what is most interesting, he does not work for Microsoft. He has created a great company (STEIN) with many IT Rockstars and believes in the value of IT certifications, especially on the architectural level.

In this interview you will find:

How to prepare to the Microsoft Certified Architect certification and can we call that “preparation”?
What is the real goal with certifications like Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) or Cisco Certified Architect (CCAr)?
Are certifications or maybe the certification process important?
How Thorsten’s knowledge about certifications helps him with finding great employees?

Offensive Security Certified Professional – OSCP

March 9, 2012 in Security Certification with 0 Comments

OSCP Without any question, the OSCP certification is one of the best security certifications on the market.

To achieve the OSCP certification you must complete the 24-hour long lab, where you must obtain a root access to several Windows and Linux machines.

A training and the exam itself are based on the Backtrack distribution with tons of gray/black hat tools like Metasploit.

The OSCP certification is one of the 5 IT certifications from the Offensive Security portfolio and each of them is better than the previous one.
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The Open Group: Move Your Business Architecture Skills To Another Level – with Steve Philp

March 8, 2012 in Interviews with Program Managers with 2 Comments

This is an interview with Steve Philp from The Open Group.

The Open Group is the leader on the Business and Enterprise Architects standards and IT certifications market. If you work for an enterprise as a Business Architect, you’ve probable heard about TOGAF® or Open CA.

If not, you absolutely should know these programs, because The Open Group creates great IT certifications, that can change your professional live and help your company.

In this interview you will find:

What Enterprise Architects should know about TOGAF® 9 certifications?
Why the Open Certified Architect certification is on the hardest IT certifications to achieve?
What changes in the program we should see in 2012?
What connects The Open Group with BCS Charted IT Professional and what is a benefit of this connection for you?

Cisco Certified Technician – CCT TelePresence

March 7, 2012 in Networking Certification with 0 Comments

Cisco Certified TelePresence (CCT TelePresence) in 100% is concentrated on videoconferencing solutions from Cisco.

Cisco decided to create three technician-level certifications: Routing and Switching, Telepresence and Data Center.

Only three certifications from the Cisco portfolio concentrate on the TelePresence solutions – CCT, Cisco TelePresence Solutions Specialist and Cisco TelePresence Installations Specialist (directed to partners).

That’s why, the CCT TelePresence certification is great for all technicians and young engineers in companies that have installed TelePresence solutions (mainly from Cisco).
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Cisco Certified Technician Data Center – CCT-DC

March 6, 2012 in Networking Certification with 0 Comments

Cisco Certified Technician (CCT Data Center) is one of the newest Cisco certifications targeted to the onsite support and field engineers.

Cisco decided to create three technician-level certifications: Routing and Switching, Telepresence and Data Center.

In this article we cover a certification that is growing on popularity every day. CCT Data Center covers topics about physical installation and day-to-day work with Cisco Nexus switches, Cisco UCS, Cisco MDS and even some basic configuration of NX-OS.

The CCT program is amazing for technical support engineers, specialized on the Cisco equipment. It is good for people who want to start an IT career and want to work with a DC stuff.
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How To Use Certifications To Become a Virtualization Expert – with Andrea Mauro

March 5, 2012 in Interviews with IT Pros with 4 Comments

Andrea Mauro is a virtualization expert. Without any question.

He achieved the highest level in the VMware certification program (VCDX), but also decided to extend his virtualization skills with other players (Microsoft and Citrix), systems skills (Microsoft and Novell), storage and backup skills (EMC and Symantec).

A great person, a great engineer and (what is the most important) a great inspiration for everyone who wants to start with virtualization certifications and doesn’t know if theses certifications are important.

In this interview you will find:

What steps you must do to become VMware Certified Design Expert?
Why you should not concentrate only on a virtualization technology, but also on other technologies like networking, storage and even SQL?
Do you need to work with the biggest systems in the world to become a VCDX?
What other certifications are good for vEngineers?