http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com There are an estimated 1.1 million IT professionals in the UK, distributed between around 120,000 IT companies and other industries, such as finance, the public sector, transport, storage, banking and communications. In addition, the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_681325_22.html 03rd November 2008 <div id="mod_new6" class="m... http://www.articlealley.com/article_676292_11.html 27th October 2008 What is PMP certification and why get it? PMP stands for Project Management Professional. PMP certification is offered by PMI (Project Management Institute) and those that obtain this certification demonstrate a proficient level of project management lea... http://www.articlealley.com/article_676281_22.html 27th October 2008 Microsoft has announced two new training and certification programs that align with their new virtualization products. In the news release Climbing the Ladder of Success with Microsoft Certification: New training and certification programs help IT p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_669493_22.html 21st October 2008 I passed my A+ Certification exams I took and passed my CompTIA A+ Certification Exams today. Which, in theory, means I am now A+ certified … or at least I will be in a few weeks when the actual certifi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_663360_22.html 13th October 2008 I have an MCITP Certification in SQL 2005 and I want to upgrade. The second to last posting in the Microsoft Certifications: Where do I Start Series. It's taken me a little while to get them all put up, ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_662100_22.html 13th October 2008 One of my Friend - Nattily - has asked me a question which I am regularly asked, so I have posted it and my reply in this post. “I am confused as to which Microsoft certification to study for - My company is running Windows Server 2000 and 2... http://www.articlealley.com/article_662090_22.html 13th October 2008 Cisco Certfied Internetwork Expert I finally PASSED the CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Exam today, May 5th 2005, out at RTP in North Carolina! I have been studying for the CCIE exam for almost 3... http://www.articlealley.com/article_659352_22.html 07th October 2008 Well this post will be in two parts. The smaller first part will detail what I did to prepare for the lab. And the in second part, I will detail what I think is the best way of preparing for the lab, based on personal experience and probl... http://www.articlealley.com/article_659340_22.html 07th October 2008 The A+ certification demonstrates competency as a computer technician. CompTIA A+ certification is a vendor neutral certification. The CompTIA A+ certification exam was developed in 1993. The... http://www.articlealley.com/article_657052_22.html 06th October 2008 Comptia A+ Certification Exam Review CompTIA A+ certification (also known as CompTIA A Plus) is an international industry credential that validates the knowledge of computer service technicians. The skills and knowledge measured by ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_657049_22.html 06th October 2008 Testkingdom.com, recently released CCNA ICND2 (Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 2) practice tests. ICND2 exam counts toward CCNA certification awarded by Cisco Systems®. CCNA ICND2 is intended for candid... http://www.articlealley.com/article_655297_22.html 02nd October 2008 Microsoft Learning improves MCP benefits package with access to Microsoft Partner-level support articles and improved transcript and certification manager. The Microsoft Learning Group on Monday said it has made some incremental improveme... http://www.articlealley.com/article_655286_22.html 02nd October 2008 When it comes to the new certifications from Microsoft, I feel asconfused as Ricky Ricardo does after Lucy pulls another one ofher shenanigans. In the beginning, the two main administrator-level certifications from Microsoft were the Microsoft Cert... http://www.articlealley.com/article_655279_22.html 02nd October 2008 I’m changing jobs and moving to the Trustworthy Computing organization under Adrienne Hall’s leadership. This was a difficult choice for me to make, but the right one for my career development. I’ve really enjoyed working in the Microsoft Cert... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654127_22.html 01st October 2008 This is not just in, but worth repeating: Vista exams 70-620, 70-621 and 70-622 exams are all open for registration now at VUE and Prometric. Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technicians (MCDST Traini... http://www.articlealley.com/article_654020_22.html 01st October 2008 Unlike the ASP runtime, ASP.NET uses the Common Language Runtime (CLR) provided by the .NET Framework. The CLR is the .NET runtime, which manages the execution of code. The CLR allows the objects, which are created in different languages, to interac... http://www.articlealley.com/article_652566_22.html 30th September 2008 I need to set some personal objectives for the next six months and I’ve been considering working towards the Microsoft MCITP SQL Server: Business Intelligence certification. This requires that I pass two exams: * 70-445: Microsoft SQ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_652559_22.html 30th September 2008 How Do You Retrieve Information About All Network Connections? One of the objectives of the MCTS .NET Framework exam is to Embed management information and events into a .NET Framework application. (Refer System.Management namespace) and wi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_652535_22.html 30th September 2008 Following my post about studying toward MCPD certification, I’ve now taken the exam and am pleased to say I passed with a good score. The exam 70-547 is about designing and deve... http://www.articlealley.com/article_651610_22.html 29th September 2008 Next week I scheduled in training time focused on gaining “MCTS .NET 2.0 web dev”. I started to investigate what the differences are between the 2.0 exams and the 3.5 versions. 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Here I am assuming that the reader has some acquaintance with programming and object oriented concepts.As I would be basically putting... http://www.articlealley.com/article_650847_22.html 29th September 2008 As of today, these two Visual Studio 2008 MCTS exams are available in English for registration worldwide: · Exam 70-561 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Application Development (NEW!) · Exam 70-562 TS: Microsoft .NET Frame... http://www.articlealley.com/article_648053_22.html 24th September 2008 I know it’s a bit early, but in North America we have an autumn holiday tenderly called “Turkey Day.” This is a time where friends and family put aside differences and distances to share a large feast together in the pretense of harmony. The e... http://www.articlealley.com/article_648043_22.html 24th September 2008 Microsoft is revamping its certification tracks, and will eventually retire the familiar MCSE certificatons. The new certification setup is much like Cisco's, where there are specialist certifications to go along with the more general CCNA, then m... http://www.articlealley.com/article_647996_22.html 24th September 2008 Managing Access to Files and Folders You set specific security on files and folders and allows users or groups a variety of permissions. To set permissions on a folder: 1. Right-click on the folder and select Properties. 2. Click on... http://www.articlealley.com/article_645642_22.html 23rd September 2008 Network+ is a vendor neutral networking certification. The Network+ certification is to certify technicians understand the basics of networking, the OSI model, can describe the features and functions of netwo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_644423_22.html 22nd September 2008 Recommended Group Policy Settings This is by no means a definitive list. We will make some recommendations to you for your Group Policy settings. This could be considered a starter list. You should review all of the Group Policy settings ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_644412_22.html 22nd September 2008 Implementing Group Policy In this article, you will learn: * What Group Policy is * Recommended Group Policy settings * Implementing Group Policy objects Group Policy was probably the most significant change for ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_644404_22.html 22nd September 2008 When importing a new certificate into Exchange 2007, you might encounter a certificate error in Outlook 2007. I have included a screenshot of the error I encountered today: When you choose the View Certificate button, it brings up another w... http://www.articlealley.com/article_642593_22.html 19th September 2008 I wanted to share some of my findings with running Exchange 2007 SP1 on Server 2008. I’ve noticed and heard of several issues and information that I believe people should be cognizant about. Here are the issues and general information I have heard of... http://www.articlealley.com/article_642588_22.html 19th September 2008 The main point of this article was to clear up some confusion as to how connectivity to a PIC provider works with multiple SIP domains as PIC providers ignore Subject Alternative Name (SAN) names in a certificate. So if we have multiple SIP domains,... http://www.articlealley.com/article_642580_22.html 19th September 2008 What is Active Directory? Active Directory (AD) is a technology created by Microsoft to provide network services including LDAP directory services, Kerberos based authentication, DNS naming, secure acces... http://www.articlealley.com/article_641402_22.html 18th September 2008 The Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 MCSA and MCSE certifications are among the premier certifications you can achieve as a Microsoft-focused system administrator or system engineer. Microsoft continues to impr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_641397_22.html 18th September 2008 The Windows Security Center found in Control Panel is the main entry point for configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting security settings for consumer desktop users. Windows Security Center can help enhance your computer's security by checking t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_638454_22.html 15th September 2008 When connecting a device to a USB port on a USB hub, monitor or other device that's plugged into your computer, ensure that the USB port has enough power to support your device. Smaller devices, such as USB flash drives and mice, and devices with th... http://www.articlealley.com/article_638451_10.html 15th September 2008 If this is your very first IT exam or at least your first Microsoft exam, there are some things you should know: * The price for Microsoft exams in the US ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_638449_22.html 15th September 2008 Install and Upgrade Windows Vista Exams Minimum hardware requirements for Vista are a 800MHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM and a 20GB hard drive, and a DVD drive. You'll do better if you have at least a 1GHz or greater CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a 40GB har... http://www.articlealley.com/article_638447_22.html 15th September 2008 Exam 70-623 PRO: stands alone as a Microsoft certification. The exam targets IT professionals who work within the consumer market supporting end users. Familiar with The Geek Squad? Well, that's the targe... http://www.articlealley.com/article_638445_22.html 15th September 2008 Microsoft and Novell, as part of their general interoperability partnership, have verified running Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Server as a guest operating system on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. The companies announced yesterday that their channel... http://www.articlealley.com/article_637439_22.html 15th September 2008 The Red Hat Certification Program is Red Hat's professional certification program for Red Hat and general Linux related skills such as system administration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Ha... http://www.articlealley.com/article_634946_22.html 11th September 2008 The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a non-profit trade association, was created in 1982 as the Association of Better Computer Dealers, Inc.(ABCD) by representatives of five microcomputer dealerships. 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