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Moey posted:Anyone have an idea of when VMware will stop offering the VCP-DCV510 and VCP-DCV550? I know it is probably coming soon as 6.0 should be officially announced at VMworld. I never paid attention to how long the old exams stick around after. Need to sit the VCP sometime soon.
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Mouse Cadet posted:Anyone have a recommendation for ITIL practice tests that are close in difficulty to the real exam? http://www.itil-officialsite.com/Qualifications/ITILSamplePapers/ITILSamplePapers.aspx
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It's real. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/sep14/09-22pearsonpr.aspx quote:Delivered through a process called “online proctoring,” select exams can be delivered through the cloud and taken by test candidates from their home, office or any other location that meets security requirements. This new capability makes testing accessible to candidates who do not live or work within easy travel distance of a testing center while protecting the integrity of the certification process. Candidates will be supervised in real time by Pearson VUE proctors using webcams, microphones and other security protocols.
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1000101 posted:Take any CCNP exam. I'm fond of TSHOOT as the most fun.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:59
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It's probably a bit obscure but anyone ever do anything with Acme Packet/Oracle SBC certification? The company is willing to pay but as far as I can see there's 1 certification and about 20 different 5 day training courses you can take for $3500 a pop. Materials outside of them seem a bit light. "Oracle SBC Configuration and Administration" seems like the best bet though.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:40
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Phil Tenderpuss posted:Looks like I was wrong and the SY0-301 is going to be retired on December 31. Should I just study for and take the 301 while I still can? Would 2 months be enough?
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Oct 20, 2014 23:27
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Lord Dudeguy posted:I'm more than a little upset over how MCSE: Communication and Messaging (Lync and Exchange) require Office 365 exams now. http://blogs.skype.com/2014/11/11/introducing-skype-for-business/
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Nov 11, 2014 21:50
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Baconroll posted:Assuming that goes well I'm thinking of either doing Certified Ethical Hacker or CISSP next. The CISSP would be nice but the thought of a 6 hour exam is a bit of a brain killer. I can't imagine too many people in a position to hire looking at Certified Ethical Hacker on a resume and thinking anything other than, "Oh, ok".
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Nov 25, 2014 22:19
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skooma512 posted:What do InfoSec people like as far as certs? Are there any? Probably OSCP and the various SANS certs. I have none of them, still studying on and off for the CISSP.
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Drunk Orc posted:I take my Sec+ in about three and a half hours, I hope I don't get any dumb Linux CLI questions. I got a couple on a practice test last night and it threw me for a loop.
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Jan 23, 2015 16:21
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Mastering VMware vSphere 6 will be released on April 6 and is available for pre-order. http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-VMware-vSphere-Nick-Marshall/dp/1118925157/ref=zg_bsnr_3740_1
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TheEffect posted:My question is should I bother with the MTA before jumping into MSCA? Should I get ALL of the (IT Infrastructure) MTA certs? Also, should I try to get multiple MSCA certs, or just the latest for Windows Server 2012? What about Windows 8? My ultimate goal is to become a "Corporate IT Systems Administrator", or something along those lines. Currently I'm an "Operations Systems Manager". This is obviously role dependent but OS agnosticism is far more valuable in the sysadmin resumes I get than any of the specialization certs like Win 8 or Lync. Large organizations tend to be more silo'd in their technical skillsets so you'll have a linux team and a Citrix team and a Windows team, etc... but being able to work competently on multiple OS's is going to get you far more interviews and offers. Be flexible.
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Feb 5, 2015 22:08
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Oh gently caress you VMware. I'm sitting VCP550 by the end of the month. quote:They're here! vSphere 6 Training Courses Now Available!
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Finally scheduled VCP 5.5 for next Tuesday. It'll be like a year to a day after I finished the Stanly course but I procrastinate and only started seriously studying after the new year. Failing would suck because really I just want to move onto casually studying for CISSP again instead of obsessing over poo poo like DPM thresholds.
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362/500 on the VCP-550. Tons and tons on the features of Standard Switch v Distributed Switches and also way more minutiae about various health badges than I cared for. This at least makes up me bombing the VCP-410 badly enough that I never even re-took it.  e: terrible grammar Diva Cupcake fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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Congrats! Keep grinding.
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Tab8715 posted:Is this online? https://share.wgu.edu/sites/academi...FDocuments%2FIT Not sure how the exact transfer forks but a CCNA + CCNA:Sec could be worth 25 credits if I'm reading it correctly? I think.
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Apr 22, 2015 21:29
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Tab8715 posted:This is asking me for a login, is there another way I can check out the available classes? https://www.dropbox.com/s/7g8vi0i9c...0-2015.pdf?dl=0 There are also straight Information Technology and Software Development tracks that differ slightly.
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alejandro posted:So... going for my first cert. I see many going for the various MS Server 2012 ones as a starter, but I'm the only guy on my team who hasn't had the training courses and there's a lot of material to cover... even with CBT videos it feels like a bit too much right now. e: I haven't really touched Citrix since my last job so fairly worthless cert for me at least. Plenty of LinkedIn recruiters seem to ask about it though. Diva Cupcake fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Apr 28, 2015 |
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Powershell owns and I highly recommend people going through "Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches" before even screwing around with the MCSA tracks. It's a base level of knowledge that is only going to get more important in later Windows server revisions.
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The MCSA SQL tracks are pretty well thought of if you're interested in pursuing junior level SQL dba positions. I can't imagine you just wing your way into a dba career though. You kinda have to want to pursue it. People who can legitimately do MSCE Data Platform/Business Intelligence enterprise level SQL work can make some very good money.
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They really want to hire an H1B so they throw out a job description with unrealistic requirements which allows them to then say that they've exhausted all local efforts to find someone with the skillset they desire. They'll also pay 60% of market value.
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Tab8715 posted:I thought you couldn't underpay H1Bs?
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Jun 15, 2015 19:33
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I'll be studying for CCNA: Sec later on this year as it's a requirement for my WGU track and the CCNA is up for renewal in early 2016. From what I understand Cisco just revamped the exam this month so hopefully it tackles more than just ASA config.
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Jun 24, 2015 02:04
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Anyone familiar with the Asghar Ghori RHCSA/RHCE books? Worthwhile? From what I understand Michael Jang is the standard but his RHEL 7 book isn't coming out until December.
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Jul 1, 2015 17:25
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Doug posted:I've got an opportunity to teach Security+ at a local community college in the fall but I don't have the cert. I've got 5 years of industry experience, CEH and GIAC certs but I just skipped over Sec+. I imagine I could pass it without study but I just can't mentally do it. What's the go to Sec+ book? Know all the *ishing attacks. Differentiating between them seems to be important to CompTIA.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:I'm looking through jobs and I'm finding my certifications are being overlooked for lack of job experience. I'm 3 months shy of 2 years at a small msp, wearer of all hats IT work, and I can't get a response out of job openings above 'help desk'. Experience will almost always trump certifications and even college degrees but just keep hammering away, especially at small firms. Depending on the local market you should be able to get interviews for junior networking or maybe junior sysadmin work if it interests you. Always use recruiters. They help a ton.
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Has anyone ever used TrainingCamp.com? I've read through the Shonn Harris and Eric Conrad books and I'm pretty familiar with all the CISSP material from self-study but in an effort to force me to take the exam my employer wants to send me to the 6-day bootcamp that ends with sitting the exam. How do they compare with SANS or InfoSec Institute? SANS obviously has an enormous reputation but they're also much more expensive and don't provide the exam at the end.
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Anyone thinking of studying for 410-411 should go through PowerShell in a Month of Lunches first. Really you should do that even if you're not studying for the MS tests.
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Any ever used Linux Academy? Thinking about it as a supplement to the standard RHCSA/RHCE materials, $20/month.
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Race Realists posted:this is how crazy people think
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Langolas posted:Working on my VCP right now... I am seriously lacking motivation. I got my lab built up but I just can't get myself to dig into things.
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CrushedWill posted:Not really an IT cert in and of itself, but I was able to pass the PMP exam on Friday. I poo poo you not, I needed the entire next day before my synapses returned to working order. Congrats! How much time would you guesstimate you spent studying? I was sent to a PMP boot camp through work a couple months back and as seems to be a recurring theme I've been unable to motivate myself to finish it off.
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Anyone take the 200-260 yet? I need to renew my CCNA in the next few months and just saw that they retired 640-554.
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The vast majority of my studying for WGU and certs has been at work and I can manage 1-3 hours a day if I stay until 7pm or so. At home I rarely get anything done.
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Gothmog1065 posted:So, with the way the CE credits work, I know if you get a "higher level" cert for CompTIA, it will re up the ones below it (A+, Net+ Sec+, something at the end). A question came up with a coworker, if you take, say, your Sec+ and your Net/A+ has lapsed, does it renew those, or do you have to retake those cert exams? https://certification.comptia.org/continuing-education/renewothers/renewing-security
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From what I can tell the price to re-take SY0-401 at Pearson Vue is $311. I believe it was $285 at the time I took it. Unless you mean renewing it with like Cloud+ which seems sort of worthless.
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Looking at their documentation the only higher level CompTIA cert that will renew Security+ by itself is the CASP. Other "higher level" ones like Cloud+ and Mobility+ only give you 10 and 13 of the 50 CEUs required. You're better off either re-taking or going 3rd party. Really though, renewing CompTIA certs shouldn't even matter and I'm not sure it's worth the hassle. The only 8570 cat that Sec+ touches that others like CCNA Sec don't is IAM 1. 
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A couple hundred dollars for a Microsoft or Cisco cert is relatively meaningless in comparison to the return you can get with a higher level position. Stuff like the SANS training and certs that are $5-6k for the course you're almost certainly getting your job to pay for.
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My last job forced everyone in IT infrastructure to take a 4 day course in ITIL and then pass the v3 Foundations exam. I think like 2 people out of 150 failed the first time. It's really just rote memorization and procedure. And echoing everyone else, it's boring as gently caress.
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