IT Insights Blog — Network Pro

Show of hands, how many nerds do we have in the room today? Everyone here is a nerd, got it. Perfect. So you'll all naturally remember the scene from one of those Lord of the Rings movies where wandering wizard Gandalf and elf queen Galadriel are talking about Hobbits. When asked by the Galadriel, “Why the Halfling?” Gandalf gives one of those quintessential, life lesson responses that wandering

The truthfulness of the age-old expression “Two heads are better than one” is borne out by a myriad of examples. There’s everything from the fictional partnerships of Han Solo and Chewbacca, or Batman and Robin, to the real-world success of Jordan and Pippen, or Lennon and McCartney. Successful duos even include the likes of the delicious cookies and milk, or the ever-palatable peanut butter and chocolate. (Mmmm, cookies and milk.)

Finding work in a crowded IT field can be difficult, to say the least. The application and interviewing process can sometimes make you feel like a small bighorn sheep attempting to fight the alpha ram to win the attention of the females in the herd. Instead of being the one to fight the alpha, of course, you must learn how to become the alpha and set yourself apart from the rest of the pack. An article by Ed Tittel recently posted to Tom’s IT Pro gives some insight into how to put yourself in high demand on today’s IT market. Tittel suggests that, given the always-looming Internet of Things, one way to assure that you are wanted is to gain knowledge and skills in one of the many realms of networking.

At TestOut Continuing Education, our mission is to make a difference in a person’s life through education using breakthrough technology. We take our mission so seriously that every decision we make must answer the question: What is best for the student? Obviously what is best for the student is to provide them with the best training, at the best price, to enable them to earn their IT certification. That is our bottom line, and that’s why it’s rewarding to hear from students who succeed.

Certification Magazine annual Salary Survey that illustrated the power of "stacking" certifications, or starting out with one cert and then adding others on top of it. We used CompTIA's popular A+ certification to make our point, and it was such an interesting illustration that we felt compelled to try it again. This time, we're looking at CompTIA's Network+ credential, which provides a nice point of entry to the world of IT networking.