IT Insights Blog — certification

In 2014 TestOut partnered with private companies and universities in Panama and Colombia to provide our training courses. TestOut has trained thousands of English speaking students, and knew we could help non-English speakers as well. We had to revamp our courses, naturally, to make them 100 percent localized to those new countries. Translating and recording all the videos and lab simulations is a big undertaking, and during the past 18 months we’ve made some terrific strides. TestOut presently offers PC Pro (80 percent of the course is currently in Spanish, with a complete Spanish update due in the second quarter...

It’s no secret that the world has a bit of a fascination with money. The phrase “money makes the world go round” has been used in songs, stories, movies and common vernacular probably since the first time currency was used in exchange for goods. And since that time, people have been trying to find ways to save the money that they already have. Saving money has practically become a game or sport in many respects. Money saving is the selling point of many reality television shows, where consumers can watch a "professional couponer" get the best of local stores. I’m...

TestOut is giving the gift of education this Christmas! If you’re out of the loop on this year’s holiday savings, then let’s get you caught up. Here is the scoop on all of the current and future pricing for top TestOut Continuing Education products: Library Suite: $695/year (Reg. $895) The regular price tag on a library suite is a great price. Throw in a $200 discount — using coupon code CERTIFY15 — and it's just absurd. TestOut courses are experience-based and thorough, the best training on the market. With that in mind, look at all of the courses you get with...

In the words of a favorite Christmas carol, "Fast away the old year passes." It will be 2016 before you know it, and a new year brings new possibilities and new opportunities to strive for excellence in IT certification. If you didn't hit your certification mark in 2015, now is the time to think about giving it another shot. And speaking of second chances, one thing that pops up over and over again in the cybersecurity realm is companies and organizations (sometimes even governments) who are begging consumers and constituents for a second chance to do a better job of...

Happy Star Wars Day from TestOut Continuing Education! Yeah, we know, some of you think that Star Wars Day happens in May. May the 4th be with you and all of that. (Trivia time: Star Wars was actually released on May 25, 1977, so, um, yeah. Sorry May 4.) Don’t kid yourself. Dec. 18 is the new Star Wars Day. We participated in a pre-Star Wars Day screening last night, and if the level of enthusiasm we observed at the local 17-screen theater is any indication, then it’s clear that We the People have unequivocally declared a brand new Star Wars...