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IT Insights Blog — Network+

Here to Pump You Up

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Pump you up

A personal trainer works one-on-one with individuals to develop and implement a plan for each client’s self-improvement (usually in the form of physical fitness). The trainer will set goals to help motivate his or her clients, and provide constructive feedback — boosting the client’s confidence and ability to achieve the results the trainer has promised them.

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CACQ Accreditation: A Nice Chaser for My Bitter Pill

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Ballin'

OK! Alright. Things didn’t turn out quite the way I expected for Dub Nation. We did end up with the best regular season NBA record ever (73-9), and another MVP trophy for my man Steph. Unfortunately we got surprised by LeBron and his Cavaliers in the Finals, and the less said about the release of the Curry 2, the better. It was a disappointing denouement to a great season, but I do still have reason to celebrate — the girls’ soccer team I coach went undefeated for a third straight season. (We were a defensive powerhouse, shutting out opponents more than 57 percent of the time and compiling a goal-differential of 4 to 1.)

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It's the Little Things (and Little People)

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The G Man

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

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Stacking Certs (Again) with CompTIA Network+

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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.

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