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Facebook to revamp App Directory, launch "Verified Apps" certification

It looks like Facebook may be taking a lesson from Apple when it comes to applications. With thousands upon thousands of applications working their way through the user base, there needs to be a way for users to sift through them and find what they're looking for. ...

Tags: Facebook, Certification, Blogging, Quality, Internet, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Certification the tip of the health reform spear

Certification the tip of the health reform spearIt's difficult to move into new areasWhen the money controls the market entry.I'm in agreement with the need to displace the old approach as it certainly doesn't help us, as individuals or doctors or clinics/hospitals.One factor of interest to me is that the...

Tags: CCHIT, certification, FDA, health care, ResMed

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Certification the tip of the health reform spear

The best standards are basic. They enable innovation and accept change. The standards under which your browser is reading this blog post is an example of that. Those standards accepted standard Web pages, data-driven pages written on the fly, and the creation of social media. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Certification, Health Care, Health IT Certificiation, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Quality, Human Resources, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Network+ Prep Course

Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic, ZDNet, or BNET! Offer ends June 26, 2009.View Available Dates and LocationsCompTIA's Network+ is the premier vendor-neutral networking certification. Our Network+ Prep Course is designed to provide the foundation you need not only to be...

Tags: Certification, Network, CompTIA, CompTIA CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum Symbol, Networking

Training 2009-05-01

Would you cheat to get 'certified'?

Would you cheat to get 'certified'?Nothing"Does certification mean anything?"Nothing, the MSCE scam killed it.Sadly, too many believe in CertificationSadly, too many believe in Certification than required skills, hence it is happening.Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comCertification is worthlessHR is looking for a checkbox to mark. They have no clue what skills it actually takes...

Tags: Quality, training and certification, certification, Certification Program

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

Would you cheat to get 'certified'?

Sadly, too many do! There appear to be a number of people willing to: - memorize certification test answers - post certification test questions and answers on the web for others to use - charge clients for...

Tags: Certification, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Squaring the SAP certification and maintenance circle

The Great Certification Debate as I like to call it has been kicked off among SAP Mentors [disclosure: I am an SAP Mentor] and beyond. How that gets articulated over time remains to be seen but to me it is inextricably linked to both project success and lower TCO. It...

Tags: Certification, SAP AG, SI, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Quality, Outsourcing, Finance, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-25

International University Uses Microsoft Certifications to Drive Employability and Job Opportunities

The field of computing was still young in 1965 when SUPINFO was founded as the first French private higher-education school dedicated to Information Technology IT. Known today as SUPINFO International University, SUPINFO has stayed at the forefront of IT education as it has grown into an international university network that...

Tags: Education, Job, Certification, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Training, SUPINFO International University, Training And Certification, Workforce Management, Human Resources

Case studies 2009-03-18

CDW snags certification for environmental management

Next time you're wondering which VAR or reseller is the best for a given project, you might want to take a look at what systems it has in place to ensure it is a green business in its own right. I'm not sure how many smaller technology...

Tags: Certification, Reseller, CDW Corp., Quality, Training And Certification, Retail, Organizational Structure, Business Operations, Human Resources, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-03-04

Why SAS Certification Is Helpful in Enhancing Your Career as an Analyst and SAS Programmer?

Many people do not believe in the usefulness of IT certification. There have been many such certifications which failed to provide employers with information on the level of competence of the programmers. This lack of faith in IT certification resulted in many people ignoring them. However, in this paper, the...

Tags: Certification, Career, SAS Institute, Programmer, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations

White papers 2009-02-27

The Increased Utilization of Analytics and How Academic Programs Are Responding to Job Market Demands by Leveraging Predictive Modeling With SAS Enterprise Miner Certification

According to Gartner, more than 90% of global 2000 companies have incorporated, or plan to incorporate, analytics into their business applications. This increased utilization of analytics will likely correspond to an increased demand for career professionals with strong analytic skills. This paper examines how academic programs are responding to this...

Tags: Job, Certification, Analytics, SAS Institute, Modeling, Financial Planning, Finance

White papers 2009-02-27

Some advice to would be consultants

Some advice to would be consultantsSound advice ...I own a small me and one other person IT company, and we both love what we do, and know it fairly well Anyone that says they know everything about computers and networking is either lying or delusional ... neither of us have...

Tags: Quality, training and certification, Microsoft Windows NT, certification, Richter, knack

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Roche CIO on SAP, consultants, certification, and system integrators

Last week SAP unveiled its new ERP upgrade, called Business Suite 7. As part of the launch event in New York City, the company invited several enterprise software bloggers to meet with Jennifer Allerton, CIO of Roche and a large SAP customer. You can listen to the...

Tags: CIO, Certification, Consultant, Roche Holding AG, SAP AG, Blogger, Enterprise Blogger, Podcasts, Quality, Blogging, Training And Certification, Internet, Business Operations, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Gears of War certification patch (Windows)

This update fixes an expired digital signatures issue that prevents all earlier versions of the game from launching. This is a required update. Please download and install the update before launching the game.

Tags: Certification, Update, Microsoft Windows, Digital Signatures, Games, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Quality, Security, Personal Technology, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-02-09

Blagbert's view on SAP certification

Following on from my last post about certification, Alvaro Tejado Galindo aka Blag wrote an impassioned response. He also drew a nifty cartoon reproduced above Bear in mind that Blag lives and works in Peru, is not a native English speaker, that he's...

Tags: Certification, SAP AG, Blagbert, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-05

The certification timebomb

I wish I had been a fly on the wall at yesterday's meeting between some of my Irregular colleagues and SAP's Leo Apotheker. I've been in some of those 'tense' meetings. While it was ongoing, Larry Skyped me to say that Vinnie Mirchandani was giving Leo a tough time. ...

Tags: Certification, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Devil, Allerton, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-05

SAP's Apotheker takes on shoddy consultants, certifications

In an animated--and sometimes tense--conversation with bloggers, SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker said the software giant would step over a systems integrator if it would save an IT project. That comment, which was in response to multiple questions about the triangle between consultants, SAP and customers, illustrates how the enterprise application...

Tags: Certification, Customer, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Loyalty, Quality, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-05

The great certification debate

The great certification debateRHCE means a lot!I am a RHCE and it is performance based, either you know it or you don't...Doing hands on is the way to base skills, bubble test are memorization and easier.It seems that the statement most associated with SAP is"...projects often run over time and...

Tags: Quality, training and certification, RHCE, certification

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

The great certification debate

Last year at SAP TechEd, Vinnie Mirchandani, Mike Krigsman and  I spent an entertaining 15 minutes verbally abusing challenging Zia Yusef, who runs SAP's ecosystem of developers, SIs and partners. The thrust of our argument was that SAP's inability to control its ecosystem means that projects often run over time...

Tags: Certification, SAP AG, Vinnie Mirchandani, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-23

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

This extract from BIT continues the tour of a 2002/3 Wintel data center by looking at the resumes of those working there. by Paul Murphy

Tags: HTML, Certification, MCSE, Data Center, Microsoft Visual Basic, Server, IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Data Centers, Quality, Help Desk, Training And Certification, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, It Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-01-09