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CompTIA is looking for digital information management professionals to participate in a beta exam of the updated CompTIA CDIA+ certification. IT professionals can take the test for free — and will be certified if they pass — but will not get their scores until the new exam version is released in 2013. Beta testing is one of the final steps in the CompTIA exam development process. Beta testers take a version of the exam with more questions than will be on the final exam. CompTIA uses beta tester ...

What skills are in demand? How do certifications impact salary? How does your salary compare to national averages? Global Knowledge and Windows IT Pro are undertaking these issues and more in the 2013 IT Skills and Salary Survey. Participants receive a complimentary copy of the final report. Those who enter by Oct. 19 will be entered into a random drawing for one of eight $250 American Express gift cards. The annual report is one of the industry's most extensive surveys of IT and business profes ...

Techopedia recently interviewed Carol Balkcom, CompTIA Director of Product Management, about security certification. Balkcom discussed the topics covered in CompTIA's two security certifications, as well as differences between CompTIA certifications and others in the market. See what she said. ...

IT professionals worldwide can now buy certification exams directly from CompTIA, thanks to an expansion of the CompTIA Marketplace. The marketplace website now allows visitors to pick their country before browsing, which provides for more localized content and information. CompTIA customers in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong can now buy exams in local currency from sites with localized information. CompTIA introduced customized marketplace content for EMEA countri ...

Is there an active military member or veteran in your life who inspires you?The Troops to Tech Careers program wants to know about it — and possibly reward you for your story!The Veterans Inspire contest was created to show the huge impact military members and veterans have on the community, and individuals. The Troops to Tech Careers program wants to share these inspirational stories and create an outlet for military members and veterans to be given the recognition they deserve.All you need to ...

Is there an active military member or veteran in your life who inspires you? The Troops to Tech Careers program wants to know about it — and possibly reward you for your story! The Veterans Inspire contest was created to show the huge impact military members and veterans have on the community, and individuals. The Troops to Tech Careers program wants to share these inspirational stories and create an outlet for military members and veterans to be given the recognition they deserve. All you ...

The IT industry has certainly been through its share of transformative business model changes. But what’s new about the current shift from on-premise to cloud is that it’s originating with end-users, speakers on a CompTIA Annual Member Meeting panel said on Wednesday.Speakers discussed what solution providers need to do to make the transition to a cloud services model. It doesn’t necessarily mean abandoning on-premise solutions completely, but more likely results in a hybrid model.For solution p ...

Are telemedicine, voice recognition and mobile applications emerging issues in healthcare IT, or current issues? What about dealing with fax machines – is it still an issue, or do solution providers not have to deal with it anymore? These were a few of the topics discussed at the CompTIA Healthcare IT Community meeting at the CompTIA Annual Member Meeting today in Chicago. The group began creating a roadmap of the healthcare IT industry, pinpointing emerging, current and fading issues ...

The IT training industry needs to stress the importance of hiring skilled workers and providing additional IT training to the employer audience, speakers at CompTIA Colloquium said on Tuesday.  It’s an audience that is sometimes overlooked, Terry Erdle, CompTIA executive vice president of certification; and Cushing Anderson, program vice president for research firm IDC, told attendees. “We haven’t necessarily sold this to the employing world, that if they get a skilled person, it’s much bet ...

The IT training industry needs to stress the importance of hiring skilled workers and providing additional IT training to the employer audience, speakers at CompTIA Colloquium said on Tuesday.  It’s an audience that is sometimes overlooked, Terry Erdle, CompTIA executive vice president of certification; and Cushing Anderson, program vice president for research firm IDC, told attendees.“We haven’t necessarily sold this to the employing world, that if they get a skilled person, it’s much better fo ...