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How-to articles, expert interviews, and other stories about IT certification.
Checking In on VMware Certs After Dell Spin-Off
Checking In on VMware Certs After Dell Spin-Off

On Nov. 1, VMware got spun off from Dell Technologies to become an independent, publicly-owned company. The venerable VMware certification program keeps ticking along, and remains more or less unchanged.

Who Invented the Computer? Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek
Who Invented the Computer? Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek

GoCertify illuminates the origin story of one of the most consequential inventions in history. In today's installment: "Scotty, beam me up."

Microsoft Wants to Train 250,000 Cybersecurity Workers
Microsoft Wants to Train 250,000 Cybersecurity Workers

The IT industry has a cybersecurity hiring gap. Microsoft Learn has a bold plan to close that gap by teaming up with U.S. community colleges to train a quarter-million cybersecurity workers.

Who Invented the Computer? Joseph Weizenbaum and ELIZA
Who Invented the Computer? Joseph Weizenbaum and ELIZA

GoCertify illuminates the origin story of one of the most consequential inventions in history. In today's installment: The computer program that talks back.

U.S. Jobs: Employment Pendulum Swings Positive in October
U.S. Jobs: Employment Pendulum Swings Positive in October

After the September jobs report, I found myself wondering whether the recovery had come and gone. October's numbers say otherwise, with robust jobs growth in almost every sector.

Single-Serving Certifications: Once More Unto the Further Morsels of Discrete Data from the CertMag Salary Survey
Single-Serving Certifications: Once More Unto the Further Morsels of Discrete Data from the CertMag Salary Survey

Certification Magazine hands off some data leftovers from its annual Salary Survey. We pop them in the microwave

A Free and Accessible Linux Learning Space
A Free and Accessible Linux Learning Space

Windows now makes it easy to install and run Linux on your desktop or laptop PC. Ed Tittel opens the door to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and the potential treasures that lie within its reach.

Your Friends at GoCertify Wish You a Happy Halloween
Your Friends at GoCertify Wish You a Happy Halloween

'Tis the season for spooky stuff! Before heading out to go trick-or-treating or participate in other festive holiday revels, test your historical knowledge of famous (and infamous) hacks and hackers!

Ed to Congress: Please Preserve the Community College 'Entitlement'
Ed to Congress: Please Preserve the Community College 'Entitlement'

Ed Tittel makes an impassioned plea for legislators in Washington, D.C., to save Build Back Better funding for free community college enrollment.

Who Invented the Computer? John G. Kemeny and BASIC
Who Invented the Computer? John G. Kemeny and BASIC

GoCertify illuminates the origin story of one of the most consequential inventions in history. In today's installment: Computer programming for all!