Starting on Certifications

Are you planning to get some IT Certifications?

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Starting on Certifications Are you planning to get some IT-related Certs? Probably they would come in

re: Starting on Certifications

Tracer76 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:23:24 GMT

There are a lot of cert's out there here is a small list

A+

AcceleratedSAP

ACE (Adobe Certified Expert)

ACTP (Adobe Certified Training Provider)

Adobe Certifications

AIS

AWP (Associate Webmaster Professional)

BCIP (Brainbench Certified Internet Professional)

BEA

BEA Certified Developer

Brainbench

CCA (Citrix Certified Administrator)

CCAE (Check Point Certified Addressing Expert)

CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate)

CCDP (Cisco Certified Design Professional)

CCEA (Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator)

CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert)

CCIP (Cisco Certified Internetworking Professional)

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)

CCNP (Cisco Certified Networking Professional)

CCQE (Check Point Certified Quality of Service Expert)

CCSA (Check Point Certified Security Administrator)

CCSE (Check Point Certified Security Expert)

CCSI (Check Point Certified Security Instructor)

CCSP (Citrix Certified Sales Professional)

CEC (Certified E-Commerce Consultant)

Check Point Certifications

Cisco

Cisco Content Networking Specialist

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

Citrix Certifications

CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster)

CIW Web Developer

CLP (Certified Lotus Professional)

CLS (Certified Lotus Specialist)

CompTIA Certifications

cSage

CWP (Certified Web Professional)

CWP (Certified Webmaster Professional)

Dell Certified Enterprise Engineer

eBiz+

GIAC Global Information Assurance Certifications

GSE (GIAC Security Expert)

IBM Certification

i-Net+

Java Certifications

SCJP

SCJD

JNCIE (Juniper Networks Certified Internet Expert)

JNCIS (Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist)

Lotus Certifications

CLP (Certified Lotus Professional)

CLS (Certified Lotus Specialist)

MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer)

MCDBA (Microsoft Certified Database Administrator)

MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)

MCP+SB (MCP + Site Building)

MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator)

MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer)

MCSD .Net

MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer)

MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer)

Microsoft Office Specialist (Formerly MOUS)

Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor

Network+

PMP (Project Management Professional)

RSA Certifications

SANS Certifications

SCJD (Sun Certified Developer for the Java 2 Platform)

SCJP (Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform)

SCNA (Security Certified Network Associate)

SCNP (Security Certified Network Professional)

SCO ACE (SCO Advanced System Engineer)

SCP (Security Certified Program)

Server+

SSCP (System Security Certified Practitioner)

Sun Certified Developer for the Java 2 Platform

Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform

Sun Certified Developer for Sun ONE ONE Application Server 6.0

Sun Certified Engineer for Sun ONE Directory Server 5.x

Sun Security Administrator for the Solaris 9 OE

Sybase Certifications

TWC900 &TWC950 (Technical Writer Certification)

WOW (World Organization of Webmasters)

re: Starting on Certifications

rdaniels — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:08:14 GMT

Quick update for anyone interested, I just passed the Network+ exam about 20 minutes ago. Yay on me! Still have quite a few to go for, but I think I'm going at a pretty good pace.

Tracer, that's quite a list of certs there, and as you said, only a small list. There's a cert for everything. Like I said, the problem is choosing which ones will be most helpful for your chosen career path, especially since there is a lot of overlap between them. There are obvious ones, like CompTIA and Cisco, as well as vendor certs for whatever products you work with, but what about the rest? The best ways to know that I've found are to check out online resources on certification, like www.certcities.com and www.certmag.com, and probably more importanly, check out job listings and see what certs employers are looking for.

re: Starting on Certifications

Tracer76 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:17:39 GMT

Good job rdaniels for passing the test.

The good thing about CompTIA is it never expires others will. As for Cisco the only one that is the most difficult that I had to do was the CCIE+ CCSA + CCQE . I second the certmag.com. There are so many carts out there that some people can get confused on what they need or want to do.

And again Good Job on passing. :)

re: Starting on Certifications

JD101 — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:53:11 GMT

Nice list of certs Tracer.. I have also been reviewing what certifications to go after, for some time now actually. I've got my BS degree and some experience in IT but no real cert to show for it. I would like to finalize A+, start Network+, MCP, possible CCNA/CCNP/CISSP and end with MCSA.. .