Strata Study Guide to be released

The CompTIA Strata certification is an introduction to the skills required to become a successful systems support professional, progressing onto more advanced certifications and career success. To coincide with the new exam, Sybex, an Authorized CompTIA Gold Partner, will release the CompTIA Strata Study Guide this coming January, delivering 100% of the Strata exam objectives in clear and concise language to help students succeed the first time.

Unitek Education and Quint: Perfect Pair for Progress

Unitek Education has continued to garner multiple awards and honors by IT training vendors like Microsoft and Cisco, amongst others.
Fremont, CA (PRWEB) September 22, 2011

Unitek Education has continued to garner multiple awards and honors by IT training vendors like Microsoft and Cisco, amongst others. With the growing demand for expertise in ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library®), Unitek Education is collaborating with Quint Wellington Redwood (Quint) to provide high quality IT Management courseware for individual training as well as corporate training to organizations. Popular ITIL training topics include how to manage an IT organization (e.g. ITIL), provide best practices in IT management (e.g. Cobit and ISO) and help an organization manage IT projects (e.g. Prince2).

Unitek Education will use Quint’s accredited materials and course guides to teach trainees, preferably candidates with some IT project management experience, how to design, develop and implement project management as both an organizational capability and a strategic asset. Unitek Education will use accredited Quint testing procedures to validate its proven training methods and qualify its graduates for certification.

The synthesis between Unitek Education’s award-winning IT training programs and Quint, will produce certified ITIL professionals needed to meet the increasing demand for qualified IT professionals. Unitek Education has an enviable record of successfully training and certifying IT trainees in various platforms and emerging technologies. Just as scalability is a valued characteristic of any technology aimed at a broad market, Unitek Education will offer ITIL training at a variety of levels – from basic courses which familiarize non-specialists with terminology and structure to intensive advanced ITIL training that will lead to the highest level of expertise in the field. At the end of each course, trainees will take proctored examinations leading to APMG accredited ITIL certification. As a result, Unitek Education will enhance its role as a leading vocational service provider.

ITIL training programs offered by Unitek Education will provide the necessary knowledge and expertise, as well as follow-up vocational guidance and resources to help their graduates succeed in the marketplace. Quint, a leader in its own field, develops digital and printed course materials. Recognized and accredited by APMG-International, Quint’s courseware offers the highest-quality training materials and testing standards and procedures.

Through Unitek Education’s ITIL training, the practitioners of ITIL will learn best practices to apply in the regular performance of their service management roles. With more training, Unitek Education’s IT students can strive for the highest level ITIL certification (ITIL V3 Expert) that will qualify them to guide and implement, from start to finish, any system changes requiring expert change management. The different levels of training and certification offer the prospective ITIL candidate the opportunity enter the field from any current level of expertise. Unitek Education will train technicians to meet the needs of the employers wanting to implement or upgrade their ITIL system development and management goals.

The synergy created by Unitek Education and Quint joining forces will meet the growing demand for certified ITIL professionals. While millions of people continue to look for jobs that have disappeared and show no sign of returning, certified ITIL professionals can continue to harness the advantages of an expansive career in IT.

About Unitek Education

Unitek Education excels in providing need-based IT learning to corporate clients and certification training to IT career oriented individuals. Our strong focus on quality and customer service has been crucial to our success. This focus has helped us in expanding our client base to all 50 US states and over 40 countries worldwide. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in sunny California, Unitek Education offers IT training to thousands of clients nationwide. It is the only IT training vendor in the United States that has achieved the dual status of Microsoft Gold partner for learning solutions (Gold CPLS) and Cisco Learning Partner (CLP). Unitek Education is also an award-winning Citrix Authorized learning Center (CALC) and a Network Appliance (NetApp) Learning Partner. Microsoft and CRN have also recognized Unitek Education with Learning Partner of the Year awards. For media enquiries, please contact Rubel Khan at rubelk@unitek.com or call 1-888-825-6273 .

About Quint Wellington Redwood (Quint)

Quint Wellington Redwood is a global, independent Management Consulting firm, specialized in organizing "world class" IT Management solutions. Quint "Dares to Challenge" both themselves and their customers to maximize organizational performance. Continuously developing and using the world’s best people and best practices, Quint provides organizations with a unique "leverage based" approach to IT Management, pioneering and leading this domain for nearly 20 years. Providing both solution providers, as well as end-user organizations, with the latest and best solutions in knowledge transfer and knowledge application for strategy and governance, sourcing, performance, and service management is how Quint contributes to the worldwide advancement of IT Management. For more information, please visit http://www.quintgroup.com.

Cisco Learning Network Now Features CompTIA Certifications

By Janet Pinkerton

The Cisco Learning Network, the Cisco certification social learning community, now features a dedicated page about CompTIA certification. The page educates IT professionals about how CompTIA and Cisco certifications help build strong career credentials for networking professionals.

Vendor-neutral CompTIA certifications, specifically CompTIA A+ and Network+, frequently lead to either Cisco’s CCENT or CCNA certifications for a well-rounded resume. In addition, test results have shown that CompTIA Network+ certified professionals who move on to Cisco’s CCNA exam have a higher pass rate than those who are not Network+ certified.

“Networking is increasingly important in today’s IT business operations and in the home as well,” said Terry Erdle, CompTIA executive vice president, skills certification. “Candidates who begin with CompTIA’s vendor-neutral certifications like A+, Network+ and Security+ improve their chances of passing the exams for Cisco’s CCENT or CCNA certifications when they take them. A combination of CompTIA and Cisco credentials on a resume tells potential employers that a candidate has the critical knowledge and skills needed in today’s IT job market.”

To build upon that synergy, CompTIA and Cisco have worked closely together for years to support IT workers’ career development in routing and switching. And now the CompTIA page on The Cisco Learning Network explains the complementary features of A+, Network+, CCENT and CCNA certifications in an easy-to-use fashion.

“The networking field is an area with plentiful opportunities for workers to begin or enhance their careers,” said Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, vice president and general manager, Learning@Cisco. “To thrive in the networking industry, individuals must have foundational networking knowledge such as can be assessed by CompTIA’s A+ and Network+ certifications, as well as practical expertise in a variety of technology areas supported through CCENT, CCNA and other Cisco career certifications.

“As we continue to see significant growth in the job market for network engineers, technicians and architects, Cisco is dedicated to extending our reach into new communities to deliver the skills needed to support the growth of talent worldwide,” Beliveau-Dunn said.

The CompTIA page on the Cisco Learning Network links to resources for taking the CompTIA Network + and A+ and Cisco certification exams. In addition, the page also presents the new CompTIA IT Career Roadmap illustrating how certifications from CompTIA and Cisco advance IT skills and job roles from novice to expert level in routing and switching.

Look for CompTIA and Cisco to work together in the future by offering joint promotions to help IT professionals interested in becoming certified. For more information on CompTIA, sign up for the CompTIA Connect Newsletter. For more information on Cisco, sign up for the Cisco Learning Network.

Source: CompTIA Blog