Janet Pinkerton Posts

For the inaugural graduating class of Chicago Tech Academy High School (ChiTech), early June was a bittersweet, in-between time. With exams done, grades in, and prom over, there was not much for the 68 young people to do but tie up loose ends and wait. Soon enough, the first graduates of this start-up high school will be launched into the world equipped with 21st century technology and leadership skills. “I feel a little numb I’m not going to be in high school anymore,&rdqu ...

Soon the inaugural graduating class of Chicago Tech Academy High School (ChiTech) will be launched into the world equipped with 21st century technology and leadership skills.

In 2005, Managed Enterprise Technologies (MET) and Technology Installation Services (TIS) were unaffiliated businesses located in central England that each faced the same challenge: How to differentiate from price-aggressive competition in the UK’s price-sensitive market. Earning what is now the CompTIA Accredit UK Trustmark+ credential helped them differentiate the quality of their services and set the stage for their future ...

Several CompTIA exams now contain performance-based questions, which test an IT professional's ability to solve problems, in addition to the traditional multiple-choice format. We asked CompTIA authorized training and content partners how they're integrating this new format into their training, and how all students can best prepare for the new questions. Here is their advice. Know What to Expect Performance-based questions are included along with multiple-choice questions in the CompTIA Advanc ...

Initially, Just IT Founder and CEO Simon Perriton hesitated when his CompTIA partners suggested he expand his London-based IT training and recruitment business into the apprenticeship market. Just IT had benefited from CompTIA's discounted exam vouchers, marketing support and business advice for years, most recently through the CompTIA Authorized Partner Program, but Perriton was uncertain about how 16- to 18-year-old apprentices would perform in training and on the job. But when Just IT laun ...

Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, professor and engineering librarian at University of Nebraska-Lincoln created an online image management microsite for UNL students and staff, but it's publicly available and you can use it to. Clicking through the tabs of Bicknell-Holmes' website, you will find: Slide, audio and video presentations about managing your online presence by a wide variety of experts Direct links to multiple search engines (including Twitter, Dogpile, Google Blogs, Social Mention, and beyond ...

The very first CompTIA A+ certification was earned by Patrick Farley, a training systems developer for Compaq's server tech support, who was certified on March 19, 1993. Learn how CompTIA A+ has evolved since then.

Mike Dellacava Sr. Systems Engineer, Reflexion Networks Mike Dellacava didn't choose IT as a career. "It chose me," he believes. "I was formed along the way, as I learned to do what needed to be done. But I've been happy doing the work." Dellacava's father, a systems enterprise administrator and project manager, introduced him to computers, starting with an old 386, an early desktop PC. "I've been taking apart computers, building, breaking and fixing them since I was seven," says Dell ...

Fifteen years ago, Pete Caro had trouble breaking into the IT field, despite the fact he had multiple, college-level computer courses under his belt. So he joined the Army in 1998. There he steadily gained IT experience and expertise that enabled him to establish a successful civilian career in IT security. Working IT in the Army, Caro, now 36, started out in mid-1999 as a systems administrator, doing Ti ...

St. Louis is one city that IT staffing firms see consistently adding more IT jobs. San Francisco, Silicon Valley and New York City may be the nation's largest job markets for IT, but industry staffing firms report that faster growth rates can be found in smaller, less traditional markets as well. Secondary and tertiary markets can provide high-quality, lower-cost standards of living and strong educational systems, and companies find that a very attractive environment for efficient growth. ...