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IT Certifications & Professional Development

What is the value of a certification?  Some would say that a certification path in today’s technologically enhanced environment is just important as a college degree.  A certification allows an individual the opportunity to prove to the world that they are competent in a specific area of expertise.  Certifications are like trophies, and many IT and professional employees showcase them as such.  Businesses are starting to realize this and allowing their employees to continue education via a certification path.  For this reason, online learning has become a valuable way to learn new technologies and allow individuals to earn respectable certifications.

The Link Between System Center & ITIL

Solutions for Project Managers of All Levels

Software Testers have become more important for businesses to utilize as software capabilities have grown.  With businesses coming up with new ways to build systems and processes, software testing has become a frequent priority to ensure a flawless product. 

Data breaches had a ton of media attention in 2014, and with good reason: 43% of companies have experienced a data breach in the last year. That number is up 10% from the year before and it’s only expected to rise, according to a report from the Ponemon Institute.

Companies are attacked an average of 16,856 times a year and most incidences aren’t even a blip on our radars. But the big ones are big—huge—and they get a ton of news coverage. So which ones were the biggest of 2014? Here’s a list of the worst of the worst: