If you trained for the CompTIA A+ 701 and 702 exam objectives, but haven't yet actually taken the exams, you need to register soon with Pearson VUE because CompTIA will retire the 700 series exams (in English) on Aug. 31. All other language versions will retire Dec. 31. After that, students will only be able to become CompTIA A+ certified ... Read More

Are you seeking to prove your technical knowledge and skill with cloud solutions? Consider earning the CompTIA Cloud+ certification when the exam launches in the third quarter of 2013. The vendor-neutral certification is ideal for system, network and storage administrators and network engineers with 24 to 36 months of experience with cloud technologies and infrastructure. If you aren't seeking to ... Read More

The SMSP course is definitely an eye opener. With how much social media has taken over, it is important to be fully aware of the capabilities along with all the risks it brings. Wilder Guerra, information systems technician, U.S. Navy The UKI Social Media Security Professional (SMSP) certification, powered by CompTIA, will be available on April 9. The SMSP ... Read More

John Hlavac, Tricia Wurts and Aaron Woods were honored for their work helping create the CompTIA A+ certification exam at the CompTIA Annual Member meeting in 2011. More than 925,000 people have earned the CompTIA A+ certification for IT technicians during the past 20 years, but the very first was Patrick Farley, a training systems developer for Compaq's server tech ... Read More

Cory Brown For Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Cory Brown of Jacksonville, Fla., the CompTIA A+ exam is a steppingstone to parlay his computer hobby into a second career after he retires from the military. His goal: Strengthen his IT skills and leverage his military security clearances. "I'm going to be a 40-something in an entry-level IT position!" he notes, ... Read More