Upcoming Certification tests

It is that time of year again and I have decided to take a couple of certification tests to enhance my marketability and skills. Solarwinds now has the Solarwinds Certified Professional certification and I have used/recommended their products for years now. Their network management and alerting software Orion is the best in the business and I am glad to see that they have begun to offer this certification. While the test is not geared directly towards Orion and the concepts can be used with any network management software, there is a section geared directly towards Orion. I have looked through the study guide and it appears to be fairly straight forward for someone who has used the product plus I got the added bonus of receiving a free exam voucher for being one of the first 500 people to sign up for the test. This deal is running until the end of December or when 500 people register so definitely sign up if you are thinking about taking the exam.

The second certification I will be going for should be cake - it is Apple's new Snow Leopard test for the Apple Certified Support Technician. I have not taken an Apple test before but after two years of heavy use and support of other Mac's I feel that now is the time. Apple encourages you to take the test by advertising your certification on their site and allowing people to find certified support personnel in their area. This is a great idea and one that I would like to take advantage of in order to gain additional clients.

I will keep everyone up to date as to my progress and I hope to have some updates in the upcoming weeks.