Certification Magazine - October 2007 - (Page 6)

departments 16 ACADEMIC CONNECTION Podcasting in the Classroom KELLYE WHITNEY As rapidly as it’s become a popular medium of entertainment, podcasting has matured into an extremely capable educational resource. Not only are students using iPods to absorb lectures, tutorials and other vital information, they’re also submitting assignments as podcasts, turning the medium into a two-way street. CERTMAG.COM COMMUNITIES CAREER DEVELOPMENT www.certmag.com/careers Brian Summerﬁeld The Value of Recertiﬁcation and Refresher Courses CRM & E-COMMERCE www.certmag.com/crm Paul Greenberg The New Tools of CRM DATABASE www.certmag.com/database Tegan Jones How to Evaluate Third-Party Database Products DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN www.certmag.com/development Lisa Rummler 24 INSIDE CERTIFICATION HP Launches BladeSystem Certiﬁcation Track LINDA MUSTHALER Blade servers – high density, self-contained computer servers – are growing in popularity. HP has taken steps to help align the certiﬁcation market with this trend, launching a certiﬁcation track based on these powerful tools. Adapting to New Software and Hardware HELP DESK & SUPPORT www.certmag.com/helpdesk Tegan Jones Support for Help Desk Support: Strategies to Calm Frazzled Nerves INDEPENDENTS www.certmag.com/independents Daniel Margolis The Independent Contractor Agreement: What Should it Entail? OPEN SOURCE www.certmag.com/opensource Kelly Shermach 30 INTERFACE KELLYE WHITNEY DIAP: The Department of Defense’s Certiﬁed Guard Against IA Threats The Defense-wide Information Assurance Program (DIAP) was created by the Department of Defense (DoD) to address its information-assurance needs. Here, security certiﬁcation is mandatory because personnel performing information assurance functions on DoD workstations and systems can affect national security. How to Build a Case for Open Source PROGRAM MANAGEMENT www.certmag.com/programmanagement Daniel Margolis Program Assessment PROJECT MANAGEMENT www.certmag.com/projectmanagement Kellye Whitney Identifying and Developing Potential Leaders SECURITY www.certmag.com/security Ben Warden How to Fight IM Threats STORAGE www.certmag.com/storage Ben Warden editorial advisory board Michael Brannick, President and CEO, Prometric Peter Childers, Vice President, Global Learning Services, Red Hat Inc. David Foster, Ph.D., President, Caveon Neill Hopkins, Vice President, Skills Development, CompTIA Bee Ng, Ph.D., Executive Adviser for Learning and Workforce Transformation Shawn Rogers, Worldwide Certiﬁcation Project Manager, Hewlett-Packard Education Erik Ullanderson, Manager, Certiﬁcations, Cisco Systems Inc. Daniel L. Veitkus, Vice President, Training Services, Novell Inc. Bob Whelan, Vice President and General Manager, Pearson VUE Lutz L. Ziob, General Manager, Microsoft Training and Certiﬁcation Is E-Mail Becoming the Most Popular Personal Storage Device? SYSTEMS & NETWORKS www.certmag.com/networking Kelly Shermach Firefox 3.0: Where is it Now? TRAINERS www.certmag.com/trainers Daniel Margolis Commanding Respect in the Classroom WIRELESS www.certmag.com/wireless Ken Wagner Setting up Your Own Site-Wide/ Enterprise Wireless Solution 6 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE October 2007 http://CERTMAG.COM http://www.certmag.com/careers http://www.certmag.com/crm http://www.certmag.com/database http://www.certmag.com/development http://www.certmag.com/helpdesk http://www.certmag.com/independents http://www.certmag.com/opensource http://www.certmag.com/programmanagement http://www.certmag.com/projectmanagement http://www.certmag.com/security http://www.certmag.com/storage http://www.certmag.com/networking http://www.certmag.com/trainers http://www.certmag.com/wireless

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