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Uncover more of the web with metasearch! Mamma.com collects only the top results from the best search engines on the Internet.

Uncover more of the web with metasearch! Mamma.com collects only the top results from the best search engines on the Internet. See less

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Certification - June 2006

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5/23/2006 -- Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has trained 300 Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) on its way to a goal of 900 MCPs as it ramps up its services capabilities for a major push into small business sales. The Microsoft Training... See more

5/23/2006 -- Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has trained 300 Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) on its way to a goal of 900 MCPs as it ramps up its services capabilities for a major push into small business sales. The Microsoft Training business unit unveiled the numbers on Thursday to highlight the adoption of its certifications by a major retailer. Earlier this year, Microsoft’s partner organization called attention to Best Buy’s efforts to play by Microsoft certification rules when the Minneapolis-based company became the first national retailer to attain Gold Certified Partner status Best Buy is doing the training within its Best Buy for Business division. At the store level, Best Buy for Business consists of a kiosk, employees and some business-focused IT equipment. Outside the stores, Best Buy for Business reaches out to customers through a Web site, an outbound sales calling operation and field sales agents. The goal is to leverage Best Buy’s store foot traffic and... See less

Highlights: Choose $100 in Red Hat gear.

See this at: chiron.valdosta.edu| Added on 05/22/06

1. Do not get side-tracked. If onions are the most consumed vegetable in the world, why are fire engines red? 2. Avoid starting sentences with a non-specific pronoun. It is not a good way to begin. 3. Prepositions are words you should not end... See more

1. Do not get side-tracked. If onions are the most consumed vegetable in the world, why are fire engines red? 2. Avoid starting sentences with a non-specific pronoun. It is not a good way to begin. 3. Prepositions are words you should not end sentences with. (click here for a list of common prepositions) 4. Avoid clichés like the plague. Now ain't that the pot calling the kettle black. 5. Keep away from ampersands & abbreviations, etc. within the body of the text. 6. Parenthetical remarks are unnecessary (and should be avoided). 7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. 8. Contractions shouldn't appear in your paper. 9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos or chic. 10. Like most people, one should never generalize. 11. Eliminate quotations. As Mark Twain once said: ''Quoting the witticisms of others only shows the lack of quotable wit.” 12. Comparisons are as bad as clichés. 13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it is very excessive. 14. Profanity sucks.... See less

See this at: certmag.com| Added on 05/20/06

No one denies that the help desk is a valuable resource: For IT problems large and small, end users usually can rely on the help desk for a fix. However, as indispensable as it might be, no one really wants to pay for this service. In fact, if you... See more

No one denies that the help desk is a valuable resource: For IT problems large and small, end users usually can rely on the help desk for a fix. However, as indispensable as it might be, no one really wants to pay for this service. In fact, if you were to start charging your customers for support that had heretofore been free, you might find that your customers wouldn’t use those services at all, or even opt for a competitor who still offered them gratis. If you start charging your clients for help-desk assistance, and it winds up costing you their business altogether, that’s obviously a net loss. But it’s not cheap to run support, either, and the money for it has to come from somewhere. Here are a few suggestions for figuring out how to charge for the help desk without alienating your customer base: See less

See this at: certmag.com| Added on 05/20/06

The certification industry has evolved dramatically over the years. From vendor-driven programs designed to ensure a large and ready supply of trained and prepared technicians to support their products and services, certifications have rapidly... See more

The certification industry has evolved dramatically over the years. From vendor-driven programs designed to ensure a large and ready supply of trained and prepared technicians to support their products and services, certifications have rapidly shifted to industry- and customer-driven programs designed to solve large gaps in the ability to provide services across a number of technologies, disciplines and vendors. As is the case with most forms of professional accreditation in other fields, in order for certifications to grow and gain the level of acceptance we’d all like to see, broadly accepted industry standards of knowledge, skill and performance must be easily portable from job to job, industry to industry, based on the ability to support a job role or job function. See less

See this at: mcpmag.com| Added on 05/18/06

Earlier this year, Microsoft’s partner organization called attention to Best Buy’s efforts to play by Microsoft certification rules when the Minneapolis-based company became the first national retailer to attain Gold Certified Partner status. Best... See more

Earlier this year, Microsoft’s partner organization called attention to Best Buy’s efforts to play by Microsoft certification rules when the Minneapolis-based company became the first national retailer to attain Gold Certified Partner status. Best Buy is doing the training within its Best Buy for Business division. At the store level, Best Buy for Business consists of a kiosk, employees and some business-focused IT equipment. Outside the stores, Best Buy for Business reaches out to customers through a Web site, an outbound sales calling operation and field sales agents. The goal is to leverage Best Buy’s store foot traffic and name recognition to grow beyond the home electronics and home office markets into small business IT sales and services. At last count, Best Buy for Business hung its shingle inside about 115 stores. The company plans to double the number of locations with Best Buy for Business components this calendar year, and eventually the retail giant hopes to sell servers,... See less

Highlights: Choose $100 in Red Hat gear.

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See this at: computerworld.com| Added on 05/15/06

May 15, 2006 (Computerworld) -- Every help desk worker has had this nightmare call: High-powered, egotistical executive (or lawyer or salesman) is furious that his laptop or wireless gadget won't work. Expletives fly. He needs the information -- now!... See more

May 15, 2006 (Computerworld) -- Every help desk worker has had this nightmare call: High-powered, egotistical executive (or lawyer or salesman) is furious that his laptop or wireless gadget won't work. Expletives fly. He needs the information -- now! -- to close a multimillion-dollar deal. If the deal falls through and the company doesn't hit its quarterly numbers, it's all IT's fault, he sputters. Sigh. How did we get to this point? Obviously, corporate America has become addicted to mobile connectivity, and the better service it gets, the more it expects. But feeding this addiction isn't easy for the IT department. In Computerworld's survey of 190 IT professionals, 59% said supporting mobile employees is more expensive than supporting desktop users. And by far the most difficult people to support are -- you guessed it -- white-collar road warriors such as executives and salespeople. But there are other mobile or remote employees who need IT support too: blue-collar workers,... See less

Highlights: Computerworld staffers share some of their favorites, from a universal charger to a $1,200 digital sound system. * The War Driver Returns:

See this at: dummies.com| Added on 05/12/06

With the release of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, Microsoft updated and improved the built-in firewall. In fact, they renamed it Windows Firewall, replacing the original appellation, Internet Connection Firewall. The new Windows firewall can be... See more

With the release of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, Microsoft updated and improved the built-in firewall. In fact, they renamed it Windows Firewall, replacing the original appellation, Internet Connection Firewall. The new Windows firewall can be configured, so you can use it with a network, protecting the computer from Internet attacks while permitting network communications. Most of the time, as you set up features in Windows XP, the operating system automatically enables the appropriate firewall settings. For example, when you enable file and printer sharing, Windows automatically configures the firewall for network communications among the computers on the LAN. Other features you enable may require additional changes in the firewall's configuration. You can view or change the firewall configuration settings by opening its Properties dialog box with one of the following actions: * Choose Start --> Control Panel --> Network and Internet Connections --> Windows Firewall. * Click the... See less

See this at: mcpmag.com| Added on 05/08/06

The time is 08 May 2006 at 2:32 p.m. You last visited on 08 May 2006 at 2:31 p.m.

The time is 08 May 2006 at 2:32 p.m. You last visited on 08 May 2006 at 2:31 p.m. See less

See this at: itpro.comptia.org| Added on 05/08/06

The majority of jobs that are outsourced to independent contractors or third-party providers are technical ones, a report from the Society for Information Management said. The report also showed that business skills and capabilities represent five of... See more

The majority of jobs that are outsourced to independent contractors or third-party providers are technical ones, a report from the Society for Information Management said. The report also showed that business skills and capabilities represent five of the top 10 skills to keep in-house. Project management skills were also in the top ten skills to keep in-house. See less

Highlights: Another survey from KnowledgeStorm shows that nearly half (45%) of all large businesses use offshore outsourced IT services, as do 33% of medium-sized businesses and 18% of small businesses (In this instance, small businesses are defined as having less than $20 million in revenues,...

See this at: techrepublic.com.com| Added on 04/18/06

To be successful in a tech support role, you have to become a skilled communicator. See if you recognize any of these 10 common missteps, which are guaranteed to impede your ability to work effectively with your users.

To be successful in a tech support role, you have to become a skilled communicator. See if you recognize any of these 10 common missteps, which are guaranteed to impede your ability to work effectively with your users. See less

See this at: anandtech.com| Added on 04/18/06

With AM2 just six weeks away will AMD DDR2 memory performance be all we expect? Find out in this first in-depth look at..

With AM2 just six weeks away will AMD DDR2 memory performance be all we expect? Find out in this first in-depth look at.. See less

See this at: anti-virus-software-...| Added on 04/17/06

Today’s computer viruses are more sophisticated and aggressive than ever. Thankfully, with anti-virus software, you can confidently keep your data safe and your computer completely free of infection.

Today’s computer viruses are more sophisticated and aggressive than ever. Thankfully, with anti-virus software, you can confidently keep your data safe and your computer completely free of infection. See less

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The following words have had their vowels removed, can you find some animals? ln ntlp gzll strch wl rbn rdvrk dr clt bs

The following words have had their vowels removed, can you find some animals? ln ntlp gzll strch wl rbn rdvrk dr clt bs See less

See this at: factmonster.com| Added on 04/17/06

Real listening is an active process that has three basic steps. * Hearing. Hearing just means listening enough to catch what the speaker is saying. For example, say you were listening to a report on zebras, and the speaker mentioned that no two are... See more

Real listening is an active process that has three basic steps. * Hearing. Hearing just means listening enough to catch what the speaker is saying. For example, say you were listening to a report on zebras, and the speaker mentioned that no two are alike. If you can repeat the fact, then you have heard what has been said. * Understanding. The next part of listening happens when you take what you have heard and understand it in your own way. Let's go back to that report on zebras. When you hear that no two are alike, think about what that might mean. You might think, "Maybe this means that the pattern of stripes is different for each zebra." * Judging. After you are sure you understand what the speaker has said, think about whether it makes sense. Do you believe what you have heard? You might think, "How could the stripes to be different for every zebra? But then again, the fingerprints are different for every person. I think this seems believable." See less

See this at: 712educators.about.c...| Added on 04/17/06

Listening--really listening--to students is critical to the student/teacher relationship, for knowing their teacher is interested in what they are saying, makes students feel cared about and emotionally connected to school. Since research shows that... See more

Listening--really listening--to students is critical to the student/teacher relationship, for knowing their teacher is interested in what they are saying, makes students feel cared about and emotionally connected to school. Since research shows that feeling connected is requisite to students' motivation to learn,5 showing that we listen is important not only as a matter of kindness, but also as a motivational strategy. It is easy to perform routine tasks while listening to students. In fact, at times teachers are evaluated for their multitasking ability; however, unless you appear to be completely focused on the student speaking to you, he is apt think you care neither about what he is saying or him. Consequently, in addition to really listening to students, we must also show we are really listening.1 See less

See this at: studygs.net| Added on 04/17/06

Active listening intentionally focuses on who you are listening to, whether in a group or one-on-one, in order to understand what he or she is saying. As the listener, you should then be able to repeat back in your own words what they have said to... See more

Active listening intentionally focuses on who you are listening to, whether in a group or one-on-one, in order to understand what he or she is saying. As the listener, you should then be able to repeat back in your own words what they have said to their satisfaction. This does not mean you agree with, but rather understand, what they are saying. See less