Certifications in a virtual realm would not likely be of any help to an IT professional. However, actual certifications in virtual machines would be, as virtualization has branched out from a once predominantly tech support tool to web and application development, server management, and even cloud computing. VMware has long been the leader in this [...]

If you’re looking to boost your resume and professional credentials as a LAMP developer, here are some of the certifications you should seek: Linux There are various Linux certifications available, which makes choosing the right certification difficult. You could get a distribution/commercial level certification, i.e. from Ubuntu, Redhat, Novell, etc. However, these certifications could limit [...]

In Part I , we covered some of the most popular and well known certifications. This time, we’ll talk about some of the more obscure and rare certifications.

Today there are dozens of computer security certifications available. We’ll cover some of the more popular ones, some obscure ones, and their costs and differences.

The value of certifications are always a debatable subject among IT professionals. Value aside, the cost prohibitive nature of certifications often keeps people from even trying to acquire them. Other certifications may require outrageous fees and travel to faraway locations, but the Linux Professional Institute’s LPIC-1 exam cost only $160, and the exam can be [...]

Stephen J. Bigelow, of SearchWinIT.com has presented a very interesting question, and one which paints a distinct portrait of the current climate in the IT market – ‘Does certification really matter in IT?‘ When first absorbing the question, the answer should seem obvious; of course certification is important. In just about every field that requires [...]

A Garbage Collector must do two things:- 1.Detect garbage objects2.Deallocate the memory of garbage objects and make it available for the program. There are four approaches that a garbage collector may adopt to detect the garbage objects.

Java includes a special Three-way(Ternary) operator that can replace certain types of if-then-else statements.These statements include assignment when certain conditions are fulfilled.This operator is ” ? “.The working of ” ? ” operator is similar as in C,C++ and C#.The ” ? ” operator at first look might seem confusing but it is extremely useful [...]