If there’s just one thing standing between you and your next job or a promotion, well, let’s be honest: you probably know what that thing is.  But if you’re looking for some sort of general-purpose resume polisher, a new list has identified the ten “hottest” IT certifications.

Foote Partners, which was founded in 1997, compiled the list, and Indiatimes Infotech published it.  The certifications aren’t organized in any particular order or fashion, so there’s probably no need to attempt to tackle ones that seem difficult or irrelevant to your industry before the others.

As for what the certifications are, VMware Certified Professional, Certified Information Systems Auditor, and GIAC Security Audit Essentials were the first to be named.

Next came Certified Information Security Manager, Check Point Certified Security Expert, and Check Point Certified Security Administrator.

Finally, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Certified Wireless Security Professional, GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst, and Cisco Certified Network Professional wrapped up the list.

Hopefully these suggestions will help you get ahead in the workplace (or find an entirely new, better workplace).  Again, though, just keep in mind that not every IT certification will be an asset of equal value in every situation.

Spend a little time on a college campus, and you’ll see students studying everywhere: in cafeterias, before classes, even while they’re driving.  And now, for the sake of offering professionals some similar opportunities, Cisco has announced something called Cisco M-Learning.

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ClearSaleing announced today the launch of the ClearSaleing Attribution Management Professional (CAMP) Certification Program. ClearSaleing’s CAMP Certification will be available through instructor-led webinars, as well as individualized sessions. See the curriculum below. Continue Reading »

Acquia just launched a new Social Publishing for Open Government program to help U.S. federal agencies meet the government’s Open Government Directive (OGD).  The program provides government agencies with education and implementation services for using Drupal in general and to address OGD.  According to Acquia, services offered by the program include:

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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 technical knowledge, common sense would dictate you want proof that someone knows as much as they let on.
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Linux is an OS that conjures up images of computer nerds hunched over their keyboards in the quest for digital divinity while following the doctrine of open source and free software for all. Such evangelistic ideals and hallowed images have often paved the way for computer engineering students to follow certifications such as the Microsoft series or even the vendor-specific RedHat certifications amongst those inclined towards certifying their skills in Linux.

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I received a press release announcing that REvolution Computing, a provider of software and support for the open source “R” statistical programming language had appointed R co-creator, Robert Gentleman, to its board of directors. The press release was a great impetus for me to look at R again.

For background about R, Ashlee Vance wrote:

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A Garbage Collector must do two things:-

1.Detect garbage objects
2.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. Continue Reading »