Certified for Life?  Not so Fast…

CompTIA (www.comptia.org) recently changed their longstanding policy of certification for life.  Up until recently, if you passed any of CompTIA’s certification exams you were certified for life and didn’t need to recertify after a period of time.

That all changed last year, when CompTIA decided to announce that all certification holders would need to recertify every three (3) years.  Much to the dismay of the thousands of existing CompTIA certification holders, many of whom felt that the terms of their original “agreement” with CompTIA was now being changed without their input or consent.

CompTIA decided to change their initial ruling, and now have announced that existing certification holders will remain certified for life.  It’s very important to note however, anyone obtaining a CompTIA certification after January 01, 2011 will have to recertify every three years!

What Does this Mean for You?

If you are an IT professional who is thinking about certification, or a career changer looking for training to become certified, you will want to hurry!  If you are looking for CompTIA A+ Certification Training, you still have time to study and get certified before next year.  Doing so will certify you for life, and save you quite a bit of money over the long term because you won’t need to recertify or obtain Continuing Education Units (CEU) every few years.

Palaestra Training offers CompTIA A+ Certification training videos that are extremely affordable, come with AVI, iPod and mp3 formats and truly allow you to study anytime, anywhere. 

Get your training now, so you have time to study and get certified before next year!

Visit us at www.PalaestraTraining.com for more information about our training videos for CompTIA, as well as Microsoft, Cisco (CCNA and CCNA Security) and our newest addition – Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Training.

As of January 1, 2010 CompTIA has instituted some changes to their certification policy.  In the past, if you were A+, Network+ or Security+ certified you would remain certified for life – no need to renew or update the certification unless you wanted to just keep up with new technology.  In keeping up with the times however, and in making CompTIA certifications more relevant, they are now requiring certain certifications be renewed every three years.

The new certification renewal policy is applicable to all individuals who hold CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+ or CompTIA Security+ certifications, regardless of the date they were certified. Does this apply to ALL CompTIA certifications?  The short answer is no, only to the three listed above for now (Other CompTIA certifications are not affected at this time).

CompTIA advised on their website that there will be multiple ways to renew your certification, including take “bridge” exams that bridge the gap between an older exam and the newest version, by taking Computer Based Training, teaching, presenting, and so on.  For the complete details on this update to their certification policy visit their website.

Palaestra Training creates IT Certification Training videos for Information Technology professionals looking to achieve Microsoft, Cisco or CompTIA certifications as well as people looking to learn new skills. 

We’re pleased to announce that we now offer the award-winning MeasureUp exam simulation software with most of our training titles.

We include a full copy of MeasureUp’s award-winning exam prep software with most of our training titles.  This allows us to provide students with the best possible training experience.

MeasureUp has been a long time favorite among IT professionals and was awarded Redmond Magazine’s Preferred Product award as well as being a CertCities Reader’s Choice Awards finalist. 

Palaestra Training President, Christopher Rees states,  “MeasureUp’s exam preparation software is a great addition to our product offerings, and a perfect compliment to our already solid training.  Students are assured of getting the best training at a great price, now with the addition of exam prep tools to make sure they’re able to apply what they’re learning.”

Even in today’s economy, IT professionals continue to be in high demand and this trend is likely to continue for the next decade.  Our Computer Training Videos allow you to learn anytime, anywhere at your own pace.  Now is the time to invest in yourself and learn the skills that will make the difference in your career.

For more information, visit us online at www.PalaestraTraining.com

Thanks to everyone on YouTube, for making our Cisco CCNA Training videos the most watched IT Certification training videos on YouTube! 

Our Cisco videos have received over 180,000 views, and all of our IT Certification and Training videos on our YouTube channel have received over 250,000 views, with thousands of new viewers each week!

Our expert Cisco CCNA trainer, Jason Emerson, makes getting Cisco CCNA certified fun and engaging, and will quickly get you the skills you need to succeed.  Our CompTIA expert trainer, Christopher Rees, has created CompTIA A+ training that has helped thousands of people around the world get CompTIA A+ certified.

The YouTube community quickly lets you know if you have a video, product or service worth watching and we’ve gotten a tremendous response from the moment we post each video.

Our videos are extremely affordably priced, and make world-class training available to everyone.  Quickly get the skills necessary to compete in today’s ever-shrinking job market, and have fun in the process!

Check out our YouTube channel today, and find out for yourself what over a quarter-million others already know… Our IT Certification Training Videos rock!

December 1st, 2008 – Today through Wednesday, December 3rd, all of our Video Training series and Training Bundles are 30% off!

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This promotion only lasts until Wednesday, December 3rd.

Palaestra Training creates high quality IT Certification training for Microsoft, Cisco and CompTIA certifications and is the best, and most cost-effective way to quickly get up to speed, learn a new skill, or get the new job or promotion.

For more information about our training, or to view full-length free demos of our most popular training titles, visit us online at www.PalaestraTraining.com

We put up a new video on YouTube, a 10 minute sample of our CompTIA A+ training videos. 

Our IT Certification training video samples are some of the most viewed IT videos on YouTube.  You can visit our YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/palaestratraining

This video covers printers, and goes into detail regarding a number of printing technologies:

• Dye Sublimation Printers
• Thermal Printers
• Thermal printer papers
• Laser Printers
• The 6 steps of the laser printer process
1. Clean
2. Charge
3. Write
4. Develop
5. Transfer
6. Fuse
• Coverage of the EP (Electrophotostatic drum)
• Fuser assembly
• Corona wire / assembly
• Troubleshooting some common printer problems

This short demo is a clip from the longer two-part printer video series.  All together our CompTIA A+ training has 32 videos and over 20 hours of world-class training you can take with you and watch anytime, anywhere.

As with all our training, it’s available for immediate delivery via download, or we can physically ship to your location.

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