Jennifer Babich Posts

We all hear the buzz about healthcare – EHR/EMR, HIPAA, PHI and the other acronyms in the space. But what does it mean for IT professionals? What are the job opportunities? How do you show employers you have the unique skills required to work in IT in a healthcare setting? According to a recent survey by Capstone, 63 percent of responding physician group practices expect to replace their current practice management system with an integrated electronic health record system (EHRS). And 70 percent ...

We all hear the buzz about healthcare – EHR/EMR, HIPAA, PHI and the other acronyms in the space. But what does it mean for IT professionals? What are the job opportunities? How do you show employers you have the unique skills required to work in IT in a healthcare setting? According to a recent survey by Capstone, 63 percent of responding physician group practices expect to replace their current practice management system with an integrated electronic health record system.  And 70 p ...

The latest version of CompTIA Security+ is available today (English only, initially).  As part of the ISO/ANSI accreditation for CompTIA Security+, we update the exam every three years and there was a lot of new information to cover. The exam is still aimed at an IT security professional who has a minimum of 2 years of experience in IT administration with a focus on security, day to day technical information security experience, and broad knowledge of security concerns and implementation, but th ...

The latest version of CompTIA Security+ is available today (English only, initially).  As part of the ISO/ANSI accreditation for CompTIA Security+, we update the exam every three years and there was a lot of new information to cover. The exam is still aimed at an IT security professional who has a minimum of 2 years experience in IT administration with a focus on security, day to day technical information security experience, and broad knowledge of security concerns and implementation, ...

Today we unveiled the new certification.comptia.org website, a complete source for everything you have ever wanted to know, and more, about CompTIA certification. The site includes basic exam information like what is on the exam, pricing and other certification information previously found on the main CompTIA.org, and adds new IT job role and career planning tools.The new Explore Careers section includes information on IT career paths, with an interactive chart to guide IT pros through the certi ...

With the New Year, we’re embarking on several new certification exams. Development is currently underway on two security exams (a new version of CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner), CompTIA Storage+ powered by SNIA, and credentials around healthcare IT. We all know how huge security is for the industry. CompTIA Security+ is the fastest growing exam in our history and continues to see growing demand from both the public and private sectors. (There are almost 160, ...

Despite claims to the contrary, most IT engineers aren’t born with the ability to rebuild a server or construct a computer network. Gaining those skills typically requires a significant investment in time and access to the resources of a professional training organization. In an industry where the product and service portfolios change with (what seems like) the speed of light, gaining a comprehensive understanding of computer systems, network infrastructures, and even document imaging can be a s ...

Terry Erdle, CompTIA senior vice president, skills certification, and our partners got together for their own Texas hootenanny at Breakaway to touch on some of the new things to expect in the world of CompTIA certification.With unemployment hovering around 10 percent, there are still more than 300,000 IT jobs to be filled in the U.S. Forecasts for IT job growth through 2018 approach 20 percent, with areas such as security, cloud computing, healthcare IT and green IT seeing even faster growth as ...