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If you’re interested in breaking into computer networking or strengthening your existing skillset to enrich your IT career, your next IT certification should be one of these top computer networking certifications.

A recent study indicates that holders of CompTIA’s three biggest certifications work more effectively and efficiently in their areas of IT. We talked to three certification holders to see exactly where knowledge from CompTIA certifications translates into improved performance.

With an inexpensive, credit-card-sized computer, you can get the hands-on skills you need to learn IT and earn an IT certification.

Join CompTIA Chief Technology Evangelist, Dr. James Stanger to discuss how Docker and Kubernetes operates and how it can help with security issues if used correctly.

For the next Office Hours with James, join CompTIA Chief Technology Evangelist Dr. James Stanger to learn more about how Nmap and other applications are used today, in both traditional and IoT networks.

Dwight Thomas, Jr., designed and engineered a fully fiber-optic broadband network that would help a rural Texas town join the digital world.

Join Dr. James Stanger in the next Office Hours with James for a hands-on demonstration of the network troubleshooting app Wireshark.

Educators and network professionals worldwide have been talking about the latest advances in endpoints, switching, routing and IP for decades now. But it’s always surprising and pleasing to see the conversations go beyond “Let’s go with Cisco,” or “Let’s teach AWS now.”

Join Dr. James Stanger to learn more about network troubleshooting techniques. We’ll discuss how to create useful, more advanced filters and how to use Wireshark’s diagnostic tools.

The shape of enterprise networks is changing – but then, it always has been. Chris Hodson looks at what recent developments in cloud computing mean – for businesses and the IT pros that maintain them.

In this follow-up piece to my training session at ChannelCon, I’m going to lay out the various angles that service providers attempt to use as wedges with their customer base as well as the questions that end users need to respond with when they hear this type of rhetoric.

IT certifications validate the skills that get you to the next level, but when it comes to networking and IT infrastructure, choosing the best certification can be confusing.

Some of us look at the big picture of how networks help us do our jobs, and others look at the details in the connections and data transfers. Network engineers need to see both when they design the systems that keep the world connected. If you’re creative and detail oriented, a career in network engineering could be for you.

Infrastructure is the bedrock of IT operations. Security, mobility, agility and resiliency all depend on a solid network architecture. The CompTIA Infrastructure Career Pathway aligns CompTIA certifications with the skillsets needed by today's IT pros to support and manage IT infrastructure.

As the foundational certification in the CompTIA Cybersecurity Career Pathway, the new CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) validates the baseline skills necessary to perform core security functions and get into the cybersecurity field.