IT Certification

Sometimes it doesn't take much for me fixate on topics, as my wife will willingly attest. Since reading that Pearson Vue and Cisco will begin implementing additional security measures for certification exams beginning Aug. 1.
For up to 72 hours after the exam, a forensic analysis of your test can be conducted to see if anything transpired that shouldn't have....

Cisco recently added two designations to its Data Center Specialist group of certifications: Cisco Data Center Application Services Design Specialist and Cisco Data Center Application Services Support Specialist. The support certification has CCNA certification...

The Project Management Institute (PMI), vendor of the successful Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, is in the pilot phase of a new credential for risk management professionals. The PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) certification...

A firend of mine named Tesl and me are currently working away at our CCNA, and hope to get it within the next couple of weeks. We are trying to read all the material we can get his hands on, but we are a little worried that we need to buy some more.
We are using the Sybex CCNA 4th Edition by Todd Lammle. Has the exam changed enough to justify buying the 5th edition? Ideally we don't want to have to fork out more if its not really necessary....