HOME | FREE TESTS | STUDY GUIDES | BOOKS/TRAINING | FORUMS | JOBS | ARTICLES | EXAM DETAILS       CBT Nuggets Quality training videos on CD and led by expert instructors. Current products include MCSE, Cisco, Linux, CompTIA, MCSD, MOUS, VB and more. more products...  Virtual Training Get access to in-depth online training with over 25,000 online videos covering a wide range of computing and certification topics. Also available on CD. more products...  Training Center Training Center is a distributor of MindLeaders online courseware. Over 800 courses available covering Microsoft, CompTIA, CCNA, Oracle, PMI, LPI, CEC and CNE. more products...  TechTutorials.com  Certnotes.com  TechExams.net  CertTimes.com  FreeTechMail.org   MC MCSE Certification Newsletter :: 111th Edition :: November 1st, 2004 Over 22,930 Subscribers! In This Issue: :: What's New @ MC MCSE :: Cisco Launches New CCIE Program :: CompTIA Security+ Milestone :: CompTIA Server+ Milestone and Upgrade :: CompTIA Network+ Beta Exam to Be Released :: At the Boards :: For Fun: Totally Useless Links Advertisement CBT Nuggets - IT Certification Training Videos Get instructor-led training in your own home with these quality CBT video training packages. CBT Nuggets offers products for Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco, Citrix, and RHCE certifications. Free demos avaialable. What's New @ MC MCSE: As promised, we have been moving the practice test questions over from certifypro.com and offering them for free. You can also expect updates/improvements to our test engine this month. New Test Questions: Below are the quantities of questions that we have added so far: Finished off the A+ Operating Systems exam with a total of 208 questions. 91 questions added to 70-210 making a total of 141. 54 questions added to 70-270 making a total of 100. 50 questions added to our CCNA exam making a total of 100. 102 questions added to our Access 2002 Core exam making a total of 152. 30 questions added to our Excel 2002 Core exam making a total of 80. Jason Sprague Editor Cisco Launches New CCIE Program Cisco has announced that they will be launching the CCIE Storage Networking certification program. From November 18, 2004 through December 16, 2004 they beta version of the written exam will be available at a reduced cost of $50. The new certification will require a written and hands-on lab exam. Click here to learn more about this new CCIE program. CompTIA Security+ Milestone CompTIA announced that 10,000 people have achieved the Security+ certification in less than 2 years. This is the fastest growing of their 10 certifications and in the top 3 for overall volume. Click here to read the full press release. CompTIA Server+ Milestone and Upgrade CompTIA has announced that their Server+ certification has reached 10,000 certified. They also announced that an upgrade to this exam will be launched in early 2005. For more information, read the press release. CompTIA Offers 50% Off Retakes CompTIA recently released a new program that will last for the rest of this year, whereby, a candidate gets half price on an exam retake. In other words, if you fail a CompTIA exam, you can retake it for 50% off the regular price. For more information, click here. CompTIA Network+ Beta Exam to Be Released CompTIA has announced that their Network+ beta exam will be released at the end of November and they are looking for beta testers. Beta testers can take the exam at a reduced rate of $75. The updated exam objectives can be found here. The 2005 version of this exam should be available around mid-year next year. Click here to view the full press release. At the Boards Our forums currently have over 36,144 members and 28,701 posts. Here are some of the most popular posts from the last 2 weeks. Topic Title Replies Views Start Date placing certifications on resume ? 1 36 November 1, 2004 A+ or MCSA/MCSE 4 79 October 28, 2004 In case you didn't hear...... 46 300 October 28, 2004 Interface VLAN 7 93 October 27, 2004 The network path was not found 7 57 October 27, 2004 XP Not bootable? 9 88 October 27, 2004 scriptIt.exe 3 56 October 25, 2004 My life, Am I on the right track? Can anyone give me advise? 3 132 October 17, 2004 For Fun: Totally Useless Links Sure, lots of newsletters will provide lists of useful links, but how many will show all of the worthless wastes of time on the internet? We will!!! If you would like to nominate a site, post it here. World RPS Championships - I hope this is a joke. Hand to Hand Combat - Nope, its not a joke. Good Morning - Not anymore! Don't Stare - Pretty cool.. and useless. 30-Second Bunnies Theatre - Another Flash programmer with too much free time. You Have Bad Taste in Music - Midly amusing and very useless. Commercial - This commercial is hilarious. Lord of the Rings: Slightly Condensed - This will waste a few minutes of your day. Happy Time Wasting!!!