Thursday, March 30, 2006

One More .NET Exam Goes Live in March

Last week Microsoft announced the pending release of Microsoft exam 70-529 TS: .NET Framework 2.0 - Distributed Application Development on Friday, March 24.

The exam counts toward the MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 - Distributed Applications title, and is among five exams required for the vaunted Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: Enterprise Application Developer certification.

The company says that candidates should have at least one year of experience developing distributed applications using the Microsoft .NET Framework and working knowledge of Visual Studio 2005.

Those taking the exam will have the option of coding in either Visual Basic 2005 or Visual C# 2005 for those exam questions that require answers in coded format.

Monday, March 27, 2006

CompTIA to Launch RFID Certification Exam

The Computing Technology Industry Association will officially debut the CompTIA RFID+ exam on Mar. 28.

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has announced it will officially launch the CompTIA RFID+ examination on Mar. 28. Until the end of December 2005, CompTIA had been offering a beta version of the exam. One of the first opportunities to take the test will be at RFID Journal LIVE!, to be held May 1-3 in Las Vegas.

CompTIA RFID+ certification is intended to help address the skills shortage. The foundation committee identified the broad areas the test should cover. Subject matter experts from companies on the committee then identified specific skills implementers would need, and CompTIA experts created questions to indicate whether someone taking the test had the relevant skills. Beta exams were offered, and the test was revised to ensure the accuracy and fairness of the results.