A basic idea of networks is an ideal first base for anyone coming into the IT industry. You must know how PC's function and connect with each other before you can consider anything else. If you have got good user skills, you will find packages such as CompTIA's A+ and Network+ offers you an excellent grounding to begin your career path. They're dealt with under the 'CompTIA' pages on this site.

Where you venture next depends largely on whether you would like to focus on hardware or software. For hardware, you are looking at 'Cisco' ('CCNA'/'CCNP'), & for 'software' you'll need Microsoft ('MCSA'/'MCSE'). Even so, it should be mentioned that a thorough understanding of MS network systems is basically essential for the majority of network environments, simply because of Microsoft's dominance in this field. As before, you'll see information about each accreditation on the Cisco and Microsoft areas of the website.

Of course you could enhance your Wi-Fi (wire-less) skill-sets with qualifications such as the 'CWNP' and 'CWNA', or carry on down the CompTIA route with Security+, Server+ or Linux+ .

Review the facts below very carefully if you've been persuaded that that old marketing ploy of a guarantee for your exam looks like a reason to buy:

It's become essential these days that we are a little bit more aware of sales ploys - and most of us know that for sure it is something we're paying for (it isn't free or out of the goodness of their hearts!) Students who take exams one at a time, funding them as they go are in a much stronger position to qualify at the first attempt. They are aware of what they've paid and so are more inclined to be ready for the task.

Why pay the training company up-front for examinations? Go for the best offer when you're ready, don't pay mark-ups - and do it in a local testing centre - not at somewhere of their bidding. A surprising number of unscrupulous training course providers net a great deal of profit through getting in the money for all the exam fees up-front and banking on the fact that many won't be taken. It's worth noting, in the majority of cases of 'exam guarantees' - the company controls how often and when you are allowed to have another go. You will have to demonstrate an excellent pass-rate before they'll approve a re-take.

Average exam fees were 112 pounds or thereabouts last year through Prometric or VUE centres around the United Kingdom. So what's the point of paying maybe a thousand pounds extra to get 'Exam Guarantees', when it's no secret that the responsible approach is a commitment to studying and the use of authorised exam preparation tools.

You'll find broader alternatives over and above Microsoft and Cisco for getting trained in these areas. A number of well-respected independents are today supplying progressively more relevant and significant accreditations. The importance of grasping converging-technologies & inter-connectivity in networks has become well recognized. We're witnessing an important generational shift within network technology at this moment, especially the move toward Cloud or internet-based computing (both in terms of storage of data, as well as actual processing power), and the attitude change toward 'green' IT. 'Green' IT doesn't specifically signify 'saving the earth' -- it does have elements designed to lower the carbon dioxide effects etc., but it's also strongly placed in the economic reality of cost reduction. Computer systems produce less heat (and so require much less cooling) when they have lower-power processors. Companies with significant computer networks can lower their fuel expenditure substantially with greener & much more efficient computer systems.

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