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		<title>Can, and should, Microsoft demand recertification for existing credentials?</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/can-and-should-microsoft-demand-recertification-for-existing-credentials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>blogmistress Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article posted to our LinkedIn group has spurred a lot of healthy discussion around the water cooler lately. If you want to catch up on the discussion, click over to the Transcender IT Certification Prep Forum on LinkedIn. If you&#8217;re a LinkedIn member, you can check out the comments here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=143538&#38;goback=%2Egmp_143538%2Egde_143538_member_87995007 The premise of the discussion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4590&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s new in Exchange 2010 with the latest Service Packs?</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/whats-new-in-exchange-2010-with-the-latest-service-packs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gmonsalvatge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it hasn&#8217;t been too long since Exchange 2010 SP1 was rolled out, Exchange 2010 SP2 was recently released. When reviewing the changes between service packs, you need to remember that changes are cumulative, and features introduced in SP1 will be rolled into SP2. I&#8217;ve prepared an overview of the enhancements featured in both service [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4563&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transcender debuts our CompTIA A+ flash card app for tablets and smartphones</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/transcender-debuts-our-comptia-a-flash-card-app-for-tablets-and-smartphones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Transcender Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CompTIA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve released our first mobile app into the wild! The TranscenderFlash CompTIA A+ flash card app is now available through Amazon and the Android Market. (To download directly from your phone, type &#8220;transcender&#8221; in the Market search bar.) Amazon: http://amzn.to/Af9KDB Android Marketplace : http://bit.ly/z2KA46 You get the following features with our FREE app: - Over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4547&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Become an Oracle SQL Certified Expert</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/become-an-oracle-sql-certified-expert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>orcltestguy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you taken a look at the Expert series of certifications that Oracle offers? Normally, the path to an  Expert certification is shorter than the path to OCA or OCP certification, sometimes as little as a single exam, but Expert certification requires a very in-depth knowledge of a particular area of Oracle technology. If you are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4526&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What happened to my information super highway?</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/what-happened-to-my-information-super-highway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gmonsalvatge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, the interstate that traveled through downtown Atlanta called the “connector” had only three lanes in each direction. The Department of Transportation (DOT) spent years expanding it. When I graduated college it had so many lanes that traffic was not going to be a problem. I moved away to Charlotte and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4218&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Office 2010 (MOS): practice products for Core and Expert certifications</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/microsoft-office-2010-mos-practice-products-for-core-and-expert-certifications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Transcender Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transcender has partnered with G*Metrix, a technology testing provider, to offer you the Microsoft Office 2010 practice test products! Those who are familiar with our Office 2003 and Office XP products will find the same ease of grading and remediation text in the G*Metrix products. The Microsoft Word and Excel practice tests will also include a third [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4501&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nickle-and-dime PDUs: convenient, cost-effective ways to earn certification credits</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/nickle-and-dime-pdus-convenient-cost-effective-ways-to-earn-certification-credits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Transcender Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: Our guest blogger, PMP certification holder Colleen Reed, project manager for a Washington, D.C.-area information technology firm, shares her budget-busting method of acquiring PDUs. My most excellent Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification comes with a requirement to take 60 continuing education credits of the PMI-approved sort, called professional development units (PDUs). I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4485&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Additional Oracle Exam Tips to Prevent Common Mistakes</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/additional-oracle-exam-tips-to-prevent-common-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>orcltestguy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One component of my job as the Oracle Content Developer at Kaplan/Transcender is to review the trouble tickets that we receive from customers using our practice exams. This gives me invaluable insight into “why” students sometimes choose the wrong answer 0n our practice test (and by extension the live exam), even when their technical knowledge of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4408&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New from Sybex: Cisco Networking Essentials by Troy McMillan</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/new-from-sybex-cisco-networking-essentials-by-troy-mcmillan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>blogmistress Ann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cisco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot off the presses! Sybex, the computer reference imprint of Wiley and Sons Publishing, has just released a new Cisco reference written by Troy McMillan, our primary Cisco practice test developer here at Transcender. Although this guide could certainly be used by someone working toward their CCENT, CCNA, or even their Network+ certification,  Cisco Networking Essentials is not your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4464&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>They&#8217;re back: the return of the developer exam case study</title>
		<link>http://transcender.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/theyre-back-the-return-of-the-developer-exam-case-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>codeguru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As I first noted in a blog post early last year,  70-519 (Pro: Designing and Developing Web Applications Using .NET Framework 4) heralded the case study&#8217;s triumphant return to developer exams. Before you open our practice test and lapse into drop-jaw silence, or (worse still) enter a catatonic fugue state during the live exam, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=transcender.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3478499&amp;post=4322&amp;subd=transcender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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