71-450: PRO: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Designing, Optimizing, and Maintaining a Database Administrative Solution
Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Business Intelligence Developer 2008. In order to earn this certification you must also pass exam 70-448: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance.
71-452: Designing a Business Intelligence Infrastructure Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator 2008. In order to earn this certification you must also pass exam 70-432: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance.
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Mary Jo talks about the fix for the SP1 reboot loop, and the resumption of pushing out the SP1 prerequisites.
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Firefox 2 is now certified as a client browser on Vista for the E-Business Suite. All browsers certified with the E-Business Suite on Vista (both IE and Firefox) must run Forms-based content via the native Sun Java Runtime Engine (JRE) plug-in.
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If you were holding off on upgrading to SP1 due to fear you’d get caught in a reboot loop, fear no longer. Tomorrow a fix is being released to the installer that caused the problem, so you’ll be ready to go!
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Included support for DirectX 10.1, which is included in Vista SP1, as well as many other features.
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Includes ‘InvisiTasking’ real-time defraging, which runs during idle time and keeps your system performing optimally.
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New web site for Vista Ultimate users, nothing but promotional pricing on third-party offers so far.
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Written by Joe on March 5th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Today I went for the CEH v5 exam, EC-Council certification# 312-50, I’d been studying for it for a while. It had no less than 150 questions - and pretty tough ones too - but I managed to pass it (85% which is OK considering US law was part of the Qs).
I can really recommend you to go for this exam - it’s somethin’ else dude! The questions are short and exact (still multiple choice), but just the process of going there is VERY cool and interesting. Personally I downloaded a lot of spooky tools and guides, created an isolated network with virtual machines and tested, tested, tested. It was fun I can tell you - I can’t seem to stop studying this stuff!
I also read 2 books on the journey:
- Michael Gregg: Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep (very good)
- Kimberly Graves: Official Certified Ethical Hacker Review Guide (very brief)
If you’re a totally cool (and white) hacker dude already, you could probably go for the latter only (it will give you the overall idea of what this exam is all about, the CEH terminology etc). BUT the first one mentioned, by Michael Gregg, is a VERY good introduction (broad and deep) into the world of haxin’ actually.
The whole idea with this exam is, that to be a professional penetration tester or security consultant, you need the skills and tools of the hackers. Put yourself in their place and start looking for your (or your customers) weakest link! A security system is only as strong as its weakest link - that also means, that security is a process (maintenance).
Security is, and always will be, a mixture of: Prevention + Detection + Response!
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Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on February 15th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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The latest Catalyst driver is out, and includes a long list of resolved issues for Vista 32 and 64 bit systems.
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Of course, as more users adopt Vista, more virus writers are going to target it. Thankfully, Vista makes their job more difficult, but certainly not impossible.
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QuarkXPress is now certified for Windows Vista.
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I haven’t noticed much of a difference myself. This article suggests improvements could be as small as 1-2%.
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It’s unfortunate when a company resorts to marketing their product based on the weeknesses of their competitor, instead of the strength of their own offering.
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The coach talks about how he loves his job of getting devices ready for Vista certification.
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Performance-based items are exam questions in which the tester must perform a task in a simulated version of the technology, rather than answering a finite-result style question (like multiple choice or drag and drop). As you all know, PB means a brain-dump user with no experience on the technology can't waltz in and cheat their way to a "pass," you have to be able to get around the software hands-on to get something done.
PB is only in some exams at the moment (a few 'new gen' exams and a handful of Windows Server 2003 exams); there are more coming. I know the strategy team has an eye to getting PB items in to many (all?!?) key MCTS exams, that would be amazing. No exams are all PB, there will be other more traditional item types, too.
In case you have run into PB in the past, you should know that scoring for PB items in new generation exams (e.g. for MCTS exams rather than MCP exams) is different than how it has worked before. Here is a little info on what to expect.
Scoring new generation exams with a PB component
- Your score report will include two different sections: one for your performance-based (PB) items and one for your non-performance based (i.e. multiple choice) items
- The PB section will likely have fewer questions than the non-PB section, though all questions (PB and non-PB) have the same value per question. In other words, a multiple choice question is worth one “pointâ€; a PB task is also worth one point.
- You must pass both sections to receive a pass on these exams.
- Scoring of PB items is based on the end state, rather than how you got there. In other words, we do not look at your path or number of clicks; if your end result is as intended, you have passed the question.
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