Just wind back the world where all and sundry longed to get a degree. Imagine wanting an education so badly that one would walk for miles to get it. This seems to be a never ending scenario, crave for education. An anthem is in the making, Microsoft and Cisco call it the certification!

The world is banging with the echo ‘hire only certified people’. SO, out of the 100%, only 10% of the people are equipped with certifications and rest of them is forced into it! And now it is like a battle having populace trying to get hold of most of the certification they can! No one is seen with a different eye, unless a professional degree is wrapped under the arms of the certified courses. Keeping in mind the strategies, the demands, the competition, the professionals, MICROSOFT and CISCO have framed a number of certification courses, right from system administrator to the IT professional.

The procedure involved is quite simple and lucid. The certificate is awarded to any person who completes and clears the test carried out by the organization in the stipulated time. The certification is based on different areas of scientific proficiency. The certifications offered by MICROSOFT are MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, MCP, and MCSE.

MCSA is an acronym for Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator; it is an official recognition for a person’s knowledge in system administration of Microsoft Windows operating systems. This certificate is attained by clearing two networking system exams, a client operating system and an elective paper.

A person having MCSA is more valued when he owns a MCSE certificate. It stands for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and is one of the superlative certification for Windows Server 2003. It shapes a person into a tycoon who can handle any crisis and take care of the requirements, plan and the execution involved for the same. The next one to follow is the MCTS; it is a technological specialist certification. There are more than twenty MCTS certifications based on the requirements and specifications.

This decade has proved that certifications hold a much higher value than any other degree under the sun.

Apart from Microsoft, CISCO also provides various certifications for the same. Now, it has become a trend and outstandingly necessity to have certification spaced out from standard degree. CISCO provides courses and certification for network managers and professionals. The most popular one is called the ‘CCNA’ which has taken an immense silhouette throughout the country. It stands for Cisco Certified Network Associate. A person who claims to have a CCNA certificate is very well equipped in the areas involving WAN and remote servers. To go hand in hand with it, CISCO has also introduced certification course named CCNP, CCIE.

With recession ruling the world, it is important for an individual to show his potential and uniqueness, which can be easily accomplished by getting hold of the above mentioned certificates.