chintanpatel.za said:

Hi everyone

Time has flown so fast and it's time to renew Data+ . I reminisced the post I made here in May 2022.

I'm not sure yet whether I'd be able to afford the $75 renewal fee, however, I received a DataX exam voucher for participating in the TTT. If I pass DataX, is it considered a higher level than Data+ and will my CEU fees be waived? I have already met the CEU points requirement by passing two non-CompTIA certifications.

Or what else can I do to have the CEU fees waived?

Regards
Chintan Patel
Benoni, South Africa

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Hello @chintanpatel.za, taking the DataX certification exam will count for 15 CEUs towards Data+ renewal. It will not completely renew the Data+ certification.

Damion McCurdy said:

Did anyone else receive a blank certificate for the first Session?

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I had the same issue I believe during the session Stephen made the decision to remove the requirement for this first certificate

Thanks for information…

Yeah, he's just trolling to see how little they can get away paying. Now if only there was a union...

Pbrabson said:

I spoke to the main point of contact Eddie. The interview was rushed...all of 10 minutes tops. He asked a series of questions and wasn't very open when I asked about duration, etc. He asked me about what rate I was looking for. I told him based on my experience but I think that was the deal breaker. He offered a rate of $40 lower than what I offered and said they were a young company, etc, etc, etc. He said he would call back with "next step" He did not. They're comparison shopping to see who'll bite. Has anyone heard back?

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I agree I had a similar experience

chintanpatel.za said:

Hi everyone

Time has flown so fast and it's time to renew Data+ . I reminisced the post I made here in May 2022.

I'm not sure yet whether I'd be able to afford the $75 renewal fee, however, I received a DataX exam voucher for participating in the TTT. If I pass DataX, is it considered a higher level than Data+ and will my CEU fees be waived? I have already met the CEU points requirement by passing two non-CompTIA certifications.

Or what else can I do to have the CEU fees waived?

Regards
Chintan Patel
Benoni, South Africa

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CompTIA certs do not "waive" fees. Either you owe them or you don't. Paying for some certs will cover the fees for others, but you'd have to look in your CompTIA account to see your fee payment progress to know for certain.

DataX does not provide any CEUs at this time. The only way to get the required 20 CEUs for Data+ are through a combination of educational activities. I have 13 CEUs from earning the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification. I only have 7 CEUs remaining, so I was thinking about getting the Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals certification which would provide 15 more CEUs. Those two certs would be enough to renew the Data+. My fee is already paid in full.

Gregory Childers said:

So, who wants to be the first person to openly discuss how much they charge for teaching CompTIA classes?

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My consulting rates are at EUR 112 per hour, ex VAT.

My teaching rates differ per customer. One training vendor pays 125 EUR per hour (ex VAT), but for the community school where I teach, I charge EUR 50 per hour (they are a registered goodwill org).

Congrats!

Well done!

I spoke to the main point of contact Eddie. The interview was rushed...all of 10 minutes tops. He asked a series of questions and wasn't very open when I asked about duration, etc. He asked me about what rate I was looking for. I told him based on my experience but I think that was the deal breaker. He offered a rate of $40 lower than what I offered and said they were a young company, etc, etc, etc. He said he would call back with "next step" He did not. They're comparison shopping to see who'll bite. Has anyone heard back?

Rick Butler said:

I haven't heard of anything like that - personally, I'd rather go that route - that way, I can go through the refresher training for changes and have the cert at the end. I suspect it's mostly predicated on the Security+ and how the US DoD leans on it very heavily for security certification (DoD 8570/8140).

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Thank you for the clear explanation.

Mark Anthony Germanos said:

I am surprised nobody here has asked Rick what "adopting Anthology Student" means... Rick, please educate us.

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So, our college has been using a homegrown SQL database (actually, four of them) for our Student Information System - this is the system we use to manage student records for the school. While home grown is nice, it's hard when you don't always have the programming support for it, and when regulations change, pivoting the software is not an easy task.

So...

This year, we're rolling out Anthology Student, formerly called CampusNexus, which is a very mature and respected SIS tool. Many colleges (in fact, probably some CIN'ers here who teach college probably deal with Anthology all the time) use it. It's a pretty big task, one that our team has been at for a couple years now.

So, I'll have to watch a lot of these on the re-wind...

/r

Enjoying the Security X TTT some excellent resources to help learn about the importance of Security

Congratulations

Please join us in session three on Tuesday.
Remain Bless.

We have attended security X session two very interested.

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Brian Wafula said:

The beta results came out, and yaay, I passed expected but what a wait?. Excited for the prospects on this course and much more.

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Congratulations!!!

Cyber Russ said:

I am thrilled to announce that I have provisionally passed ISC2's Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certification exam today! Despite the snowy weather here in North Carolina, I made it out and drove my way to success.

Keep studying!

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congratulations!!!

No response after two weeks. I wonder if they are serious about hiring a trainer.

Rick Butler said:

This is a go-live week for us adopting Anthology Student, so I will probably end up watching these On-Demand - if I survive the rollout that is...LOL /r

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I am surprised nobody here has asked Rick what "adopting Anthology Student" means... Rick, please educate us.

CompTIA needs to update the CEU information. The Data pathway doesn't allow one cert to renew another, although DataSys+ is good for 13 hours towards A+ CEUs. Cloud+ renews Net+, which renews A+, but CloudNetX doesn't renew anything or give partial credit.

The three Xpert level certs should renew everything in their pathway. SecurityX does, but DataX and CloudNetX don't.

ernest calloway said:

CompTIA Certmast CE (will this get a new name as well?) is only available for A+, NET+, and SEC+. Have any discussions taken place to broaden the CE program to include additional certifications?

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I haven't heard of anything like that - personally, I'd rather go that route - that way, I can go through the refresher training for changes and have the cert at the end. I suspect it's mostly predicated on the Security+ and how the US DoD leans on it very heavily for security certification (DoD 8570/8140).

CompTIA Certmast CE (will this get a new name as well?) is only available for A+, NET+, and SEC+. Have any discussions taken place to broaden the CE program to include additional certifications?