Prove You're an IT Pro: CIW Certification |
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March 28, 2005
By Alan Drummer
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Technician Programs Columnist
CIW Certification originally stood for Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW). In the early days of the Internet, webmasters were key players in the designing, building and maintaining of websites.
Since then, the importance of the Internet and IT in general has grown. The types of professional roles important to IT has expanded as well. CIW Certification has expanded to cover many of them, far beyond the speciality of the Internet. You can now get CIW Certification for key IT topics such as server administration, security, application development, programming languages and more.
CIW Certification: the Largest IT Credential
CIW Certification has grown to be the largest IT job-role certification program. It is vendor-neutral and accepted widely in the industry. More than 45,000 CIW certifications have been earned. Here is an overview of specialties:
Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Associate
Demonstrate your knowledge of Networking, HTML and Internet fundamentals. Must be earned before you can continue on to any other CIW designation.
Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Professional
For individuals who work with Internet/Web technologies and are working toward a Master CIW designation.
Master Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Designer
For Web design jobs, covering site and e-commerce design.
Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) - Security Analyst
If you have networking administration certification, prove your security skills.
Master Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Administrator
If you're interested in a career in Network Administration, demonstrate your expertise in Server Administration, Internetworking, and Security for the Internet.
Master Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Enterprise Developer
If you're interested in Web design jobs and Web programming, show your skills in Perl and Java languages, object-oriented analyst and design, application and database development.
Master Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Web Site Manager
If you want to be a jack-of-all trades for Internet-related tasks and concepts, prove your skills in Server Administration, Perl and JavaScript, and Site Design for the Internet.
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