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MSI President Joins Board of United Way of Sussex Co.
Posted by: Administrator in General Business, Company News on August 21, 2008
MSI is pleased to announce that Frank Ableson has joined the board of the United Way of Sussex County. The United Way of Sussex County is affiliated with the national United Way organization, but focuses on serving people in the local community. You can learn more about the United Way at unitedway.org. To learn more about what the United Way is doing in Sussex County, NJ, please visit their website at www.sussexunitedway.org/.
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MSI President Interviewed on IBM DeveloperWorks Website
Posted by: Administrator in General Business, Company News on August 19, 2008
MSI's Frank Ableson was interviewed by Scott Laningham of IBM for the popular IBM Developerworks tutorial series. Scott Laningham is host/editor of IBM developerWorks podcasts. Frank recently published a step-by-step tutorial on developing Blackberry Mobile Data Collection applications. Scott and Frank discussed the Blackberry tutorial and the mobile landscape in general. You can listen to the podcast from IBM's website : www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/scott
The tutorial is available for viewing directly from www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-os-blackberry.html
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Cisco and Pearson Vue implement new security for exams
Posted by: Administrator in General Business, Company News on August 01, 2008
Taking a Cisco certification exam has just taken on new meaning here at MSI Services, Inc. as well as other authorized testing centers. Candidates will be required to sit for a digital photograph as part of the check in procedures as part of an enhanced security program. This new requirement is just one part of two ways Pearson Vue and Cisco plan on ensuring the integrity of exams. All Cisco exams will be subject to an intensive data forensics program to detect aberrant testing behavior. This means such things as time spent on questions, whether answers were changed, how long the exam took and hundreds of other data points are logged and a record is created during the exam and analyzed for aberrant testing behavior. If problems are identified the exam will be flagged and scores could be determined invalid. If a candidates score is invalidated they may have to retake the exam or even may be banned anywhere from a year to a lifetime from taking a certification exam. Though the consequences seem harsh Cisco and Pearson Vue are determined to protect the integrity of one of the most highly valued credentials available to IT professionals.
Source: TrainingIndustry.com article by Rick Gregory, 23 Jul 2008
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