Whois & Analysis for mindhub.com

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a non-profit trade association, was created in 1982 as the Association of Better Computer Dealers (ABCD).

ABCD later changed its name to the Computing Technology Industry Association to reflect the association's evolving role in the computer industry and in the U.S. business landscape at large.

The 1990s was a period of growth as the association broadened the scope of its activities to address the needs of the expanding computer industry.

Its initiatives increased to include networking, UNIX, imaging, mobile computing, and multimedia arenas.

In an effort to monitor and take positions on public policy issues, the association added a full-time Director of Public Policy.

In 2010, CompTIA added a new executive director for a newly named "" Foundation, its philanthropic arm that focuses on training and certifying low-income students and adults in IT, as well as returning veterans—and helping connect them with potential employers.

VMware, Inc. is a subsidiary of Dell Technologies that provides cloud and virtualization software and services and claims to be the first to successfully virtualize the x86 architecture commercially.

Founded in 1998, VMware is based in Palo Alto, California.

In 2004, it was acquired by and became a subsidiary of EMC Corporation, then on August 14, 2007, EMC sold 15% of the company in a New York Stock Exchange IPO.

The company trades under the symbol VMW.

Pearson PLC is a British multinational publishing and education company headquartered in London.

It was founded as a construction business in the 1840s.

It shut down its construction activities in the 1920s and switched to publishing.

It is the largest education company and the largest book publisher in the world.

Pearson has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depository Receipts.

Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task.

Not all certifications that use post-nominal letters are an acknowledgement of educational achievement, or an agency appointed to safeguard the public interest.

Cisco Systems, Inc. (known as Cisco) is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San José, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other high-technology services and products.

Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, and Jasper, Cisco specializes into specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security, and energy management.