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Dan Holme has 10 years ’ experience as a consultant and a trainer to tens of thousands of IT professionals worldwide. His clients have included AT&T, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, and other major corporations.

Orin Thomas is a writer, an editor, and a systems administrator for Certtutor.net, an online resource for certification candidates. He is MCSE,CCNA, CCDA, and Linux+ certified and was a contributor to The Insider ’s Guide to IT Certification .

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