If you haven't already heard, Microsoft announced a new certification, the Microsoft Certified Architect. The MCA is to Microsoft certs what the CCIE is to Cisco. Think of it as the PhD of Microsoft certification. If you want to learn more, the link is http://www.microsoft.com/...blah...certification. You can also check out a round table discussion at http://www.microso...URL-stuff...rning.mspx

Interestingly, SUN went the opposite way, announcing it would soon have a certification designed for entry-level IT people, reported on CertCities recently as a Sun Certified Associate. It is in beta and the beta closed a couple weeks ago, but there is still info available worth checking into. http://www.sun.com/..blah..associate_beta.xml