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Certifications are key in the industry for proving skills, gaining expertise and weighing salaries. Following up on its survey of most profitable certifications, a recent study from Global Knowledge, a Cary, N.C.-based business training and certification company, surveyed 12,000 North American IT professionals to find out what certifications were the most popular, made the most money and what made them so attractive to add to your technical arsenal. Whether respondents said they needed them for vendor-specific reasons or just for broader technical knowledge, take a look at the 15 most popular certifications to have as part of your IT portfolio.