{"id":1000,"date":"2019-11-22T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T21:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:29:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T21:29:02","slug":"2019-it-blog-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/22\/2019-it-blog-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 IT Blog Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My humble little blog has been chosen as a finalist in the 2019 IT Blog Awards. Please consider taking a look at all of the finalists and voting for me under the Certification Journey category. Good luck to all that are in the running. 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