Linux Professional Institute Offers Certification Exams at IBM Software University
(Toronto, Canada: January 17, 2006) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification organization, is hosting a special exam lab for IBM staff attending IBM's Software University in Las Vegas on January 19, 2006. LPI will be offering both LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams (101, 102, 201 and 202) at a discounted price of $90 per exam from 1 - 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2006 (Note: #3072 in session catalogue). Candidates should pre-register on the LPI website at https://www.lpi.org/en/register.html to receive a LPI identification number and must bring valid photo identification and their LPI ID number to the exam event. Software University, sponsored by IBM’s Software Group, is an annual sales, technical and marketing education conference for IBM staff. Software University is the largest gathering of software executives and salespeople within IBM with approximately 18,000 people from around the world attending every year. The event offers over 2,000 individual sessions where thousand of sales and marketing staff can interact and learn from the developers of IBM's software products. "We are pleased to be working with IBM at this prestigious event. We have noted that LPI's certification has been increasingly adopted within the enterprise environment as an industry standard. Our participation in this event demonstrates our commitment to working with industry leaders to ensure that our certification is relevant and accessible," said Jim Lacey, President and CEO of LPI. The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is an internationally recognized, vendor-independent organization advocating and assisting the professional use of Linux, Open Source and Free Software, through the certification of Linux professionals. Established as a non-profit organization in 1999, LPI is community based and supported. LPI's certification program is delivered worldwide in seven languages. The organization has delivered over 100,000 Level One and Level Two certification exams, globally, since the programs inception. LPI supports affiliates on five continents, including Brazil, Bulgaria, United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, Australia, China, France, the UK and South Africa. -- 30 -- About Linux Professional Institute: The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) develops professional certification for the Linux operating system, independent of software vendors or training providers. Established as an international non-profit organization in 1999 by the Linux community, LPI develops accessible, internationally-recognized certification programs which have earned the respect of vendors, employers and administrators. LPI's activities involve hundreds of volunteers and professionals throughout the world in many different capacities, and the group encourages active public involvement through mailing lists and its website at www.lpi.org. LPI's multi-level program of exams is administered globally through Pearson VUE and Prometric testing centers. LPI's major financial sponsors are Platinum Sponsors IBM, Linux Journal, Linux Magazine, Maxspeed, Novell, SGI, and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors, Hewlett-Packard and IDG. Media contact: Scott Lamberton Director of Community Relations Linux Professional Institute Telephone: +1-416-666-1574 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.lpi.org _______________________________________________ Linux Professional Institute media mailing list Contact: Scott Lamberton, Director of Community Relations Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +1-416-666-1574 To Subscribe or unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "media unsubsribe"; in the subject line or do so directly at: http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/media _______________________________________________ lpi-announce mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-announce
