LPI Announces New Training Partner Program (Cologne, Germany and Toronto, Canada: November 16, 2006) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (http://www.lpi.org) the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced an improved training partner program for Linux training organizations around the world. The LPI Approved Training Partner program (LPI-ATP) has 124 participating training organizations in 22 countries.
"LPI will continue to advocate a neutral approach to the adoption of Open Source Software, training and services. However, we are seeing an increased demand from both employers and exam candidates for recommendations of high quality training materials and programs. In response to this growing global market, we have improved our training partner program," said Jim Lacey, President and CEO of LPI. Mr. Lacey went on to note that due to LPI's Regional Enablement Initiative (REI) the demand for LPI Approved Training partners (LPI-ATP) is growing substantially in such emerging markets as China, Brazil and India: "For example, India is expected to train and hire close to one million IT professionals in the next five years--20% of these will be people who will need to demonstrate solid Linux skills and knowledge. This is a great opportunity for IT training organizations that partner with our certification program," said Mr. Lacey. Recent LPI-ATPs include: - Impacta (Brazil) http://www.impacta.com.br/ - Senac (Brazil) http://www.sp.senac.br - 4Linux (Brazil) http://www.lpibrasil.com.br - Beijing Uplooking Linux Lab http://www.uplooking.com - Gjun Information Co., Ltd. in Taiwan http://www.pcschool.com.tw/ - Guandong Linux Centre (China) see LPI news article: http://www.lpi.org/gdlc The announcement of the new LPI-ATP program was made at LinuxWorld Cologne, Germany where LPI has had a longstanding training partner program through its affiliate LPI-German. LPI-German has a searchable database of close to 1500 LPI Approved training courses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (a full listing of LPI-ATP training partners can be found at http://www.lpi.org/latp_search). LPI-German has also launched a highly successful LPI pilot program for Academic training partners, LPI-Approved Academic Program (LPI-AAP), which enables public and non-profit training organizations to access free LPI Approved Training Materials (LPI-ATM) and courseware. For more information on the benefits of becoming an LPI-ATP please contact your local LPI Master Affiliate or Area Operations Manager: http://www.lpi.org/REI. Additional information on the LPI-ATP program can be found at: http://www.lpi.org/LPI_ATP. 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 multiple languages at over 7,000 testing locations and is supported by an affiliate network spanning five continents. The organization has delivered over 120,000+ LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams and 35,000+ certifications, globally, since the programs inception. 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 IT professionals. LPI's activities involve hundreds of volunteers and dedicated Linux 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, Novell, SGI, and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors, Hewlett-Packard and IDG. Information on the LPI-ATP program is available at: www.lpi.org/LPI_ATP. Media Contact: Klaus Behrla Director of Communications LPI e.V. Email: behrla_at_lpi-german.de Web: http://www.lpi-german.de Telephone: +49 (0)2156 951680 Scott Lamberton Director of Communications Linux Professional Institute Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.lpi.org Telephone: +1-416-666-1574 _______________________________________________ Linux Professional Institute media mailing list Contact: Scott Lamberton, Director of Communications 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
