LPI Offers Discounted Certification Exams and Linux Competition at CeBIT 2007 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Kassel, Germany and Toronto, Canada: February 22, 2007) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), will host discounted certification exams and a competitive Linux computer game at CeBIT 2007 in Hannover, Germany, March 15-21, 2007. CeBIT 2007 will also be the first time that the new LPIC-3 certification exams (301 and 302) will be offered at a conference in Germany. The computer game tests a person's knowledge of Linux and will be available at the LPI booth in hall 5, booth G 64/5, in the Linux Park (http://www.cebit.de/linuxpark_e). Game competitors will be able to win a number of attractive prizes which have an overall value of approximately 10.000 EUR. Linux Front GmbH (http://www.linupfront.de), an LPI Approved Training Material provider is a sponsor and developer of the game. Winning competitors in the Linux game will be eligible for the following prizes: First prize: a one-week LPIC-2 training at Heinlein Akademie in Berlin with accommodation, catering and evening program all inclusive (see http://www.heinlein-support.de/web/akademie/kurse/lpi2). Second prize: an LPIC-1 preparation course with hotel, full board, and supporting program provided by the Linuxhotel (see http://www.linuxhotel.de/kurs/lpi1). Third prize: two free tickets for the samba eXPerience 2007 conference (see http://sambaxp.org ) in Göttingen which includes hotel and a tutorial provided by Sernet. Forth prize: a Business PC "Hetis 945" with monitor, sponsored by Thomas-Krenn.AG (see http://www.thomas-krenn.com). Additional prizes include: LPI exam vouchers provided daily during CeBIT 2007 by Thomson Prometric (see http://www.prometric.com/LPI/default.htm); Open Source Press will award daily LPIC-2 reference books (see https://www.opensourcepress.de/index.php?26&backPID=228&tt_products=118); and Linux New Media AG ( http://www.linuxnewmedia.de ) will award five annual subscriptions (prize winners will have a choice of subscriptions to either Linux-Magazin, LinuxUser or EasyLinux). "With it's independent international certification the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) provides a challenging standard that IT professionals must adhere to," said Peer Heinlein. "Heinlein Support promotes LPI because in professional Linux Support LPI certification is essential for our consultants--and for safeguarding our clients." Reinhard Wiesemann, owner of the Linuxhotel, also noted the importance of the distribution-neutral focus of LPI's certification exams: "If you seek medical attention from someone who has learnt medicine from a specific pharmaceutical company you may not get a good doctor. Similarly, with key IT staff: they much be trained on a wide selection of Linux distributions. That is why we recommend LPI certification supported by our training program at Linuxhotel." LPI will offer discounted certification exams to attendees of CeBIT on Saturday, March 17th at 10:00, 12:30 and 15:00 in the Convention Center (CC) in the "München" room. Candidates should arrive 15 minutes before exam start times. Beside the new LPIC-3 certification exams (301 and 302, in English) all LPIC-1 (101 and 102) and LPIC-2 (201 und 202) exams will be offered (in both German and English), both MySQL 5.0 exams (administrator and developer) and the Ubuntu Professional Certification (in English only). CeBIT attendees will pay 60,- EUR for the LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams and 80,- EUR for LPIC-3 exams--a 50% discount off the regular price. The Ubuntu Professional exam will be available at a discounted fee of 75,- EUR for UBUNTU community members and 85,- EUR to all other CeBIT participants. The MySQL exams are offered at a 50% discount to all participants at 85,- EUR. All candidates can pay for their exams at the exam room by cash. Due to limited seating at the event candidates for all exams are advised to pre-register at http://lpievent.lpi-german.de . All LPI and Ubuntu Professional candidates must pre-register at the LPI website for an LPI ID number at http://www.lpi.org/en/lpi/english/certification/register_now. Exam candidates must bring valid photo identification and their LPI ID number to the exam lab. Exam candidates for MySQL exams must also obtain a MySQL certification ID from the MySQL website at http://www.mysql.com/certification/signup and must also bring valid photo identification and their MySQL certification ID number to the exam events. For further information on LPI's exams at CeBIT 2007 please contact LPI e.V., E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is globally supported by the IT industry, enterprise and professionals and within government and the educational community. 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. Since the program's inception, LPI has delivered over 135,000+ exams and 40,000+ LPIC certifications around the world. - 30 - About Linux Professional Institute: The Linux Professional Institute promotes and certifies essential skills on Linux and Open Source technologies through the global delivery of comprehensive, top quality, vendor-independent exams. Established as an international non-profit organization in 1999 by the Linux community, the Linux Professional Institute seeks to become recognized as the global leader in the certification of Linux professionals while advancing the Linux and Open Source movement through strategic partners, sponsorships, innovative programs and community development activities. 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. 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