LPI Announces New Affiliate in South Korea (Sacramento, CA, USA: September 16, 2009) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced a new affiliate for their program in South Korea: OpenPlum, Ltd. OpenPlum (www.openplum.co.kr) is a leading Open Source solution provider in Korea and its President and CEO, Kwangjei Cho, is also director for the Linux Foundation Korea (http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/staff).
"The adoption of Linux and Open Source is rapidly growing in Korea." Therefore many IT companies are seeking to employ proven Linux "experts". The Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) is ideal in this regard in that it is widely seen as a global standard in professional Linux certification. We are finding a growing number of Linux developers are pursuing LPI certification as they need to demonstrate they have expert qualifications to employers," said Kwangjei Cho, president and CEO of OpenPlum. Mr. Cho has a long history of involvement in the Linux and Open Source community in Korea including former positions as managing director of Haansoft (a leading provider of Linux and Open Source Software in Korea) and as vice-president of Asianux Corporation--a joint venture of Miracle Linux (Japan), Red Flag Linux (China) and Haansoft. "Korea has always been an important player in the LPI community. However we also see excellent opportunities for advancing Linux professionalism in that region: the government through such agencies as the Korea IT Promotion Agency (KIPA) and the National Education Information System (NEIS) are actively promoting the adoption of Linux and Open Source and such Korean companies as Samsung and LG have announced that they will implement Linux solutions for all their digital appliances," said Jim Lacey, president and CEO of LPI. The Linux Professional Institute is globally supported by the IT industry, enterprise customers, community professionals, government entities and the educational community. LPI's certification program is supported by an affiliate network spanning five continents and is distributed worldwide in multiple languages in more than 7,000 testing locations. Since 1999, LPI has delivered over 200,000 exams and 65,000 LPIC certifications around the world. - 30 - About the 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 September 1999 by the Linux community, the Linux Professional Institute continues to demonstrate recognized global leadership in the certification of Linux professionals. LPI advances 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, HP and IDG. Media Contacts: Kwangjei Cho, CEO and president OpenPlum Telephone: + 82-70-8290-4252 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.openplum.co.kr Scott Lamberton Director of Communications Linux Professional Institute http://www.lpi.org [email protected] +1-905-269-0862 _______________________________________________ Linux Professional Institute media mailing list Contact: Scott Lamberton, Director of Communications Email: [email protected] Telephone: +1-905-269-0862 To Subscribe or unsubscribe do so directly at: http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/media _______________________________________________ lpi-announce mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-announce
