Well, they do offer:
"...For Asterisk gurus, that believe that you can take the exam without attending the training, there will be exam oppurtunities setup in combination with Astricon conferences. When we update dCAP for future releases of Asterisk (1.1, 2.0), you will be able to upgrade your certification at Astricon..."
I can only hope that they follow the FAA's pilot exams and tell us what we need to know to "pass" and then publish the pool of 600 questions of which 150 will be on the exam, and we'll need 75% to pass.
I see new markets opening up here: "Asterisk Study Guides" (second draft) for only $75, third-party workshops for the exam, and Cliff notes on Asterisk.
And I suppose that if you are "Certified" then you can hope for additional sales leads...
I'd like to see the requirements for certification.
James Taylor
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:55:58 -0500, Jorge Mendoza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm in agree with Brian for the following reasons:
- By principle I'm against the certification: it is not a proof of knowledge.
- Certification is discriminatory: only the people from the "first world" should be certificated, USD $ 3.275,00 is one year salary for many engineers in developing countries. If you add travel, hotel, etc. it can reach 2 year salary.
Why they do not post the 150 question exam in the web and provide certification for peoples who answer correctly? Free of course.
Jorge Mendoza
Brian West wrote:I feel this is a slap in the face for those of us that have been here and I
don't feel I should HAVE to pay to be certified... I think me and MANY
others are about to walk out of the project over this. I have already
spoken with many people that are close to the project. You're hurting US
and our ability to make money. I still know the code better than most of
the people that will be paying to be certified. You're pushing it here. I REFUSE TO PAY!!! I know you guys mean well but you didn't take any of us
into account that know this software and know it well.
bkw
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Olle E. Johansson Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 1:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk training and certification :: AstriconTraining
*** AsteriskT Open Source Linux PBX Training and Certification
Huntsville, AL and Kansas City, MO, December 20, 2004: Digium, Inc., Edvina AB and Sokol & Associates today released a new program for training and certification of Asterisk professionals. Asterisk is the leading Open Source PBX for Linux, with support for both PSTN connectivity and many VoIP protocols.
The first class in the Astricon Training product line is the five-day
bootcamp "Introduction to Asterisk". This class will be held in the US
and Europe six times during 2005. The organizers and teachers is the
same team that set up the Astricon 2004 conference and expo in September
this year, an event that gathered over 450 Asterisk users and developers
in Atlanta, GA.
The new Asterisk certification is named dCAP, Digium Certified Asterisk Professional. To get the certification, one has to go through a 150 question exam as well as a practical exam, where the student builds and configures a PBX. The certification will be given by the Astricon team under license from Digium.
"This is an important step towards greater acceptance of Asterisk in the
enterprise", says Olle E. Johansson of Edvina in Sweden. "With a
professional training and certification, you can ensure that your staff
or your consultants has the required skills to setup and manage a
mission-critical PBX platform based on Asterisk."
"The Asterisk Open Source project is building a professional business
ecosystem", says Mark Spencer, the founder of Digium and creator of
Asterisk. "Many companies are now selling Asterisk-based solutions. With
the 1.0 stable release in September, the Digium hardware that ranges
from the IAXy end-user device to carrier-class quad-T1 cards and the
Digium commercial support we have a professional platform for partnering
with major enterprises. The Astricon training and dCAP certification
enables us to build a network of consultants that we know will and are
able to assist us working on the continued success of Asterisk."
The first training class will be held in Kansas City, MO, January 17-21
2005. The cost for a five-day bootcamp with certification is $3,275 USD.
Details can be found on http://www.astricon.net
AsteriskT is the leading open source PBX, used all over the world. Since
it is Linux-based, it inherits all of the power and stability of the
operating system. Linux provides open source alternatives to proprietary
applications. Asterisk is the first package to fit all telecommunication
needs in a broad variety of environments.
DigiumT is the creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's
first open source PBX. Used in combination with Digium's PCI telephony
interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective
approach to voice and data transport over TDM, switched, IP, and
Ethernet architectures.
Digium provides a highly refined selection of quality hardware and
software products, developed and implemented using innovative
engineering techniques (primarily open source development). A full range
of professional services complement these product lines, including
consulting, technical support, and custom software development services.
The open source communications revolution is here, and Digium is leading
the way.
Contacts: . Olle E. Johansson, Edvina AB, Phone +46 8 594 788 10, http://www.astricon.net . Steven M. Sokol, Sokol & Associates, Phone: +1.816.822.1807, IaxTel: 700.613.9004 . Digium, press contact Rick Segrest, Phone: +1 (256) 428-6000 http://www.digium.com
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