TORONTO, May 19, 2004 -- The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (www.lpi.org), the premier professional certification program for the Linux community worldwide will be offering discounted certification testing at CeBIT-America on May 25, 26 and 27th at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
�For many years LPI has been a regular participant in the prestigious international CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany. However this is the first time we have participated in this North American event and we are proud to be invited to attend. This demonstrates yet again the growing importance of Free and Open Source Software, particularly Linux, to the enterprise business community,� said Evan Leibovitch, President of LPI.
LPI will be hosting exam labs for LPI 101 and LPI 201 at CeBIT-America in Room 2DL04 at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on all three days of the show. All candidates must pre-register at the LPI website for a LPI ID number at https://www.lpi.org/en/register.html. The proctored exams are a show special of $25 per exam. Exam candidates should bring valid photo identification and their LPI ID number to the exam lab. Members of the public and candidates are also invited to visit LPI staff at its show booth: #3819.
CeBIT America is a leading Information & Communications Technology (ICT) event for the Enterprise Business Marketplace, spanning three key technology sectors (Information Technology, Communications & Networking and Software & Internet Solutions). To obtain more information on CeBIT America please visit http://www.cebit-america.com.
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is an internationally recognized, vendor-independent organization advocating and assisting in the professional use of Linux, Open Source and free software. Established as a non-profit organization in 1999, it is recognized as the premier professional certification program for the Linux community.
LPI's certification program is delivered worldwide in multiple languages with the support of employers, vendors and trainers. It has delivered 50,000 Level One and Level Two certification exams globally since the program's inception.
LPI supports affiliate networks on all five continents worldwide including Brazil, Bulgaria, Jamaica, United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, Australia and China, with an additional affiliate now being developed in South Africa.
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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 (NYSE:IBM), Linuxcare, Maxspeed, SGI (NYSE:SGI), SuSE Linux AG and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), Wave Technologies and Linux Magazine.
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