LPI Offers Discounted Certification Exams at Intel Developer Forum--San Francisco, USA
(Toronto, Canada: August 29, 2007) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), will offer discounted certification exams to attendees of the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, September 18-20, 2007 (http://http://www.intel.com/idf/us/fall2007/index.htm) at Room 3020 (third floor) of the Moscone West Convention Center. Exam labs will be offered each day at 1 p.m. LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 level exams will be offered at a 50% discount to all attendees of Intel Developer Forum at US $75.00. All exam candidates are asked to obtain an LPI ID at http://www.lpi.org/en/lpi/english/certification/register_now and pre-register at exams2_at_lpi.org. Exam candidates need to bring valid photo identification and their LPI-ID number to the exam labs. "Following LPI's successful participation at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing, China in the spring we are pleased to have this opportunity to participate in this event in North America. Once again, this demonstrates Intel's ongoing commitment to the advancement of Open Source and Linux professionalism,” said Jim Lacey, President and CEO of LPI. “Intel has been working with the Open Source community to advance Linux to take full advantage of our processor technologies and to bring robust solutions to market,” said Imad Sousou, Director of Intel's Open Source Technology Center. “The Linux ecosystem is a major contributor to the growth of our markets and Intel welcomes LPI’s Linux professional certification to help drive this ecosystem evolution.” LPI invites all IT professionals, trainers and Open Source organizations attending Intel Developer Forum to visit LPI staff at their information booth (#227) where there will be a demonstration of a pre-LPI exam assessment tool developed by VCampus--LPI's affiliate in North America. 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 programs inception, LPI has delivered over 155,000 exams and 47,000+ 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 continues to demonstrate recognized global leadership 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. Media Contact: 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/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-announce
