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[LPI-News] Linux Professional Institute Announces New > Affiliate in Turkey (slamberton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:44:02 -0500 > From: slamberton <[email protected]> > Subject: [lpi-discuss] [LPI-News] Linux Professional Institute > Announces New Affiliate in Turkey > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > LPI Announces New Affiliate in Turkey > > (Sacramento, CA, USA: November 19, 2009) The Linux Professional > Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization > (http://www.lpi.org), announced a new affiliate for their program: > LPI-Turkey (http://www.lpi-turkey.com/). LPI-Turkey will be managed by > Endersys Consultancy and Software Ltd.(http://www.endersys.com). > Endersys was founded in 2006 and provides Linux and Open Source > solutions, services and IT consulting in Turkey. > > "Linux and Open Source adoption has been growing rapidly in Turkey since > 2000. Many companies, including those in the telecommunications, > finance, education, health, industry and government sectors are > replacing their IT infrastructure with Open Source solutions and, as a > result, Linux experts are amongst the most sought after IT employees. > To serve this demand our community needs a well-known, respected and > independent global certification program for Linux professionals in > Turkey. LPI is the best choice for this purpose," said Baris Simsek, > CEO and founder of Endersys. > > "We welcome LPI-Turkey into our network of global affiliates and expect > to see significant growth in Linux education and LPI certification > within that community. In particular, it is notable that the government > of Turkey has funded the development of a Linux distribution, Pardus, > for their domestic needs. This distribution is driving the rapid > adoption of Linux within government and other public sector agencies in > Turkey and LPI is pleased to be part of this effort to > promote the adoption of Linux and Open source," said Jim Lacey, > president and CEO of LPI. The Linux distribution, Pardus > (http://www.pardus.org.tr/) was developed by the Turkish National > Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE) under the > Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (T?BITAK). > > 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 225,000 exams and 70,000 > 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: > > Baris Simsek > LPI-Turkey > Web: http://www.lpi-turkey.com/ > Email: [email protected] > Tel: +90 216 4709423 > > 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-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss > > End of lpi-discuss Digest, Vol 36, Issue 8 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
