Linux Professional Institute Announces Academic Training Partners in Malaysia Malaysia in LPI News.
Join us in LPI Malaysia Facebook Fanpage https://www.facebook.com/LPI.Malaysia and LPI International Facebook Fanpage https://www.facebook.com/LPIConnect LPI International Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/lpiconnect Archive http://list.lpi.org/pipermail/media/2011-October/000202.html http://lwn.net/Articles/462654/ -------------- From: Scott Lamberton <slamberton-AT-lpi.org>To: lpi-announce-AT-lpi.orgSubject: [LPI] [LPI-News] Linux Professional Institute Announces Academic Training Partners in MalaysiaDate: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:38:10 -0400Message-ID: <[email protected]>Cc: media-AT-lpi.orgArchive-link: Article, ThreadLPI Announces Academic Training Partners in Malaysia (Sacramento, CA, USA: October 11, 2011) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), and its affiliate, LPI-Asia Pacific (http://www.lpi-apac.org/) announced new LPI-Approved Academic Partners in Malaysia: Faculty of Information Technology, Multimedia University (MMU) and the Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). "Malaysia has long been a leader in the adoption of Open Source technology within their public sector and LPI is pleased to be part of that effort. In particular, these two new LPI training partners from Malaysia's leading academic institutions is indicative of the efforts of our affiliate in the region, LPI-APAC, to reach out to that country's IT training organizations," said Jim Lacey, president and CEO of LPI. Mr. Lacey pointed out that LPI first announced a partnership program for Malaysia's IT training organizations in February (see: http://www.lpi.org/eng/about_lpi/what_s_new/lpi_develops_academic_program_in_malaysia) Ibrahim Yusof of the MMU noted that Faculty of Information Technology chose to align with the LPI certification program so as to ensure that their students had the highest level of technical skills possible: "Linux is an important tool for every IT or Engineering graduate. Linux is popular in Malaysia, especially with developers and system administrators. Therefore, if you are LPI certified as Linux-proficient, your career choices are that much wider." MMU is Malaysia's first private university and since 1997 has produced over 26,000 graduates. MMU is focused in the fields of Engineering, Information Technology, Business and Management, Creative Multimedia, Accounting, Law, Medical IT and Bio-Informatics. The Faculty of Information Technology (FIST) at Melaka (http://fist.mmu.edu.my) and the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) at Cyberjaya (http://fit.mmu.edu.my) will be providing Linux training courses towards the LPI certification program. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) through the Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI: http://www.amdi.usm.edu.my/) also offers training programs towards all three levels of LPI certification (LPIC-1, LPIC-2 and LPIC-3). USM was established in 1969 and has offered courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels to approximately 20,000 students. Prof. Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, the Vice-Chancellor of USM noted the growing importance of Open Source Software in Malaysia as one of the reasons that the USM adopted an LPI training program: ""Open source means that anyone can and has the right to obtain access to the technology. It is not commodity-based and is not just accessible to those who can afford it. This means that we can share any technologies that have been developed for the people and everyone has the same rights to use the technology." Other LPI training partners in Malaysia include LPI Approved Training Parter (LPI-ATP) CBT-TECHNOLOGY.COM (http://www.cbt-technology.com/) and LPI-ATP Asia Talk (http://www.asiatalk.com.my/). For more information on LPI's training partner program please see: http://www.lpi.org/training 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 at more than 7,000 testing locations. Since 1999, LPI has delivered over 290,000 exams and 95,000 LPIC certifications around the world. # # # About the Linux Professional Institute: The Linux Professional Institute provides a global framework, industry leadership and other services to enhance, develop and further lifelong professional careers in Linux and Open Source technologies. Established as an international non-profit organization in September 1999 by the Linux community, the Linux Professional Institute continues to demonstrate recognized global leadership, direction and skill standards for those who pursue a career in Linux and Open Source technology. 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: Scott LambertonDirector of CommunicationsLinux Professional Institutehttp://[email protected]+1-905-269-0862 Ibrahim YusofLinux Academy, Faculty of Information Science and TechnologyMulti-Media UniversityTelephone: +606-252 3422Email: [email protected] Adnan bin HamidBio-ICT ManagerAdvanced Medical and Dental InstituteUniversiti Sains MalaysiaEmail: [email protected]: 604-5622241Mobile: 6012-4560356 -- Scott LambertonDirector of CommunicationsLinux Professional Institutehttp://[email protected]+1-905-269-0862 _______________________________________________ Linux Professional Institutemedia mailing listContact: Scott Lamberton, Director of CommunicationsEmail: [email protected]: +1-905-269-0862 To Subscribe or unsubscribe do so directly at: http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/media _______________________________________________ lpi-announce mailing [email protected]http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-announce -- Malaysia Open Source Software Conference 2011 MOSC2011 http://www.mosc.my/ Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 (MOSC2012) http://portal.mosc.my/ LinuxMalaysia Network http://www.facebook.com/Bukan.Sekadar.Internet.Sahaja Harisfazillah Jamel -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/
