Extended beta opportunities exist through June for candidates pursuing the Oracle Database 11g Administrator OCP, Database 11g Performance Tuning OCE, and/or the E-Business Suite R12 System Administrator OCE certifications.
They also have a new PL/SQL exam option coming soon for those pursuing the Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate (OCA) and/or the Oracle Advanced PL/SQL Developer Certified Professional (OCP) certifications.

“Dear Customers and Partners,

As you know, Novell Technical Training offers industry-leading certifications that are globally recognized and required by an increasing number of employers. Our goal is to provide the training you need conveniently and cost effectively. To further this goal, we are excited to announce that Novell Technical Training will now deliver our certification examinations exclusively through Pearson VUE.
Effective immediately, Pearson VUE the global leader in computer-based testing for information technology, academic, government and professional testing programs around the world will assume complete responsibility for the administration of the 23 different Novell certification exam titles. By shifting to Pearson VUE, we will advance test security, ensure exams are available quickly and increase certification coverage. The Novell Practicum testing will remain available through Novell testing partners, however, in the future Pearson VUE may also take responsibility of managing these exams.
We are confident that Pearson VUE will help us deliver high-quality testing, we look forward to working with them.
Learn more or sign up for a certification exam today

Novell® Making IT Work As One™”

Singapore, March 24, 2009 – EC-Council presented at Asia Pacific’s largest and most comprehensive homeland security and counter terrorism conference and exhibition, Global Security Asia 2009, hosted by Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that included international delegates across 5 continents over 20 countries from government, academia, research and various security industries.

The event attracted international experts and speakers from Governments, academia, research and industry drawn from Security and Intelligence Agencies and Security Consultants/Professionals to share experiences, knowledge and expertise in tackling the asymmetric problems facing us today.

Conference speakers include Alex Robertson, Chief Superintendent, City of London Police , Andrew Proudlove, WMD Centre- NATO HQ , Major General Martial Imberti, Vice President/Senior Advisor, EADS Defence & Security , Christopher Doyle, Director US Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology, Anders Ringbom,Swedish Defence Research Agency and , Brigadier Charles Le Gallais, Strategy Director of National Security Resilience Programme .

“I am honored to be invited to present in this global security conference hosted by the Singaporean Ministry of Home Affairs. It gives me great pleasure to have shared the platform with experts including Professor Erland Svensson from the Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI), Dr. Raymond Choo of the Australian Institute of Criminology and Alex Robertson of City of London Police. With topics on cyber security, chemical and biological threats, biometrics and access control, it further reiterates the fact that terrorism in the 21st century is across geographical borders and that the danger is imminent,” said President and Co-Founder of EC-Council Mr. Jay Bavisi.

Both new and renewal applications can be entered in the MCT Program Enrollment Tool.

In order to remain certified as an MCT, your trainers must renew their certification and payment must be received by April 30, 2009!

Applications received after that date may result in an interruption in certification displayed on the MCT’s transcript  .This will also affect your CPLS Status in the Microsoft Partner Program and their ability to deliver courses for you.

New MCT Benefit: FREE TechNet Plus Direct subscription!

Your MCTs will enjoy even more value in the new MCT Program—MCTs who renew their certification before the end of April will receive a FREE TechNet Plus Direct subscription with access to:

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Full-version evaluation
software without time limits or feature limits on over 70 available products

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Beta software of Microsoft
operating systems, servers and business applications for evaluation purposes

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Two free Professional
Support incidents (included with each license, toll charges may apply)

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20% discount on additional purchased support incidents (discounts on pay-per-incident support are available in select countries only)

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Technical Information
Library containing thousands of articles covering deployment and support of MS products

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Over 100 Managed Newsgroups with a guaranteed response to your technical question within the next business day

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TechNet Magazine subscription that covers how companies leverage Microsoft products to build effeciencies and ROI on product deployments (US, Canada, and UK only)

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Online concierge chat to help you find the technical resources you need

Early in the new MCT Program year, we will also increase the MCT discount on E-Reference which means your MCTs can have 600+ Microsoft Press titles at their fingertips for just 99.99 USD / year.

And of course, MCTs will continue to enjoy access to all Official Microsoft Learning Products and Microsoft Dynamics Learning Products via the MCT Download Center, as well as e-mail based courseware support for Official Microsoft Learning Products, members-only newsgroups and more.

Review the full list of MCT 2009 program benefits.

Additional Important Information

·Find the MCT 2009 enrollment fee for your country

o Technical Trainers £225.00 per annum

o Desktop Only Trainers £85 per annum

· Your trainers receive a 25% discount upon renewal or enrollment when they identify you as their Learning Solutions partner. In order to receive this discount, your MCTs will need to provide your CPLS Location ID. Please be sure your MCTs have this information. Also, your CPLS status must be active, so if your Microsoft Partner Program anniversary is approaching soon, please be sure to complete your MSPP renewal before your MCTs
renew.

·Each MCT must complete his or her own application—please direct them to the MCT Program Enrollment Tool.

The MCT 2009 program requirements and benefits underscore the important role your trainers play in delivering superior learning solutions to our customers. I encourage you to renew your MCTs today to ensure that your organization continues to enjoy the benefits and maximize the value they provide.

The Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) program was established to help IT professionals using the Linux operating system and its associated tools gain recognition for their product expertise. The multi-level program was designed to be vendor neutral and follows the Linux Standard Base and other relevant standards and conventions. The LPIC is recognized as an industry standard of excellence worldwide.

“The growth of LPI’s program mirrors the growth of the Linux operating system and its tools,” said Robert Whelan, president and chief executive officer of Pearson VUE. “LPI is well-positioned to continue their market leadership, and we are pleased they have recognized our hard work with this contract renewal.”

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Signs Renewal of Global Test Delivery Contract with Pearson VUE