Certification Watch Volume 5 #8, continued
Published April 15, 2002
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And One (Maybe) From VERITAS
VERITAS recently announced plans to launch a VERITAS Certified Professional Program, which will start by certifying individuals on such topics as VERITAS Data Protection, and VERITAS High Availability. Future tracks will include Storage Management and Data Recovery. Unfortunately, the only details on the program come from the company's press release issued last month, and those are non-specific at best.
Our inquiry requesting further clarification went unanswered and there are no details we (or the search function) could find on the company's Web site, even after a month. If you're interested you can read the company's press release.
Oracle Withdraws From jCert
With little fanfare or explanation, Oracle Corporation has apparently withdrawn from the jCert Initiative. As a result, Oracle certificates and exam score reports will not be accepted by jCert member companies after June 30, 2002.
The jCert group was formed in 1999 to reduce exam redundancy for Java skill validation. The group essentially mapped out Java certifications and skill levels in a effort to fit them into single, ascending progression of Java certification. jCert member organizations, which now include comprised of BEA Systems, Hewlett Packard, IBM, ProsoftTraining, and Sun Microsystems, will give credit for each other's exams as long as they follow this map.
Exam Cram Publisher Ceases Operations
The Coriolis Group, publishers of the extremely popular line of Exam Cram and Exam Prep certification study guides, has been shut down by its majority owner Haights Cross Communications, which says it was simply losing too much money. Although efforts to sell the company's assets, including the certification study guides, are reportedly still under way, so far they have come to naught. Interestingly, Haights Cross reported an 11% increase in profits from its core educational and professional publishing businesses, for 2001 - with Coriolis excluded from the results.
That's all for this edition of Certification Watch. Please keep your
certification news and tips coming to news@gocertify.com.
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