LPI Offers Certification Exams at LinuxWorld Boston

LPI Offers Certification Exams at LinuxWorld Boston

(Toronto, Ontario, March 22, 2006) – The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI), (http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification
organization will provide certification testing to registered conference
delegates during the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo--Boston, April 4-6,
2006 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston,
Massachusetts.  Conference delegates will receive their certification
testing as part of their conference fee (a $150 US value) while those
attending the trade show will be able to take the exams at a discounted
fee of $50 US.

LPI exams will be offered on all three days of the conference, April
4-6, 2006, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in room 156C of the Boston Convention &
Exhibition Center.  Both LPIC-1 exams will be offered so that candidates
will have the opportunity of earning their first LPI Professional
certification.

Exam candidates must pre-register on the LPI website at
https://www.lpi.org/en/register.html to receive a LPI identification
number and must bring valid photo identification and their LPI ID number
to the exam events.

LPI will also host an information booth in the exhibition area during
LinuxWorld Boston. Conference delegates and trade show attendees are
invited to meet with LPI representatives at Booth # 1334.  Attending on
behalf of LPI will be senior staff from Asia Pacific, Japan, and North
America.

During LinuxWorld, LPI will also host its semi-annual meeting of its
Strategic Advisory Council (8 a.m., April 5) and host the inaugural
meeting of the Technical Advisory Council (8 a.m., April 6) in room 156C
of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.  In addition, LPI
representatives will host a "Birds of a Feather" session on April 5th at
4:30 p.m. entitled: "LPI: What Makes a Linux Professional" (Room #151A,
Session Code: BOF13).

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo offers top-quality, educational and
technical content from industry leaders who are dedicated to
understanding and shaping the Linux and Open Source marketplace.
LinuxWorld participants share valuable market research, hands-on
experience and personal knowledge to help attendees save time and money.
 This year LinuxWorld Conference & Expo--Boston is offering
"OpenSolutions World" to meet the growing needs of the open source
community and provide a more in depth discussion on open source issues
and topics.  For more information on conference registration please see:
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/register///CC60804.  Free trade
show passes are available until April 2, 2006.

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is an internationally recognized,
vendor-independent organization advocating and assisting the
professional use of Linux, Open Source and Free Software, through the
certification of Linux professionals. Established as a non-profit
organization in 1999, LPI is community based and supported. LPI’s
certification program is delivered worldwide in seven languages. The
organization has delivered over 100,000 LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams,
globally, since the program’s inception.

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About Linux Professional Institute:

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) develops professional
certification for the Linux operating system, independent of software
vendors or training providers. Established as an international
non-profit organization in 1999 by the Linux community, LPI develops
accessible, internationally-recognized certification programs which have
earned the respect of vendors, employers and administrators. LPI's
activities involve hundreds of volunteers and professionals throughout
the world in many different capacities, and the group encourages active
public involvement through mailing lists and its website at www.lpi.org.
LPI's multi-level program of exams is administered globally through
Pearson VUE and Prometric testing centers. LPI's major financial
sponsors are Platinum Sponsors IBM, Linux Journal, Linux Magazine,
Maxspeed, Novell, SGI, and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors,
Hewlett-Packard and IDG.
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Scott Lamberton
Director of Communications
Linux Professional Institute
Email: scottl@lpi.org
Web: http://www.lpi.org
Telephone: +1-416-666-1574
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