LPI SUSE Exam free at LinuxWorld

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LINUX PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE

DEBUTS SUSE SL103 EXAM, FREE

AT LINUXWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO NEW YORK



TORONTO, January 15, 2004 – The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (
www.lpi.org <http://www.lpi.org/> ), the premier professional
certification program for the Linux community worldwide, in partnership
with SUSE LINUX, is debuting its SL103 certification exam free at
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New
York.



Offered in room 1E04 at 8:30 am on Friday, January 23; candidates must
be LPIC-1 certified and must bring their LPI ID number before testing
on-site. Candidates should also bring valid photo identification.



“This is the first time we have partnered with SUSE LINUX to administer
its new SL 103 certification exams,” says LPI’s president Evan
Leibovitch.  “This partnership truly demonstrates our community
cooperation and integration between our two exams.”



“Partnering with LPI is a tremendous benefit for us and Linux
professionalism as a whole,” adds SUSE LINUX’s Director Training
Services Michael Weyrauch. “LPI’s exams have now become recognized
worldwide as a standard for the Linux community and clearly shows its
vendor-independence capabilities.”



Visit SUSE’s exam objectives:

http://www.suse.de/de/business/certifications/ul_certification/objective
s_103.html
<http://www.suse.de/de/business/certifications/ul_certification/objectiv
es_103.html>



The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is an internationally recognized,
vendor-independent organization advocating and assisting in the
professional use of Linux, Open Source and free software.



Established as a non-profit organization in 1999, it is recognized as
the premier professional certification program for the Linux community.



LPI’s certification program is delivered worldwide in multiple languages
with the support of employers, vendors and trainers.  It has delivered
almost 40,000 Level One and Level Two certification exams globally since
the program’s inception.



LPI supports affiliate networks on all five continents worldwide
including Brazil, Bulgaria, the Caribbean, Middle-East, United States,
Japan, Canada, Germany, Australia and China, with an additional
affiliate now being developed in Africa.



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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 (NYSE:IBM), Linuxcare, Maxspeed, SGI
(NYSE:SGI), SuSE Linux AG and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP) and Wave
Technologies.



About SUSE LINUX

Established in 1992, SUSE LINUX is one of the world's leading providers
of Linux software and services. With the largest dedicated Linux
research and development team, SUSE delivers enterprise-ready software
and services that harness the innovation, speed-to-market and
independence of the open source community. A privately-held company
based in Nuremberg, Germany, SUSE -- together with global business
partners -- supports customers throughout the world.



SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE LINUX. Linux is a registered
trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks mentioned herein are
the property of their respective owners.





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