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Doha, Qatar: March 6, 2012) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced an innovative LPI certification and training project in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU: http://www.itu.int) throughout the 22 countries of the League of Arab States (LAS: http://arableagueonline.org/).

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced “Linux Essentials” an innovative new program measuring foundation knowledge in Linux and Open Source Software. Targeted at new technology users, the “Linux Essentials” program is set to be adopted by schools, educational authorities, training centers and others commencing June 2012.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: January 26, 2012) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced that it had become a member of the Linux Foundation (http://www.linuxfoundation.org/).

(Sacramento, CA, USA: December 21, 2011) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced promotional exam labs for their Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 10X -- Hilton Airport Hotel, Los Angeles, California: January 20-22, 2012: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale10x/events/lpi-exam-cert...)

(Sacramento, CA, USA: December 15, 2011) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced the appointment of Ross Brunson as Director of Member Services for LPI. Mr. Brunson has over 15 years experience as a Linux trainer and is author of the popular book "LPIC-1 Exam Cram 2" (QUE Publishing).

(Sacramento, CA, USA: November 30, 2011) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced a new Master Affiliate for Croatia (LPI-Croatia). LPI-Croatia will be managed and operated by the Croatian Linux Users Group--Hrvatska Udruga Linux Korisnika (HULK: http://www.linux.hr).

(Sacramento, CA, USA: November 17, 2011) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, has announced a new Master Affiliate for the UK and Ireland (LPI UK). LPI UK will be managed and operated by TDM Open Source Services (www.tdm.info) of Worcestershire, England.

(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).

(Sacramento, CA, USA: August 25, 2011) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), will offer all LPIC exams at the Ohio LinuxFest 2011 (Columbus, Ohio: http://www.ohiolinux.org/) on Sunday, September 11, 2011. This is the sixth year that LPI has been certification sponsor for Ohio LinuxFest.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: July 27, 2011) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced that they are joining the Information Technology Certification Council's (ITCC: http://www.itcertcouncil.org/) "TechCertRegistry". This service is a first-of-its-kind Web-based credential registry for the IT industry and allows IT candidates, certification program managers and employers, to aggregate, validate and verify IT credentials from participating members.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: June 28, 2011) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced that GoDaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com) , the world's largest domain name registrar, has initiated a program of LPI training and certification for their technical support staff. The program began this past March and an initial group of IT professionals at GoDaddy.com have successfully obtained their LPIC-1 certification.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: May 17, 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 Training Partners (LPI-ATP) in the region: Beijing Shenghao Boyuan Technology Company of mainland China (http://www.linux-bjsh.com/) and Concentrix of the Philippines (http://www.concentrix.com).

(Sacramento, CA, USA: May 11, 2011) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced a new affiliate in Africa: LPI-East Africa. LPI-East Africa will promote LPI programs and certifications in the nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: March 24, 2011) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced promotional exam labs for their Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at the Flourish Conference, April 1-3 - Chicago, Illinois (http://www.flourishconf.com/) and the Southeast LinuxFest, June 10-12 - Spartanburg, South Carolina (http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org).

(Sacramento, CA, USA: March 16, 2011) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), and Open University UK (http://www.open.ac.uk/) announced that students enrolled in Open University's introductory Linux course will now be eligible for a promotional voucher to obtain the CompTIA Linux+ Powered by LPI certification. Students and IT professionals who earn their CompTIA Linux+ Powered by LPI certification are automatically eligible to apply for and receive their LPIC-1 certification.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: March 10, 2011) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced promotional exam labs for their Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) in Poland and Greece. LPI exams have long been available in these countries through online vendors Prometric and VUE, however this is the first time that local events and affiliate partners have offered public LPI testing events in Poland and Greece.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: February 17, 2011) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced promotional exam labs for their Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) with the Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA: http://www.fossfa.net/) at the Youth Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Technopreneurship Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa on March 5, 2011 at 10 a.m. This exam lab is part of a larger "train-the-trainers" program, ict@innovation, jointly sponsored by FOSSFA and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ: http://www.giz.de) and is undertaken with the cooperation of LPI-South Africa.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: February 14, 2011) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced a new initiative to promote Linux training within colleges and universities in Malaysia. This initiative by LPI affiliate, LPI-Asia Pacific (LPI-APAC: http://www.lpi-apac.org/), will enable post-secondary academic programs in Malaysia to adopt LPI training as part of their regular IT curriculum. LPI-APAC is working with the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia (http://www.mohe.gov.my) in introducing this program to both private and public educational institutions within Malaysia.

(Sacramento, CA, USA: January 27, 2011) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced promotional exam labs for their Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at SCALE 9x (Los Angeles, California: February 27, 2011) and Indiana Linux Fest (Indianapolis, Indiana: March 27, 2011).

(Sacramento, USA: December 13, 2010) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced that in 2010 they grew their training partner program to include 303 participating organizations--up nearly 10% from this time last year. In addition, LPI added partners in 11 additional countries in 2010: LPI now has training partners in 55 countries around the world.