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(Sacramento, CA, USA: January 24, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization
(http://www.lpi.org), announced upcoming changes to their LPIC-2 and
LPIC-3 certification programs. New objectives for these certifications
are presently under development. New exams will be available in English
on October 1, 2013 with local translations and pricing TBA.
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"Following extensive consultations with partner organizations and
industry representatives we will be concentrating essential and advanced
system administration skills in LPIC-2 while further focusing the LPIC-3
program on specific specialties: Mixed Environments, Security, and High
Availability/Virtualization, " said Jim Lacey, President and CEO of the
Linux Professional Institute. Mr. Lacey added that these upcoming
changes also reflect LPI's engagement with the wider Open Source
community in determining the best skill sets required for a variety of
specialized job roles for Linux professionals.
Specific exam changes and other relevant information includes the following:
- moving Capacity Planning and OpenLDAP server essentials from the
original LPI-301 exam to the LPIC-2 certification exams
- merging remaining technologies from the LPI-301 and LPI-302 exams into
a single exam: LPI-300/Mixed Environments. The LPI-300 exam will also
include new objectives on such technologies as Samba4 and Kerberos.
- each single exam at the LPIC-3 level (LPI-300/Mixed Environments,
LPI-303/Security and LPI-304/High Availability-Virtualization) will be
sufficient to earn the LPIC-3 certification.
- each individual exam within LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 will cost US $173 or
local currency/pricing equivalent
- time permitted to complete an individual exam will remain at 90 minutes
- the LPI-301 "Core" exam (US $260 or local pricing) for the LPIC-3
certification and the LPI-302 exam (US $173 or local pricing) for the
Mixed Environment specialty will continue to be available until the end
of 2013
- existing holders of the LPIC-3 certification (or the LPI-302
specialty) will continue to have their certifications remain "active" as
per LPI's recertification policy: #6 at
http://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/policies
The Job Task Analysis for the new objectives for LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 exams
is presently underway and will continue into March 2013. Beta exams for
these revised objectives and exams will commence on May 1, 2013 and
continue until August. The new exams for both LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 will be
available in English on October 1, 2013 and other languages TBA.
Progress on objective development can be monitored at http://wiki.lpi.org/
A revised program roadmap and a description of proposed changes to the
LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 certification program can be found at:
http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LPIC2AndLPIC3ChangeProposalVersion3...
LPI alumni and other Linux professionals that are interested in
participating in the exam development process are invited to join LPI's
exam development mailing list:
http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
The Linux Professional Institute is globally supported by the IT
industry, enterprise customers, community professionals, government
entities and the educational community. LPI's certification program is
supported by an affiliate network spanning five continents and is
distributed worldwide in multiple languages at more than 5,000 testing
locations. Since 1999, LPI has delivered over 350,000+ exams and
120,000+ LPIC certifications around the world.
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About the Linux Professional Institute:
The Linux Professional Institute provides a global framework, industry
leadership and other services to enhance, develop and further lifelong
professional careers in Linux and Open Source technologies. Established
as an international non-profit organization in September 1999 by the
Linux community, the Linux Professional Institute continues to
demonstrate recognized global leadership, direction and skill standards
for those who pursue a career in Linux and Open Source technology. LPI
advances the Linux and Open Source movement through strategic partners,
sponsorships, innovative programs and community development activities.
LPI's major financial sponsors are Platinum Sponsors IBM, Linux Journal,
Linux Magazine, Novell, SGI, and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors, HP
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