“Certification remains the key engine driving the IT training
business, but the role of the Internet in distributing content and
reshaping business models clearly is a crucial issue, said training
executives at the Information Technology Training Association
(ITTA) conference, held here.”
“Across the board, vendors and training companies touted new
offerings designed to help customers and partners garner more
revenue from the Internet.”
“Interest in vendor-neutral certification also is growing.
Linuxcare Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of Linux technical
support, consulting, training and certification services, along
with Caldera Systems Inc. and Red Hat Software Inc., are supporting
vendor-neutral standards for a Linux certification track as part of
a budding industry organization, dubbed the Linux Professional
Institute.”