Vendor-Neutral Linux Certs Becoming Popular | Linux Today

Vendor-Neutral Linux Certs Becoming Popular

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 21, 2008

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SearchEnterpriseLinux.com: Recently, HP
announced that it would require LPI certification as a prerequisite
for its HP Certified Professional Program. What are the trends in
Linux certification? Which certification sets have fared well in
the Linux marketplace?

Jim Lacey: Linux and open source are becoming
more entrenched in larger organizations, and the consistent growth
of the LPI organization over the past eight quarters is evidence of
that. One of the reasons we are seeing growth is because we aren’t
allied with a certain product. Our programs are vendor
independent…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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