[LPI-News] LPI Exams To Be Offered on Education Day at LinuxWorld Italy

[Arlene MacFarlane]

LPI Exams To Be Offered on Education Day at LinuxWorld Italy

Toronto, May 25, 2005 – The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), 
(http://www.lpi.org), the premier professional certification program for 
the Linux community, worldwide, will offer reduced price certification 
testing during LinuxWorld Italy on Thursday, May 26, 2005, at the Crowne 
Plaza Milan Linate Hotel, in San Donato Milanese (Milan, Italy).

Italy's second LinuxWorld Expo will take place in Milan, Tuesday and 
Wednesday, May 24 and 25, 2005, finishing with an Education Day on May 
26 dedicated to training and LPI certification exams. Registered 
conference delegates can write the exams free of charge. Trade show 
attendees will pay the reduced fee of 60 Euros to write the exams during 
the conference, rather than the regular price of 124 Euros.

LPI is an official sponsor of LinuxWorld, internationally, and will be 
participating in the LinuxWorld Italy Conference & Expo where LPI's 
staff will meet attendees at Booth number E7. During the May 26 exam 
labs, LPI will offer 101 and 201 exams, along with 102 and 202 exams for 
those who qualify and request the advanced-level testing. All exams will 
be offered at 10 - 11:30 a.m., 1 – 2:30 p.m., and 3:30-5 p.m., in the 
Borromeo Room. Candidates must pre-register on the LPI website at 
https://www.lpi.org/en/register.html to receive an identification 
number. All exam candidates should bring valid photo identification and 
their LPI ID number to the exam lab.

“LinuxWorld is a great venue to promote Linux, Open Source Software and 
the importance of recognized professional standards and 
distribution-neutral certification of Linux professionals,” said Evan 
Leibovitch, President, LPI, adding, “LPI exam labs at LinuxWorld provide 
an excellent opportunity for those who want to participate in the 
certification process. We're also demonstrating LPI's commitment to 
provide accessible, high-quality certification to the Linux community.”

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is an internationally recognized, 
vendor-independent organization advocating and assisting the 
professional use of Linux, Open Source and free software, and actively 
promoting distribution-neutral certification of Linux professionals. 
Established as a non-profit organization in 1999, LPI is community based 
and supported.

LPI’s certification program is delivered worldwide in seven languages. 
The organization has delivered over 75,000 Level One and Level Two 
certification exams, globally, since the program’s inception.

LPI supports affiliates on five continents, including Brazil, Bulgaria, 
Jamaica, United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, Australia, China, 
France, the UK and South Africa.

For additional information, contact: The Linux Professional Institute 
(LPI) (http://www.lpi.org) or LinuxWorld Italy at 
http://www.linuxworldexpo.it.

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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), Bradford Learning, Linux 
Journal, Linux Magazine, Maxspeed, Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL), SGI 
(NYSE:SGI), and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors, Hewlett-Packard 
(NYSE:HWP) and Wave Technologies.