IT Heavy Hitters Form Certification Council

Source: Information Week

CompTIA says industry leaders, including HP, IBM, and Microsoft, have joined forces to create an IT certification group.

By K.C. Jones
InformationWeek
November 14, 2007 02:03 PM


Representatives from HP (NYSE: HP), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Sun, Novell (NSDQ: NOVL), the Linux Professional Institutes, and the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) have joined to form an IT certification group.

CompTIA announced Wednesday that the new Information Technology Certification Council (ITCC) would work toward growing professional certifications and ensuring a qualified workforce to meet global technology needs. Education provider Kaplan and test development and delivery providers Pearson VUE and Prometric also helped found the group.

Members hope it will to become the "go-to" resource for employers, government leaders, academics, and others who want information about IT certification. The group also plans to improve exam security, training to testing ratios, and perceptions about the value of IT certification and its return on investment. Finally, the ITCC will embark on an industry-wide marketing campaign.

Bill Horzempa, ITCC chair and director of the Worldwide HP Certified Professional Program at HP, said that the council hopes to increase the value of certification.



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of the newest of their gang.

We need the next group of IT professionals to be VERY EDUCATED in the CONSTITUTIONAL protections afforded Americans. If the IT community wants people to trust technology they need to prove they are working on the right side of the "constitutional moral divide."

We need to know who we can "go-to" when the IT world turns around and gives us a big bITe in the A$$.

Creating followers instead of leaders/innovators. Creating barriers to marketplace entry, protecting those already in.

Besides, what's the point - it's all getting outsourced anyway

How much is this certification gonna cost? Because it is go-to-hell expensive now.