LPI Hosts First Exam Labs in Poland and Greece

(Sacramento, CA, USA: March 10, 2011) - The Linux Professional Institute 
(LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization
(http://www.lpi.org), announced promotional exam labs for their Linux
Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) in Poland and Greece. LPI
exams have long been available in these countries through online vendors 
Prometric and VUE, however this is the first time that local events and 
affiliate partners have offered public LPI testing events in Poland and 
Greece.

The exam lab in Warsaw, Poland will be hosted by the 4Developers
conference (http://4developers.org.pl/konferencja), the largest
programming event in Poland on April 4, 2011. LPI affiliate, LPI-Greece
(http://www.lpi.org.gr) will host their exam lab on March 31, 2011 in
Thessaloniki, Greece.

"These new events demonstrate the recognition by local organizations and 
IT professionals to further promote LPI certification as the need for a 
globally-recognized Linux certification grows in value. The workforce 
development of Linux professionals is fundamental to the adoption of 
Linux and Free and Open Source Software and LPI welcomes these new 
partners to this worldwide effort," said Jim Lacey, president and CEO of 
LPI.

The examlab at the 4developers conference in Warsaw, Poland will take
place at 14:25 on Monday, April 4, Room F406, High School of Managers
(Wyzsza Szkola Menadzerska), Kaw?zy?ska 36, 03-772 Warsaw. The
following exams will be available at the promotional price of 80 ?:
LPI-101, 102, 201, 202, 302 and 303.  The LPIC-3 exam (LPI-301) will be
available at 100 ?. Due to the limited amount of seats available for the 
LPI exams candidates are asked to register in advance at:
http://lpievent.lpice.eu/

For more information on the exam lab at the 4developers conference or to 
obtain a discount code for 4developers conference admission please
contact Elzbieta Godlewska at elzbieta.godlewska_at_lpice.eu

The recently translated LPIC-1 exam LPI-101 will be available in Greek
(LPI-102 has also being translated) at an exam lab hosted by LPI-Greece
(http://www.lpi.org.gr) at the GreekLUG GNU/Linux Laboratory,
Papanastasiou 18 str. Thessaloniki, Greece at 19:00 on March 31, 2011.
The exam is available at 80 ?--however members of the GreekLUG will
receive a 50% discount.  Payment can be made in cash or by direct
deposit/electronic transfer to the GreekLUG account (a receipt of this
transaction must be produced at the exam lab). Candidates should
register in advance at http://www.lpi.org.gr

GreekLUG also offer exam preparation courses at a total of 100 ?.

Each exam takes approximately 90 minutes to complete. Participants are
advised to arrive at the exam lab 15 minutes before the beginning of the 
exam. Candidates must bring their LPI ID and a government issued photo 
identification to the exam lab. To participate in the exam labs you must 
obtain an LPI ID at LPI's registration area:
http://www.lpi.org/eng/certification/register_now

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 in more than 7,000 testing
locations. Since 1999, LPI has delivered over 280,000 exams and 95,000
LPIC certifications around the world.

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About the Linux Professional Institute:

The Linux Professional Institute promotes and certifies essential skills 
on Linux and Open Source technologies through the global delivery of 
comprehensive, top-quality, vendor-independent exams. Established as an 
international non-profit organization in September 1999 by the Linux 
community, the Linux Professional Institute continues to demonstrate 
recognized global leadership in the certification of Linux 
professionals. 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 and IDG.

Media Contacts:

Scott Lamberton
Director of Communications
Linux Professional Institute
http://www.lpi.org
slamberton@lpi.org
+1-905-269-0862

Elzbieta Godlewska
Representative for Poland and Czech Republic
LPI Central Europe
http://www.lpice.eu
elzbieta.godlewska@lpice.eu
+48 660.705.266

Kostas Boukouvalas
Operations Manager, LPI-Greece
http://www.lpi.org.gr
boukouvalas@lpi.org.gr
Phone: +30 2310530126
Mobile: +30 6972557849


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