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Scott Lamberton | 17 Nov 2011 20:00

[LPI-News] LPI Announces new Master Affiliate for the UK and Ireland

LPI Announces new Master Affiliate for the UK and Ireland

(Sacramento, CA, USA: November 17, 2011) The Linux Professional
Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization
(http://www.lpi.org), has announced a new Master Affiliate for the UK
and Ireland (LPI UK).  LPI UK will be managed and operated by TDM Open
Source Services (www.tdm.info) of Worcestershire, England.

"LPI has been working with key people at TDM Open Source Services for
some time and welcomes this new partnership as they pursue Linux
professional mentorship and apprenticeship programs both
within the UK and the European Union.  TDM will be an ideal addition to
our network of European affiliates who are aggressively promoting the
professional adoption of Linux and Open Source Solutions," said Jim
Lacey, president and CEO of LPI. Mr.Lacey noted in particular TDM's
innovative work in providing for professional e-learning Linux
apprenticeships which incorporate IT training towards LPI certification.

TDM (www.tdm.info) is an Open Source Software Services company providing
IT solutions built on Linux.  The company emerged out of the development
of custom eLearning Solutions created and deployed by unified teams of
Linux systems administrators, software developers, web designers,
educators and educational managers.

“We are highly honoured to become the new affiliate for LPI
Certification in the UK and Ireland.  We know this is the right move for
both ourselves and LPI. Given the expertise of our team, it is a logical
step for us to extend our interest in supporting Open Source
technologies for educational programs into supporting educational
programs for Open Source professionals. LPI truly is the only Linux
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Scott Lamberton | 22 Nov 2011 17:39

Community Corner: "Forty Two Years of Hoarding...time to pass it on: Latinoware, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil 2011"

Community Corner: "Forty Two Years of Hoarding...time to pass it on: 
Latinoware, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil 2011"

In this new blog post for LPI's "Community Corner", Jon "maddog" Hall 
overcomes his passion for IT collectibles and assist LPI at the same time.

See: http://blog.lpi.org/

Stories, videos and comments are welcome at LPI's community blog or feel 
free to contact us with your ideas at communitycorner@...

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Scott Lamberton
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Linux Professional Institute
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Scott Lamberton | 30 Nov 2011 17:50

[LPI-News] Linux Professional Institute Announces New Affiliate in Croatia

LPI Announces new Affiliate in Croatia

(Sacramento, CA, USA: November 30, 2011) The Linux Professional
Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization
(http://www.lpi.org), announced a new Master Affiliate for Croatia
(LPI-Croatia). LPI-Croatia will be managed and operated by the Croatian
Linux Users Group--Hrvatska Udruga Linux Korisnika (HULK:
http://www.linux.hr).

"The Croatian Linux Users Group is a leading advocate for the use of
Linux and Open Source Software in its region.  We welcome them into the
global network of LPI affiliates as they will provide an additional
community voice for professional training and IT certification in Linux. 
LPI consistently seeks out region-specific partners for our program as 
these local organization provide much needed support in translation and 
on-the-ground connections to academia, government and business," said 
Jim Lacey, president and CEO of LPI. Mr.Lacey noted that HULK has been 
active in Croatia since 1996 and are leaders of a highly popular Linux 
conference in Croatia, DORS/CLUC
(http://www.osor.eu/events/hr-dors-cluc-2011).

Vlatko Košturjak of HULK noted that LPI certification is important in
the region as it assures clients and employers that IT professionals
have the requisite skills and knowledge to work with Linux: "During last
few years in Croatia and the Adriatic region, we have experienced a
rapid and growing adoption of Linux systems and Free and Open Source
Software. Employing someone who is professionally certified to work with
these systems assures customers that IT projects will be completed
according to requirements. We see LPI certification as the solution to
this challenge since it is the industry's most popular and recognized
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