CIW Announces Web Developer Certification; jCert Endorsed Job Role Embraced by IBM and Sun.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2002 CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) A program of certification from Prosoft Learning Corporation for professionals specializing in Internet technologies. CIW instructor-led training is offered by authorized training organizations and academic institutions. , the leading vendor-neutral certification for Web and enterprise development, today announced the release of a new certification, CIW Web Developer. The single-exam certification is a jCert Initiative-endorsed job-role and is part of the newly announced jCert certification road map supported by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Sun and BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. . Web and enterprise system development is one of the fastest-growing job categories currently accounting for 19 percent of the U.S. IT Workforce according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the May 2002, ITAA (Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, VA, www.itaa.org) Formerly the Association of Data Processing Service Organizations (ADAPSO). A membership organization founded in 1960 that defines performance standards, improves management methods and monitors government report entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Bouncing Back: Jobs, Skills and the Continuing Demand for IT Workers." U.S. employers currently have more than 112,000 jobs in these categories unfilled due to the lack of qualified personnel. Thousands of people will use the CIW Web Developer certification as a gateway to these exciting career opportunities. A CIW Web Developer will have demonstrated the knowledge and skills required for developing Web applications. An individual can become a CIW Web Developer by passing a single proctored exam (1DO-532) offered at Prometric testing centers worldwide. Topics covered by the certification exam include writing application control logic, writing application display logic, utilizing Java-related business services and exposing application components using Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. . CIW Web Developer is a jCert-endorsed certification and therefore part of a single certification road map embraced by application development software vendors such as IBM, Sun and BEA. CIW Web Developer also serves as a gateway to the jCert-endorsed Solution Developer job role. Employers who develop or hire individuals trained and certified See certification. as CIW Web Developers will know that those individuals are ready to create and maintain Web applications. Employers will also benefit because jCert-endorsed job roles eliminate the gaps and redundancy between vendor-neutral core technology programs and vendor programs. CIW and jCert Integrate Certification Programs CIW Web Developer is only one aspect of the cooperation and integration between CIW and the jCert Initiative. As part of an agreement between the two certifications, CIW will provide complete support for all vendor-neutral core technology exams in the jCert certification road map. Later this year, individuals can train for jCert core technology exams through the more than 800 CIW authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: academic and training center providers. Also, all jCert core technology exams will be available through CIW including CIW Web Developer, Java(tm) Programmer, Object Oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. Analysis and Design, and Enterprise Connectivity with Java. The President of the jCert Initiative, Oma Sewhdat, has agreed to join the CIW Certification Council and chair its Web and Enterprise Development Working Group. Mr. Sewhdat is the certification manager for IBM WebSphere, one of the leading enterprise application development environments in the industry. Rick Bunzel, Certification General Manager for Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , already is part of the council and will also participate in the working group. The working group has responsibility to determine and update the objectives for the CIW Web Developer certification by working with an independent group of employers, educators, software vendors and government agencies. "jCert is a consortium of vendors who have agreed to support a single set of job roles and certification standards for Java(tm)-based Web and enterprise application development," said Mr. Sewhdat. "We needed core technology job roles and exams as part of our road map. CIW is already the leader in providing vendor-neutral job-role certifications for the Web, so integrating our programs made perfect sense to our members. CIW will take responsibility for implementing the vendor-neutral portions of our road map and I will represent jCert as part of that process." "The integration of CIW and jCert creates a single career path that serves individuals and employers," commented Jerry Baird, Chairman of the CIW Certification Council and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ProsoftTraining (Nasdaq:POSO). "Individuals have already earned more than 45,000 CIW certifications in Web foundation, design, development and administration. With today's announcement, their CIW certification path now continues to include vendor certifications. Because many high schools and colleges now start individuals on a CIW certification path, employers can be assured that workers with these skills are ready for further training and certification in their specific application environment. This kind of industry-wide cooperation reduces training costs and increases the supply of workers ready to create applications critical to almost every organization." More information about CIW Web Developer and CIW authorized academic and training center partners can be found at www.CIWcertified.com. More information about jCert can be found at www.jCert.org. For a complete press package, visit www.ProsoftTraining.com/jCertKit. About CIW An IT certification for the knowledge economy, CIW is a job-role certification program designed to help career changers
The Changers are a fictional group of anti-hero published by Wildstorm an imprint of DC Comics. enter the IT industry and experienced and vendor-certified professionals build upon existing IT skills. CIW is offered for three disciplines -- Designer, Enterprise Developer and Administrator -- and one cross-functional area -- Web Site Manager, which combines the other three disciplines. CIW is the most widely recognized Internet job-role certification program, with more than 45,000 CIW certifications earned in more than 100 countries worldwide. For more information, go to www.CIWcertified.com. About the jCert Initiative The jCert Initiative Inc. was founded as a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. in 1999 to establish and promote open and portable industry standards for certifying enterprise developers using Java technology. jCert's mission is to help developers be "certified once, recognized everywhere." This goal is achieved through members' support for an innovative cross-recognized, multi-vendor certification standard. jCert members include BEA, IBM, Sun Microsystems, CGS CGS centimeter-gram-second system. CGS or cgs abbr. centimeter-gram-second system. CGS, c.g.s. , Prosofttraining, SkillSoft and Prometric. For more information about the jCert Initiative, visit www.jcert.org |
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