Cisco and Pearson VUE Partnership

Today, I received and e-mail from Cisco announcing that Pearson VUE will be their sole vendor of Cisco certification exams worldwide effective August 1, 2007. All individual Cisco technical ceritification exams for Cisco customers and partners will need to be scheduled through Pearson VUE only and the last date to take exams through Prometric will be on July 31, 2007.

Cisco expects that by collaborating with Pearson VUE, a new standard will be created for individual information technology certifications elevating them to the level of prestigious professional certification and licensure programs. Shifting to a primary vendor vendor strategy worldwide will also allow an advance test security through the deployment of advanced biometric technologies. Cisco cited the following reasons for selecting Pearson VUE over Prometric:

• Unparalleled global reach
• Forward-thinking policies and vision of technical resource recruitment
• Ability to scale to new countries with new requirements
• Ability to meet forecasted demands
• Ability to deliver on additional investments to secure Cisco’s test delivery technology

Pearson VUE has more than 4000 test centers in 162 countries worldwide.

For more information, go to www.cisco.com and to the Pearson website.