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dures alone take under a minute. “Even with normal variances in how quickly candidates are admitted from one center to another, we’re still expecting the entire admissions process to take less than five minutes total,” she said. Program Updates Certiport has announced the availability of the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Instructor, a resource for organizations transitioning to the 2007 Microsoft Office programs. Currently, there are more than 23,000 Microsoft Master Instructor certification recipients worldwide. The Microsoft Master Instructor certification is the instructor-level credential for Microsoft Office. Creating a smooth path from this previous certification to the 2007 revision is of utmost importance to Certiport. “We’ve been in the business of [producing] the Microsoft Master Instructor certification for about 10 years, and what we did in this case is just basically roll the program over,” said Julie Allen, Microsoft programs manager at Certiport. “Logistically, it’s the same in management and the teaching creden- tials the individual needs to be certified. We’ve also made it easier for current Microsoft Master Instructors who are certified in versions starting back from Office 2000 by waiving the annual fee, giving them access to MS e-learning tools, offering certification vouchers and [using] the identical application process that we used before.” With more than 13,000 testing centers and 38 distributors around the world, Certiport is in the process of translating the new certification into German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese and Greek. Allen said the response to the new programs has been promising so far and points to the worldwide rollout as a testament to the desire of organizations to quickly adopt the latest versions of software they use. “We’ve tracked the adoption of the certification back to Office 2000, and we’ve been able to see [that] there’s been a threefold increase in the adoption on this version of the Office certification,” said Allen, adding that this is in comparison to the company’s last three revisions of the cert. 8 – Ben Warden, bwarden@certmag.com Use your IT CERTIFICATIONS to accelerate your DEGREE ONLINE. Microsoft, Sun, Oracle, Cisco, Comp TIA, SAS, PMI, GIAC or (ISC)2 certiﬁcations could waive up to 25% of your fully accredited bachelor’s degree with: • Flexible ONLINE learning • Up to 9 certiﬁcations built in at no extra cost • Programs in Networks, Databases, Security and Software Call us today at 1-800-584-4741 or visit us online at ONLINE DEGREES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY www.wgu.edu/cmn http://www.wgu.edu/cmn http://www.wgu.edu/cmn

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Certification Magazine - March 2008

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