As 2002 comes to a close, we would like to extend our appreciation for your on-going dedication and support of the HP Certified Professional Program. We appreciate your business and acknowledge the investment you've made with HP. And... many thanks to all of you who completed your continuing certification requirements (CCRs) this year. Thanks for "hanging in" there with us. The Americas HP Certified Professional Team extends a heartfelt holiday greeting to you and your family. Happy New Year too!

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HP offices will be closed December 23-27 for the holiday season. HP Technical Support provides 24x7 service.

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On November 15, 2002 the long awaited "official" worldwide announcement of the HP Certified Professional Program occurred. The best way to recap all the announcement news is to provide a link to the "Alert" we distributed on November 15. This "alert" provides all announcement information plus updates on the new storage certifications as well as a list of the certification levels being retired. Alert summary.

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For the second year in a role, the Master ASE certification enjoys a "repeat" win in Certification Magazine's annual salary survey. The HP Certified Professional Program ranked as one of the top 10 certifications in many other salary survey categories. Click here for the results.

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Note: This reminder is for those individuals who have not completed their CCR.

In January 2002 we announced continuing certification requirements (CCRs) for a select group of designations. If you hold one of these designations your CCR deadline is January 31, 2003:

• API, AlphaServer/Tru64 UNIX v4
• API, AlphaServer/Windows NT
• ASE, AlphaServer/Tru64 UNIX v4
• ASE, AlphaServer/Windows NT
• ASE, Intel/Banyan Vines
• ASE, Intel SCO/UNIX

Attention Master ASEs: Failure to complete your CCR at the ASE level will not only result in the loss of your ASE level certification but also your Master ASE status. The ASE level of certification is a prerequisite for Master ASE. Therefore, if you lose your ASE certification, you lose your Master ASE certification.

Information about the designations affected by the January 31, 2003 CCR deadline is found here.

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What's your certification worth? Check out Certification Magazine's new salary calculator at: www.certmag.com/salarycalculator.

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There certainly was a NonStop™ HP Certified Professional presence at the 2002 ITUG Summit in San Jose, CA. Teresa Pickering and Barbara Sandro, from the HP Certified Professional Houston Program Office, joined the NonStop Education Team in welcoming existing NonStop HP Certified Professionals. A welcome area outside the Prometric testing center provided a venue for existing NonStop HP Certified Professionals to relax, enjoy refreshments AND pick up their new HP Certified Professional logo wear. Throughout the week additional certification promotional items were distributed. The welcome area also served as the place for potential HP Certified Professional candidates to obtain program information. An onsite Prometric Testing Center offered complimentary exams. During the conference, approximately 320 NonStop Server accreditation exams were delivered, resulting in 24 accreditations being earned while at the event. Three people earned all three possible accreditations: AIS (Accredited Integration Specialist), ASE (Accredited System Engineer) and SE (NonStop Kernel System Engineer. Here's a summary of the event. We've also provided a gallery of photos.

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New Email Address
With the announcement of the new program name we're also announcing a new email address. Please direct your inquiries to: certification.americas@hp.com. This email address is for individuals in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. The U.S./Canada toll free number has not changed (1-800-273-4812).

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Program Metrics
Here are the latest metrics for the North America program. We've provided a detailed summary per designation title.

Pre-merger Compaq HP Certified Professionals

Total Certifications held:	14,872
Accredited Individuals:	6,335
Accredited Platform Specialist (APS):	129 (LA)
Accredited Integration Specialist (AIS):	6,695
Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE):	6,606
Master Accredited Systems Engineer (Master ASE):	1,078
Operating System Certifications:	364
SE NonStop Kernel:	34
SA OpenVMS:	173
SA OpenVMS-Latin America:	1
SA Tru64 UNIX:	93
SA Tru64 UNIX-Latin America:	1
SE OpenVMS:	23
SE OpenVMS-Latin America:	2
SE Tru64 UNIX:	37

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Beta Exams
Check out the list of beta exams currently available.

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This newsletter, written by the engineering support team for ProLiant products, offers a conduit for information exchange between the development teams and the presales and technical customer communities. This newsletter has been created specifically for ProLiant-based HP Certified Professionals.

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• Tony Croes, Manager, Americas HP Certified Professional Program, Tony.Croes@hp.com

• Amydell Beardshall, certification.americas@hp.com (Operations)
• Donna Green, Donna.Green@hp.com (Operations)
• Suzanne Martinez, Suzanne.Martinez@hp.com (Operations)
• Celestine Lott, certification.americas@hp.com (Operations)
• Teresa Pickering, Teresa.Pickering@hp.com (Marketing and Benefit Fulfillment)
• Barbara Sandro, Barbara.Sandro@hp.com (Marketing)

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• Email: certification.americas@hp.com
• Information Line: 1-800-273-4812 (U.S. and Canada only)
• Website: www.hp.com/go/certification/na (U.S. and Canada only)
  www.hp.com/go/certification/la (Latin America)

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