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The week of July 1 - 5 has been designated as a vacation week for U.S. HP sites. However, the Compaq Accredited Professional certification office will be open on Monday July 1 for those affected by the July 1st continuing certification requirement deadline. The Houston program office will be closed July 2 - 5. All U.S. HP sites will resume full operations on July 8, 2002.
| ccr july 1 deadline |
- The July 1, 20002 deadline is fast approaching! In January 2002 we announced continuing certification requirements (CCRs) for a select group of designations. The designations affected by the July 1, 2002 CCR are:
- » AIS ProLiant/NetWare
- » AIS ProLiant/Windows NT
- » ASE ProLiant/NetWare
- » ASE ProLiant/Windows NT
So what exactly do I need to do?
- READ the requirements via the URL provided.
- Complete the CCR Completion Notification Form located here.
- Complete the Non-disclosure form (part of CCR Completion Notification Form)
- For ProLiant ASE-level (ProLiant/Windows and ProLiant/NetWare) CCRs, you must show proof of matching OS:
- For MCSE: Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000, show us proof via your MCSE transcript
- For CNE: NetWare 5 or 6, show us proof via your CNE certificate or transcript
- ASEs: Send the CCR Completion Notification Form, NDA and OS transcript/certificate to the Houston Program Office.
- AISs: Send the CCR Completion Notification Form, NDA and copies of required Prometric exams to the Houston Program Office.
- You may fax the documents, send the documents as an attachment or mail them. You'll find all Program Office contact information on the website at: http://www.compaq.com/certification/na/contact_us.html.
- Upon receipt of your documentation, you'll receive an email confirmation from the Houston Program Office.
- If you do not receive an email confirmation from the Houston Program Office please call us at: 1-800-273-4812. Do not consider your CCR complete until you receive the email confirmation.
So how do I contact Microsoft or Novell to obtain copies of my transcript or certificate?
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» July 1 CCR Documentation Options
» Other CCR Deadlines
» Program Statistics
» Exam Retirements
» Beta Exams
» Understanding Your Certification History On The Website
» Maintaining Your Certification Status
July 1 CCR Documentation Options
We've received calls indicating Compaq Accredited Professionals faxed their Continuing Certification Requirement (CCR) documents, but the Program Office has not received them. As we have communicated... you should receive a confirmation email from the Compaq Accredited Professional Program Office when we receive your documentation. Faxing is only one of the options available. We will also accept scanned files (attachments) sent to the program mailbox at northamericacap@hp.com, or you may send your documentation to us by mail using the following address:
Hewlett-Packard
Attn: Compaq Accredited Professional Program
20555 S.H. 249
Mailcode: CCM0301-090
Houston, Texas 77070
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Other CCR deadlines
In January 2002 we announced continuing certification requirements (CCRs) for a select group of designations. While the July 1, 2002 deadline is approaching the next big CCR deadline is January 31, 2003. Information about the designations affected by the January 2003 CCR deadline is located at: http://www.compaq.com/certification/na/ccrs.html
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Program Metrics
Here's the latest statistics for the North America program. A summary is below or view the details via this report.
Compaq Accredtied Professional Statistics |
Total Certifications Held |
14,246 |
Accredited Individuals |
6,042 |
Accredited Integration Specialist |
6,512 |
Accredited Systems Engineer |
6,438 |
Master Accredited Systems Engineer |
995 |
Operating System Certifications |
301 |
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Exam Retirements
Exam# 010-707, AlphaServer Systems Technologies, retired on June 1, 2002. This exam was replaced with #010-715, AlphaServer Systems Technologies.
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Beta Exams
Check out the list of beta exams currently available. http://www.compaq.com/certification/betaexam.html
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Check out the certification history feature on the website. You can now see the designations you currently hold. The certification history (now available on the web) has brought forward some questions regarding the display of the term "revoked" for some certification plans. Donna Green, Operations Manager, provides an explanation.
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Maintaining Your Certification Status
While Continuing Certification Requirements (CCRs) are certainly one part of maintaining your certification status, there are other "housekeeping duties" that you must maintain so you continue to receive certification communications and benefits. If for some reason you haven't been receiving regular communications from the Houston Program Office... you may want to check your "profile" to ensure the Program Office has your current information. The "Profile" feature located on the home page of website allows you to make changes to your existing profile. Changes such as:
- Company/Employer information
- Email address changes
- Home address changes
- Telephone number changes
To ensure you continue to receive notification of exclusive offers, news and events associated with the Compaq Accredited Professional Program, it's important to keep your profile up-to-date. Program information is communicated via the monthly TidBytes newsletter or posted to the home page of the website. It's to your advantage to take some time and check your profile to make sure all your information is up-to-date.
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Future Product and Technology Plans in the new hp
In this article, you'll find links to some valuable server transition resources as well as further insights into our future product and technology plans.
» Industry Standard Servers Transition Resources
» Great news for Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS AlphaServer Customers and Partners
» 64-bit (IA-64) Computing and the new HP
» What is the future of blade technology?
» The Business Case for a Zero Latency Enterprise
» The new HP - some key facts
Industry Standard Servers Transition Resources
If you're an Accredited Professional deploying or managing ProLiant servers you'll likely find the following guides a valuable resource:
- Deployment and Change Management Transition Guide
Explains the differences in deployment and change management tools between NetServer and ProLiant, and describes the possible integration points with the customer's current environment.
- Operational Management Interoperability Guide
Provides details surrounding use of TopTools for managing ProLiants, use of Insight Manager 7 for managing NetServers, as well as detailed instructions on transitioning between TopTools and Insight Manager 7. It also covers integration of both NetServers and ProLiants with enterprise management platforms.
- Remote Management Interoperability Guide
Provides details regarding the HP Remote Management Assistant card in an Insight Manager 7 managed environment, the Remote Insight Lights Out Edition card in a TopTools managed environment, as well as the use of a RILOE in a NetServers (currently unsupported, but documented).
- Storage Interoperability Guide
Provides details regarding the differences in storage devices available with NetServers, and those available for ProLiants. It also provides a list of supported ProLiant and StorageWorks storage options for a NetServer environment
- Physical Infrastructure Interoperability Guide
Provides details regarding the use of racks and power options from the two pre-merger companies in a mixed NetServer and ProLiant environment, including the part numbers for specific interoperability kits where required.
Access these guides and other important HP industry-standard server transition resources via: http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/platforms/transition.html
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Great news for Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS AlphaServer Customers and Partners
With the merger of Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard moving forward, we want to ensure that our valued Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, and Alpha Linux customers and partners understand the commitments that the new HP is making to the AlphaServer business, our planned roadmaps, and what it all means to you and your future IT strategy. View or download the 'Special Edition' of the Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS Times.
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64-bit (IA-64) Computing and the new HP
Prior to the merger, HP and Compaq were both selling Intel Itanium Processor Family (IPF) servers, primarily to meet the needs of early adopter customers and developers. HP's commitment to the Itanium Processor Family remains very strong, and we continue to see Itanium as the future 64-bit microprocessor. HP offers the industry's broadest range of servers based on the Itanium processor family (IPF) architecture. As co-inventor of the Itanium processor family architecture with Intel, HP has worked with the Itanium processor technology for years, developing a unique degree of depth and understanding. http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/architecture/itanium/index.html
The next-generation Itanium Processor Family servers (McKinley-based) will be the previously published HP Server roadmap, augmented by features from the ProLiant IA-64 roadmap. By the release of the third generation Itanium processor (Madison), HP will offer Itanium-based servers from the low end to the high end of our product line, including HP NonStop Itanium servers.
Our Industry Standard Server and Business Critical System business units will jointly deliver the Itanium-based server family roadmap supporting multiple operating environments in all relevant markets. In addition, HP will, over time, enhance its original plans by including the ProLiant management capabilities into Itanium servers.
This roadmap shows you how IPF development will pace that of PA-RISC and IA-32, giving you plenty of time to decide when the time is right to upgrade and move to a new platform. http://www.hp.com/products1/itanium/infolibrary/information/parisc_roadmap.html
Want to know more about 64-bit computing?
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What is the future of blade technology?
The new HP will continue to drive blade technology, and will move forward with two complementary product lines. The existing ProLiant BL line will be the industry-standard blade server family, with the pre-merger HP Blade Server line focusing on the telecom-specific market. The ProLiant BL roadmap will continue as previously announced; the pre-merger HP Blade Server family roadmap will be updated to reflect its new direction. http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/e-class/index.html
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The Business Case for a Zero Latency Enterprise
What if the moment a business event takes place on a website, in a call center, or anywhere along a supply chain all pertinent systems and people in the enterprise are instantly aware of the occurrence and equipped to act appropriately? This, in a sentence, is the promise of zero latency enterprise, or ZLE, computing. Find out more in the document 'The Business Case for a Zero Latency Enterprise' or visit the NonStop Computing Home Page.
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The new HP - some key facts
Hewlett-Packard Company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. In fiscal year 2001 (ended October 31, 2001), HP reported revenues of $45.2 billion, whilst Compaq reported revenues of $33.6 billion for its fiscal year 2001 (ended December 31, 2001).
The new HP serves more than one billion customers in more than 160 countries on five continents, and synergies created by the merger include:
- No.1 globally in Windows and UNIX servers
- No.1 globally in enterprise storage
- No.1 globally in imaging and printing
- No.1 globally in personal computers
- No.1 globally in management software
- No.3 IT services provider in the industry
- Over 65,000 professionals operating in 160 countries
- No.1 in mission-critical infrastructure services
- No.1 in enterprise-ready Microsoft services
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| hp enterprise technical symposium |
Latest Developments
The HP Enterprise Technical Symposium 2002 (previously known as CETS) is coming together to be the best technical symposium yet!
You'll want to plan now to be in St Louis, MO, October 6-11 for this once a year training opportunity. This event promises to be the premier technical conference for professionals in the user, partner, accredited professional, developer and hp engineering communities. Here's more information about the technical content and exclusive activities planned for the HP certification community.
Visit the symposium website at: http://hpets2002.com (currently being converted from http://www.cets2002.com) or view the initial Encompass marketing materials available at: http://www.EncompassUS.org/images/pdfs/postcard.pdf
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| upcoming events |
International Tandem User Summit 2002
The ITUG event is scheduled for October 27-31 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose CA. The ITUG Summit offers the most relevant in-depth technical and product knowledge available on Compaq ZLE and NonStop™ server products, services, and solutions. No other conference provides this level of valuable NonStop™ server information, and the ability to meet one-on-one with hundreds of HP NonStop Enterprise Division developers. Event details are located at: http://www.itug.org/events/summit02/index.cfm.
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| exclusive offers and promotions |
CompTIA Linux + Certification
As a Compaq Accredited Professional, CompTIA offers you the opportunity to be Linux + Certified at a 25% discount off their non-member price. While currently the Compaq Accredited Professional Linux designations accept matching OS certifications from Sair and Red Hat... we are researching the CompTIA Linux + Certification program. Ffor those of you interesting in learning more about Linux for your own professional development, here are the promotion details.
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| training information |
» ProLiant blade server technical workshop
» Your Career Is More Than A Job
» NonStop™ Education & Training Center- New Promotional Offers
» Training Website Links
» ProLiant Technology and Software Newsletter for Compaq Accredited
Professionals
ProLiant blade server technical workshop
This two-day technical workshop is a combination of ProLiant BL e-class and ProLiant Rapid Deployment Pack technical training. For more information.
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Your Career Is More Than A Job
Your career is part of who you are and where you are going. Training Services provides training for hp solutions, AlphaServer systems, ProLiant servers and storage systems.
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NonStop™ Education & Training Center- New Promotional Offers
Take a look at the new promotional offers from the NonStop™ Education & Training Center.
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- Useful Training Website Links
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ProLiant Technology and Software Newsletter for Compaq Accredited Professionals
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 Compaq Accredited Professionals.
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SNIA
Storage gurus... did you know there's an association available that provides great information for storage IT professionals? The SNIA website is located at: http://www.snia.org.
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