HP Certified Professional

January 2005
Volume 5, Number 01

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About this issue

To kick off the New Year, your Americas Program Office Team has provided opportunities for you to win HP products. Throughout this issue look for articles that ask for your feedback in exchange for a chance to win prizes such as HP printers and iPODs. There's also a "word" scavenger hunt contest to test your ability to locate important HP information using the HP Certified Professional Connection. Hint: the word scavenger hunt also takes you through the new website and this newsletter. Good luck and Happy New Year.

Program information

Save the Date - 2005 HP Certified Professional Technical Conference & HP Technology Forum in New Orleans
It's not too early to talk with your manager about your attendance at the HP Certified Professional Technical Conference, held in conjunction with the HP Technology Forum. The event will be in New Orleans, Louisiana from September 12th to the 16th.
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"I Found It" Word Scavenger Hunt Contest
To kick off the New Year, your Americas Program Office Team has provided opportunities for you to win HP products. Throughout this issue look for articles that ask for your feedback in exchange for a chance to win prizes such as HP printers and iPODs.
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New Website Design - Tell us what you think
Last month we launched a new version of the HP Certified Professional website.
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New Credentials Launched in the Americas Region
The following new credentials are added to the portfolio offerings for the Americas HP Certified Professional Program.
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Continuing Certification Requirements (CCRs)
A number of credentials have CCRs that are due to be completed soon.
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Migration Reminders
Many HP Certified Professionals still have migration requirements to complete as a result of the merger of HP and Compaq certification programs.
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Credential retirements
The Americas HP Certified Professional Program Office has announced several credential retirements.
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Attention channel partners and HP employees: Changes to the StorageWorks certification program
>The HP Certified Professional program launched many new StorageWorks credentials in December. Now is the time to plan your 2005 StorageWorks credential strategy.
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Welcome New HP Certified Professionals
Did you know…there are now more than 33,000 certificants in the HP Certified Professional Program in the Americas region?
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Gartner report "Magic Quadrant for global Campus LAN, 2004" praises HP ProCurve Networking solutions
You may have thought Cisco Systems was about the only game in town when it came to networking. Well, guess again. According to Gartner Group, HP ProCurve Networking solutions are coming on strong.
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Beta exams and certification testing

Exam additions and retirements as of January 2005
We've made quite a few exam additions and retired many certification exams just recently. See how this may affect your certification path.
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See the list of all active beta exams
Get the comprehensive list of beta exams available in the HP Certified Professional Program here.

SMEs needed to help develop valid test exams
Apply your knowledge and expertise as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and help the HP Certified Professional Program develop valid and reliable exams.
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Events and user groups

Save the Date - 2005 HP Certified Professional Technical Conference & the HP Technology Forum in New Orleans
It's not too early to talk with your manager about your attendance at the HP Certified Professional Technical Conference, held in conjunction with the HP Technology Forum. The event will be in New Orleans, Louisiana from September 12th to the 16th. Get all the details in the Program Updates section of this newsletter.
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Catch HP at LinuxWorld in February
As a Platinum sponsor of the event, HP will have a large presence at LinuxWorld in Boston next month. If you plan to attend this show, spend some time learning more about HP's Linux directions.
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Make plans to attend the HP Software Forum in June
HP and OpenView Forum, an independent users group, partner to produce HP Software Forum 2005 - the most comprehensive OpenView conference in North America. The event is in Denver, Colorado, USA, from June 6 to 10, 2005.
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Technical documentation

Reminder: Visit the HP Certified Professional Connection portal for your technical documents
We no longer publish articles with technical documentation in this newsletter. Instead, all the documents are in one convenient place: the HP Certified Professional Connection portal.
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Your Americas team

Management

• Ann Palmer, Americas Partner Education & Certification Manager, Ann.Palmer@hp.com
• Rich Gossman, Manager, Americas HP Certified Professional Program, Rich.Gossman@hp.com

Staff Team Members

• Donna Green, Donna.Green@hp.com (Operations)
• Suzanne Martinez, Suzanne.Martinez@hp.com (Operations)
• Elvira Narvaez, maria-elvira_narvaez-cabrera@hp.com (Operations)
• Barbara Sandro, Barbara.Sandro@hp.com (Marketing)
• Candace MacMillen, Candace.MacMillen@hp.com (Program Management)
• Salvador Barrena, Salvador.Barrena.chavez@hp.com (Latin America Program Management)

How to contact us

• Email: certification.americas@hp.com
• Information Line: 1-800-273-4812
• Website: www.hp.com/go/certification/americas

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