RE: The OCP bar is being raised

To be honest, I think this is actually lowering the bar. Oracle finally realized that the OCP has no value to an organization unless you induce the word "Master". This has been taken from their former certification, the Oracle Master's Certification, which was worthless and only showed that you had taken all of the courses within a specific track.

Oracle is simply acting like any other software vendor and locating new ways of generating revenue.

Thank You

Stephen P. Karniotis
Technical Alliance Manager
Compuware Corporation
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Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:16 AM

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Subject:        The OCP bar is being raised

Anyone care to comment on the following, IMHO it's about time:

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Introducing two new levels of Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)
Achievement 
 
A recent *IDC report on IT Education and Training Services quoted database
professionals and network engineers as the fastest-growing areas of
Professional
Certification. And in an October survey from *crn.com on Certification, 58%
of
respondents said that it is very difficult to find qualified Oracle
Certified
Professionals-Database Administrators. 

To meet this demand, we have recently introduced two new levels of
professional
achievement to DBAs (and soon to be released to Application and Java
Developers
worldwide): 

The Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) -- an entry-level Oracle qualification
requiring successful completion of two exams.
The Oracle Certified Master (OCM) -- an advanced qualification for Oracle
Certified Professionals (OCP), that requires students to take a practicum
exam
on-sitee at an Oracle University education center. 
Visit
http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/news/index.html?certlevels.htm
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for more information

IDC, IT Education and Training, Sept 2001
crn.com, Certification: What's Hot, What's Not, Oct 2001
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