From: Carsten H. Pedersen Date: April 25 2003 8:31pm Subject: MySQL Professional Beta Exam and Discounts Available List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/certification/1 Message-Id: <1051302716.21184.568.camel@tsort.bitbybit.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Some news from the MySQL Certification Program: * The second tier of the program, the Professional Certification, is now available as Beta! * Discounts on both the Core and the Professional Beta Certification tests are available from www.mysql.com! MySQL Professional Exam goes Beta --------------------------------- After a long time in development, the MySQL Professional exam is now finally available in a Beta release. The Professional Certification is aimed at the expert user with many months of experience using, managing and optimizing MySQL installations and queries, using InnoDB features, etc. You can read more about the Professional Certification exam on http://www.mysql.com/certification/candguide/sec-prof.html Note that you must pass the MySQL Core Certification exam before you can take the Professional exam. You can register for the Professional Certification exam starting today on http://www.vue.com/mysql. Before you register, please make sure you read the rest of this e-mail to see how you can get a discount on the Beta exam! Discounts on Certification Exams Available ------------------------------------------ Coinciding with the release of the Professional exam is the first ever MySQL Users Conference and Expo which was held in San Jose April 10-12. This, too, is an extremely important event in the development of MySQL AB as a company -- and we want to celebrate it! So starting from the first day of the conference and for a limited time, we offer MySQL Certification exams at a discount, with three options: Option A: 10% discount on a MySQL Core exam Option B: 10% discount on a MySQL Professional Beta exam Option C: Buy BOTH a Core exam and a Professional exam and get 15% discount on both. To make use of this offer, * Point your browser to https://order.mysql.com and order the exams you want to go to. * Once your order has been processed, you will be e-mailed vouchers to use for your testing registration with VUE. * If you haven't already done so, create a MySQL account on the Pearson VUE website http://www.vue.com/mysql. This part of the registration process can take up to 24 hours, as the registration must first be approved. * Register for the exam(s) you want to go to on http://www.vue.com/mysql. When you get to the payment details, enter the voucher number you have received from MySQL AB for that particular exam. * Go to the exam! Note that exam vouchers bought through this program must be used no later than June 30th, 2003. Best regards, Carsten H. Pedersen Certification Manager, MySQL AB -- I'm MySQL Certified - are you? -- http://www.mysql.com/certification __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mr. Carsten Pedersen / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, Certification Manager /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Haslev, Denmark <___/ www.mysql.com Office: +45 56 36 16 10