Network Professional Association

If you've achieved, or are working toward, your CNE certification, you might want to join the Network Professional Association (NPA). The NPA is an organization for network computing professionals, including those who have certified as networking professionals in Novell, Microsoft, Cisco, and other manufacturers' products. Its goal is to keep its members current with the latest technology and information in the industry.

If you're a certified CNE, you can join the NPA as a full member. If you've started the certification process, but aren't finished yet, or if you are a CNA, you can join as an associate member (which gives you all the benefits of a full member except for the right to vote in the NPA's elections).

When you join the NPA, you can enjoy the following benefits:

• Local NPA chapters (more than a hundred worldwide) that hold regularly scheduled meetings that include presentations and hands-on demon- strations of the latest technology

• A subscription to Network Professional Journal

• Access to NPA Labs that contain up-to-date technology and software for hands-on experience

• Job postings

• NPA's own professional certification programs

• Discounts or free admission to major trade shows and conferences, including NPA's own conferences

For more information on the NPA, visit the website:

http://www.npanet.org