Novell Certification

Each year, Novell certifies thousands of IT professionals all over the world. In fact, Novell pioneered the IT certification market more than 15 years ago with its groundbreaking CNE certification. Novell has made another pioneering move with the introduction of the new NetWare 6 certification program.

Novell Education has created a radical new program architecture for their four key certifications: CNA (Certified Novell Administrator), CNE (Certified Novell Engineer), Master CNE, and CDE (Certified Directory Engineer). This new architecture is the result of 40,000 JTA (Job Task Analysis) surveys. So what did Novell learn? Four things:

• IT certifications shouldn't have electives.

• IT certifications should be role based.

• IT certifications should measure skills competency.

• IT certification requirements should be simple!

What follows is a detailed look at Novell's new NetWare 6 certification architecture. If you want to learn more about the various types of certifications available, you should check out www.novell.com/education/certinfo/.