About the Author

David James Clarke IV, CNI, CNE, and CNA, has devoted his career to helping people attain Novell certification. He is the original creator of the CNE Study Guide phenomenon, and author of numerous best-selling books for Novell Press, including Novell's CNE Update to NetWare 5.1, Novell's CNE Study Guide for NetWare 5.1, Novell's CNA Study Guide for NetWare 5.1, Novell's CNE Study Set for NetWare, and the Clarke Notes series.

Clarke is the cofounder of Logilent (the world leader in IT Live Labs) and cofounder of the Computer Telephony Institute (home of the CTE certification). He is also the developer of the Clarke Tests v5.0, an interactive learning system, and producer of the best-selling video series "So You Wanna Be a CNE!"

Clarke speaks at numerous national conferences and currently lives and plays in the woods of Oregon with his wife and two lovely daughters.