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SALARY SURVEY - See the results of getting certified!

A study conducted by Fairfield Research and Certification Magazine shows that getting certified can lead to a 12% increase in salary or close to a $6,000 raise!

* CompTIA A+ gives an 11.1% increase!
* MCSE gives an 12.6% increase!
* CCNA gives an 16.7% increase!

Also, multiple certifications directly correlate to pay increases.

With one certification, the average pay was $53,000, with five certifications, it is $62,000, with ten, the average pay was $75,000.

*The average SQL Server Professional earned $67,294 per year in 2000
*The average Unix/Linux Professional earned $64,111 per year in 2000
*The average Visual Basic Professional earned $55,878 per year in 2000
*The average JAVA Professional earned $63,988 per year in 2000
*The average XML Professional earned $66,346 per year in 2000

NEW DETAILED CISCO SALARY SURVEY

CCIEs reported incomes for 2002 of about $99,000.

On the entry-level end of the pay scale, CCNAs reported an average income of $70,000 in 2000.

CCDP Design Professionals saw their 2000 average salaries increase from $79,000 to $80,000 for 2001; they expect average base salaries of $85,000 for 2002.

CCNPs, the premier title that is most often the steppingstone to CCIE, reported an average base salary of $79,000 in 2002.

If you believe that training and experience in specialized fields will make a difference in your salary, you're right.
Cisco's Security Specialist title, introduced in 2001, came through with an average salary of $80,000 for 2001.
For IP Telephony specialists it was $78,000.

Certification	Average Salary
AcceleratedSAP	$44,800.00
Adobe - ACTP	$20,000.00
Cisco - CCDP	$75,000.00
Cisco - CCIE	$152,000.00
Cisco - CCNA	$43,376.67
Cisco - CCNP	$48,250.00
CISSP	$70,000.00
CIW Associate
CIW Master Designer	$30,000.00
CIW Master Web Site Designer	$73,000.00
CIW Security Analyst	$83,500.00
CompTIA - A+	$34,765.93
CompTIA - eBiz+	$36,900.00
CompTIA - i-Net+	$35,000.00
CompTIA - Network+	$39,791.67
IBM Certification	$60,357.14
Linux LPIC	--
Lotus - CLP	$42,666.67
Macromedia Certification	$61,000.00
Microsoft - MCAD	$79,500.00
Microsoft - MCDBA	$48,000.00
Microsoft - MCP	$42,346.74
Microsoft - MCSA	$37,333.33
Microsoft - MCSD	$45,000.00
Microsoft - MCSD .Net	$49,000.00
Microsoft - MCSE	$50,872.02
Microsoft - MOUS	$42,320.00
Novell - CNA	$35,500.00
Novell - CNE	$49,500.00
Oracle - OCM
Oracle DBA OCP	$60,500.00
Oracle OCP	$80,000.00
Red Hat - RHCE	$34,000.00
Sun - SCJD	$68,500.00
Sun - SCJP	$60,666.67

The money you INVEST in training will be paid back to you pretty QUICK!

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ORACLE NEWS:

Hands-On Course Requirement

Beginning September 1, 2002*, Oracle University will require that all candidates pursuing the 9i DBA Oracle Certified Professional credential must attend one instructor-led course either inclass or online to receive certified status. To meet the requirement, candidates must attend a course offered at an Oracle University center or at an Oracle Authorized Education Center or Partner.

The courses that fulfill the new requirement are listed below:

• Oracle9i Introduction to SQL
• Oracle9i Database Fundamentals I.
• Oracle9i Database Fundamentals II
• Oracle9i Database Performance Tuning
• Oracle9i Database New Features (available to those with Oracle DBA experience on previous releases)
• Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL **

Candidates who have already taken at least one exam in the 9i DBA track prior to September 1st will not be required to meet the new instructor-led course requirement. In addition, if you are already certified in the DBA track at version 7.3, 8.0 or 8i, you are not required to meet the instructor-led course requirement to upgrade your credential to 9i.

All new Oracle9i DBA Certified Professional candidates who begin taking exams after September 1st will not be certified until completing both the exam requirements and attending one instructor-led course.

MICROSOFT DISCONTINUING EXAMS

Microsoft has said it will discontinue nine certification exams next year. The exams will no longer be available after June 30, 2003. Here is the list:

• Exam 70-056: Implementing and Supporting Web Sites Using Microsoft Site Server 3.0
• Exam 70-057: Designing and Implementing Commerce Solutions with Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition
• Exam 70-080: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 by Using the Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit
• Exam 70-081: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
• Exam 70-085: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
• Exam 70-088: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0
• Exam 70-091: Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
• Exam 70-098: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows 98
• Exam 70-105: Designing and Implementing Collaborative Solutions with Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

CISCO NEWS

*New CCNA exam
Cisco will replace the existing CCNA 640-607 exam with CCNA 640-801. The new exam is designed to better assess the skills of entry-level candidates. The exam covers LANs, VPNs, SANs, IP addressing, Cisco Command Line Interface, routing and switching technologies and protocols.
The new exam debuts on June 30; the old one retires on Sept. 30, 2003.