| IBM Certification: Introduction |
 IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM having covered a long and successful journey is today leading the charge in providing end-to-end solutions, and e-business on demand.
IBM's Professional Certification Program encompasses a wide range of skills and requirements. It lays the groundwork for one's personal journey to becoming a world-class resource for the company. |
IBM Certifications: Benefits
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| Acquiring certifications is one of the best ways to get on a financial fast track. Salary surveys regularly show that technicians who pass IBM certification exams earn substantially higher pay-typically 25% more than their non-certified counterparts.
Certificate holders feel that technical certifications not only play a role in job security, but also make them feel confident of their work, and earn them on-the-job respect. |
Following are some of the advantages of acquiring IBM Certifications:
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IBM offers the least expensive certificates. However, the cost of certificates varies depending on the region. |
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IBM is being rated as one of the best vendors in terms of 'Quality of Instructors'- (rating- 3.89/5), 'Price/Value of Program'- (rating- 3.57/5), 'Product Documentation'- (rating- 4.33/5), and 'Listservs & Newsgroups'- (rating- 3.76/5). |
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According to a Salary Survey conducted for the year 2004, the current salary of IBM certification holders ranges from $57, 400 - $60,357.14, and the calculated average salary of IBM top certification holders is $65, 254, which is one of the best offered in the industry. |
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The IBM Professional Certification Program is a business solution for skilled IT professionals, which |
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validates your skills, |
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demonstrates your ability of performing role-related activities at a specified level of competence, |
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proves your capability, expertise, and proficiency in the latest IBM technology and solutions, |
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demonstrates your ability of performing role-related activities at a specified level of competence, and |
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adds value to your company. |
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XML: Extensible Markup Language (Test 141)
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| Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a new technology for web applications. XML is a World Wide Web Consortium standard that lets the user create tags. The strongest point of XML is its ability to conduct data interchange. XML having become popular, its certification is gaining a lot of respect. It is important for the certification pursuer to be well versed in (XML, XSL, and Schema) technologies, in order to pass the exam. |
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IBM Certified Enterprise Developer (ICED) - WebSphere Studio, V5.0
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| ICED develops and deploys distributed enterprise-level applications that model an organization's practices, processes, and concepts. This also involves designing, creating and maintaining Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.3 components, and supporting the development of clients that access them. The IBM Certified Enterprise Developer works with administrators, application architects, application assemblers, and business analysts. The developer should be apt in applying sound object-oriented analysis and design techniques during development. He should also possess system administration skills.
IBM Certification can be achieved if the certification pursuer possesses experience with IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5, IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer, Integration Edition V5, or IBM WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer V5.
To attain the IBM Certified Enterprise Developer - IBM WebSphere Studio V5 certification, the candidates must pass the following four (4) tests:
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Test 310-025: Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform 1.2, or |
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Test 310-035: Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform 1.4 |
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Test 486: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML |
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Test 484: Enterprise Connectivity with J2EE V1.3 |
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Test 287: Enterprise Application Development with IBM WebSphere Studio, V5.0 |
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