Thursday, September 02, 2010

Canadian Currency

Another Gold for Canada!

Canadian Student Wins Worldwide Competition for Microsoft Office Word 2007

Emily Daubert showcases top proficiency of Office application against largest field of competitors in final round of Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office

PARK CITY, UT (Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office) – August 12, 2010

Certiport (www.certiport.com), the leading certification solution provider for the global workforce and academic markets, and CCI Learning Solutions Inc. (www.ccilearning.com), announced today that Emily Daubert from SAIT Polytechnic won this year's World Champion in Microsoft Office Word 2007, culminating the most popular global technology skills competition on Microsoft Office to date.

The 2010 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office attracted more than 115,000 unique candidates from 54 countries who competed to prove their Microsoft Office expertise. Certiport recognized Daubert at ceremonies in Park City, Utah, where 51 country winners competed in the championship round for a grand prize scholarship fund of $6,500.

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Pictured (L-R): Marguerite Caunt – Editor, CCI Learning Solutions Inc.
Janine Violini –Instructor, AIM Program SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology)
Carolina Cayaffa – Regional Account Manager, CCI Learning Solutions Inc.
Vanessa Hatchard – Vice President, CCI Learning Solutions Inc.
Malcolm Knox – Vice President, CCI Learning Solutions Inc.
Takeshi Numoto – Corporate Vice President, Office Product Management Group, Microsoft
Emily Daubert – World Champion in Microsoft Office Word 2007
Ray Kelly - Chief Executive Officer, Certiport
Bruce M. Hernandez – Chairman of Certiport Inc. - Spire Capital
Ian Caunt – President and CEO, CCI Learning Solutions Inc.

September 15, 2010 Maintenance Outage & IP Addresses Change

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time (6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. GMT)

On September 15, 2010, Certiport will move production computer servers. Please plan to avoid Certiport testing the entire afternoon of September 15, 2010. If you begin a certification exam but it is not completed before 12:00 p.m. MT the test candidate will have to continue the exam at a later date. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this move, click here to contact us or one of our Certiport Authorized Partners.

As part of the move, new hardware systems will be installed and configuration changes will be made. Certiport IP addresses will also change. All Certiport Centers using a proxy or firewall must include the new IP addresses. See the list below for all of the new IP addresses. After the production move on September 15, 2010, Certiport Centers using a proxy or firewall will not be able to operate without the new IP addresses.

Please contact your IT department with this important notice!

*When Certiport's main servers are offline, centers will not be able to administer any exams. Centers will not be able to open or use the Certiport Web site and reporting functions will not work.

The domain certiport.com needs to be accessible.

The following IP addresses should be added:

1. 216.36.45.201 www.certiport.com

2. 216.36.45.202 certprep.certiport.com

3. 216.36.45.203 iQc.certiport.com

4. 216.36.45.204 info.certiport.com

5. 216.36.45.205 Digital Literacy

6. 216.36.45.206 MySpeed

7. 216.36.40.134 Certiport Terminal Server

8. 216.36.40.135 Certiport Terminal Server

9. 216.36.40.144 Certiport FTP

10. 216.36.40.145 Certiport FTP

These addresses need to have full access through ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS):

1. 216.36.40.144 and 216.36.40.145 need access through port 21 TCP

2. HTTP redirects needs to be permitted (these are all completed within the certiport.com domain).

3. Please DO NOT block soap HTTP traffic

New Microsoft Technology Associate Certification

Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) will offer students a certification in the fundamentals of IT and development. Unlike more advanced Microsoft certifications, the MTA targets students with no prior IT or development experience or employment. It is available exclusively in educational settings and is designed to easily integrate into the curricula of existing computer classes.

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