CANADIAN STUDENT WINS WORLDWIDE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD 2007
Emily Daubert showcases top proficiency of Office applications against largest field of competitors in final round of Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office

NATIONAL CHAMPION TO REPRESENT CANADA IN MICROSOFT OFFICE WORLWIDE COMPETITION
Emily Daubert is named the Canadian champion of Microsoft Word and Excel

CERTIPORT ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF MICROSOFT OFFICE SPECIALIST 2010 CERTIFICATION
New leading-edge certification builds institutional relevance, strengthens academic curriculum and prepares students for the workforce as Microsoft Office 2010 experts

CCI ANNOUNCES COURSEWARE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH CERTIPORT
Global partnership brings industry leaders together to provide courseware and instructor resources to support top desktop application credentials

CERTIPORT ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF MEASUREUP
Enhanced organization to lead in test preparation, delivery and program management for industry's most successful certification programs

NEW MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 BRAND UNVEILED
Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) certification to become Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) 2007

ALBERTA DISTANCE LEARNING BECOMES A MICROSOFT IT ACADEMY
Microsoft IT Academy Provides Students with Digital Literacy Skills

WORLDWIDE COMPETITION ON MICROSOFT OFFICE HELPS CERTIFIED STUDENTS PROVE SKILLS AND INCREASE CAREER POTENTIAL
Thousands set to participate in the Certiport-sponsored contest for desktop computing proficiency

CCI LEARNING SOLUTIONS ANNOUCES PARTNERSHIP WITH INTOUCH CAREER COLLEGE
Microsoft IT Academy Provides Students with Digital Literacy Skills

FOUR MORE LAUREL COLLEGE LOCATIONS NOW OFFERING THE MICROSOFT IT ACADEMY PROGRAM
Stratford, Guelph, Brantford and Cambridge are all now Essential Microsoft IT Academies

iQsystem Updates & Routine Maintenance
Please take note of the following items concerning your Testing Center:

• Microsoft Office 2010 Word and Excel exam support.
• Certiport's Main Servers Offline.

Scheduled iQsystem Update
Certiport has released an iQsystem update that improves the overall test delivery experience.

New iQsystem Released
Certiport released iQsystem version 6.4 in all languages on December 16, 2009.

Testing Center Alert
On December 8, 2009, Adobe released Flash Player 10.0.42.34. Certiport currently does not support this Flash Player version.

Microsofts COO Kevin Turner talks about IT Certification
Chris Pirie, General Manager of Sales and Marketing for Microsoft Learning, talks with Kevin Turner, Microsofts Chief Operating Officer, about the importance of IT skills in the ever changing technology environment, what it means for Partners, and the commitment Microsoft has made to certify customer-facing field staff under the World Class Selling initiative.

Digital Literacy for Manitoba First Nations
IC³ was used to bolster the digital literacy of indigenous tribes in Manitoba, Canada.

IC³ Global Standard 3
How do you define yourself in a digital world? It starts by acquiring the skills and credentials that employers can recognize instantly. It begins with Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³).