Sun Academic Initiative | TU-Vienna

In my last two posts, I talked about how you can find the right websites to get a Sun Certificate. On the Prometric Website if you select Sun Mircrosystem you will have two choices: the SUN Academic Initiative (212) and the Sun Microsystems (310, 311) and there will be a big price difference between those two options. You will find the corresponding price list for the regular Sun Microsystem Certifcates in my last post.

As I saw the big price difference (the SAI is only 129 Bucks) I tried to figure out how I'm able to do that kind of exam instead of the regular one and what the preconditions are. So I googled SAI and I found out that my university (TU-Vienna) offers possibilities to get the right information about the SAI for students.

Here you will find a guidance on how to register for SAI over the TU-Vienna. On this website you will find a link to register to the SAI-Portal. If you scroll down you will find all necessary resources for the SAI. So what the TU provides is the possibility to use Sun's online training for free. You just have to pay 2,70 Bucks for the ZID's administrative effort but that's affordable.

So, I think I only have to pay 129 Bucks for the Exam and not the 210 which I've blogged about. Well, that's pretty cool.

Links:

• Prometric Search
  
• Sun Academic Initiative
  
• TU-Vienna Learning System Support ZID
  
• ZID IT Online-Kurse
  
• Kurs-Katalog
  

Cheers

Java Certificates Prices

In my last post I tried to find out how much Java Certificates do cost in Vienna but I couldn't find the right information on the WIFI-Website. So I called the WIFI's IT-Center on last Monday and they gave me more information about these Certificates. They told me to go to the Prometric-Website and there I was able to find the prices for all Certificates. You just have to select your country and then you have to choose the Client and the corresponding Program. I chose Sun Microsystems / Sun Microsystems and then you will find all possible exams and prices. The following list shows all exams which I'm currently interested in:

Sun Microsystem:

• 310-019 Sun Certified Associate Java Platform SE Exam Version 1.0 210 Euro
  
• 310-027 Sun Certified Developer For J2SE 210 Euro
  
• 310-035 Sun Certified Programmer For The Java 2 Platform 1.4 210 Euro
  
• 310-051 Sun Certified Enterprise Architect For J2EE Technology 210 Euro
  
• 310-055 Sun Certified Programmer For The Java 2 Platform SE 5.0 210 Euro
  
• 310-061 Sun Certified Enterprise Architect For J2EE Part 3 210 Euro
  
• 310-065 Sun Certified Programmer For The Java 2 Platform SE 6.0 210 Euro
  
• 310-081 Sun Certified Web Component Developer For J2EE 1.4 210 Euro
  
• 310-091 Sun Certified Business Component Developer Java EE Platform 5 210 Euro
  
• 310-220 Sun Certified Developer For Java Web Services 210 Euro
  

Today I also found out that some of my colleagues at work would also like to get a Java Certificate (310-055) We are now making preparations together at work for the corresponding exam. A Wiki also was created to organize and save all information online so that everyone who joins the learning-group will be always up to date on the latest information.

Links/Telnr:

• WIFI/Prometric: Website
  
• Prometric: Website
  
• Prometric: Sun
  
• Prometric:
  Certificate-Search
  
• WIFI Testcenter: 01/47677250
  
• SJCP-5 Wiki
  

I'm very excited about learning for this exam and I'm dying to get more exams in the future. So, the next step is to find out the date when the next exam will take place. As soon as I know all possible dates I will let you know in another post.

Cheers

Java Certificates Overview

In the post about my last IBM course I wrote a bit about the lecture's consulting job. He told me how his life looks if he isn't busy on teaching some courses to other it-people and that's the topic of this post. Certificates, it's all about certificates. In his job he has to constantly learn about new technologies and get the corresponding certificates for those technologies. I mean how cool is that, the fact to always learn something new and then you'll be able to teach about it. So, that's why I tried to figure out how am able to get such certificates in Vienna, how difficult those are and of course how much they cost.

Because I love Java I first got onto the Sun Microsystems website to get an overview about all offered certificates and will always get a good description about the course's preconditions and so on. My problem was, or better my problem is, to figure out how much those certificates are. I mean, Sun only presents the corresponding course-price for the certificate but as I heard it is possible to get those certificates without doing the course by only passing the exam. So, I searched through the WIFI website where I had my last IBM course. In the following link-list you will find a pricelist but this list is provided by a WIFI of another federal state, hence not from Vienna.

Because today is Saturday I won't be able to call the WIFI's Information Center but on Monday I'll try to get more information about the certificates. In the pricelist the Java Certificates are all about 51 bucks so that's pretty affordable. I will let you know if I have found more information on getting a Java Certificate in Vienna. Of course you are welcome to post your experiences in this section.

Sun Java Certificates: Total Overview

WIFI:

• IT-Certificates: Website
  
• IT-Testcenter: Website
  
• Pricelist
  (PDF)
  

Sun Certified Java Associate

• Total Overview: SCJA
  
• Online Test-Questions: SCJA Sun Certified Java Associate Mock Exams
  

This link-list will be extended as soon I have more information.

Cheers and good night.