Certiport Partners with Adobe to Deliver Entry-Level Certification on Adobe Software for Educators and Students

New validated-learning programs for award-winning software to be developed by Certiport and distributed through global network of Certiport testing centers in academic institutions

SALT LAKE CITY – April 24, 2007

Certiport today announced a partnership with Adobe Systems Incorporated to develop and launch a new line of certifications for Adobe software that engage students in the classroom while preparing them with essential digital communications skills to succeed in 21st Century careers. This alliance and subsequent offerings are intended to extend the availability of Adobe certification programs to secondary and post-secondary institutions around the world, over 6,900 of which currently act as Certiport testing centers.

“Certification is a critical link between education and employment,” said David Saedi, president and CEO of Certiport. “These new Adobe credentials will prepare students for meaningful employment and help revitalize classroom curricula for the 21st Century.”

Immediate terms of the agreement call for Certiport to develop the new Adobe certification program for launch near the end of Spring 2007. This English-language release will feature certification exams for Dreamweaver® and Flash®.

“Adobe is committed to offering educators the resources to give students the necessary digital media skills to succeed in today’s highly competitive workplace,” said Megan Stewart, director of K-12 Education at Adobe. “By partnering with Certiport we can offer teachers and students the ability to not only learn to use Adobe’s industry standard digital communications tools, but to validate the skills and competencies that they have acquired.”

Called Adobe Certified Associate, the first generation of the certification exams will help validate a test candidate’s ability to create, manage, integrate and communicate information using Adobe’s dynamic multimedia, video, graphic and Web software through linear testing. Each of the new certification exams will test knowledge and skills using a particular Adobe application and will represent a single certification. For example, achievement of the Dreamweaver certificate denotes entry-level communication skills using Adobe Dreamweaver software.

Certiport, an industry leader in developing certification programs that validate essential digital media skills and help students advance from education to employment, will create, manage and distribute the new Adobe certification program. Certiport certification programs are available in 21 languages and in 128 countries worldwide. Thousands of businesses, academic institutions (secondary and post-secondary) and government agencies deliver Certiport programs that develop digital skills for the competitive global workforce.

About Certiport

Certiport prepares individuals and communities with current and relevant digital skills and credentials for the competitive global workforce. These solutions include Certiport Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³®) and the Microsoft® Office Specialist certification programs delivered by more than 12,000 Certiport Centers worldwide. For more information, visit www.certiport.com.

“Certiport” and “IC³” are registered trademarks of Certiport, Inc. in the United States and other countries. “Microsoft” is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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