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MeasureUp Launches Online Practice Labs for Hands-On Technology Certification Preparation

MeasureUp Launches Online Practice Labs for Hands-On Technology Certification Preparation Cloud-based Labs Available Anytime and Anywhere for Hands-on Training to Prepare for Industry Leading IT Pro Certification Exams

SALT LAKE CITY– March 10, 2014

Certiport (www.certiport.com), a Pearson VUE business, today announced the launch of MeasureUp Practice Labs, an online learning environment with hands-on exercises covering Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA and VMWare certification exam topics. Practice Labs help certification candidates maximize their study time, improve their practical skills, learn about new technologies without the large investment in the hardware, and increase their chances of certification exam success.

"The new online Practice Labs give IT professionals another great learning tool that can be used alone or with MeasureUp practice tests to prepare for certification," said Kevin Brice, Vice President, Business Development for Pearson VUE. "Our goal is to help all types of learners earn certifications, and Practice Labs makes working with the required hardware affordable. There is no substitute for actually being in the technology environment."

Benefits of the MeasureUp Practice Labs include:

  • Practical, hands-on skills development using actual equipment in a safe virtual environment
  • Online tool accessed anywhere and at anytime
  • In conjunction with practice exams, completes the learning pathway for certification candidates

MeasureUp Practice Labs are available now for Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA and VMware certification exams. Access starts at $149 per year and more information can be found at www.measureup.com/LP/PracticeLabs.aspx.

About MeasureUp, Certiport & Pearson VUE

MeasureUp's award-winning assessment and certification practice tests provide tools to reinforce learning and validate knowledge. Since 1997, MeasureUp products have allowed individuals, training, corporate and academic customers the flexibility and rigor necessary to ensure candidate and program success. MeasureUp practice exams are offered by Pearson VUE.

Certiport is the leading provider of certification exam development, delivery and program management services delivered through an expansive network of over 12,000 Certiport Authorized Testing Centers worldwide. Certiport reliably delivers over three million tests each year throughout the secondary, post-secondary, workforce and corporate technology markets in more than 148 countries and 27 languages worldwide.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com), Certiport's parent company, is the global leader in computer-based testing for information technology, academic, government and professional testing programs around the world. Pearson VUE provides a full suite of services from test development to data management, and delivers exams through the world's most comprehensive and secure network of test centers in more than 175 countries. Pearson VUE is a business of Pearson (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), the world's leading learning company.

"Certiport," "IC³" and "MeasureUp" are registered trademarks of Certiport, Inc. 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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Certiport
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