Element K training on BCP-221 and BCP-223

[Dreger13]

I'm a bit disapointed on Blackberry/RIM's lack of material on the new exams and lack of an update to when these will be released to Element K's training material. I've reached out and and tried to obtain a status or an ETA to be only given dates that have come and gone or a date of "Later on next year" These exams and BES 5.0 have been available for quite some time now and i dont understand thier lack of supporting thier own Certification Program.

I'm extremely disappointed!

Please review the information which can be found at Blackberry web site -> Blackberry Certification Program -> Resources and Training

Resources

* BlackBerry® Coach Self-study Guides now available. Visit the element k website and search "BlackBerry" for the latest offerings and to order your copy today

[yacoby54]

I have taken numerous Blackberry Certs through Prometric. Why don't you try them instead.

http://www.register.prometric.com/Index.asp

[yacoby54]

As for the information that is provided about the tests, all of the info on exams are knowledge that one should know if supporting a BES environment or supporting the devices themselves. There are exam docs for each one on RIM's site. Of course they are not going to tell you exactly what is on the test but they will give a nice overview of it.

[Dreger13]

Its one thing to support the product and doing your daily tasks than taking an exam for a certification. There's many things covered that you would not normally run into. I'm a big fan of going through Self Study Guides to freshen up on my skills and knowledge base. So far this year are my certification listed below.

Cisco Certified: CCENT - 2009
MCITP: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - Server Administrator (Revised 2008 edition of the MCSE)
MCTS: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - Active Directory Configuration
MCTS: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - Network Infrastructure Configuration
MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Configuration