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| Base for most important and fastest-rising: 200 solution providers surveyed in March 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Five Certifications With The Highest ROI Ranked by profit generated bycertified employee divided by compensation and training costs | |
Certified Information Systems Security Professional | 37% | |
Cisco Qualified Sales Specialist | 35% | |
Cisco Qualified Specialist | 34% | |
Cisco Certified Network Professional | 32% | |
Red Hat certifications | 31% | |
Base: 1,257 solution provider responses | ||
| Certifications With The Fastest-Growing ROI Ranked by percentage of solution providers seeing rise in ROI over past 12 months | |
Microsoft Certified Database Administrator | 50% | |
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert | 49% | |
Certified Information Systems Security Professional | 48% | |
Red Hat certifications | 44% | |
Oracle Database Administrator | 39% | |
Microsoft Certified Applications Developer | 39% | |
Base: 1,257 solution provider responses | ||
Source for all charts: 2004 CRN Certification Study
Published for the Week Of August 30, 2004
