Consultant George Morton looks to Cisco's IT certification program for the answer.
These are part of the conclusions of a new survey of 252 cloud users, providers, consultants and integrators jointly conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA, an IT certification group.
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Apple would not say why it had left the green certification system, but it was widely speculated that its new line of MacBook Pro laptops, which had not been reviewed by EPEAT, might be too difficult to recycle to earn the certification.
Since the building was certified prior to the LEED v3 certification system was released, it will maintain its LEED certification despite its poor energy use record.
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To that end, it bears IP certification for dust- and water-proofing (up to 30 minutes at a depth of one meter).
Developer Rockstar Games said it did not understand the decision to spend public money repeating a certification process it had already passed.
Google, in announcing Monday what it calls "Google Apps for Government, " said it has gained certification and accreditation under the terms of Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) from the U.S. government.
If you are selling for a reason such as a municipal tax increase or a labor union certification, it will be even harder to sell.
For two years running, it had boasted USAT certification, a distinction that lowers insurance rates while offering professionals a chance to boost their international rankings.
On Tuesday a Federal District Court in Manhattan allowed The Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE: RBS) to side-step a potentially crushing blow when it denied plaintiffs class certification, or class-action status.
The court found that as long as KPMG was allowed to use the discovery stay during the determination of class certification, it would be impossible to determine whether the relevance of information stored on even a single hard drive.
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Under the program, Cisco brings to the academic world its networking certification classes for IT professionals.
A. and replace it with a system of certification (in programming skills, for example)?
Chevron said it expects to apply for certification, too, when the process is ready to start later this year.
How long do you anticipate it will take until that certification takes place?
During the LEED certification process, it was estimated that the building would use approximately one-third less energy than comparable buildings.
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Unfortunately, the shingle proved to be a complete commercial failure, and, in fact, it eventually lost its UL certification, and became ILLEGAL for sale in the United States.
The announcements came on the same day as it announced progress towards meeting its certification requirements for the delayed 787-Dreamliner.
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If it's late with a certification or rude on the phone, the manufacturer may send the next assignment to a rival testing company.
The resort was recently awarded Green Globe certification, not because it set out to get it, but because the recognition was a by-product of doing things right.
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This might take the aircraft out of service for a year or more, and would bring the airframer close to financial meltdown as it battled with a crisis much worse than the delay it experienced getting the 787 to certification.
It allows them to continue preparing tax returns this tax season without having to get permission from the IRS. This is the best of both worlds preparers who value the certification can still obtain it, but no tax preparer is forced to get a government permission slip to earn a living.
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Late last month, Apple notified EPEAT that it would stop submitting its products for certification.
And some big institutions, big pension funds, will not purchase an asset unless it has a certain level of LEED certification.
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It provides IT consulting, training, testing, certification programs and technical support.
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) said it was working with fire services about potential hazards.
Last month Apple made an interesting green business decision when it backed out of the EPEAT green electronics certification program.
In fact, the importance of certification twice led Congress to make it more difficult for plaintiffs to form a class.
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It thus does not prevent defendants from opposing class certification on other grounds.
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