Capgemini
“Our services are often delivered in a worldwide, distributed context.  Increasingly we will be staffing our projects from multiple sources, potentially both from inside and outside the organization, as well as from multiple continents and suppliers.  Envision a complex network of partners, alliances, providers, clients and even competitors.  To thrive in this boundaryless environment, it is paramount to have a standardized view of the skills, experiences and competencies of the IT specialists involved.  The ITSC accreditation program will help organizations find and select the right resources, and it is even more relevant now that regulatory compliance demands demonstrable quality of service.” Ron Tolido, CTO, Capgemini, Nederland B.V.

Lufthansa
"Lufthansa Cargo welcomes the introduction of the IT Specialist Certification program by The Open Group. ITSC will provide an element that is currently missing in the IT industry; a single world-wide set of professional level standards that allow organizations to benchmark against the required skill level, experience and knowledge, and select the right people for the job. We fully support this new initiative and can envisage making this a requirement for IT professionals in our organization." Antonio Mastrolorito, Chief IT-Architect, Lufthansa Cargo,

IBM
“Internally IBM has had a program that validated the technical skills, experiences, and knowledge of our IT Specialists for over a dozen years. In addition, our program has demanded our specialists meet documented standards related to professional skills, such as oral and written communications, and project management.  In working with The Open Group on the development of ITSC, it was important to IBM that both technical and professional skills and abilities be assessed as part of the program – to allow for the development of well-rounded specialists that can offer our clients maximum value in a consistent fashion across a worldwide marketplace.  The ITSC program provides for that holistic assessment.” Phil Stauskas, Distinguished Engineer, IBM.

Credit Suisse
The Open Group has defined an outstanding benchmark for IT specialists that makes it easier to identify the highly skilled and experienced IT professionals that world class companies are looking for. Another important advantage of the ITSC program is the effort to certify skills and experience, rather than academic qualifications only. So you can be sure to hire a practitioner that will master real-world IT issues. It is a challenge to become ITSC certified – that's why candidates holding these certifications will directly move on to the short list for any of my vacant IT positions. Get ITSC certified and you are well prepared for any future challenges in the IT market! Andreas Buzzi, Head of Software Engineering, Credit Suisse
 
OTHER QUOTES

• "The Open Group certification has helped me build business relationship with my customers. This additional certification gives me recognition that I have been qualified by more than a just a vendor alone and one of my clients has since included me in their storage planning efforts and strategy for this year."
• "I recently completed an IT Optimization study for a large public sector client. The General Manager/CTO noticed the "Open Group Master Certified IT Specialist" on my email footer and commented on it positively. This certification helped my creditability personally and the company by illustrating to our customers that we put our "best foot forward" for them."
• "I am dealing mostly with clients in China and titles and credentials are very important to them."
• "At a recent conference I was introduced as an Open Group Master Certified IT Specialist to 50 customers, and at least 5 came up to me after and discussed their participation and confidence in The Open Group."
• " There are certain customers that do look at certifications and this has helped me with credibility and acceptance by those customers."
• " On several occasions I was asked by our partners about the certification process so that I had the opportunity to explain our role in the Open Group certification program. This clearly signals our commitment to maintaining high skill level of our IT profession community. This directly translates into respect and trust among our partners."
• " I recently gave a series of technical presentations and by having clear, documented technical and industry skills that were validated by the IT Open Certification allowed me to have credibility with my audience. It also prepared me to be able to field a diverse set of customer and partner questions."