| 根据最新消息称，知名的思科考试授权公司Prometric以4.35亿美元卖给了美国教育考试服务中心（ETS，Educational Testing Service）。原消息连接： The Thomson Corporation to Sell Prometric to ETS
据说8月以后全球范围内cisco的所有考试将不能在prometric进行，这一点可以到cisco网站上查看，以往考试中心是prometric和vue，现在已经把prometric去掉了，只剩下vue了。
今天咨询了中国境内的几个考试培训报名中心，原来Prometric授权报名中心都已经转向VUE，向VUE提出了授权申请，有的甚至已经开始建立VUE授权考试中心。但是目前为止，无论是原来Prometric授权还是目前VUE授权的培训考试中心都只接受报名，考生仍然需要到思科指定的考点去考试。
以下是早前网上流传的一封信，信件的内容最早透露了思科只授权给VUE作为CISCO认证考试的运营权。
信件原文：
Cisco and Pearson VUE partner to expand access to Cisco certification and safeguard integrity of global exams
Dear **，
We're pleased to announce that Pearson VUE will be the single vendor of Cisco？ certification exams worldwide， effective August 1， 2007. We're very excited about this change， and we're confident that as a valued Cisco customer， you'll benefit from the new level of security， global access， and innovative technology that will now be available through this collaboration. Cisco and Pearson VUE are partnering to create a new standard for individual information technology certifications and specialization exams， elevating them to the level of prestigious professional certification and licensure programs. As a result of this change， all individual Cisco technical certification exams for Cisco customers and partners will need to be scheduled through Pearson VUE. July 31， 2007， is the last date to take a Cisco exam through Prometric.
As global demand increases for individual Cisco certifications， it is critical that we improve and make our global certification systems more agile. Hence， we need to scale and optimize our test delivery-that is， the administration of Cisco certifications such as Cisco CCNA？ and CCIE？。 Traditionally， Cisco has used two core test delivery partners worldwide to deliver our individual certification exams： Pearson VUE and Prometric. However， after significant research， Pearson VUE was chosen as Cisco's single testing partner. Pearson VUE was selected for the following reasons：
· Unparalleled global reach
· Forward-thinking policies and vision of technical resource recruitment
· Ability to scale to new countries with new requirements
· Ability to meet forecasted demands
· Ability to deliver on additional investments to secure Cisco's test delivery technology
Our expectation is that shifting to a primary vendor strategy worldwide will allow us to advance test security through the deployment of advanced biometric technologies. Having a primary vendor will also facilitate the rapid localization of exams around the world， and allow for increased certification scalability and coverage.
Pearson VUE has more than 4000 test centers in 162 countries worldwide. If you previously utilized a Prometric testing center to take Cisco certifications， we encourage you to familiarize yourself with your local Pearson VUE testing center： Test Center Locator. |
