It's probably Prometric's biggest competitor - although they lag way behind in my opinion. Yeah, it probably will be harder to find testing centers. I did a search for test centers in San Antonio (for Microsoft exams since they are most widely available) and only found 2. There are 5 Prometric centers in San Antonio.

Pearson is known for agressively going after business. They probably gave EC a great rate, but in the end, it gives us less choice.

Go to www.vue.com to poke around. They even have the press release on their home page. This must be a coup for them.

Edit - I should add, that I'm not anti-Pearson per se, but I do know they've been trying to get business from Prometric for years. Most companies have to sign exclusivity with their testing centers. It was a big deal when Microsoft went to Pearson AND stayed with Prometric.

Prometric is kinda like Wal-mart - they're established and they're everywhere. Pearson is trying to become Wal-Mart.

One more edit - I should also add that all Pearson centers will offer the ECE's. They testing center administrators don't pick and choose like is possible with DSSTs or others.

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Joanne

31 hours traditional schooling
11 Microsoft exams, 1 Linux+, 2 ICCP's, 6 CLEP's, 12 DSSTs, and 6 ECE's

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