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Cisco CallManager Express Certification

Cisco offers an IP Communications Express Certfication.

To obtain this certification individuals must first have a CCNA and then pass the current IP Telephony Express Exam.  As of this writing the current exam is 642-144 IPTX.  The exam tests of Voice/VOIP concepts as well as CallManager Express and Unity Express.

The major value to this certification is for individuals looking to work with a Cisco Specialized Partner.  Cisco limits the ability to sell telephony product to partners who have met their certification standards.  Each Cisco partner must have a certain number of certified employees to  become certified.  What this means is that partners need certified people to be able to sell product. More about Cisco's partner requirements can be found here.

While Cisco's certification track to become a Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) does not include this test.  Candidates for the CCIE Voice are tested in the lab environment on CallManager Express.