Since its inception, Software Certifications has certified more than 38,000 IT professionals worldwide. An increasing number of international organizations recognize Software Certifications as the worldwide authority for confirmation and assessment of an individual's competencies in their respective IT software domain. Software Certifications had its beginning in 1980 as the Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) which was established to represent the IT quality professional.

The first Certification began development in 1985 and the first formal examination process was launched in 1990. Software Certifications covers five major domains and provides ten Professional Certifications. These internationally-recognized, examination-based and vendor-independent programs provide full career paths for people from entry level to experienced managers. Delivered through Prometric Testing centers and sponsored QAI test sites, the exams are available in over 135 countries at more than 3000 test locations including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Israel, India, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, Thailand, Philippines, United Arab Emirates and the USA amidst many others.

Benefits to Individuals

• Gain recognition for performance excellence
• Enhance your career and self-esteem
• Realize your salary goals
• Increase your confidence in the current job
• Belong to a community of professionals
• Increase probability of promotions

Benefits to Employers

• Build quality culture
• Build grass root level orientation
• Attract high caliber staff
• Improve credibility with the clients
• Provide a career progression path for various roles
• Align individual competencies with roles
• Reduce attrition, improve retention
• Provide focus on training spend
• Provide a benchmark for hiring and promoting individuals
  

Benefits to IT Industry Nodal Agencies

• Building a world class IT industry
• Capacity building for IT professionals
• Industry wide competency assessment and skill gap analysis