Jim Dilanni On The Future Of Oracle Certification

There's an interesting interview over at CertCities.com, where Jim Dilanni, Oracle's Director Of Certification, gives some background on the program's changes over the past year, and discusses some of the changes we're likely to see in the future.

Particularly interesting is the number of certifications at present (203000, with growth mainly in China and India), the effect that the instructor-led course requirement had on the 9i DBA OCP, news on 10g certification, and future plans for performance-based testing to eventually replace the existing multiple-choice exams.