Lotus Notes and Domino 6 System Administrator Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 620, 621, 622) [Paperback]

Karen Fishwick (Author), Tony Aveyard (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0789729180 | ISBN-13: 978-0789729187 | Publication Date: November 23, 2003

Lotus Notes and Domino 6 System Administrator Exam Cram 2 is the best exam preparation available and the only one of its type for the IBM Certified Professional exams. This book covers the three exams required to become an IBM CP. Those who are current Certified Lotus Professionals now become IBM Certified Professional System Administrators - Lotus Notes and Domino 6 (IBM CP). The desire to attain a Lotus certification is growing because Lotus is one of the top 10 certifications for salary level, % of salary increase, and promotional opportunities. CPs earn higher salaries with each certification and 80% of Lotus certified candidates continue from a specialist (CS) to a professional (CP). This Exam Cram 2 is perfect for those who have proven experience with Notes client and Domino server and are now ready to take the exam. The best-selling Exam Cram 2 series shows them exactly what they need to know to pass the exam.

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From the Back Cover

Lotus Notes and Domino 6 System Administrator Exam Cram 2 is the best exam preparation available and the only one of its type for the IBM Certified Professional exams. This book covers the three exams required to become an IBM CP. Those who are current Certified Lotus Professionals now become IBM Certified Professional System Administrators - Lotus Notes and Domino 6 (IBM CP). The desire to attain a Lotus certification is growing because Lotus is one of the top 10 certifications for salary level, % of salary increase, and promotional opportunities. CPs earn higher salaries with each certification and 80% of Lotus certified candidates continue from a specialist (CS) to a professional (CP). This Exam Cram 2 is perfect for those who have proven experience with Notes client and Domino server and are now ready to take the exam. The best-selling Exam Cram 2 series shows them exactly what they need to know to pass the exam.

About the Author

Tony Aveyard has been in the IT business for more than 20 years. During his career, he has worked on the desk side support team and the data communications team, and has spent more than seven years in Notes administration. He's currently leading the Web & eBusiness team for Siemens Business Services in Mason, Ohio. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with Kathi, his lovely bride of five years; his two kids, Marie and Garet; and the beloved family dog, Tango. FPS and role-playing computer games are still a passion after many years of world-conquering and Orc-killing, but the desire nearest his heart is to be a full-time fiction writer and share his adventures with the world.

Karen Fishwick has been actively working with Notes and Domino since Release 3. She became a Certified Lotus Professional in Release 3 in 1995 and a Certified Lotus Instructor in 1996. She has upgraded that certification through each release of Notes/Domino and now holds the CLP designation for R6 in both the system administration and application development tracks.

Karen has been delivering the certified Lotus curriculum to students all over Canada for more than eight years. Based in Ottawa, Canada, she provides consulting and training services to a wide array of both public- and private-sector clients.

She has been involved as an author or technical editor for many book projects over the past five years. Karen is ideally suited to be a co-author of this book because of her long-standing experience with the Lotus certification tests. She has written exams in every release of the Domino System Administration track, from R3 to R6. She has also participated as author or editor in books dealing with Domino certification for R4, R5, and R6.

As an independent consultant, Karen has assisted many clients with both administration and development projects. Her focus over the past couple of years has been in the areas of administrative troubleshooting for servers and resolving access-control problems within applications.

Karen currently lives in Ottawa with her husband, Warren, and her 4-year-old twins, Beth and Cam. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, playing sports, and taking an active role in her local church.

Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Que (November 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789729180
• ISBN-13: 978-0789729187
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,868,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well-worth the price, February 2, 2004

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David J. Navarre (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lotus Notes and Domino 6 System Administrator Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 620, 621, 622) (Paperback)

If you want to find out what will be on the exams and learn to pass the exams, this is definitely the book for you. They basically took the list of topics from Lotus' own exam guide and fleshed it out (from Lotus' page or two to hundreds of pages). Now, it won't teach you everything, but it teaches you a lot. When the reading is coupled with taking the practice exams, you find out what areas you really need to learn more. For example, you'll read in here about profiles, but in order to understand them in a way that would prepare me for the exam, I had to read the red book on upgrading to R6. Similarly, you really do need to actually do the kind of work that the book describes in order to pass the exams. I managed to pass all 3 exams in about 4 days, but I am an extreme case - I'd been doing the work for 7 years (my certification was in development) and I had access to an exam prep room which had copies of every book I might need.

There are flaws in this book. For example, they recommend Bankes & Hatter's "Lotus Notes & Domino: Essential Reference" for administrators. I wrote a review on this site about that book. As I titled my review, it's an "Outstanding reference for LotusScript and Java" - it's not a book for any kind of administrator, as they don't need to learn LotusScript. (Oddly Bankes & Hatter wrote the App Dev Exam Cram book.) On occasion, there are also technical errors. I remember, but cannot find, one instance when it stated that the server was doing something when they intended to use some other noun. It was a proper English sentence, but it was just plain wrong.

So, buy this book, study other materials, do some actual installation and administration work and then take the tests. You will be happy with the time and money you invest.

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the price, July 24, 2006

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Jan Sanders (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lotus Notes and Domino 6 System Administrator Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 620, 621, 622) (Paperback)

I studied for the exam using this book and practice exams available from another vendor. Without a doubt, this book gave me the insight to pass the exams.

The book is clear about the exam requirements, and gives helpful tips on areas to study. The material is well - laid out, and follows the progression from one exam to another.

Since the exams cost $100 and over each to take, this book was well worth the cover price to ensure passing.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It is recommended, September 27, 2005

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Lai Man Chiu "Kenny Lai" (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lotus Notes and Domino 6 System Administrator Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 620, 621, 622) (Paperback)

not bad and is recommended. The pratical test software attached helps me to review important issue for study.