11/7/2001 -- Lotus recently announced a new "Collaborative Solutions" track for its Certified Lotus Professional (CLP) designation.

According to Lotus, the certifications -- available for both system administrators and application developers -- are designed for professionals working with the company's Sametime, Domino.Doc, Discovery Server, and Lotus Workflow products.

Requirements to achieve the certifications have been posted on Lotus' Web site here.

Lotus said in its Clippings newsletter that most of the Collaboraive Solutions exams will be released this month in beta form. The exams will be free until each beta is complete and the final versions are released. Click on the link in the paragraph above to see which exams are currently available.

Lotus exams are available at Prometric and CATGlobal testing centers worldwide.

For more information on Lotus certification, click here. - B.N.