No sense of humour

[northlandboy]

From an email I got from Check Point today:

Counterfeit Press Release for new Check Point Certification

In what appears to be an ill-considered joke, parties unnamed posted a counterfeit press release stating that Check Point was announcing the Check Point Certified Licensing Expert (CCLE) Certification for their customers and resellers specializing in the purchase, installation and upgrading of Check Point product licenses. The bogus press release goes on to say that the Check Point Certified Licensing Expert (CCLE) exam, #156-950.65, will be available on the first day of Q2.

Please be aware that Check Point is not offering any certification named Check Point Certified Licensing Expert (CCLE), and there is not a Check Point exam at Pearson VUE with exam code
#156-950.65.

No April Fools Day in the Check Point Certification department, I guess.

[shindog]

Whadaya expect?
They only wished they'd thought of it (and the potential income stream) first.
Keep checking this space.

[lammbo]

Even if there was one, nobody could ever hope to stay certified with the frequency they re-brand the licenses and features.

:P

[Thorpuse]

Wow... I can't believe they did this... This "ill-considered" joke just got a whole lot funnier....

[BarryStiefel]

I was somewhat surprised by this also. I was confident everyone saw it as an April Fool's joke and to make sure I ended it by saying the exams would start on the "first day of Q2", which is... ...April 1st. And then I pulled it before the day was over. And I didn't post it anywhere else or e-mail it to anyone.

Is it possible Check Point was really considering some sort of licensing certification and now they're really pissed because CPUG beat them to it, but with a parody?

There was a pretty strong reaction from the Training and Certification department. I wish I knew what was going on there.

By the way, it was shockingly easy to put that together. I just found one of their recent press releases, changed a few things around, and copied over some marketing phrases from their website. It took about twenty minutes. I was genuinely surprised at how completely legitimate it looked, except for the fact that the concept was ludicrous. It even had the extremely low content/bullshit ratio present in most press releases.

(Rubbing my hands together, thinking about next April)