IBM recently released a new certificate exam, known as LOT-953, or Lotus Notes Domino 8.5 Application Development Intermediate Skills, for IT professionals with a focus in business network application development.

The test builds on the basic skills covered in Exam LOT-952, such as working with existing Domino applications and using Images, Actions, and Agents.

In Exam LOT-953, you are expected to know how to build dynamic programs utilizing all the tools you demonstrated knowledge of in the Foundation Skills exam.

In addition, troubleshooting and security are more heavily emphasized in exam 953. In short, you are expected to have full, professional working knowledge of application development in Lotus Notes Domino 8.5.

As part of their recent thrust to ensure across-the-board quality in all technicians working with Lotus network systems, this new exam by IBM is highly regimented, requires deep understanding of the ideas and techniques involved in network maintenance, and is quite difficult to pass. Being a network technician has never required so much testing, yet there’s no other way to prove your qualifications to potential employers.

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