Why Get Certified

In today time that's a big question Why you certified at all ? Just think about it you have knowledge but who identified at what level you are ? In recruitment point of view there is no so much need to recruit a seeker if he/she have oracle/ microsoft/IBM certified or any other global certification .
Recession in IT industry is another a big reason for that &  market have a lot of competition also. Global vendors have there own & specific reason to get certified so if need to choose them then visit the benefits links says
oracle
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=73

IBM Technology
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/process/seethevalue.shtml

Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-program-membership.aspx

So there are lot of vendors some of them are above, knowledge in a specific area tested by a chain of exam path on testing centers one of them i m discussing here named ' Pearson VUE ' helps you to get certified .

pearson VUE here is a link to it for finding & selecting a list of vendors exam with their pricing.