Hewlett-Packard and ProsoftTraining.com Announce Alliance to Offer CIW Program
HP to Add CIW Curriculum to E-services Technology Education Offerings
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000-- ProsoftTraining.com (Nasdaq: POSO - news) announced today an e-services alliance with Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP - news) that results in the addition of Prosoft Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) courses to HP's global e-service education offerings.
Under the agreement between HP Education and ProsoftTraining.com, CIW courses will be offered through HP's extensive network of training locations. A roll-out of the program is underway, with HP Education centers in its Asia Pacific region offering CIW classes first.
HP Education provides enterprise businesses, IT professionals and end users the highest quality, most comprehensive, just-in-time IT educations using advanced technologies. More information about HP Education may be found at www.education.hp.com.
``The CIW program represents a potent weapon for customers who have found themselves on the front lines of the global transformation sparked by the rise of the Internet economy,'' stated Oliver Tian, Asia-Pacific Director of HP Education. ``With the CIW curriculum, we can help enable our customers' workforce to achieve everything from a basic familiarity with e-business, to mastery in web site design, e-commerce and Internet security,'' he continued.
``HP's global network of training and education centers helps us bring CIW courses to the global enterprises that have realized the urgent need to re-tool their IT workforces,'' noted Jerry Baird, chairman and CEO of ProsoftTraining.com. ``Beginning their CIW roll-out in Asia confirms our belief that the increased use of e-business technologies will lead the continuing recovery of the Asia-Pacific regional economy.''
CIW is the industry-leading certification program for Internet professionals. CIW defines the critical job roles and associated skills required to deploy today's e-business solutions. The industry-validated job role designations provide a ``road map'' that helps individuals and companies prepare Internet professionals to develop and deploy e-business technologies. The vendor-neutral program gives participants exposure to the leading technologies in numerous subject areas. After mastering the basic concepts in the CIW Foundations series, students are prepared to pursue CIW Professional certification in job role areas such as Site Designer, e-Commerce, Application Developer, Enterprise Developer, Server Administrator, Internetworking Professional or Security Professional. Students can focus on specific job roles, or pursue the new master-level certification tracks--Master CIW Administrator, Master CIW Enterprise Developer and Master CIW Designer.
About ProsoftTraining.com
ProsoftTraining.com is an e-learning company that sells education and certification programs for Internet and Linux professionals. The company's industry-leading CIW certification program creates and certifies the skills that today's workforce needs to support the growth of B2B and B2C applications. Prosoft education programs include Internet, Linux, security, and networking topics. Each topic is developed using a design methodology that allows courseware materials to be delivered in several online and classroom formats. Using a B2B model, the company distributes its products through one of the largest classroom and e-learning networks in the industry. Programs are offered worldwide through an extensive network of authorized training partners. The network includes leading educators on the Web and in the classroom. Internet certification programs have the endorsement of the 8,500-member Association of Internet Professionals and the 14,000-member International Webmasters Association. Certification testing is available through the Sylvan Prometric and VUE testing networks. Learn more about CIW at www.ciwcertified.com and about Prosoft and its other programs at www.prosofttraining.com.
About HP
Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services.
HP plans to launch Agilent Technologies as an independent company by mid-calendar 2000. Agilent consists of HP's test and measurement, semiconductor products, chemical analysis and healthcare solutions businesses, and has leading positions in multiple market segments.
HP has 85,400 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at www.hp.com.
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are statements of a forward-looking nature that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the Company's dependence on the timely development, introduction and acceptance of courses and products, the impact of competition and downward pricing pressures, the effect of changing economic conditions, the Company's ability to attract and retain key management and other personnel, risks in technology development, continued adoption of Internet technologies, and the other risks and uncertainties outlined in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K. The Company undertakes no obligation to update this forward-looking information.
--------------------------------------------------
Contact:
ProsoftTraining.com
Laura Singleton, 512/328-6140 ext. 300
laurasi@prosofttraining.com
HP to Add CIW Curriculum to E-services Technology Education Offerings
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000-- ProsoftTraining.com (Nasdaq: POSO - news) announced today an e-services alliance with Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP - news) that results in the addition of Prosoft Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) courses to HP's global e-service education offerings.
Under the agreement between HP Education and ProsoftTraining.com, CIW courses will be offered through HP's extensive network of training locations. A roll-out of the program is underway, with HP Education centers in its Asia Pacific region offering CIW classes first.
HP Education provides enterprise businesses, IT professionals and end users the highest quality, most comprehensive, just-in-time IT educations using advanced technologies. More information about HP Education may be found at www.education.hp.com.
``The CIW program represents a potent weapon for customers who have found themselves on the front lines of the global transformation sparked by the rise of the Internet economy,'' stated Oliver Tian, Asia-Pacific Director of HP Education. ``With the CIW curriculum, we can help enable our customers' workforce to achieve everything from a basic familiarity with e-business, to mastery in web site design, e-commerce and Internet security,'' he continued.
``HP's global network of training and education centers helps us bring CIW courses to the global enterprises that have realized the urgent need to re-tool their IT workforces,'' noted Jerry Baird, chairman and CEO of ProsoftTraining.com. ``Beginning their CIW roll-out in Asia confirms our belief that the increased use of e-business technologies will lead the continuing recovery of the Asia-Pacific regional economy.''
CIW is the industry-leading certification program for Internet professionals. CIW defines the critical job roles and associated skills required to deploy today's e-business solutions. The industry-validated job role designations provide a ``road map'' that helps individuals and companies prepare Internet professionals to develop and deploy e-business technologies. The vendor-neutral program gives participants exposure to the leading technologies in numerous subject areas. After mastering the basic concepts in the CIW Foundations series, students are prepared to pursue CIW Professional certification in job role areas such as Site Designer, e-Commerce, Application Developer, Enterprise Developer, Server Administrator, Internetworking Professional or Security Professional. Students can focus on specific job roles, or pursue the new master-level certification tracks--Master CIW Administrator, Master CIW Enterprise Developer and Master CIW Designer.
About ProsoftTraining.com
ProsoftTraining.com is an e-learning company that sells education and certification programs for Internet and Linux professionals. The company's industry-leading CIW certification program creates and certifies the skills that today's workforce needs to support the growth of B2B and B2C applications. Prosoft education programs include Internet, Linux, security, and networking topics. Each topic is developed using a design methodology that allows courseware materials to be delivered in several online and classroom formats. Using a B2B model, the company distributes its products through one of the largest classroom and e-learning networks in the industry. Programs are offered worldwide through an extensive network of authorized training partners. The network includes leading educators on the Web and in the classroom. Internet certification programs have the endorsement of the 8,500-member Association of Internet Professionals and the 14,000-member International Webmasters Association. Certification testing is available through the Sylvan Prometric and VUE testing networks. Learn more about CIW at www.ciwcertified.com and about Prosoft and its other programs at www.prosofttraining.com.
About HP
Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services.
HP plans to launch Agilent Technologies as an independent company by mid-calendar 2000. Agilent consists of HP's test and measurement, semiconductor products, chemical analysis and healthcare solutions businesses, and has leading positions in multiple market segments.
HP has 85,400 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at www.hp.com.
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are statements of a forward-looking nature that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the Company's dependence on the timely development, introduction and acceptance of courses and products, the impact of competition and downward pricing pressures, the effect of changing economic conditions, the Company's ability to attract and retain key management and other personnel, risks in technology development, continued adoption of Internet technologies, and the other risks and uncertainties outlined in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K. The Company undertakes no obligation to update this forward-looking information.
--------------------------------------------------
Contact:
ProsoftTraining.com
Laura Singleton, 512/328-6140 ext. 300
laurasi@prosofttraining.com
