ProsoftTraining.com to Develop and Deploy eBusiness Training for Arthur Andersen
Java Boot Camp Worldwide Rollout Underway
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000--Arthur Andersen and ProsoftTraining.com (Nasdaq: POSO - news), a leader in education and certification programs for Internet and Linux professionals, today announced the development and initial implementation of a worldwide eBusiness training initiative for Arthur Andersen professionals and clients. ProsoftTraining.com has customized its Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) courseware for Arthur Andersen's Java Boot Camp, an intensive four-week training program.
The training, which is being held at Prosoft's Durham, North Carolina facility, uses hands-on training and reality-based labs to provide participants with the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to implement end-to-end enterprise Java solutions. The Java Boot Camp is being delivered now in North America and will be rolled out to Arthur Andersen offices worldwide this fall. While initially designed for Arthur Andersen internal personnel, the firm has agreed to open sessions of the Java Boot Camp to its strategic partners and clients.
``Arthur Andersen professionals and our clients, such as those involved with digital marketplaces, benefit when hands-on training such as this is made widely available,'' said Guy Hosford, an eBusiness partner at Arthur Andersen, and point person for this company-wide initiative. ``We selected Prosoft because of their demonstrated success in the rapid development and deployment of customized eBusiness enablement programs. Bringing our clients through this process, to ultimately work alongside our trained eBusiness professionals, makes for a formidable team.''
The rapid deployment of the program was facilitated by the use of customized elements of the CIW curriculum, the comprehensive eBusiness skills certification program developed by Prosoft. The custom program is a key component of Arthur Andersen's initiative to recruit, train, and deploy eBusiness professionals throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, India, Latin America and North America.
``The Java Boot Camp will give Arthur Andersen employees and clients a cutting-edge Java enablement experience,'' noted Jerry Baird, ProsoftTraining.com chairman and CEO. ``We are pleased to add Arthur Andersen to the growing list of leading industry players for whom we have developed customized programs from our CIW library.''
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 Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen's vision is to be the partner for success in the new economy. The firm helps clients find new ways to create, manage and measure value in the rapidly changing global economy. With world-class skills in assurance, tax, consulting and corporate finance, Arthur Andersen has more than 77,000 people in over 80 countries that are united by a single worldwide operating structure that fosters inventiveness, knowledge sharing and a focus on client success. Since its beginning in 1913, Arthur Andersen has realized 86 years of uninterrupted growth, with 1999 revenues over $7 billion. Arthur Andersen is a business unit of Andersen Worldwide. Learn more about Arthur Andersen at www.arthurandersen.com.
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. Prosoft's 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 Prometric and VUE testing networks. Learn more about CIW at www.ciwcertified.com and about Prosoft and its other programs at www.prosofttraining.com.
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press 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.
Java Boot Camp Worldwide Rollout Underway
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000--Arthur Andersen and ProsoftTraining.com (Nasdaq: POSO - news), a leader in education and certification programs for Internet and Linux professionals, today announced the development and initial implementation of a worldwide eBusiness training initiative for Arthur Andersen professionals and clients. ProsoftTraining.com has customized its Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) courseware for Arthur Andersen's Java Boot Camp, an intensive four-week training program.
The training, which is being held at Prosoft's Durham, North Carolina facility, uses hands-on training and reality-based labs to provide participants with the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to implement end-to-end enterprise Java solutions. The Java Boot Camp is being delivered now in North America and will be rolled out to Arthur Andersen offices worldwide this fall. While initially designed for Arthur Andersen internal personnel, the firm has agreed to open sessions of the Java Boot Camp to its strategic partners and clients.
``Arthur Andersen professionals and our clients, such as those involved with digital marketplaces, benefit when hands-on training such as this is made widely available,'' said Guy Hosford, an eBusiness partner at Arthur Andersen, and point person for this company-wide initiative. ``We selected Prosoft because of their demonstrated success in the rapid development and deployment of customized eBusiness enablement programs. Bringing our clients through this process, to ultimately work alongside our trained eBusiness professionals, makes for a formidable team.''
The rapid deployment of the program was facilitated by the use of customized elements of the CIW curriculum, the comprehensive eBusiness skills certification program developed by Prosoft. The custom program is a key component of Arthur Andersen's initiative to recruit, train, and deploy eBusiness professionals throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, India, Latin America and North America.
``The Java Boot Camp will give Arthur Andersen employees and clients a cutting-edge Java enablement experience,'' noted Jerry Baird, ProsoftTraining.com chairman and CEO. ``We are pleased to add Arthur Andersen to the growing list of leading industry players for whom we have developed customized programs from our CIW library.''
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 Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen's vision is to be the partner for success in the new economy. The firm helps clients find new ways to create, manage and measure value in the rapidly changing global economy. With world-class skills in assurance, tax, consulting and corporate finance, Arthur Andersen has more than 77,000 people in over 80 countries that are united by a single worldwide operating structure that fosters inventiveness, knowledge sharing and a focus on client success. Since its beginning in 1913, Arthur Andersen has realized 86 years of uninterrupted growth, with 1999 revenues over $7 billion. Arthur Andersen is a business unit of Andersen Worldwide. Learn more about Arthur Andersen at www.arthurandersen.com.
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. Prosoft's 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 Prometric and VUE testing networks. Learn more about CIW at www.ciwcertified.com and about Prosoft and its other programs at www.prosofttraining.com.
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press 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.
