Global Knowledge and Sun Microsystems Team to Offer Integrated Training Solution to Enterprise Clients
Agreement Combines Global Knowledge's Broad and Rich Curriculum of IT Training with Sun Educational Services Enterprise Learning Solutions.
An agreement announced today by Global Knowledge will leverage the resources of two leading players in the IT training market. The alliance, between Global Knowledge and Sun Educational Services, the training group of Sun Microsystems, Inc., allows the companies to deliver an integrated training solution for their enterprise clients in the United States. The strategic alliance will leverage Global Knowledge's broad IT training curriculum and delivery methods along with Sun's content, Education Consulting Services, and the SunTM Enterprise Learning Platform.
"As IT training becomes the critical ingredient in corporations' abilities to drive productivity, enterprises are coming to realize the need for comprehensive and integrated training solutions," says Kendall Dean, Global Knowledge Vice President and General Manager, Americas. "Our new partnership with Sun provides us a complete continuum of training curriculum, deliverable anywhere, anytime through multiple modalities."
Under the agreement, Global Knowledge will team with Sun to offer Sun's product training content across multiple delivery methods, including Classroom Learning and Self Paced e-Learning. This Blended Learning SolutionT advances Global Knowledge's core value proposition of consistent, high-quality training delivered to corporations in a highly customizable format that best meets the needs of their employees as well as a corporations' demands for ROI. The agreement will add new capabilities to the Global Knowledge solution today that includes content covering some of the largest technology companies in the world such as Cisco, Nortel and Microsoft.
"Global Knowledge offers excellent breadth of content in the IT space, as well as outstanding delivery capability, including classroom learning and live and asynchronous e-Learning," says Terry Erdle, Vice President, Americas, Sun Educational Services. "By combining our product and consulting strengths, Sun and Global Knowledge are even better positioned to satisfy customers' unique learning requirements."
About Global Knowledge
Global Knowledge is a worldwide leader in IT education and enterprise training solutions. Through its Blended Learning SolutionsTM, the company empowers customers with choice, allowing them to determine when, where, and how corporations and individuals want their training programs designed and delivered. Global Knowledge offers over 700 courses in 21 countries and in 13 languages every day for such leading companies as Cisco, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle, Legato, Enterasys and Compaq. Additionally, the company's software products division offers an extensive portfolio of e-Learning performance support and training development tools, including OnDemand Personal NavigatorT for PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel Systems, Microsoft, and Lotus; and Knowledge PathwaysT, a dynamic online learning platform for easy course development, simplified training management and faster user proficiency.
Global Knowledge has corporate headquarters in Cary, NC, and international headquarters in London, Tokyo, and Singapore. Global Knowledge is the trade name of Global Knowledge Network, Inc. For more information, visit www.globalknowledge.com
For more information, please contact Greg Matusky or Renee Rozniatoski at 610-642-8253 or [email protected].
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