American Graphics Institute Acquires I-Set Educational Services.Business Editors LANCASTER, Pa. and PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2001 American Graphics Institute of Lancaster, PA announced today that it has acquired I-Set Educational Services, a training company based in Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a 2004 population of 63,882. Portland is Maine's cultural, social and economic capital. Tourists are drawn to Portland's historic Old Port district along Portland Harbor, which is at the mouth of the Fore River and part . I-Set will immediately change its name to American Graphics Institute. American Graphics Institute is the largest provider of print and web graphics training services in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "The acquisition of I-Set allows us to provide print and web training to more clients throughout the United States. It also enhances our presence in the New England market where we already have a Boston area training center," said Christopher Smith, president of American Graphics Institute. "We will continue to fulfill the commitments and contractual training agreements of I-Set, and will support these customers with our broad-array of certified instructors located at our training centers across the United States," said Smith. As a part of the acquisition, AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) A machine intelligence that resembles that of a human being. Considered impossible by many, most artificial intelligence (AI) research, projects and products deal with specific applications such as industrial robots, playing chess, will immediately assume all I-Set contracts to provide training for print and web publishing software, including contracts for training employees of Verizon and L.L. Bean. "We will also be adding more open-enrollment classes at the Portland, Maine facility including classes in advanced web animation and digital document delivery," said Smith. The Portland training center will remain open and will be upgraded, according to Smith. "Starting in December we will be offering more classes than ever before." American Graphics Institute will also continue to maintain a sales office and will retain the technical and training staff office at I-Set's existing location in Portland. "Our customers will still be working with the same instructors and consultants," said Ted Darling, who had been President of I-Set Educational Services and assumes the role of Regional Sales Manager with AGI. "The acquisition by AGI allows us to better serve all of our existing customers because of the additional technical resources that we are now able to offer to them." "I am very pleased to see these two Adobe Certified Training Providers combining their organizations and talents. Everyone benefits: the customers, the training companies and Adobe," said Carrie Cooper, Commercial Partnerships Manager at Adobe Systems, Incorporated (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ) a publishing software manufacturer based in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . About American Graphics Institute (AGI): Recognized as an Adobe Certified Training Provider and a Macromedia (NASDAQ:MACR MACR Macromedia (stock symbol) MACR Missing Air Crew Report MACR Major Accident Control Regulations (UK) MACR Monthly Arrest and Citation Register MACR Modified And Combinable REMIC ) Authorized Trainer, AGI's instructors meet the highest quality standards. All instructors pass Adobe Certified Expert An Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) is a person who has demonstrated proficiency with one or more Adobe software products by passing one or more product-specific proficiency exams set by Adobe. examinations for the classes they teach and also pass the internationally recognized Certified Technical Trainer exam. Instructors also participate in regular continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). to improve their skills. American Graphics Institute instructors regularly speak at conferences around the world, and combined they have published more than ten books on the efficient use of the latest software tools. This includes books on Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe GoLive and Macromedia Dreamweaver. More information about AGI training services is available on the Web at http://www.graphicsinstitute.com or by calling 800-851-9237. Terms of the sale were not disclosed, both firms are privately held. |
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