Availant Expands Award-Winning Education Services at Austin, Texas Learning Center; Availant Now Offering Java, WebSphere and DB2/Universal Database Training.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2001 Availant, an award-winning provider of education and training programs, today announced the expansion of its education services in its Austin, Texas Learning Center. Availant now offers Java, WebSphere, and DB2/Universal Database courses in new state-of-the-art classrooms and lab space. Responding to over 40 percent year-to-year growth, Availant is broadening its education services by adding new classrooms and lab space to bring IT professionals training on the latest technologies. The expansion enables Availant to deliver comprehensive training solutions for Java, WebSphere and DB2/Universal Database, preparing students for certification and careers in high technology. "Through our expansion, we're extending our reach and offering more IT professionals the opportunity to learn from our industry-leading experts," said Kathryn Stull, Availant's director of education services. "Our additional lab space enables our students to sharpen their skills on leading-edge technologies, providing invaluable real-world experience." About Availant Education Services Availant's Education Services provide award-winning education and training programs for IT professionals. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Availant supports worldwide education and training programs for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , providing course architecture, design, development, facilities and delivery. Program offerings include IBM AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HACMP HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing (IBM) HACMP High Availability Clustered Multi Processing , AS/400, OS/390, Net.Commerce, CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without , CISCO, DB2/UDB , JAVA, VA JAVA, Linux, MQ Series, RS/6000 SP See IBM SP. , and Tivoli. A recipient of IBM's Golden Eagle award, Availant has consistently earned outstanding student satisfaction ratings, increased enrollment, and over 40 percent year-to-year growth. Additional information is available through the company's Web site at www.availant.com or by calling (617) 621-2542. About Availant Availant is the leading provider of availability management software that keeps business-critical computer systems available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Availant is the world leader in providing software and services that help maintain the availability of business-critical applications and systems. Founded in 1989, the company's customers include more than half of Fortune 500 companies worldwide in the finance, telecommunications, retail, health care and transportation industries, where high-availability and continuous access to enterprise information is essential to business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . The company's products and services are available directly from Availant and through business partners and Value Added Resellers (VARs) in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe and the Pacific Rim. Availant is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with an office located in Austin, Texas. Additional information is available through the company's Web site at www.availant.com or by calling (617) 621-2542. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion