Availant Expands Education Curriculum to Include Java; Classes to be offered at Availant's Cambridge Learning Center.Business/Technology/Education Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2000 Availant, an award-winning provider of education and training programs, today announced it has introduced Java into its curriculum. In response to the growing demand for Java in today's Internet-driven marketplace, Availant's new courses will teach students how to develop interactive Web pages, provide basic concepts of object-orientation using the Java language and offer techniques to enhance Java application A Java program that is run stand alone. The Java Virtual Machine in the client or server is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java applet. See servlet. performance. The classes are currently offered at Availant's Cambridge Learning Center. "Our program is a combination of real life hands-on labs and lectures for varying experience levels and skill sets," said Brad Pariseau, Availant's vice president of education services. "Developers will transcend beyond discussion and gain practical 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, ADSM (ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager) The former name of a comprehensive software system for backup, HSM and disaster recovery from IBM. It backed up data from more than 25 client and server platforms to an ADSM server running on any IBM platform, HP-UX, Solaris , 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 See DB2 UDB. udb - Universal Debugger , JAVA, VA JAVA, Linux, MQ Series, RS/6000 SP, Windows NT and Windows 2000. 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 1-888-94-AVAIL (942-8245). 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. The company's products and services are available directly from Availant and through business partners and Value Added Resellers (VARs) in the United States, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Availant is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. 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. |
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