CBT Group and Informix Enter into Education Software Co-development Agreement; CBT and Informix to Jointly Develop Education Software for Informix Databases.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1996--CBT Group PLC (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 : CBTSY), and Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ) jointly announced today that they had entered into an agreement to co-develop interactive educational software to train users of Informix databases. Focusing initially on INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server, the agreement calls for CBT (Computer-Based Training) Using the computer for training and instruction. CBT programs are called "courseware" and provide interactive training sessions for all disciplines. to act as Informix's exclusive interactive education software partner for the Informix technologies that are the subject of the agreement. "This is an opportunity to work on an exclusive basis with one of the premier vendors of client-server applications," said William G. McCabe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CBT. "We are very pleased that Informix has chosen to work with CBT to ensure that users of Informix products develop the skills necessary to get the most out of what those products have to offer. With this agreement, CBT has captured a central position in the market for interactive education software for database technologies." "We wanted to work with the one company that is recognized for pushing the boundaries in the education space," said Phil White, Chief Executive Officer of Informix. CBT Systems (CBT Systems, Menlo Park, CA) An acknowledged leader in the design and development of interactive education software for information technology training. Specializing in self-study courses that users can take at their own PCs, CBT developed a library of more than 600 titles for is that company. CBT is the leader in its industry, and we at Informix are excited about leveraging that leadership position to support Informix technologies," concluded Mr. White. The agreement initially calls for the co-development of approximately 80 hours of interactive education software relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Informix database server products. These products form the core of the Informix database offerings. CBT and Informix will work closely together to deliver a complete training curriculum that will help information technology professionals develop the skills they need to take advantage of the advanced features and functionality of Informix's database server products. The products will be offered by CBT as part of its education software library, and will also be available through Informix's Education Services department. CBT Group is a leading provider of interactive education software designed to meet the information technology education and training needs of businesses and other organizations worldwide. The Company develops, publishes and markets a broad library of more than 235 software titles. CBT's software library covers a comprehensive range of client-server technologies. Recent additions to the library focus on Internet technologies, and particularly corporate intranets. CBT has entered into alliances with a variety of leading software vendors, including Microsoft, Netscape, Cisco, IBM/Lotus, and Novell. CBT provides its customers with an integrated education The Integrated Education movement in Northern Ireland is an attempt to bring together children, parents and teachers from both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions, the aim being to provide a balanced education, while allowing the opportunity to understand and respect all solution -- offering access to the CBT library to users throughout the enterprise without requiring special hardware through a company's local area networks and intranets, as well as delivering solutions for standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. PCs. As a result, the Company's products are used by over 1,000 of the world's leading corporations to train employees to effectively develop and apply client-server and Internet/intranet technologies. Informix Software, based in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , provides innovative database technology that enables the world's leading corporations to manage and grow their businesses. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing environments, ranging from workgroups to very large OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing and data warehouse applications. Informix's database servers, application development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of many leading-edge information technology solution areas. CONTACT: CBT Group PLC Greg Priest, 415/614-5900 or Informix Software, Inc. Cecilia Denny, 415/926-6420 or Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc. Doug Sherk, Jenifer Kirtland, David Gennarelli, 415/296-7383 |
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