Commonwealth of Kentucky Selects Prosoft for Training Provider; Prosoft Instructor-Led Training Now Available to Kentucky's Government Agencies and Employees.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1998-- ProsoftTraining.com(SM)(Nasdaq:POSO), a leading Internet/intranet skills training company, Tuesday announced it has been selected as Kentucky's training provider for Netscape and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the technologies. Under terms of the contract, Prosoft will provide instructor-led Internet courses to support the training requirements associated with the technical advancements of the Commonwealth's agencies and employees. Specific courses include "Implementing a Netscape Integrated Management Solution," "Implementing Netscape Messaging and Collaboration," "Java," "Intro and Advanced JavaScript," and "Fundamentals of Common Gateway Interface (CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. )." In its first statewide agreement, Prosoft will provide the content and instruction to support classes being conducted for Kentucky's Department of Information Services See Information Systems. training center in Frankfort. "We've received favorable fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. responses to the first classes with our instructors and courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. ," stated Jerry Baird, chairman and chief executive officer of Prosoft. "We are pleased to offer the Commonwealth of Kentucky the training requirements to implement and maintain their current and future Internet needs," Baird continued. Prosoft I-Net Solutions is an Internet solutions company committed to providing comprehensive curriculum and vendor-neutral Internet certification programs. Prosoft offers more than 50 instructor-led Internet skills courses ranging from one-day end-user workshops to 10-day certification programs. The Certified Internet Webmaster See CIW. program offered by Prosoft creates the professional skills required to develop and implement e-business solutions in the Internet age. The certification testing program is administered worldwide by testing leader Sylvan sylvan emanating from or pertaining to woods. See also sylvatic. Prometric. Prosoft recently announced plans to change its name to prosofttraining.com(SM). Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are statements of a forward-looking nature that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the company's dependence on the timely development, introduction and acceptance of courses and products, the impact of competition and downward pricing pressures, the effect of changing economic conditions, the company's ability to attract and retain key management and other personnel, risks in technology development, currency fluctuations, and the other risks and uncertainties outlined in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. . The company undertakes no obligation to update this forward-looking information. |
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