Digitalk Signs Partnership with National Education Training Group to Develop Industry's First Multimedia Training Program for Smalltalk.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 1995--Digitalk, Inc., the industry's leading provider of object-oriented Smalltalk development software, has signed a partnership with NETG NETG National Education Training Group (the National Education Training Group), the largest providers of computer-based training See CBT. (application) Computer-Based Training - (CBT) Training (of humans) done by interaction with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." (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 large corporations, to create the first commercially available multimedia training program for Smalltalk. The two organizations will initially cooperate to produce a course titled Fundamentals of Smalltalk/V. It will incorporate the expertise of Digitalk's Professional Services Group, the largest supplier of instructor-based training and support for Smalltalk plus NETG's expertise in computer-based training. "As a programming language, Smalltalk is viewed as the most efficient object-oriented programming language object-oriented programming language - object-oriented programming ," said Tom Moretti, Product Line Manager for Client/Server Computing at NETG. "Digitalk's leadership and expertise with Smalltalk combined with NETG's experience in producing technology-based training will create training that efficiently and effectively empowers today's object-oriented developers." "We're delighted that NETG has chosen to work with us on this new course," said Mike Taylor, Vice President of Digitalk's Professional Services Group. "Our mission is to make expertise in Smalltalk/V widespread, and instructor-based courses, whether on-site or at customer locations, isn't practical for all situations. This new course will help upgrade both corporate applications and programmers skills." NETG will develop its training using Digitalk's original instructor materials. Under the terms of the agreement, NETG will develop training in both diskette The official name for the floppy disk. See floppy disk. diskette - floppy disk and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). formats based on the Smalltalk object-oriented language. The new program will interactively combine graphics, video, audio and text for efficient learning using techniques NETG has perfected in 26 years of training people to use computer and software products. The training course on Smalltalk will be available during the first half of 1995. NETG is a leading provider of media-based education and training for major governmental and business organizations worldwide. It offers a broad range of course offerings with topics that mirror the advanced technologies and business processes today's business organizations are employing. NETG has been a business partner to corporations and government organizations for 26 years, helping them achieve peak performance in competitive markets and evolving industries. Its goal is to help organizations successfully harness the power of information and manage change through innovative, technology-based training and support systems. NETG is an international organization with sales offices, business partners and distribution channels in 50 countries. NETG, 1751 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Ill. 60563. Telephone number 708-369-3000. Digitalk, Inc., founded in 1983, was the first company in the world to deliver object-oriented programming to personal computers with its Smalltalk/V products. The company markets worldwide: its 100 percent pure object-oriented Visual Smalltalk and Visual Smalltalk Enterprise See Visual Smalltalk. development environments for OS/2, Microsoft Windows 3.1, and Windows NT. Digitalk supplies PARTS Wrappers, a way to take disparate pieces of technology and give them a common interface and look and feel for easy assembly. Technologies supported include relational databases, COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. , 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 and KnowledgeWare's ADW See Key:Enterprise. . Digitalk provides consulting and training for all its products for Responsibility- Driven Design, through its Enterprise Mastery Professional Services. Digitalk is a partner in Microsoft's Solution Providers Program. Digitalk Inc., 5 Hutton Centre Drive, Santa Ana, Calif. 92707. Telephone 714-513-3000. CONTACT: Digitalk Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Suzanne Fortman, 714-513-3000 (ext 122) or Digitalk Services Mike Taylor, 503-691-0800 (ext 201) or NETG PR Janet Scharlow, 708-369-3000 (ext 2233) or NETG Marketing Tom Moretti, 708-369-3000 (ext 2655) |
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