Lucent Technologies Opens New Massachusetts High-tech Training and Certification Center.Technology Editors MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000 Center Will Focus on Teaching the Latest Networking Technologies for Communications Networks and the Internet Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU) today announced the opening of its newest customer and employee technical education and certification center. The state-of-the-art 53,000 square-foot facility in Marlborough, Mass. will offer training and certification on the latest networking products that today's service providers need to help them compete in the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . The Lucent NetCare(R) Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. center will provide Lucent's employees and customers with training and certification in networking technologies including Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. , Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM), Remote Access and Voice over IP (VoIP). Although training is conducted primarily on Lucent equipment, the center also will provide training for multi-vendor networks. The facility -- which can accommodate approximately 170 students at a time -- features 12 classrooms and 5 hands-on labs, as well as dining areas for customers and employees. The center, the latest expansion of Lucent's Certified Technical Expert (LCTE LCTE Lucent Certified Technical Expert ) program, also provides a fully equipped lab and testing area that can accommodate up to 12 LCTE candidates simultaneously. In the lab, students will be presented with simulated networking challenges, such as a network outage A network outage is an interruption in availability of a system due to the communication failure of the network. Network outages cost money directly to the organisation (for example Banks, Airlines, Online Transaction companies); or cost money indirectly to customers ISP, , and will be required to demonstrate real-world problem solving problem solving Process involved in finding a solution to a problem. Many animals routinely solve problems of locomotion, food finding, and shelter through trial and error. skills. &uot;This NetCare education and certification center reflects our commitment to provide our valued customers with the finest possible training experience,&uot; said Dixie Smetana, Vice President of NetCare Worldwide Education. &uot;We want our students to gain the maximum level of confidence about the networking technologies they will be working with. With this training, our customers will be better prepared to take full advantage of the latest Lucent breakthroughs.&uot; &uot;We are experiencing unprecedented customer demand, and this facility will enable us to meet the hands-on training needs of more customers, much sooner,&uot; said Gene Salois, senior program manager for LCTE Certification. &uot;The Lucent Certified Technical Expert program provides the objective validation of technical expertise that is so essential to success in the rapidly changing telecommunications industry.&uot; Lucent NetCare Professional Services provides customer training in education and certification centers across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , in Asia-Pacific, and in Europe, including a new facility in Sophia Antipolis, France. Complete information about NetCare Education is available at www.lucent-netcare.com/education/. Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at www.lucent.com |
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