ORACLE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS AND DBAS DEMAND TOP DOLLAR.

Worldwide IT educator Global Knowledge, Inc., Cary, N.C., has launched a new, intensive, two-week Oracle8i "Bootcamp" and a traditional, full-scale Oracle8i curriculum for 2001. Global Knowledge has revamped its entire Oracle education track around Oracle8i, the latest version of the Oracle database management system that includes Internet enhancements, such as increased performance for XML and Java.

Today's rising demand and top salaries for Oracle Certified Professionals and Database Administrators (OCP-DBA) are strong incentives for technical professionals to acquire Oracle education and certification. According to a recent study conducted by Certification Magazine (published in the December 2000 issue), IT professionals holding an Oracle certification earned the highest salaries when compared to the earnings of professionals with certifications in other top programs.

"Oracle DBAs are earning top dollars in today's marketplace," explains Randy Ramos, Oracle8i course director for Global Knowledge. "The increased demand for IT professionals who can operate Oracle database systems has risen due to a surge in purchases of Oracle8i for e-business and Internet sites. The rising need for Oracle professionals exceeds the supply, which has bumped up salary levels considerably. Global Knowledge's new Oracle8i courses are timely vehicles for professionals to get the instruction they need to enter the Oracle job market."

Global Knowledge's Oracle8i Bootcamp -- a two-week accelerated program -- provides instruction for the same topics and skills addressed in the traditional Oracle8i courses, but the focus is on passing the certification exams. Testing actually occurs inside the classroom. A similar bootcamp program that Global Knowledge designed for Windows NT 4 certification achieved an impressive 100 percent pass rate in 2000. Global Knowledge offers a guarantee that learners with basic Oracle skills who enter the Oracle8i Bootcamp program will pass the exams leading to the designation of Oracle-Certified DBA.

Global Knowledge's traditional Oracle training track begins with "Mastering Oracle8i SQL and PL/SQL (procedural language/structural query language), a course that teaches all the essential concepts of relational databases and develops the skills required to interact with an Oracle8i database. The second course in the Oracle8i track is "Essentials of Oracle8i Database Administration," which leads learners through the installation, planning and deployment of an Oracle8i database and begins to prepare them for Oracle OCP test certifications. The final course in the series, "Advanced Oracle8i Database Administration," continues test preparation as it teaches advanced skills, such as database recovery in the event of failure, working with Oracle internal components in OLTP and data warehouse environments, and configuring Oracle client and server networking components.

Global Knowledge's Oracle8i curriculum includes practical, hands-on experience and lab exercises. Taught by Global Knowledge instructors with real-world Oracle expertise, the bootcamp and courses are designed to educate professionals such as data analysts, database administrators, and system administrators, and Oracle developers.

For more information about Global Knowledge's Oracle8i education track, as well as dates and locations for the Bootcamp and/or traditional courses, visit http://am.globalknowledge.com/wire .

About Global Knowledge, Inc.

Global Knowledge, Inc., the world's largest independent provider of integrated IT education solutions, is dedicated to improving the way companies and individuals learn, use, and master technology. The company's educational solutions empower customers with choice, allowing them to determine when, where, and how they want their IT education programs to be designed and delivered. Global Knowledge's blended IT education solutions combine vender-authorized content with Global Knowledge-developed curricula and deliver this through the right mix of intensive hands-on classroom training and interactive e-learning. For large businesses, the company offers complete program management including enrollment, assessment, progress tracking and certification.

Global Knowledge is the world's largest provider of IT certification programs and offers more than 500 vendor-specific courses in 70 international locations and in 15 languages every day for leading IT companies such as: Cisco, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle, Enterasys, and Red Hat. Additionally, the company offers more than 200 proprietary courses that lead to industry certification programs such as CompTIA's A+, I-Net+, and Network+ programs and to job skill certifications such as: data and telecommunications engineers, webmasters, and network security administrators.

Global Knowledge is headquartered in Cary, NC, with major offices in Billerica, MA; King of Prussia, PA; and Dallas, TX. For more information, visit http://am.globalknowledge.com/wire or call 508-393-4744.