Sybex Partners with ProsoftTraining to Release Authorized CIW Study Guides.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2002 Sybex Inc., the world's leading independent computer book publisher, and ProsoftTraining (Nasdaq:POSO), the global leader in information technology (IT) curricula and IT job role certifications, announced today a partnership to produce retail Study Guides for the CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) A program of certification from Prosoft Learning Corporation for professionals specializing in Internet technologies. CIW instructor-led training is offered by authorized training organizations and academic institutions. (Certified Internet Webmaster See CIW. ) certification. The Study Guides, to be published by Sybex, will be endorsed by ProsoftTraining as being suitable for self-study by CIW exam candidates. CIW study guides will be available in retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → in the second quarter of 2002. The CIW program provides curriculum and exams to validate expertise in Internet technologies for key IT job roles and the skills required to perform them. Leading organizations within the IT education and certification industry acknowledge CIW as an industry-standard IT certification, including the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET NWCET National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (Bellevue, WA) ), Association of Internet Professionals (AIP AIP acute intermittent porphyria. AIP Acute intermittent porphyria ), and International Webmasters Association International Webmasters Association (IWA), a non-profit professional association for web professionals, provides training courses and certification. IWA reportedly has 100 official chapters representing over 22,000 individual members in 106 countries. (IWA IWA International Water Association IWA International Webmasters Association IWA Inland Waterways Association (UK) IWA International Windsurfing Association IWA Williams-Gateway Airport ), Hong Kong Computer Society Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS) was founded in 1970 in Hong Kong and is a major professional body of IT professionals in Hong Kong. It is a non-profit making organization with prime objective to promote the uses of Information Technology in Hong Kong. , Intel and Novell. With more than 35,000 certifications earned, CIW is the world's largest information technology job-role certification program. "We're very excited about working with ProsoftTraining to make high quality CIW Study Guides available to a wider audience," says Jordan Gold, VP and Publisher of Sybex. "ProsoftTraining has created the leading certification for Internet professionals. This collaboration will provide an unbeatable study guide solution for CIW candidates." Based on official CIW courseware, the Sybex CIW Study Guides will offer in-depth coverage of all official exam objectives for the CIW Associate, Master CIW Administrator and Master CIW Designer certification tracks. Sybex Study Guides in the series will include:
CIW Associate
CIW: Foundations Study Guide (for exam 1D0-410; available Q2 2002)
Master CIW Administrator
CIW: Server Administration Study Guide (for exam 1D0-450;
available Q2 2002)
CIW :Internetworking Professional Study Guide (for exam 1D0-460;
available Q3 2002)
CIW: Security Professional Study Guide (for exam 1D0-470; available
Q3 2002)
Master CIW Designer
CIW: Site and E-Commerce Designer Study Guide (for exams 1D0-420
and 1D0-425; available Q2 2002)
"Industry reports show that traditional printed study guides are still very popular among certification candidates," commented Julie Rowe, vice president of products and programs for ProsoftTraining. "We chose to work with Sybex to offer this new line of CIW study guides because Sybex has an impressive reputation for creating effective study guides and efficiently delivering them to retail outlets around the world through their large distribution network." In addition to the practical instruction in the book, the accompanying CD-ROMs come with leading-edge exam preparation software including custom testing engine with numerous challenging questions, two bonus practice exams, and electronic flashcards Electronic flashcards (or flash cards) are data types intended to be similar to paper flashcards used as a learning aid in primary schools or for memorization purposes in other environments. for PCs and Palm devices. About Sybex: Sybex Inc. pioneered computer book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. when it was founded in 1976. It is the world's largest independent computer book publisher and is recognized as the industry leader in certification. Sybex has principal offices in Alameda Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. , Calif., and London, United Kingdom, and maintains an international market with its books being distributed and translated around the world. Visit our Web site at http://www.sybex.com or our online training and e-commerce site at http://www.sybexetrainer.com. For 25 years, Sybex has sustained a widely recognized reputation for producing top-quality computer hardware, software and training books and software products on the forefront of new technologies. For more information, contact Anne Dickison, 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 Specialist at Sybex Inc. at 510/523-8233 ext. 373, adickison@sybex.com. About ProsoftTraining ProsoftTraining (Nasdaq:POSO) offers information technology (IT) curricula and certifications to help individuals develop and validate critical IT workforce skills. Prosoft creates and distributes a complete library of classroom, e-learning and self-study courses. Prosoft distributes its content through its ComputerPREP division to individuals, schools, colleges, commercial training centers and corporations around the world. Prosoft owns the CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) job-role certification for Internet technologies and the CCNT CCNT Constellation Communication and Navigation Transceiver (Certified in Convergent Network Technologies) vendor-neutral certificate program for the telecommunications industry. For more information, go to www.ProsoftTraining.com. About CIW An IT certification for the knowledge economy, CIW is an Internet job-role certification program designed to help career changers
The Changers are a fictional group of anti-hero published by Wildstorm an imprint of DC Comics. enter the IT industry and experienced and vendor-certified professionals build upon existing IT skills. CIW is offered for three disciplines -- Designer, Enterprise Developer and Administrator -- and one cross-functional area, Web Site Manager, which combines the other three disciplines. CIW is the most widely recognized Internet job-role certification program, with more than 35,000 CIW certifications earned in over 100 countries around the world. For more information, go to www.CIWcertified.com. |
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