ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 27 /PRNewswire/ — Element K and Sun Microsystems(R) today announced a partnership to expand the availability of Sun Authorized e-Learning courses and certification bundles to its customers. The interactive training will be distributed through Element K to improve the productivity of corporate IT departments that depend upon Sun technologies, and advance the expertise and income potential of individuals pursuing Sun certifications.
Course bundles will provide full coverage of Sun’s programming for operating system, server, and disk storage areas ranging from Java and Solaris OS, to Sun Fire, Sun Blade, and Sun StorEdge hardware. As part of the course bundle, software process training — which includes Information Lifecycle Management and numerous other training bundles — is available to users.
“As a global leader in networking technologies, Sun has always recognized the advantage of offering the best training programs available to enhance the skills and expertise of Information Technology professionals,” said Denny Schall, Senior Director, Customer and Community Advocacy of Sun Learning Services. “Based upon their demonstrated capabilities to promote and distribute online technical training programs and certifications, we’re confident that Element K will work aggressively to expand our program into the e-Learning realm.” Schall continues, “Element K is the first of a new class of strategic partners to help Sun Learning Services enhance its technical training offerings.”
Sun Authorized courses are available for businesses as part of Element K’s Enterprise Libraries, or for individual consumers using smaller packages that target specific systems or technologies. Sun and Element K are developing additional certification packages that will include Sun Authorized e-Learning courses, certification practices exams, and a voucher for a Sun certification exam.
“We are proud to partner with Sun Microsystems to offer our customers a broad variety of Sun Authorized e-learning tools,” said Dan Heffernan, Vice President of Learning Products at Element K. “As a leader in Web technologies, servers, and workstations, Sun is a well-known brand to our enterprise clients. Using adopted Sun technologies, combined with our award-winning IT Professional library, we now offer them a unique tool to develop and retain IT professionals.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.:
A singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer”(TM) — guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world’s most important markets. Sun’s philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at .
About Element K:
Element K delivers learning solutions for customers and partners through a tailored combination of catalog learning products, technology and services supporting the learning needs of the Corporate, Government, Education and Training Center markets. The company’s proven training methodologies and wide spectrum of content are delivered through a variety of formats, including self-paced online courses, vLab(R) hands-on labs, instructor-led courseware, comprehensive e-reference libraries, technical journals, and KnowledgeHub(TM), the company’s hosted learning management platform. Element K employs over 700 professionals. For more information, please visit .
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