Novell Education Announces Integration Of WordPerfect CI, Novell CNI Programs Complete
March 22, 1995--BRAINSHARE, SALT LAKE CITY, UT--Novell, Inc. the
pioneer and global leader in certification programs for the Information
Technology (IT) industry, announced today the integration of the world's
two leading IT instructional certification programs.
Effective immediately, Novell's Certified Instructor (CNI) program
and WordPerfect's Certified Instructor (CI) program will merge, resulting
in the most powerful training infrastructure available for teaching
"Systems" and "End User" courses.
"The merging of these two programs has created synergy and
added strength to the CNI program," said Brent Done, director of
Programs and Services for Novell Education. "The linking of networking
with network applications training allows Novell to offer holistic training
that directly corresponds to Novell's drive toward pervasive computing."
"We are encouraged at the positive and wide acceptance of this
merger among both parties involved," Done said. "This combined
approach will play a key role in building the infrastructure to reach the
users who are crucial to Novell's vision of global pervasive computing
and supporting one billion users by the year 2000."
Success of the CNI Program
The success of the CNI program is evident as Novell celebrates
the 3,000th CNI, Daniel Meservy of Corona, California, an employee of
New Horizons Learning Centers, an NAEC in Southern California. This
success is further illustrated as Novell Education's overall student
throughput continues to increase at a phenomenal rate. Novell
Education's student throughput for 1994 was half a million. That growth
is expected to increase to three quarters of a million in 1995.
Novell's training infrastructure, which started with 30 sites in the
United States, has spread to more than 1,300 Novell Authorized
Education Centers (NAECs) throughout the world.
"Representing an NAEC, I respect Novell's vision of the CNI
program and credit them with building a channel that offers authorized
centers an edge over the rest of the industry," said Cathy Schaefer, vice
president of Training, Entre Computers, Metairie, Louisiana. "I was
impressed, being a former Certified Instructor (CI), that Novell listened to
everyone involved and tried to accommodate and integrate
WordPerfect's CI program into the CNI format without compromising what
has become the industry benchmark."
More than 175,000 people have passed or are currently enrolled
in Novell Education certification programs. Additionally, Novell's CNE
program has reached a new milestone with the March 1, 1995
announcement of the 50,000th CNE, Jan Schipper, of Houten, The
Netherlands.
CNIs comprise one-third of the differentiating requirements that
uniquely qualify NAECs as the source for networking and network
applications training, which are: quality hardware/software facilities,
Novell-developed courseware, and CNIs to teach that courseware.
Details of the Integration
The integration of the two programs has been structured to
support WordPerfect CIs during the transition, allowing them to follow up
and provide valuable on-going training and support for their current
student customer base as they migrate into the CNI program. Specific
details regarding the CI / CNI integration include the following:
- All CIs are invited to participate in the CNI program. All current
requirements completed under the CI program will be applied toward CNI
certification. Novell has created a specific group in the CNI program to
include networking applications training.
- CIs have a well-defined migration path to CNI. CIs who choose to
migrate to CNI status have until November 1, 1995 to complete additional
requirements for the CNI program.
- CIs migrating to CNI status will receive benefits under both programs
until November 1995.
- Depending on current certification, CIs not choosing to migrate to CNI
status may be eligible to migrate to other Novell certifications as they are
announced.
- All CIs who choose to migrate to CNI status will have their CNI fees
waived until November 1, 1995.
- For those who choose to migrate to CNI status, Novell will help defray
the expense of additional certification requirements through testing and
training coupons.
Novell Education Perspective
Novell Education's mission is to drive global pervasive computing
through quality education programs and products. Novell has
championed a leveraged model of reaching student customers, wherein
Novell Authorized Education Centers (NAECs) around the globe provide
instructor-led training and self-study options for student customers.
In addition to pioneering the leveraged education model, Novell
Education also pioneered certification in the IT industry with its
industry-leading products and programs. CNEs are the global standard
for servicing and supporting networking; CNAs are the global standard
for administering networking and network applications; and CNIs are the
global standard for teaching networking and network applications.
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