Oakland, CA / Troy, Michigan 10/31/2003 Epcom Corporation, a leader in
educational and consulting services, and SUSE Linux today announced that
Epcom has become the founding SUSE training partner in North America --
adding the complete SUSE Linux curriculum to its suite of software and
systems development courses. The SUSE Linux curriculum provides paths
leading to all Linux Professional Institute and United Linux certifications.
Linux systems architects, developers, administrators, and "power users"
throughout North America now have a single point resource for all of their
educational and certification needs. Courses are scheduled for the Los
Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Detroit metropolitan areas this year. Other
major metropolitan regions will be added throughout 2004. Course schedules
and outlines are available at http://www.epcom.com/sched.html
"We are very excited about the benefits this partnership offers SUSE and
Epcom customers," said Joseph Opyrchal, President and CEO of Epcom
Corporation. "Linux offers unprecedented advantages in the areas of
computing reliability, security, scalability, and cost effectiveness. SUSE
is world renowned for their Linux Research & Development and comprehensive
enterprise-oriented support. Furthermore, SUSE Linux Training was named the
winner of the 2003 Readers' Choice Awards by Linux Journal, a publication of
Specialized Systems Consultants. We look forward to enabling our customers
to effectively and efficiently implement Linux throughout their enterprise.
The relationship with Epcom will provide a valuable resource for those
interested in pursuing Linux technology," said Holger Dyroff, general
manager, North America, SUSE Linux. "We chose Epcom because of their
outstanding track record in technology training."
About Epcom Corporation
Epcom provides Engineering, Communication, Network, and Information
Technology development, implementation, and support services through three
complementary business units: Educational Services, Consulting Services, and
Staffing Services. For over twenty years Epcom has lead or participated on
hundreds of projects and trained thousands of professionals while working
with and for worldwide industry leaders on some of their most challenging
business and technology issues. Further information on Epcom is available at
http://www.epcom.com/
About Novell
Novell, Inc. is a leading provider of information solutions that deliver secure identity management (Novell® Nsure™), Web application development (Novell exteNd™) and cross-platform networking services (Novell Nterprise™), all supported by strategic consulting and professional services (Novell NgageSM). Active in the open source community with its Ximian and SUSE Linux brands, Novell is firmly committed to open source and offers comprehensive Linux products and services for the enterprise, from the desktop to the server. Novell's vision of one Net - a world without information boundaries - helps customers realize the value of their information securely and economically. For more information, call Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (4272) or visit http://www.novell.com. Press should visit http://www.novell.com/pressroom.
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Novell, Inc
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