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PTS Learning Systems has developed strategic partnerships with
key software vendors. These partnerships have allowed PTS to provide clients
with:
- High quality training products
- Timely product releases
- Up-to-date and extensive product library
PTS Learning Systems is a Lotus Authorized Education Center (LAEC) and Lotus
Premium Business Partner. PTS has developed a close relationship with Lotus and
received several awards for outstanding training.
- In 1993, PTS became the first signed Lotus Authorized Education Center
in the country
- In 1994, PTS received the Lotus Education Recognition Award for Best
LAEC in the Northeast Region
- In 1995, PTS was selected by Lotus Development Corporation to be the exclusive
developer for the SmartSuite end user courseware. This worldwide agreement
gives Lotus customers the opportunity to purchase the official standard
SmartSuite courseware on disk or as printed manuals. Customers may also
customize the courseware using PTS' customization tool, CustomDOC.
- In 1996, PTS was on the "LAEC Honor Roll" for being in the Top
10% of the LAECs in North America. The same year, PTS signed an exclusive
agreement with Lotus to develop standard and customized Notes 4.x products.
PTS is a Microsoft Authorized Technical Education Center (ATEC) and a
Microsoft Solution Provider, the highest level of partnership. PTS has met
stringent guidelines to receive the ATEC authorization. These guidelines govern
curriculum, class sizes, training facilities, and most importantly, the
educational and technical expertise of Microsoft Certified Trainers.
PTS Learning Systems is also a Microsoft Independent Courseware Vendor (ICV)
for Office'97. PTS Excel 97 and Word 97 courseware has been certified at the
Proficiency level of certification. It is designed to map proficiency
guidelines that have been drafted for Office 97 applications. Once participants
use PTS certified courseware, they may take exams from any Sylvan Test Center,
participating corporations or participating employment agencies.
The remainder of PTS' Microsoft Office 97 suite is in process of approval.
In 1996, PTS entered into an agreement with Oracle Education, division of
Oracle Corporation, to distribute PTS' desktop learning tool, On-Demand
Interactive Learning, across the Internet by way of Oracle's Oracle Learning
Architecture (OLA). OLA is a new training delivery method that allows companies
to store, manage, customize and distribute information technology (IT) training
courses over the Internet.
Users can now purchase on-line On-Demand Interactive Learning by visiting
http:\\ola.us.oracle.com. The following
titles are currently available:
- Microsoft Office 4.2
- Microsoft Office 95
- Lotus Notes 4.x for Windows 3.1 ,Windows 95 and Windows NT
- Netscape Navigator 2.0 for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95
- Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT
OLA is compatible with browsers such as Netscape Navigator, Microsoft
Explorer and Oracle PowerBrowser.
Global Knowledge Network has been using and reselling PTS courseware
worldwide since 1994. The organization selected PTS Learning Systems as its
exclusive training supplier due to the high quality and unmatched customization
capabilities of PTS courseware. "The richness, depth and quality of PTS
courseware enables Global Knowledge Network to ensure consistency to its
customers on a worldwide basis," said Jim Stewart, Vice President of
Product Development. "Further, the ability to readily customize their
materials greatly enhances our ability to meet customer requirements."
Global Knowledge Network's 800 employees train more than 100,000 people a
year in 18 languages at more than 60 sites, and the company has international
offices in 28 countries. Customers range from individuals to governments to
multinational corporations.
Vanstar Corporation has been using PTS training materials in its
instructor-led classrooms and reselling PTS Integrated Learning Solution as a
critical component of its educational offerings throughout North America.
"The integration of consistent, quality curriculum and skills
assessment tools from PTS fits perfectly with our Polaris methodology and our
innovative delivery methods like TeleTraining and CBTeamwork," said Coleman
Sisson, Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Vanstar Education Services.
Vanstar Corporation (NYSE:VST) is a leading provider of services and
products to design, build and manage personal computer network infrastructures
primarily for Fortune 1000 companies and other large enterprises. The company
provides customized, integrated solutions for its customers' network
infrastructure needs by combining a comprehensive offering of value-added
services with its expertise in sourcing and distributing PCs, network products,
computer peripherals and software from a variety of vendors.
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