May, 2001

IN THIS ISSUE

CDI Partners with McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education in PM Training

CDI Team Offers Many e-Learning Opportunities

Modular MOC Delivers Focused, Cost-efficient Training

Novell Offers New Course for Desktop Management with ZENworks for Desktops 3

Prosoft Recognized as the Premier Vendor-neutral Internet Certification . . . over 15,000 Certifications Issued World-wide!

CDI Adds Citrix to Training Schedule in Toronto and Ottawa

Popular Unix and Linux Courses Impress Customers

Client Inducted into CIPS Hall of Fame Credits Ron Jacques, CDI CES Vancouver

CDI CES Vancouver Settles Into New Location

CDI Team / Industry Experts Contribute to Professional Java XML

CDI Partners with McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education in PM Training

CDI Corporate Education Services is pleased to announce a new partnership with McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education. McMaster Centre for Continuing Education now awards an Advanced Certificate of Completion in Project Management. In addition to receiving a Masters Certificate from George Washington University, students completing the CDI/ESI Project Management program in Ontario (West of Kingston) will also receive an Advanced Certificate of Completion from McMaster University.

CDI Team Offers Many e-Learning Opportunities

CDI's expertise is unsurpassed in delivering synchronous, online instructor-led training. Since January 1, CDI has enrolled over 3,000 people in virtual classes and delivered more than 3,000 hours of online training with expert instructors.

The CDI Professional Services e-Learning team continues to implement integrated learning solutions by delivering Virtual Learning Portals customized to the learning needs of major corporate accounts.

In April, CDI and Books 24x7 combined forces to offer Books 24x7 referenceware to the Canadian market. Free trials are available by logging into http://cdilearn.books24x7.com

Experience the collaborative power of the virtual classroom by attending a Microsoft Bootcamp on Windows 2000 Server, Professional and Exchange. Information is at www.cdilearn.com/camp

A new suite of Microsoft online courses about Windows 2000 Security and Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), and Migrating from Windows NT to Active Directory will be offered in May. Information may be found at www.cdilearn.com/online. Also, information for online courses in Emerging Technologies and IP Internetworking may be found at www.cdilearn.com/emerging and www.cdilearn.com/internetworking

Cherie Ferrari, Director of Virtual Learning Services is delivering a presentation on Learning Management Systems and a workshop on Knowledge Management at the Infonex conference on e-Learning April 30 - May 2, at The Holiday Inn on King in Toronto. A copy of the presentations will be posted on our web site at http://www.cdilearn.com/Articles.html

Modular MOC Delivers Focused, Cost-efficient Training

CDI offers a great new service from Microsoft - modularization of the Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) to create customized courses to satisfy specific training needs. CDI has recently delivered Modular MOC to several corporate clients. We invite you to explore the possibilities!

A typical 5-day MOC course may have 16-18 modules. However, a client may need only certain modules from one or more courses, possibly combined with some new customized material, to achieve the goal. Our Professional Services team will work directly with the client to ensure we understand the requirement, and build a course to client specifications. The result is maximum focus on client requirements, minimum delivery time, and possibly lower cost than a standard Microsoft course. For additional information, contact your local CDI account representative at 888-688-3333.

Novell Offers New Course for Desktop Management with ZENworks for Desktops 3

Novell course 781is targeted at experienced CNAs and CNE candidates who are performing or will be performing policy management tasks. This course is also targeted at current CNEs seeking ZENworks for Desktops 3 skill enhancement training. Go to http//www.cdilearn.com/NovCourses.html to view the course outline and scheduled dates / locations.

Prosoft Recognized as the Premier Vendor-neutral Internet Certification . . . Over 15,000 Certifications Issued World-wide!

Intel, a longtime supporter of technology standards, will transfer all Intel certified individuals into industry-standard certification programs. The CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) is one of two industry-standard certification programs selected by Intel for this purpose.

ProsoftTraining.com has announced an agreement with Novell to merge Novell's Certified Internet Professional (CIP) certification program into its own Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) program. This strategic merger along with CIW's endorsement by The Association of Internet Professionals, IBM and Intel further support CIW as the Internet Certification Standard.

All MCSEs and CNEs should check out the details of the Prosoft i-Accelerate program at http://www.cdilearn.com/iaccelerate.html. Dual certification is only two exams away! Now is the perfect time to add those Internet credentials to your existing Networking skill sets.

CDI Adds Citrix to Training Schedule in Toronto and Ottawa

CDI Corporate Education Services is now a Citrix Authorized Learning Centre (CALC) in Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto and Ottawa. Citrix is the world leader in application server software and services and CDI is pleased to offer classroom instruction for the installation and administration of your Citrix products. Watch for Toronto and Ottawa delivery dates (http://www.cdilearn.com/CitrixCourses.html) on these leading edge technology solutions and register for training in your local area.

Popular Unix and Linux Courses Impress Customers

CDI's comprehensive product line covers all the necessary basics plus a few options including shell programming and system administration and troubleshooting. Count on CDI for reliable, up-to-date, vendor-neutral content in all these leading-edge classes. Here's what our students have to say about CDI's Unix and Linux trainers . . .

"Very well presented, well thought out and planned...among the top 5 instructors I've had"

"Master of his craft!"

"Excellent knowledge base, very helpful"

Visit http://www.cdilearn.com/UnixCourses.html for course outlines, delivery dates and locations.

Client Inducted into CIPS Hall of Fame Credits Ron Jacques, CDI Vancouver

Stephen Ibaraki, the first British Columbia resident to be inducted into the Canadian Information Processing Society Hall of Fame, credits CDI Vancouver's very own Ron Jacques as his "sensei". Stephen received his Microsoft and Novell training from Ron as well as CDI's outstanding instructors Darlene Merlyn, and the late Don Parker, both of whom receive high praise from Stephen. CDI Vancouver congratulates Stephen on this

"high tech honour"!

CDI Vancouver Settles Into New Location

CDI's new location is situated in beautiful downtown Vancouver, a short walk away from the scenic waterfront and minutes from Robson St, the bustling tourist hub. Our new office will be home to ten classrooms, some of which will include flat screen monitors (much to the delight of students and instructors), a kitchen, lounge area and a Prometric Testing Center. Come visit us in May after the dust settles! http://www.cdilearn.com/Vancouver.html

CDI Team / Industry Experts Contribute to Professional Java XML

Scott Williams and Sing Li, both members of CDI's instructor and course development team, are contributing authors to a new reference book Professional Java XML, Wrox Press Ltd, 2001, ISBN 1-861004-01-X. This book, targeted to intermediate to advanced Java programmers, will introduce the reader to the power of using Java and XML as a unified platform. Free source code and support for this book is available at http://www.wrox.com. Online discussion may be found at http://p2p.wrox.com.

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