TECH 2000 TAKES THE LEAD IN DEPLOYING HANDS-ON COURSES FOR CISCO SYSTEMS® IN NEW MULTI PROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING (MPLS) TECHNOLOGY
TECH 2000 PROVIDING THE NEXT WAVE OF COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TRAINING
Herndon, VA, February 5, 2001 - Tech 2000, a leading provider of communications network technologies training, announced today that it has qualified to offer Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology classes under their Cisco Learning Solutions Partner agreement with Cisco Systems, Inc. Under this agreement, and as one of a select few Cisco Learning Solutions Partners qualified to teach MPLS in North America, Tech 2000 is able to deliver extensive training solutions around MPLS technology in both standard and customized class formats.
MPLS technology enables carriers to sell a more efficient, multi-purpose backbone with quality of service enforcement as well as virtual private networking, among other benefits. Tech 2000's MPLS training consolidates the firm's position as the leader in providing service provider clients with the knowledge they need to build networks that will gain them market share and competitive advantage.
Naomi Wexer, Vice President, Training & Development of ThruPoint, Inc., a global networking services firm, said, "ThruPoint's clients are early adopters of technology. Similarly, our engineers need training on leading edge technologies to keep pace with client demand. When we needed training on MPLS, Tech 2000 was there. Our engineers were very satisfied with Tech 2000's training."
"Qualifying to teach Cisco MPLS classes underscores Tech 2000's continuing leadership role in designing and delivering training for the most recently-developed network communications technologies being deployed throughout the world," said George Churchwell, president and chief technical officer, Tech 2000, Inc. "Tech 2000's training expertise in MPLS is based on our close working relationship with Cisco as they developed the technology. The people we train benefit from our depth of knowledge acquired from being hands-on at the manufacturer level. We also plan to offer courses in Advanced MPLS VPN solutions in March of this year."
About Tech 2000
Tech 2000, one of the world's leading sources of high quality training for emerging voice and data communications network technologies, is Enabling E-people to Create an E-world™. Tech 2000 offers public seminar training courses, and customizes and delivers on-site training for mass deployments of networks integrating ATM, DSL, MPLS and DOCSIS. Tech 2000 also provides leading-edge business development strategies to major communications companies that allow them to leverage new technologies to achieve measurable business results.
Tech 2000, based in the Washington-Dulles technology corridor, has been providing communications network education solutions for over 15 years. Among its clients have been major telecommunications carriers including Bell Atlantic, now Verizon Communications.