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Date
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Publication
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Headline
and Abstract
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| 2/1/99 |
Marketing
News |
Names
in the News
Michael J. Pinkman has been appointed to VP of worldwide
sales, of USWeb Learning, San Francisco. |
| 1/1/99 |
Management Review |
M
2 : The POWER of Management.
The panel included Robert Annunziata, president of the
AT&T Business Services Group; George Fields, a Japanese
expert and president of Fields Associates, a cross-cultural
consultancy; Kay Koplovitz, founder and CEO of USA Networks;
Serge M. LaPalme, president and CEO of UAB/IAO, a leading
Canadian insurer; and Carolyn G. Rose, president and CEO
of USWeb Learning, a global provider of Internet training
and certification. |
| 12/23/98 |
Lifelong Learning
Market Report |
Newsmakers
Michael J. Pinkman has been appointed vice president of
worldwide sales at USWeb Learning (Santa Clara, CA), a
developer of Web-based certification courses. |
| 12/21/98 |
Computer
Reseller News |
Making
Changes
USWeb Learning, San Francisco, said it has made Michael
Pinkman vice president of worldwide sales in order to
implement an "aggressive" sales strategy. Pinkman has
held sales and marketing positions at Adobe Systems Inc.
and Ingram Micro Inc. |
| 12/1/98 |
Marketing Department
Management Report |
A
Job-Skills Checklist for New Webmasters
The Web also provides current information about Web management
certification programs, a number of which have sprouted
this year. In addition to commercial ventures such as
USWeb Learning, trade groups such as the Association of
Internet Professionals and the International Webmasters
Association say they're investigating certification. |
| 11/30/98 |
Computer
Reseller News |
Information
Technology Training Association
The ITTA, Austin, Texas, expanded its online presence
with the launch of a chat and discussion arena. In addition,
the organization developed "ITTAlink Breakouts: A Conference
At Your Desk," which allows professionals to hear hourlong
breakout sessions on training issues. New members signed
on in the quarter included MicroHouse International, New
Horizons Computer Training PLC, EDS (Schweiz) AG, Infotech
and USWeb Learning. |
| 11/9/98 |
Computer
Reseller News |
Alliance
builds training fraternity
The IT training programs are built around the authorized
curricula of Microsoft Corp., Lotus Development Corp.,
Novell and USWeb Learning, but also feature internally
developed courses on topics such as Java, Unix groupware
and desktop applications. |
| 10/19/98 |
InfoWorld |
The
certification debate; Why do IT pros have such passionate
opinions about a few tests?
Carolyn Rose, who pioneered industry certification when
she was a senior vice president at Novell in the late
1980s, is today CEO of USWeb Learning, in Santa Clara,
Calif., which provides vendor-neutral Internet training
and certification. Rose says she sees certification
as a way to provide employers with skilled IT professionals
and provide definition for Internet
specialization. Rose cites industry studies that
point to improved productivity in companies where IT professionals
have been certified.
Complete text: http://www.infoworld.com/researchtools/search_f.html
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| 9/14/98 |
VARBusiness |
Return
On Internet
SWeb Learning's Web training program gives 'ROI' a new
twist. According to the folks at Santa Clara, Calif.-based
USWeb Learning Inc., formerly a subsidiary of USWeb Corp.,
ROI stands for "Return On Internet." To provide a large
ROI, the company is offering its instructor-led Certified
Specialist program to students seeking Internet mastery.
The program offers training and certification courses
for midsize to large organizations looking to create Internet
development teams. The training initiative focuses on
three areas of Web site deployment: creative design, technical
infrastructure and business strategies. |
| 8/31/98 |
Internet Week |
Vendors
Push Web Certification
The need for training seems clear: In a December study
by start-up Internet training firm USWeb Learning (www.uswl.com),
72 percent of 2,400 IT and non- IT professionals surveyed
say they would benefit from Internet training and certification;
85 percent rated their current technical Internet skills
as minimal to nonexistent. "We exist because there is
a skills gap in the Internet space today," says David
Marler, USWL's vice president of marketing and a former
Novell training executive. "What we've found is that non-Internet
professionals are using Internet technology for communications
tasks, but they're not trained to do it."
Complete text: http://www.internetwk.com/news0898/news082698-4.htm
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| 8/26/98 |
Lifelong Learning
Market Report |
USWeb
Learning Releases First Round Of Classes, Signs Training
Partners
Start-up company USWeb Learning (Santa Clara, CA), a developer
of training certification courses for Web professionals,
recently launched three instructor-led classes and has
authorized several third-party trainers in North America
to deliver the content, David Marler, vice president of
marketing, told LLMR. |
| 8/17/98 |
Crain's Detroit
Business |
Business
Diary
New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Michigan, a
computer training center headquartered in Livonia, has
made an agreement with USWeb Learning, an Internet training
and certification company in Santa Clara, Calif. The agreement
will allow New Horizons to offer USWeb's program of instruction
in Internet technology. |
| 8/12/98 |
The San Francisco
Chronicle |
Venture
Capitalizing: Bay Area firms grab biggest share in 2nd
quarter
USWeb Learning was listed among the 20 Bay Area companies
to receive the most private equity financing in the second
quarter of 1998 |
| 8/11/98 |
KnowledgeSpace |
Corporate Medalists
IT organizations are using internal certification programs
to train and reward staff by offering well-defined career
tracks and clear-cut promotion guidelines
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| 8/10/98 |
InformationWeek |
Web
Training Programs Address Specific Needs: Experts divided
over value to IT workers
USWeb Learning is the latest company to offer a Web certification
program. The company is a spin-off of USWeb Corp., an
Internet integration and consulting company. "There was
an education component to USWeb Corp.'s business," says
David Marler, VP of marketing for USWeb Learning. "But
the company felt that to grow the education business,
it had to create a separate entity." |
| 8/3/98 |
Computer
Reseller News |
Internet
Certification Classes Debut -- USWeb Learning untangles
the Net
Launched in February, USWeb Learning is a privately held,
independently operated subsidiary of USWeb. It plans to
leverage its relationship with USWeb subject matter experts
(SMEs) to create curricula that enable technologists,
content developers and business strategists to gain the
skills needed to deploy Internet, intranet and extranet
solutions.
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| 8/3/98 |
ComputerWorld |
Certification:
One way to show employers your bona fide 'net skills
For example, USWeb Learning, Inc., a start-up company
in Santa Clara, Calif., recently began to offer classroom
training and tests that certify students in several Internet-related
disciplines. The company is headed by Carolyn Rose, a
10-year Novell, Inc. veteran who helped launch Novell's
popular Certified NetWare Engineer program.
Complete text: http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/9808035E22
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| 7/27/98 |
Computer
Reseller News |
New
Era In Web Mastery
With this in mind, you're about to see a big shift in
how Internet specialists are trained. The debut courses
offered by USWeb Learning, for example, focus first on
training would-be Internet specialists on methodologies
and problem-solving skills used in successful Internet
installations. Later, participants can supplement these
classes with technical courses. The organization is related
to USWeb through an equity investment and uses its methodologies
to build courses that guarantee what it has dubbed ROI,
or Return On Internet. |
| 7/1/98 |
Solutions Integrator |
USWeb
Launches Training Firm: Former Novel exec hired to craft
certification for Internet mastery
The company's training programs will be designed to promote
skills needed to deploy Internet, intranet and extranet
business solutions. USWeb Learning expects its courseware
and certifications to be available this fall. |
| 6/15/98 |
Computer
Reseller News |
Enriched
USWeb Learning Pushes Plan Into Channel
In addition to its vendor-partnering strategy, USWeb Learning
seeks to build "best-of-breed" partnerships with VARs.
"It comes down to leveraging our expertise and leveraging
our best-of-breed partners," Rose said. "We believe we
are bringing a new standard to the industry by creating
true business solutions focusing on Internet technologies."
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| 6/1/98 |
InformationWeek |
Web
Training Backed
USWeb Learning, a spin-off of USWeb Corp., has secured
$12 million in venture-capital funding to develop Internet
training and certification programs aimed at providing
Web development teams with the technical, creative, and
business skills they need to deploy Internet, intranet,
and extranet business solutions. Storie-Cutler Capital
Partners, Hambrecht & Quist, and Wheatley Partners
are among the companies backing the venture. USWeb Learning
is headed by Carolyn Rose, an expert in IT training. The
company says its vendor-neutral courseware and certification
exams will be available in the third quarter of this year.
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