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Date
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Publication
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Headline
and Abstract
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| 6/1/98 |
Training &
Development |
The
Future of IT Certification
For some companies, developing a full-blown certification
can be too expensive. Says E. Clarke Porter, president
of Virtual University Enterprises, a marketing and training
management firm in Bloomington, Indiana. "There's
a break-even point where the cost of developing your own
training and tests is less than buying training on an
event basis. So, the pro and con of internet certification
can be the same when it comes to price. Developing
an internal certification program can be very expensive
or very affordable. It really depends on how big
your company is and the relative benefits of a custom
program and worker retention. |
| 5/20/98 |
Computer
Reseller News |
VUE
Passes the Test, Will Deliver Exams for Microsoft
Hoping to move to the top of the IT training class, Virtual
University Enterprises plans to start delivering exams
for Microsoft Corp. and Microsoft Certified Professional
(MCP) programs. |
| 5/4/98 |
Computer
Reseller News |
Sylvan
Takes It All In Stride -- Company Confident Despite Microsoft
Alliance With VUE
When Microsoft Corp. revealed it was going to allow Virtual
University Enterprises to deliver exams for its Microsoft
Certified Professional CRN, April 20 , it raised the question
of what effect the move would have on Sylvan Prometric,
the testing arm of Sylvan, which is established as the
dominant source of IT testing. |
| 4/10/98 |
Star Tribune
(Minneapolis, MN) |
News
Briefs
National Computer Systems' Virtual University Enterprises
division signed a letter of intent to deliver Microsoft
certified professional examinations for Microsoft Corp.
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| 3/23/98 |
Computer
Reseller News |
VUE
on the brain
Virtual University Enterprises, Bloomington, Minn., is
providing Novell certification exams at Brainshare '98,
Salt Lake City. |
| 3/1/98 |
Network VAR |
Virtual
University Enterprises provides online training, locations
for certification testing
Today, Porter is president and co-founder of Virtual University
Enterprises (Bloomington, MN), or VUE, which takes the
Sylvan-type services to the Internet. "Our first
idea was to create a convenient resource for resellers
to locate training centers. We contracted with Novell,
and they essentially outsourced their education services
department to us. If resellers want Novell training, they
call Novell's number, and the calls are routed to VUE.
We have a similar contract with IBM for people who want
to be certified as TechConnect specialists. We find the
class, book the set, send the confirmation letters, and
collect the money. We take care of [the students]," he
says. |
| 1/1/98 |
Training |
Detour
on the I-way; development of Internet-based training for
network-certification programs
Sylvan Prometric's near monopoly in the certification-testing
market is bound to be challenged. Already at least two
new players have declared that they intend to offer online
certification tests, making it unnecessary to visit a
Sylvan center. Earlier this year, Virtual University Enterprises
(VUE) of Bloomington, MN, announced that it will be an
alternate provider for Novell's certification tests (VUE
delivered its first online exam Sept. 30). |
| 1/1/98 |
ITTAlink
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VUE annouces global partnership
Virtual University Enterprises, a division of National
Computer Systems, Inc. and Sybase, Inc., announced a
global partnership wherein VUE will provide the test
technology to electronically deliver the professional
certification exam that Sybase provides to its customers.
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| 12/22/97 |
Computer
Reseller News |
IT
Training Providers See Potential In Growing Market
"Vendors realize that the skills shortage occurring at
all levels is a barrier to their product sales," said
E. Clarke Porter, founder and chief executive of Virtual
University Enterprises, the testing and assessment arm
of National Computer Systems Inc. "For this reason, it
is in their best interest to play a part in solving the
skills gap." |
| 12/22/97 |
Computer
Reseller News |
Channel
braces for body-count battle -- Training to undergo an
evolution
The program changes, by these and other vendors, will
drive a new class of consolidation among training providers,
said E. Clarke Porter, a training and education industry
veteran and founder of the Bloomington, Minn.-based testing
and assessment arm of National Computer Systems Inc.,
Virtual University Enterprises. "I expect to see
the big ones-PPI, New Horizons and others-growing horizontally,
getting into content production and alternative methods,"
said Porter. "I see them creating a conglomerate of ILT,
CBT lines, manufacturing their own content lines and offering
testing. Many of them have their toes in this already."
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| 12/22/97 |
Computer
Reseller News |
Sybase,
VUE pact
Virtual University Enterprises (VUE), Minneapolis, a division
of National Computer Systems Inc., will provide the testing
technology for Sybase Inc.'s Internet-based certification
exams. Sybase's Certified Sybase Professional and Certified
PowerBuilder Developer exams will be available from VUE
channel partners in early 1998. |
| 12/17/97 |
PC
Week |
Internal
Certification Programs
As internal certifications start to grow in popularity
and stature, the potential of headhunters targeting certain
companies with good programs could become a problem, according
to Clarke Porter, chief executive and founder of Virtual
University Enterprises Inc., a marketing and training
management company in Bloomington, Minn., and a wholly
owned subsidiary of National Computer Systems Inc. Porter
reports he is working with two major companies that are
starting to implement internal certification programs
for their IT staffs but says they are not talking publicly
about what they are doing just yet. |
| 12/6/97 |
Star Tribune
(Minneapolis, MN) |
News
Briefs
Virtual University Enterprises (VUE), a division of Eden
Prairie-based National Computer Systems Inc., and Sybase
Inc. said they have reached a global partnership wherein
VUE will provide testing technology to electronically
deliver professional certification exams for Sybase. |
| 12/5/97 |
Newsbytes |
Virtual
Univ Offers Internet-Based Sybase Certif Testing
The Internet and Java are being used by some companies
for applications that may not have been considered just
a couple of years ago. One such example is National
Computer Systems Inc. [NASDAQ:NLCS] division Virtual University
Enterprises (VUE), which is offering an Internet- based
testing system to individuals and companies seeking to
take Sybase Inc.'s [NASDAQ:SYBS] professional certification
exams. |
| 11/17/97 |
Business
Week |
Lessons
for the Tutors
Corporate customers Novell and Lotus Development, which
contract with Sylvan to administer tests to people who
want to be certified as pros in their software, have started
taking some business to Sylvan's rivals, such as Virtual
University Enterprises. |
| 11/1/97 |
T.H.E.
Journal |
New
products streamline testing and assessment
In the near future, look for private companies to play
an even greater role in educational assessment. Virtual
University Enterprises (VUE), a division of NCS, began
offering Internet-based testing this summer. VUE utilizes
its custom Program Management software, advanced communications
technologies and education consultants to remove the burden
from training and testing groups of students. Besides
"high stakes" assessment -- arranged at dedicated test
centers for specific dates -- the firm administers multiple
choice exams via the Web into unproctored locations. |
| 10/6/97 |
Computer
Reseller News |
NET-BASED
ASSESSMENT -- VUE adds IT training tools
Virtual University Enterprises developed two new assessment
tools for the IT training channel. The new VUE High-Stakes
Electronic Testing System and VUE Browser-based Testing
System allow technical training providers to deliver proctored
and non-proctored exams over the Web and to the desktop.
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