Free java couse on the 'net by IBM

An extract from Business wire.... Interesting...

      IBM's "Introduction to Java"
      class is on-line, on the Web and
      free 

      SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. -- To help
      developers quickly build skills in Java, the hot programming
      language for the Web, IBM now offers the first, complete,
      Internet-based, free course on the fundamentals of Java as well as
      Java's important implications for electronic business on the World
      Wide Web. 

      At www.ibm.com/Java/education/intro, IBM has posted an
      exciting one-hour, Web-based course on Java(b). Using a
      combination of video, audio, graphics, and text, the course
      provides people flexible, accessible education at home and in the
      office -- while keeping a personal approach with a "live" instructor
      video. 

      "Introduction to Java demonstrates how IBM is using Java in its
      portfolio of products and services to make e-business real for our
      customers," said Frank Kales, general manager, IBM Global
      Services, education and training. "It also demonstrates that
      education over the Internet is practical and available today from
      IBM." 

      The leader in corporate education and training, IBM tapped its
      experts in IBM Research, the Java Web team and IBM Global
      Services to develop this high-tech approach to education that
      provides: 

      -- Flexibility -- training when and where users want it, and the
      ability to stop and start as needed at the workstation, an
      especially important consideration for the smaller- to
      medium-sized business owner who may not want to spend time
      and money on on-site training. 

      -- "Real" learning -- unlike many text-only page turner courses on
      the Internet, this one also delivers video, audio and graphics. The
      instructor, via prerecorded video and audio, provides a more
      personal approach. 

      -- Accessibility -- while multimedia offers the combination of
      video, audio, graphics, and text, users need a CD-ROM and
      CD-ROM drive. IBM's Introduction to Java simply requires audio
      capability, a Netscape browser and a quick download of the IBM
      Bamba player. 

      Introduction to Java is part of the previously announced IBM
      Global Campus, a broad effort to provide on-line education. IBM
      is making a major thrust into networked education as a result of its
      customers' requirements for flexible, available, and state-of-the-art
      education and training. Visit http://www.ibm.com/java/educat
      ion/intro on the World Wide Web. The course is hosted on the
      IBM Global Network. 

      With $22.9 billion in revenue in 1996, IBM Global Services is the
      largest and most versatile provider of information technology
      services in the world, including consulting, outsourcing, systems
      integration, networking solutions, education & training, and
      product support services. The more than 116,000 I/T
      professionals in IBM Global Services combine technology
      expertise and knowledge of a customer's industry with the
      organization's global reach to help customers apply technology
      for competitive advantage. 

      Visit http://www.ibm.com/java/dev_edu.html for more information 

      about Java courses, conferences and publications. 

      For customer information, call 1-800-IBM-TEACH 

      (a) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 

      (b) Registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 

      CONTACT: IBM | Jan Walbridge | 914-766-4647 |
      walbridge@gemini.ibm.com |
      http://www.ibm.com/java/education/intro 

      [Copyright 1997, Business Wire] 




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