SuSE and Epcom announce Linux Training Partnership

SUSE LINUX and Epcom announce Linux Training Partnership

Oakland, CA / Troy, Michigan  10/31/03 -- Epcom Corporation, a leader in
educational and consulting services, and SUSE LINUX  today announced that
Epcom has become the founding SUSE training partner in North America --
adding the complete SUSE LINUX  curriculum to its suite of software and
systems development courses. The SUSE LINUX curriculum provides paths
leading to all Linux Professional Institute and United Linux certifications.
Linux systems architects, developers, administrators, and ‘power users’
throughout North America now have a single point resource for all of their
educational and certification needs. Courses are scheduled for the Los
Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Detroit metropolitan areas this year. Other
major metropolitan regions will be added throughout 2004. Course schedules
and outlines are available at http://www.epcom.com/sched.html
<http://www.epcom.com/sched.html>
“We are very excited about the benefits this partnership offers SUSE and
Epcom customers,” said Joseph Opyrchal, President and CEO of Epcom
Corporation. “Linux offers unprecedented advantages in the areas of
computing reliability, security, scalability, and cost effectiveness. SUSE
is world renowned for their Linux Research & Development and comprehensive
enterprise-oriented support. Furthermore, SUSE LINUX Training was named the
winner of the 2003 Readers’ Choice Awards by Linux Journal, a publication of
Specialized Systems Consultants. We look forward to enabling our customers
to effectively and efficiently implement Linux throughout their enterprise.”
“The relationship with Epcom will provide a valuable resource for those
interested in pursuing Linux technology,” said Holger Dyroff, general
manager, North America, SUSE LINUX. “We chose Epcom because of their
outstanding track record in technology training.”
 About Epcom Corporation
Epcom provides Engineering, Communication, Network, and Information
Technology development, implementation, and support services through three
complementary business units: Educational Services, Consulting Services, and
Staffing Services. For over twenty years Epcom has lead or participated on
hundreds of projects and trained thousands of professionals while working
with and for worldwide industry leaders on some of their most challenging
business and technology issues. Further information on Epcom is available at
http://www.epcom.com/ <http://www.epcom.com/>
About SUSE LINUX
Established in 1992, SUSE LINUX is one of the world's leading providers of
Linux software and services. With the largest dedicated Linux research and
development team, SUSE delivers enterprise-ready software and services that
harness the innovation, speed-to-market and independence of the open source
community. A privately-held company based in Nuremberg, Germany, SUSE --
together with global business partners -- supports customers throughout the
world. Further information on SUSE is available at http://www.suse.com
<http://www.suse.com/>
SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE LINUX. Linux is a registered
trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the
property of their respective owners.

Press Contact
Basil Hargrave-Thomas
Educational Services Manager
Epcom Corporation
E-mail: bthomas-AT-epcom.com <mailto:jeckert-AT-suse.com>