DASHCOURSES INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES A TRAINING PARTNER AGREEMENT WITH BlackForest EDA to DELIVER I/O AND STORAGE TRAINING SOLUTIONS IN EUROPE

Scottsdale, AZ (March 5, 2008) - Dashcourses International announces a training partner agreement with BlackForest EDA, a German based EDA solutions provider, which will allow BlackForest to provide Dashcourses I/O and Storage courses to its European clients.

BlackForest intends initially to present Dashcourses' series of I/O and Storage courses including PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express, PCI Express I/O Virtualization, USB, Wireless USB, Serial ATA, Serial Attached SCSI, InfiniBand and its Virtualization course series.  "We are very pleased to have this opportunity to extend our I/O and Storage training solutions into the European EDA market in partnership with an organization such as BlackForest EDA," said Marianne Cherney, Chief Executive Officer of Dashcourses International.  "One of the key elements to successful training is understanding customer requirements and partnering with an expert in the EDA market allows us to provide highly tailored and customized training solutions."

As part of the agreement, BlackForest will work with Dashcourses to implement the standard Dashcourses quality model that provides for pre-course evaluation of the customer's true need, a course customization delivery statement, expert delivery, and course evaluation.  Customers will also have access to Dashcourses' virtual delivery channel which includes a hands-on learning facility.

"We are happy to be able to provide our European customers qualified Dashcourses training courses. Our HDL verification and system concept development solutions are complemented by dedicated training service," said Juergen Kessler, BlackForest EDA's founder. "EDA customers will now benefit from the complete package, which allows them to significantly shorten the design cycle for high speed I/O and storage applications."

 

About Dashcourses International

Dashcourses International is a leading worldwide provider of vendor-independent education and training to IT, technology and business professionals.  The company develops, markets and delivers a broad range of standard and custom training solutions in Virtualization, CPU Architecture, Input/Output (I/O), Storage, Networking and Applications including Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Databases and Security to name a few.  Dashcourses' highly specialized technical training is available via multiple delivery formats including live on-site and public courses and live and on-demand e-learning courses.  All delivery formats include access to Dashcourses' remote hands-on labs.  For more information about Dashcourses products and services, call  1-877-710-5455  or visit their website at http://www.dashcourses.com/

About BlackForest EDA
 

BlackForest EDA, based in Meerbusch, Germany, is an EDA manufacturer's representative firm formed in 2003. Its mission is to give leading-edge EDA software manufacturers access to the European market. Juergen Kessler, BlackForest EDA's founder, is a graduate engineer with 20 years of experience in the semiconductor and EDA industries. The product portfolio is focused on leading edge verification solutions for HDL designs and also includes a formalized method for concept development and component sizing used by electronic systems architects. For additional information, please visit BlackForest EDA online at http://www.blackforest-eda.de/.