DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Next week at its annual Teradata user conference in Orlando, Florida, NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) will launch a new technical training program called Passport to Knowledge. Passport to Knowledge provides NCR customers with an affordable way to plan for and purchase technical training. The program's initial education offering is the Teradata Passport. The Teradata Passport provides NCR customers the easiest way to plan and purchase data warehousing training and Teradata Certified Professional Exams for their employees.
The NCR Passport to Knowledge Program is a yearly package that includes:
Unlimited NCR Authorized Teradata and UNIX public instructor led training
Unlimited access to NCR Authorized Teradata Web-based courses
Six free NCR Teradata Certified Professional exam vouchers per member
Free NCR Teradata Certified Professional practice exams
The Passport to Knowledge Program provides companies one-time, up-front pricing which makes budgeting and planning much easier. This program is specifically targeted at new NCR customers whose training needs are the greatest and often difficult to identify.
Annual pricing starts at $39,995 for a five-member group and $10,995 for an individual. In addition to Teradata Passport, NCR plans to develop Passports for other areas of customer education. This program will be available in the United States beginning November 1, 2000 and is scheduled for availability in Europe and Asia in 2001.
About NCR's PARTNERS Conference
NCR data warehousing and CRM customers, prospects, partners and employees from around the world will come together at PARTNERS 2000, NCR's annual user group conference and expo, September 24-28 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin. The conference, designed by NCR customers, features keynotes by NCR Executive Vice President and COO Mark Hurd, NCR Chairman and CEO Lars Nyberg, and SPACE.com CEO Lou Dobbs. In addition, the conference boasts more than 180 sessions, many presented by NCR customers, on topics including e-business, CRM strategy and management, and data warehouse technology. For the complete conference program and online registration visit www.ncrpartners.com .
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a US$6.2 billion leader in providing Relationship Technology(TM) solutions to customers worldwide in the retail, financial, communications, manufacturing, travel and transportation, and insurance markets. NCR's Relationship Technology solutions include privacy- enabled Teradata(R) warehouses and customer relationship management (CRM) applications, store automation and automated teller machines (ATMs). The company's business solutions are built on the foundation of its long- established industry knowledge and consulting expertise, value-adding software, global customer support services, a complete line of consumable and media products, and leading edge hardware technology. NCR employs 32,500 in 130 countries, and is a component stock of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. More information about NCR and its solutions may be found at www.ncr.com .
NCR and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. SOURCE NCR Corporation
CONTACT: Holly E. Michael of NCR Corporation, 937-445-6086, or holly.michael@ncr.com/
