SNIA Adds Global e-Course To Educational Offerings

New e-Course will Focus on Storage Fundamentals

San Francisco (February 8, 2010) — The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) today announced it has partnered with FMJO, LLC to bring the SNIA Storage Network Foundations courseware to a worldwide audience via a new electronic offering. This e-Course provides students with the same content as the instructor-led four-day SNIA Storage Networking Foundations Course. The e-Course is a compendium of 18 separate learning modules. Content has been developed using ten years of vendor-neutral storage expertise and is the only SNIA authorized e-learning material available to prepare for the SNIA Storage Network Foundations Exam (S10-101).

"I spent a large number of hours over an extended weekend going through the e-Course," said Barry J. Gillin, Systems Analyst Engineer and SNIA Certified Storage Professional for Oregon Health & Science University. "I have to give credit to the author(s) for the clear and concise job they did with the material. This e-Course was invaluable to me in studying for the SNIA certification exam."

IT and storage professionals will come away with the technical skills needed to implement and manage storage network solutions.

Wayne M. Adams, Chair of the SNIA added, "Industry education and certification have been integral to the SNIA mission since our inception. In today's workplace and global economy, the importance and role of data storage and information management are top of mind. As such, every corner of the globe has a datacenter with IT storage professionals desiring training and certification whenever they need it at an attractive price. The availability of the SNIA e-Course over the Internet will meet anyone's immediate need to be trained anywhere, while satisfying the learning objectives for data center professionals, system integrators, solution consultants and managed service providers with equipment from multiple vendors."

Ed Frymoyer, Managing Director, FMJO, LLC, added, "The online e-Course is ideal for candidates who have IT experience, but are not necessarily storage specialists. We are excited that this partnership will bring this e-Course to storage and IT specialists worldwide as it provides an opportunity to gain an understanding of storage networking concepts, components, technologies, tools and tasks such as backup, recovery and continuance."

The e-Course is available immediately and costs $525.00 U.S.D.. Upon proof of purchase, a 25% off coupon for the SNIA Storage Network Certification Exam will be available to the student to encourage them to secure an official SNIA Certification. For more information on the e-Course, please visit www.snia.org/education/certification/scsp.

About FMJO
FMJO, LLC is an educational provider for Storage Networking training for professionals with both in–person and web based classes. They operate public and private courses through licensees. FMJO,LLC and its predecessor company Infinity I/O, Inc. have provided storage networking training since 1995. FMJO, LLC operates out of Half Moon Bay, CA.

About the SNIA
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not–for–profit global organization, made up of some 400 member companies spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA’s mission is to lead the storage industry worldwide in developing and promoting standards, technologies, and educational services to empower organizations in the management of information. To this end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education, and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For additional information, visit the SNIA web site at www.snia.org.