PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eastern University has partnered with training and consulting firm Veris Associates, Inc. to provide Project Management Training and Certification. The partnership will allow Eastern to offer different types of IT and Project Management certifications in conjunction with their degreed programs, bringing practical knowledge to the University environment. Eastern chose Veris based on the quality of their highly effective training process and practices. Partnering with Eastern allows Veris to offer their IT Service Management and Project Management services to Eastern's business graduate students, alumni and local businesses at best-of-class training facilities.
Since its inception in 2003, Veris Associates has continually expanded its core group of Information Technology Services from IT Service Management to include: ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) Consulting, a set of best practices for IT; ITIL accredited Version 2 & Version 3 Training; Project Management Consulting; Project Management Accredited Training, Infrastructure Utility Services, Program Management, and Strategic Planning. In addition, Veris Associates has developed the proprietary "Veris Vantage(tm)" a vision for launching a successful model of IT Service Management. The ITIL framework for IT Service Management has become the industry standard utilized by more and more companies each year as IT organizations move toward Service Oriented Architectures (SOA). Companies adopt IT Infrastructure Management to support their implementation of: Configuration Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Help Desk, and Software Control and Distribution.
This alignment with Eastern University demonstrates Veris Associates' ongoing commitment to provide clients with tools to implement a scalable and effective methodology for handling projects in every organization. These methodologies are based mainly on PMI standards. Veris Associates' experts continually research emerging and existing best practices to provide state of the art processes to their clients and bring real-world experience for grounded solutions.
Veris will be launching their first class at Eastern University's Campolo College of Graduate Special Studies September 8, 2008 in Center City, Philadelphia. http://www.verisassociates.com/main.asp?calendar=yes&month=9&year=2008
About Eastern University
Eastern University is a Christian university of the arts and sciences dedicated through teaching, scholarship, service, spiritual formation, student development and societal involvement to the preparation of undergraduate and graduate students for thoughtful and productive lives of Christian faith and service. For more information about Eastern University's professional programs, visit http://www.eastern.edu.
About Veris Associates, Inc.
Veris Associates, Inc. is a certified woman owned business enterprise (WBE) providing consulting and training for Process Engineering, Project Management, and Corporate Learning in the areas of: Information Technology, IT Service Management, and Human Resources. By successfully helping clients streamline IT business processes through best practices frameworks, Veris has earned a reputation as the premier IT Service Management Consulting firm. For more information, visit www.verisassociates.com.
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