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Sage North America Expands Sage University With New Business Skills and Technical Training Courses Now Available for Sage Customers
New Training and Educational Courses From the MindLeaders(R) Course Catalog Now Available for Sage Customers in One Convenient Location
| Source: Sage North America
DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - November 18, 2008) - Sage
North America announced today at Sage Summit, the company's annual
customer conference taking place here, an expanded library of new online
courses available on Sage University
(www.sageu.com). The array of new courses includes topics such as Business
Skills Development (including Customer Service, Finance, and Leadership),
Desktop Computing & Technology help, Home & Small Business help, a complete
series of Technical Training Courses, and Business Skills Videos -- all
available online. Some of the new courses will also facilitate
role-specific certifications. Through an agreement with MindLeaders, a
premiere e-Learning, individual performance and organizational development
company (www.mindleaders.com), over 2,000 courses from the MindLeaders
Course Catalog will be made available to Sage customers.
Sage University provides convenient 24/7 access to all of these courses, as
well as continuing to offer a comprehensive portfolio of Sage product
training courses.
"Our customers' business day involves a lot more than just working with
their business management solutions from Sage. We've expanded Sage
University to give our customers training on the business and technical
issues they deal with every day," said Lane Giles, Sage North America vice
president, Customer and Partner Training. "Sage University demonstrates our
relentless focus on the customer, and what better place to launch our new
offerings than at Sage Summit, our annual customer conference. We'll
continue to provide tools such as these new courses to help our customers
succeed."
Sage University provides a variety of pricing options for purchasing either
a complete library of courses or specific courses on individual topics.
Courses are delivered in a variety of formats, including self-paced online
access called Anytime Learning, online instructor led Realtime Learning,
traditional classroom courses, and virtual 'hands-on' labs. Sage University
also offers product specialization certifications and Continuing
Professional Education (CPE) Credits for Certified Public Accountants
(CPAs). Sage North America is registered with the National Association of
State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of Continuing Professional
Education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.
For more information, visit Sage University at www.sageu.com.
About Sage North America
Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier
of business management software and services. At Sage, we live and breathe
business every day. We are passionate about helping our customers achieve
their ambitions. Our range of business software and services is continually
evolving as we innovate to answer our customers' needs. Our solutions
support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human
resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of
the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and
real estate industries. Sage North America employs approximately 5,000
people and supports nearly 2.9 million small and medium-size business
customers. The Sage Group plc, formed in 1981, was floated on the London
Stock Exchange in 1989 and now employs 14,800 people and supports 5.7
million customers worldwide. For more information, please visit the web
site at www.sagenorthamerica.com or call 866-308-2378.
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