(Raleigh, N.C.) Fast Lane (www.FastLaneUS.com), a leading provider of advanced technology training courses, is excited to announce it has made the Triangle Business Journal’s 2011 “Fast 50” awards list of the 50 fastest-growing private companies in the Raleigh-Durham area for the second time. Profiles of the honorees will be featured in a Fast 50 awards special section in the Nov. 18 issue of Triangle Business Journal. The Fast 50 winners were selected and ranked based on a formula that counts revenue growth and profitability in the preceding three years (2008-2010). The numbers are crunched and analyzed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, a Fast 50 partner for almost a decade. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) Fast Lane (www.FastLaneUS.com), a leading provider of advanced technology training courses, is proud to announce that for the fourth year in a row, it has been included in TrainingIndustry.com’s list of Top 20 IT Training Companies. The list encompasses a group of companies recognized for their ongoing mission to be one of the best providers of training services. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Fast Lane (www.fastlaneus.com), a leading worldwide provider of advanced IT training, has won the Cisco Learning Partner Channel Award of Excellence in Relevance, announced by Cisco at its Americas Learning Partner Summit held May 3-4 in San Jose, California. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Four of Mariner’s Business Intelligence Consultants will lead informational and training sessions for in SQL Saturday #70 Columbia, SC on March 19, 2011. The popular Saturday events replicated in cities across the U.S., provides a full day of free information and training from 8:30am to 4:00pm. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) William E. (Bill) Pearson, III, Microsoft SQL Server MVP (Most Valuable Professional), thought leader, speaker and Mariner associate consultant, will once again lead an informational and training session for SQL Server Saturday attendees. Following up his recent events,   SQL Saturday #66 (Colorado Springs, CO) and SQL Saturday #47 (Phoenix, AZ), Pearson provides insight to attendees of SQL Saturday #65 in Vancouver on February 26, 2011, the first SQL Saturday conducted in Canada. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) The Charlotte Mecklenburg Workforce Development Board was awarded On-the-Job Training Grant Funds to help employers reduce the cost of training new hires.  “We know many individuals struggle to find employment and this new program was specifically created to give a leg-up to qualified individuals by reducing an employer’s training costs”, said Deborah Gibson, Executive Director of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Workforce Development Board. “For employers seeking workers, On-the-Job Training offers the unique opportunity to offset initial training costs to fill skilled positions, while building organizational productivity as the employee learns job requirements”, said Gibson. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) To showcase the continuing growth and global expansion within the company and its customer base, Sales Performance International proudly introduces a new logo, branding initiative, and corporate web site. The new corporate logo depicts an upward spiral which represents the research based, year-over-year improvements that Sales Performance International customers attain. In addition, the blue and green color scheme conveys a cross cultural theme that aligns with an expanded global presence. (more…)

(Garner, N.C.) Tim Moore, an experienced sales professional who for several years has operated the Dancing Elephants Achievement Group in the Triangle, has been named the director of Workforce Learning and Sales Development for WingSwept, a locally based full-service information technology firm that continues to experience substantial growth both locally and nationally. Moore’s new position is a unique position that will help sharpen WingSwept’s competitive edge said WingSwept president Jay Strickland. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Global Knowledge today announced the availability of Cloud Computing Essentials, an exclusive four-day course in which students will gain a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts, deployment, architecture, and design of the cloud computing platform. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Fast Lane (www.fastlaneus.com), a leading worldwide provider of advanced IT training, has moved its U.S. headquarters from Cary, N.C., to Morrisville to accommodate growth in service offerings and staff. To showcase their expanded training facilities, Fast Lane will hold an Open House on July 14 at their new location at 1800 Perimeter Park, Suite 140. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Global Knowledge has announced the availability of training on technologies from SpringSource, a division of VMware. In SpringSource: Core Spring, a four-day course recommended as a prerequisite for other SpringSource training, students will learn how to use the Spring Framework to create well-designed, testable business applications in an agile manner. Students will learn about the Spring lightweight container architecture, effective JDBC and Hibernate data access, declarative transaction management, pragmatic AOP, unit testing in isolation, and rapid system integration testing, and they will get an introduction to Spring Web. Completion of SpringSource: Core Spring entitles students to waive the registration fee for the SpringSource Certified Spring Professional certification exam. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Lane (www.fastlaneus.com), a leading worldwide provider of advanced IT training, is offering a top prize of six months of free IT training as part of its Fast Lane 2010 Smart Start Contest. The grand prize winner will be able to take unlimited courses from Fast Lane between July 1 and December 31 – a value of up to $25,000. Additional prize offerings include up to three free courses for 1st Prize, up to two free courses for 2nd prize and one free course for 3rd prize (five 3rd prize winners will be selected).Winners will have the opportunity to take any of Fast Lane’s beginner or advanced Cisco, NetApp, VMWare or IBM courses. (more…)