Surgient Webinar to Discuss Effective Hands-on Training With Virtual Labs



    AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 11 /EMWNews/ -- Surgient, the visionary and

market leader of self-service virtualization automation and lab management,

today announced a Webinar, "Training Remote Staff More Effectively with

Virtual Labs." Scheduled for Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 2 p.m. ET and

featuring Michael Lux, vice president of global learning at CA, the Webinar

will discuss the use of virtualization technology to provide business

constituents, including employees, partners and customers, with

self-service access to hands-on training.



    Live online training has increased significantly as a delivery method

for cost-effective training around the world. However, many organizations

are still finding it difficult to effectively deliver and satisfy the needs

of all staff members, including remote individuals. Virtual labs enable

true hands-on learning to users while eliminating costly travel to training

sessions.



    This Webinar will feature a case study on CA's use of virtual labs

technology to more efficiently deliver hands-on training across the globe.

It will also include a best practices discussion to help attendees learn

how to turn a training program into a competitive advantage and

successfully deliver online learning to employees, customers and partners.






    What:     "Training Remote Staff More Effectively with Virtual Labs"

              Webinar



    When:     Wednesday, August 13, 2008

              2 p.m. Eastern Time / 1 p.m. Central Time / 11 a.m. Pacific Time



    Speaker:  Michael Lux, vice president of global learning, CA

    Register at:



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https://surgientevents.webex.com/surgientevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=6623681

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    About the Speaker



    Michael Lux is the vice president of global learning for CA's Chief

Learning Office. He is responsible for planning and executing world-class

training for all of CA's technical learners as well as its channel

partners. Prior to coming to CA, Lux worked as director of business

development at CIBER UK in London and director of education services for

PeopleSoft in California. Lux has more than 15 years experience in Learning

and Education Services, including more than five years experience as a

technical instructor and curriculum developer, working directly on the

front-lines of learning.



    About Surgient



    Surgient is the visionary and market leader of self-service

virtualization automation and lab management. The Surgient Virtual

Automation Platform is a powerful, flexible and mature solution that

enables enterprise IT organizations to effectively manage diverse virtual

resources and eliminate physical server and VM sprawl, while delivering

self-service computing resources to users. With policy-driven automation

and a robust, guaranteed reservation system, users have on-demand access to

their resources, and IT is freed up from manual administrative tasks to

work on mission-critical projects. Using Surgient Virtual Automation

Platform, world-class companies including Merck, Raymond James, HP,

Halliburton, EMC, CA, Iron Mountain, IBM, GE, SAP, Microsoft, Intuit and

others are accelerating their growth and profitability by automating

virtual infrastructure in support of their business initiatives. Surgient

is a private, venture-backed company based in Austin, Texas. For more

information, visit http://www.surgient.com.






    For Additional Information Contact:



    Keith Giannini or Lisa Mokaba

    Schwartz Communications

    781-684-0770

    [email protected]