SetFocus Launches The GRID®
SetFocus launches a revolutionary on-line training experience for .NET Developers
February 1, 2006 Parsippany, NJ – SetFocus, a leader in .NET Training,
announces today the official launch of The GRID®, a revolutionary on-line training
solution for .NET Developers. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions
(CPLS), SetFocus has spent the past 2 years designing and developing an on-line
training solution for those developers who cannot travel to the cutting-edge training
company’s New York City Metropolitan facilities to attend high-level .NET Developer
instructor-led courses in person.
The GRID® is a Global Remote Instructional Delivery experience, which sets a new
standard for on-line learning. “We set as a standard that anything we do in the
area of distance learning had to be equal to or greater than the experience of being
in one of our classrooms”, stated Mike Landau, President and CEO of SetFocus. To
accomplish this goal SetFocus partnered with Wire One Communications, the industry’s
leader in video conferencing solutions, to deliver its instructor-led, face-to-face
instruction to software developers across the country, live. "Wire One Communications
is proud to partner with SetFocus to bring its innovative videoconferencing solution
to the market," said Jeffrey Prestel, senior vice president of sales, Wire One Communications.
"It represents the benefits customers can expect when a sound product offering is
coupled with strategic consulting. We're looking forward to the future of our relationship
with SetFocus."
What makes The GRID® unique and far superior to traditional synchronous on-line
learning environments is its combination of seamless audio / video conferencing
combined with real-time access to fully loaded .NET developer environments via Windows
Virtual Machines. Through The GRID®, instructors and in-class students, interact,
communicate, and collaborate with remote students through audio quality 400% greater
than telephone and video quality that of television. In addition, remote students
have full access to Microsoft Visual Studio.NET environments including but not limited
to MSDN and SQL Server, through Windows Virtual Machines. Though geographically
separated, The GRID® offers a solution that allows the instructor, in class peers,
and students in their homes to collaborate as if they were sitting side by side
in the classroom. For more information on SetFocus and The GRID® visit SetFocus’
website http://www.setfocus.com/thegrid.aspx
About Wire One Communications, Inc.
Wire One Communications is the world’s leading provider of high quality, reliable,
end-to-end videoconferencing solutions that enable organizations to connect, collaborate
and innovate. Organizations across the globe are taking advantage of collaborative
solutions to improve customer communications, accelerate new product development,
deliver accessible training solutions, and more. For more information, call +1-888-448-7726
or visit www.wireone.com.
About SetFocus
SetFocus is a unique training organization that provides the most current and cutting
edge technologies in the training market for software developers and corporations
nationwide. Specializing in Microsoft’s .NET technologies, training is offered at
SetFocus’ locations in Parsippany and Jersey City, New Jersey (USA) as well as remotely
through The GRID®. SetFocus offers courses at the introductory, intermediate, and
advanced levels and all are delivered by experienced solution developer/trainers
who teach from a practical perspective enhanced with tips, techniques, and code
samples to enhance rapid application development. A Gold Microsoft Certified Partner
for Learning Solutions (CPLS), SetFocus is highly regarded in the Microsoft Learning
Solutions Arena. SetFocus has won semi-finalist awards for both the 2001 Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur of the Year as well as the 2004 New Jersey Family Business of
the Year. SetFocus can be reached at +1-886-91-TRAIN and through its website, www.setfocus.com.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Jonathan Lefkowitz
Director of Marketing
SetFocus, LLC
Jlefkowitz@setfocus.com
(973) 889-0211 ext. 15
(973) 889-0213 (fax)