[Kolab-announce] Professional Training and Certification for the Kolab Groupware Solution

Georg C. F. Greve greve at kolabsys.com
Wed May 26 09:57:22 CEST 2010


[ http://kolabsys.com/index.php/resources/95-news2010-05-26 ]

Professional Training and Certification for the Kolab Groupware Solution

Kolab Systems AG and OpenSource Training Ralf Spenneberg partner up for the 
creation of a professional training and certification program for the Free 
Software Kolab Groupware Solution. First courses and certifications will be 
available in autumn 2010.

The Kolab Groupware Solution provides an interoperable, open and fully Free 
Software based approach to Personal Information Management (PIM) for 
organizations of any size. Thanks to its hyper-modularity, Kolab's core 
groupware functionality of email, calendaring, contacts and task management 
can be integrated into a variety of scenarios and solutions. Kolab provides 
this in a variety of environments and platforms, including GNU/Linux, 
Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, including in mixed client environments.

Kolab Systems AG is the newly re-launched backbone of the Kolab Enterprise 
Community, a network of companies providing professional support, integration 
and other services around the Kolab Groupware Solution. To ensure highest 
levels of quality for customers, training and certification will be provided 
for administrators, help desk operators and users of Kolab. These courses and 
hands-on tests will be developed specifically by OpenSource Training Ralf 
Spenneberg in close cooperation with Kolab Systems AG and its partner 
companies.

„Kolab is a mature solution that has been in production for more than five 
years. So we were naturally aware of successes as well as problems, and our 
analysis showed that often problems were related to a lack of awareness for 
the elegant way to solve some of the advanced scenarios the Kolab Groupware 
Solution offers,“ explains Georg Greve, CEO of Kolab Systems. „With the 
training and certification we now employ proven methods to distribute the 
knowledge of best practices and practical experience in the field and ensure 
that customers have meaningful criteria to choose between different providers.“

The first Kolab administration classes and certifications are planned for autumn 
2010. These classes and exams are conducted by OpenSource Training Ralf 
Spenneberg. „We are developing practical exams. The students need to 
demonstrate the ability to install, configure and troubleshoot the Kolab 
Groupware Solution to pass the exam. This garantees the high level of the 
exam.“ states Ralf Spenneberg. „Students may take the exam without attending 
the training class. Thus skilled administrators, knowing Kolab, can directly 
become certified.“


About Kolab Systems:

Founded in Zürich in 2010, Kolab Systems AG provides support to the enterprise 
community involved with the Kolab Groupware Solution. The Kolab Groupware 
Solution is a cross-platform personal information management solution with 
strong security, privacy and a unique design allowing very large deployments 
and federated groupware deployments. Through its partners in the Kolab 
Enterprise Community, Kolab Systems provides users of the Kolab Groupware 
Solution with the right level of professional consulting, support and 
warranties to enable productivity and collaboration.

For more information, visit http://kolabsys.com.

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About OpenSource Training Ralf Spenneberg:

Ralf Spenneberg offers training and support for open source software products 
since 1998. The author of several books is a renowned expert on network 
security solutions using free software. His company OpenSource Training Ralf 
Spenneberg provides public training classes and consulting services.


Contact

Georg C. F. Greve
Email: <greve -- AT -- kolabsys.com>
http://www.linkedin.com/in/GeorgGreve

Ralf Spenneberg
Email: <ralf – AT – os-t.de>
http://de.linkedin.com/in/ralfspenneberg




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