Professional development provider wins platinum and gold awards

CARY, N.C. and TORONTO - Global Knowledge, the world's leading learning services and professional development solutions provider, has received Redmond magazine Reader's Choice Awards in three categories for Microsoft training excellence. This is the 12th year that Redmond's readers have recognized Global Knowledge with top honors.

The 2015 awards span multiple categories, highlighting the breadth of Global Knowledge's training catalog:

• Platinum - Microsoft Certification-Based Boot Camp
• Platinum - Virtualization Training Vendor
• Gold - Online, Disk-Based or Instructor-Led Training

Redmond magazine emailed its database of 100,000 readers to gauge which third-party software, hardware and services are most favored for working with and in support of Microsoft's flagship products.

Global Knowledge has the largest Microsoft training schedule and the most Guaranteed to Run classes in the industry. Many professionals who train with Global Knowledge also gain unlimited access to indexed class recordings, practice labs, mentoring and class retakes with Microsoft training exclusives.

"Continuing to be recognized by Redmond's readers each year is truly an honor," said Michael Fox, SVP, Enterprise Solutions for Global Knowledge. "Microsoft professionals rely on us to provide them with the latest instructional techniques and technologies to acquire in-demand skills. Microsoft training exclusives enable us to provide our students with post-class support and learning beyond the classroom, to help them implement new skills in their work environments."

About Global Knowledge

Global Knowledge is the world's leading learning services and professional development solutions provider. We deliver learning solutions to support customers as they adapt to key business transformations and technological advancements that drive the way that organizations around the world differentiate themselves and thrive. Our learning programs, whether designed for a global organization or an individual professional, help businesses close skills gaps and foster an environment of continuous talent development.

Offering the most relevant and timely content delivered by the best instructors, we provide customers around the world with their choice of customized private programs, convenient public training scheduling options, flexible delivery formats and continuous learning support to accelerate their success. Our business skills solutions teach essential communications skills, leadership development, business analysis, project management, IT service management and process improvement. With thousands of courses spanning from foundational training to specialized certifications, our core IT training is focused on technology partners such as Amazon Web Services, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat, SAP and VMware. We offer comprehensive professional development for advancements in application development, big data analytics, change management, cloud computing, cybersecurity and networking.

Founded in 1995, Global Knowledge employs more than 1,300 people worldwide and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.