Instructional Excellence Recognized for the Sixth Time

CARY, N.C. and TORONTO - Global Knowledge, the world's leading learning services and professional development solutions provider, was recently named Red Hat's Premier Training Partner of the Year for 2015 for its role as a top provider.

For more than 11 years, Global Knowledge has helped companies train individuals, teams and departments on the latest Red Hat technologies to solve challenges such as data storage, global information sharing, and saving money on IT infrastructure. The combination of customizable training options and expert instruction has earned Global Knowledge the Red Hat Premier Training Partner award for six of the past eight years.

"Receiving this award from Red Hat for a sixth year is truly an honor," said Michael Fox, SVP, Enterprise Solutions for Global Knowledge. "As a premier training partner, we strive to enable companies to get the most out of their Red Hat technologies, empowering them to solve increasingly complex business issues through technical training and certification exam preparation."

Red Hat-certified instructors actively engage students in task-focused activities, lab-based knowledge checks and facilitative discussions on a full catalog of Red Hat technologies such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, for certification and organizational success.

Global Knowledge also offers the Red Hat Learning Subscription, an On-Demand training option which provides students with access to up to 400 hours of hands-on lab time and more than 300 recorded instructor videos on Red Hat operating systems, middleware, cloud, and virtualization.

"Red Hat is happy to award our North American Red Hat Premier Training Partner of the Year award to Global Knowledge. Global Knowledge has been a Red Hat partner for more than 10 years, a RH Partner since 2003" said Karl Reynolds, director of training for North America, Red Hat. "They've experienced growth for our fiscal year 2015 through their strong efforts in both public sector and commercial markets, and are one of the top providers for Red Hat training. We are happy with our continued collaboration to provide resources that enable individuals and organizations to get the most out of our open source applications."

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.