Learning Leader Wins Juniper's Gold Partner of the Year in the Americas

CARY, N.C. and TORONTO - Global Knowledge, the world's leading learning services and professional development solutions provider, today announced it has been honored as one of the leading Juniper Networks Authorized Education Partners (JNAEP) in the Americas region for 2014. Global Knowledge was honored as the Americas Gold Partner of the Year and received the Americas Silver Award for Highest Growth.

As a JNAEP, Global Knowledge is authorized to provide in-depth, technical courses on a variety of Juniper products including Juniper Networks® Junos® operating system, service provider routers and security. Targeted at end users, these valuable courses are derived from Juniper Networks' proprietary training curriculum and range from introductory to intermediate.

"We are very pleased that Juniper continues to recognize our commitment to customer success by implementing new processes and technologies that drive skills and development," said Michael Fox, SVP, Enterprise Solutions for Global Knowledge. "We continually work to improve the learning experience for individuals and organizational teams by adapting to changing needs and requirements, enabling professional development to be an integrated part of role performance and growth. We have the infrastructure and service excellence to customize learning solutions. With this recognition - our third consecutive Gold Partner Award - Juniper acknowledges our value."

Juniper Networks gives this award to Authorized Education Partners that exemplify the highest quality training experience and deliver a remarkable customer experience.

"As a leading Authorized Education Partner, Global Knowledge must maintain the same strict quality standards that Juniper requires of its own instructors and training organizations," said James Sonderegger, head of worldwide education services at Juniper Networks. "To succeed as a top performer in the Americas is highly commendable."

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.