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For Immediate Release
EPCglobal CANADA AND RFID4U ™ ENTER IN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO OFFER RFID TRAINING & CERTIFICATION IN CANADA
TORONTO
and SUNNYVALE - August 9, 2006 – EPCglobal Canada, a wholly owned
subsidiary of GS1 Canada, the not-for-profit, industry-led GS1 member
organization that promotes and maintains global standards for the
identification of goods, and RFID4U, the country's largest RFID
training company, announced today they have entered into a strategic
multi-year partnership to jointly offer RFID training including CompTIA
RFID+ ™ certification courses.
Under
the scope of the agreement, EPCglobal and RFID4U will offer various
RFID training and certification courses throughout Canada that will
provide attendees with the tools to effectively integrate EPC/RFID into
their organization to meet their business objectives. The complete
schedule of courses will be available on both the organizations'
websites www.rfid4u.com and http://www.epcglobalcanada.org .
“After
extensive research, we found that RFID4U's offerings most effectively
meet the training needs of our Canadian subscribers, members, end users
and service providers,” said Jack Brooks, Vice President Business &
Sector Development of EPCglobal Canada . “We ultimately selected RFID4U
as our training and certification partner because of their experienced
team and quality courseware.”
“At
RFID4U we have always had a passion for helping businesses make
themselves ‘People Ready'”, said Sanjiv Dua, CEO. “EPCglobal Canada
partnership allows us to offer RFID4U's world-class RFID learning
solutions at a very broad scale in Canada, which can empower businesses
to use RFID technology to harness information, turn data into insight,
transform ideas into action, and turn change into opportunity.”
About RFID4U
RFID4U
has been a pioneer in RFID training for over four years, with more than
2,000 people trained from both the private sector and government.
RFID4U's RFID+ curriculum as well as RFIDQ™ practice tests for RFID+
have been reviewed and approved by the Computing Technology Industry
Association (CompTIA) as quality training materials through the CompTIA
Authorized Quality Curriculum (CAQC) program. This recognition
identifies these courses as meeting the strictest quality standards set
by CompTIA to ensure it meets exacting requirements with regard to
complete coverage of exam content as well as excellent content layout
and instructional design material that helps certification candidates
judge their learning and readiness for the certification exam. More
information is available at www.rfid4u.com .
About EPCglobal Canada
EPCglobal Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of GS1 Canada, the
not-for-profit, industry-led GS1 member organization that promotes and
maintains global standards for the identification of goods. EPCglobal
Canada holds the exclusive rights to assign Electronic Product Code
(EPC) numbers, which will allow Canadian companies to better manage
their supply chains from beginning to end, resulting in an increase in
productivity and profit. In addition, EPCglobal Canada supports pilot
testing, and implementation of products and services related to EPC
technology, including certification and compliance testing. For more
information please visit http://www.epcglobalcanada.org
About GS1 Canada
GS1 Canada is a not-for-profit organization that promotes and maintains
global standards for the identification of goods, locations and related
e-commerce communication, such as bar code issuance and maintenance.
GS1 Canada is the only authorized source for globally unique company
prefixes in Canada , a standard term and condition of trade globally.
It provides a range of educational opportunities, maintains ECCnet
Registry, Canada 's national product registry, and offers one-stop
access to product images and dimensions. As technologies like the
Electronic Product Code™/Radio Frequency Identification (EPC/RFID)
continue to drive the e-commerce revolution, GS1 Canada will provide
the leadership to help ensure that Canadian companies can participate
competitively. For more information, visit www.gs1ca.org .
Press Contacts:
Sanjiv Dua
RFID4U
866-400-RFID Toll Free
408-739-3500 International
Fax: 408-739-3502
sdua@rfid4u.com
http://www.rfid4u.com
Kathleen McManus
GS1 Canada for EPCglobal Canada
416-510-8039 ext. 2263
kathleen.mcmanus@gs1ca.org
