AeA Awarded Funds from State of California
Employment Training Panel

Santa Clara, CA (April 8, 2008) - AeA will now be able to offer free IT training for qualified technology employees in California, thanks to a $604,800 award from the State of California Employment Training Panel. Under the new agreement, AeA will partner with Saisoft, Inc to deliver fully subsidized, state-funded IT training.

“Technology is ever-changing, and Saisoft is the perfect partner to supply our members with the IT curriculum they need to stay up-to-date in today’s global marketplace”, said Elaine Sanders, AeA’s Senior Vice President of Financial Conferences, Executive Education & Affinity Programs. “As a result of this partnership, we can offer a valuable service that will be especially beneficial to our small and medium size member companies that do not otherwise have the resources for their own ETP agreement. We are thrilled to have received such a generous award, and look forward to working with Saisoft in this exciting new venture.”

Saisoft, Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California, delivers ETP-funded IT training at no cost to companies with California employees. Using an innovative live, online training method to deliver classes, Saisoft has trained more than 1,000 students from more than 400 companies since 2003.

AK Thakore, President of Saisoft, Inc. said, “The relationship will support ETP’s Legislative mandate of training California employees to perform high-skill, high-wage jobs, and reinforces AeA’s competitiveness agenda. AeA is the ideal partner because they are committed to promoting California’s technology industry and providing advocacy in Sacramento.”

Participation in the IT training courses under the AeA agreement will extend to companies of all sizes. For more information, please visit www.aeanet.org/ETPtraining.

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About AeA
AeA, the nation’s largest technology trade association representing all segments of the high-tech industry, is dedicated solely to helping our members’ top line and bottom line. We do this in partnership with our small, medium, and large member companies by lobbying governments at the state, federal, and international levels, providing access to capital and business opportunities, and offering select business services and networking programs. For more information, please visit www.aeanet.org.

This page was last updated on 04/15/08.