SPSS Adds Web-Based Training Option To Its Professional Services Offerings; Customers Can Now Benefit From Just-In-Time Training and Save More Than 90%

"In the past, companies had to choose who got training and who did not because of the high costs associated with sending employees to classroom-based training," said Nawn. "Now, companies of all sizes don't have to make such compromises. The Web ensures a greater percentage of employees can get the training they need, when they need it, and do so in a cost-effective manner. As a result, it is significantly easier for our customers to improve their job performance and maintain a competitive advantage - to the benefit of themselves as well as the organizations they work for."

By nature, traditional training methods, like classroom-based training, dictate when and where software instruction takes place. With WBT, SPSS users can call upon interactive training materials day or night, from any computer with access to the Web. This availability translates into substantial savings when compared to traditional training methods. For example, a conventional two-day training session can cost more than $1,600 in direct costs including tuition, travel, lodging and meals. The same training delivered via SPSS WBT costs $99, over 90 percent less.

SPSS WBT also offers additional training resources including a question bank, or "Q-Bank", of frequently asked questions (FAQs), quizzes, quick practice sessions, exercises and links to other Web-based information. SPSS WBT students are also able to correspond with instructors and each other. For a truly interactive learning experience, the Q-Bank's FAQ database is updated on a regular basis, increasing the value of the course for customers.

The widespread availability and reduced costs of WBT instantly expands a company's capacity to use SPSS products to interact more profitably with its customers. As banks, retailers, hospitals, telecommunications companies increase the number of trained SPSS users in their workforce, their ability to accurately forecast customer behavior and act accordingly will also increase.

The objective of SPSS training is to educate customers to make better business decisions with data. In addition to WBT, SPSS offers public, on-site, one-on-one and computer-based training as well as self-study course guides. SPSS training is available sites worldwide and offers courses tailored to every level of user.

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