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Everything Channel Creates Channel @ Work: Future Tech Leaders Program, Sponsors Teens Seeking IT Careers

Posted on: Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 08:00 CDT

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, today announced that it is partnering with The Framsyn Initiative, a community based training program that provides training and certification to teens seeking careers as IT professionals, and NY-based Solution Provider, Dicyn Solutions for the Channel @ Work: Future Tech Leaders program, which will take place as part of XChange '09, August 17-20 at the Gaylord National Hotel in Washington, DC. In addition, Microsoft is the exclusive sponsor of this initiative. The Channel @ Work: Future Tech Leaders program sponsors teens aged 16-18 from North Carolina, New York, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC seeking information technology (IT) careers.

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The Channel @ Work: Future Tech Leaders Program is designed to make a difference in the lives of people in the community where Everything Channel hosts XChange events. The program will give approximately 20 teens the opportunity to attend XChange '09, participate in Microsoft training and certification courses and network with the Solution Provider community.

Students must be 15-18 years old and have passed the 70-282 Microsoft Small Business Specialists exam to enter the Framsyn Initiative. Additionally, they then must pass a minimum of two exams prior to graduation. Students can also study and test for advanced certifications such as systems administration or engineering. The young men and women that will participate in the Channel @ Work: Future Tech Leaders Initiative are working with local Solution Providers as interns.

"XChange '09 is an excellent opportunity for the Channel community to come together to meet, network and learn," commented Nancy Hammervik, SVP/Managing Director, Everything Channel Events. "Everything Channel and our parent company, United Business Media, are strong supporters of the local community and we are very excited to work with The Framsyn Initiative, Dicyn Solutions and Microsoft to create the Channel @ Work: Future Tech Leaders initiative and help make a difference in the lives of teenagers looking to work in the field of IT. Teens skilled in technology will shape IT's future and we are keenly aware that more needs to be done to make the next-generation workforce truly useful to employers. We understand that students need encouragement from schools and businesses to pursue careers in IT. We are looking forward to offering these teens a platform to learn and network with potential employers."

"For the IT industry to continue to innovate and shape the future of our country, we must invest in technology education for our youth," said Eric Martorano, Director of Channel Strategy & Satisfaction at Microsoft. "Microsoft is committed to supporting, promoting and enabling opportunities for students to reach their full potential and we are proud to be a part of a channel conference that brings together future IT professionals with IT industry leaders to deepen their knowledge of what it takes to succeed in this field."

Dino White, President and CEO of Dicyn Solutions and Chairman of The Framsyn Initiative, said, "We are very excited to be partnering with Everything Channel to provide teens with Microsoft training and the opportunity to network with key Solution Providers throughout the technology industry. In this most difficult of economic times, we see IT as one of the leading career fields that will be counted on by many; all businesses require IT to achieve their required state of readiness and maintenance and exceed its present performance. The Channel @ Work: Future Tech Leaders program will help shape the careers of these students as they prepare for graduation and enter the workforce."

Everything Channel XChange '09 is the largest channel event of the year, attracting over 1,000 attendees. The four-day event brings together over 250 qualified Solution Providers and leading industry vendors in diverse technology areas to build business relationships.

For additional information about XChange '09, visit: http://www.everythingchannelevents.com/xchange09. For additional information about sponsorship, contact Allison Cohen at 516 562 7870 or accohen@everythingchannel.com.

Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists - with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

Contact Allison Cohen Everything Channel accohen@everythingchannel.com 516 562 7870

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