Fast Lane Sponsors Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for NetApp UK Partner Event

Leading NetApp trainer to support annual award available to all registered NetApp UK VIP Partner Programme members

12th January, 2009 - Fast Lane UK, the leading IT training provider for Cisco and NetApp specialists, has become a sponsor for the annual NetApp UK Partner Awards which recognises the best sales, technical and marketing expertise from NetApp partners and system integrators. Fast Lane will be presenting the award for outstanding NetApp technical achievement at this year s black-tie gala event, which will be held on 23 April 2009 at The Bloomsbury Ballroom, London.

Fast Lane is the exclusive NetApp training partner in the UK and offers a portfolio covering both the standard to advanced curriculum, such as Operations Manager, Performance Analysis, VMware and Microsoft related courses SQL Exchange Clustering on NetApp filers using remote lab technology.

The relationship Fast Lane has with NetApp and its channel partners is paramount to our continued growth. That s why we re delighted to be sponsoring the NetApp Outstanding Achievement Technical Award for the second year running, comments Peter Olive, Managing Director of Fast Lane UK.

We are committed to encouraging businesses to invest in training their workforce and address skills gaps that act as a barrier to productivity. This award is a great opportunity to highlight the importance of skills development in helping individuals to reach their full potential. It s also our chance to celebrate the front-runners of today and engage with and motivate the talent of tomorrow. Olive adds.

Previous corporate winners of the NetApp awards include b2net, CSC, TET. Martin Scudder of SCC, a previous winner of the Outstanding Technical Achievement award commented, The main benefit for me, apart from winning the actual award, is that I ve been able to work even more closely with NetApp. With their support I ve gained a greater depth of understanding and appreciation of their business, and ultimately this has led to me having an even more successful year.

Entry forms for the awards are available at www.netapppartnerawards.co.uk and must be received by 5pm on Friday 27 March 2009.