Singapore, 29 April 2014

Enterprise Products Integration (EPI) and AFCOM is pleased to announce their educational partnership.  As AFCOM’s Educational Partner, EPI will provide its world-class certified data center training courses to AFCOM members at a discount.

In AFCOM’s most recent State of the Industry survey of data center and facilities management professionals world-wide, it was found that one of the key challenges facing the industry today is the need for ongoing education, training, and certification.

"AFCOM is pleased to announce EPI as an AFCOM Educational Partner. EPI is a world-renowned institution well known for their quality education in the data center industry. This partnership will both enhance the value of AFCOM membership, and also connect a wide range of data center and facilities managers with needed education. As the data center ecosystem continues to evolve, this education is absolutely essential in the advancement of data center professionals.” – Tom Roberts, AFCOM President

“EPI is very honoured to be selected by AFCOM, the world’s leading data center association, to be AFCOM Educational Partner,” said Edward van Leent, CEO and Chairman of EPI.  “It is a recognition of our expertise and the high quality of our training programs.  We are a data center services company and the courses we designed include the invaluable insights and real-life experience of our highly experienced consultants and auditors who design, build, consult and audit data centers for a living all over the world.  For the AFCOM members who wants develop their skills, knowledge and acquire global certifications, our courses are structured to meet the demands of the industry on data center design, build, facilities management, governance and standards.”

Mr van Leent continued, “We differentiate ourselves from other data center training providers with our real commitment to quality by submitting our courses and examinations for independent accreditation.  It is a fact that we are the only data center training provider in the world who has independent accreditation for all our courses, and not just by any organization, we are accredited by EXIN – an established global independent certification and accreditation body specializing on information management who has certified close to 2 million people worldwide.”

For course information, discount and registration in the USA, contact:
David Montalbano
EPI-USA President
1-877-318-5344
david@epi-ap.com

For Press Information:
Contact EPI at paige@epi-ap.com

About EPI: Enterprise Product Integration (EPI), with its corporate headquarters in Singapore, is a European origin company operating world-wide via direct operations and a large partner network. EPI's focus is on mission critical, high-availability environments. EPI gained an international reputation as a company offering an extensive range of Data Centre infrastructure services including Data Centre consultancy, audit, certification and training.  The company has developed a reputation for high quality technical expertise, flexibility, innovative techniques, personal service and a powerful combination of capabilities and technologies.  Visit www.epi-ap.com for more details.

About AFCOM: AFCOM (www.AFCOM.com) advances data center professionals by delivering comprehensive and vendor-neutral education and peer-to-peer networking to its members around the globe. Through forward-looking research by Data Center Institute, publications including Data Center Management Magazine, local chapters, regional symposiums, and major events like Data Center World, AFCOM supports thousands of data center professionals in their career advancement. In serving the greater data center industry for more than 30 years, AFCOM has earned recognition as the market leader in connecting the data center community.

About EXIN: EXIN is a global provider of independent information management certification and accreditation.  EXIN offer the most comprehensive portfolio of certificates and cooperate with hundreds of accredited partners worldwide, who provide training, develop courseware and manage examination centers.  EXIN is ISO-certified (ISO 9001:2008). We operate according to ISO 17024, ISO 27001 and EN 45011. EXIN has certified close to 2 million individuals and continues to grow.Visit www.exin.com for more details.