FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
March 29, 2006 Rene Echartea
MapleTraining Product Champion
Tel. (574) 534-2830
E-mail: rechartea@emaple.net
Web site: www.mapletraining.net

GOSHEN FIRM AWARDED PREFERRED TRAINING PARTNER STATUS
FOR INDIANA SCHOOLS
Hoosier Educational Computer Coordinators (HECC) taps MapleTraining
to offer computer training courses to staffs of Indiana schools (K-12)

(Goshen, IN) Mike Gibson, President of the Hoosier Educational Computer Coordinators (HECC) announced on March 27, 2006, that MapleTraining (a division of MapleTronics Computers, Goshen, Indiana) has been selected as the preferred training partner for HECC members for the 2006-07 school year.

MapleTraining will provide computer education services for HECC members on both software application and technical education topics such as Microsoft, Novell, Cisco, CompTIA, EC-Council, and security within the education environment.

HECC, as an organization, provides services and workshops to Indiana K-12 schools, highlighted every year in November with the HECC Conference in Indianapolis. Its stated mission is to "provide those charged with implementing education technology in Indiana schools with timely information and resources in order to improve communication, efficiency, and the integration of technology". (Visit the HECC web site at www.hecc.k12.in.us and click on the MapleTraining tab on the left for a complete list of what MapleTraining will provide for HECC members.)

"We are excited to have the opportunity to partner with the schools to provide technology training for their staffs, " said Rene Echartea, MapleTraining Product Champion.

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Background
The MapleTraining division of MapleTronics Computers offers software and technical training, Pearson/VUE and Microsoft Office Specialist testing, and is a fully-equipped technology and conference center. With almost 100 technology specialists, MapleTraining/MapleTronics occupies a 33,000 square foot facility in Goshen. Software classes offered include the most popular Windows-based office applications - Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Outlook, etc. Since 1992, MapleTronics and its family of companies have serviced many K-12 school districts throughout Indiana, the Midwest, Arizona and the Virgin Islands.