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Contact: Pat Perry, President, pperry@ercnet.org

Press Release
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

ERC Forms Alliance with Absolutions

Cleveland– ERC is proud to announce an alliance with Absolutions to offer business and technical training, certification, and professional services consulting to Northeast Ohio organizations. Absolutions will provide customized services in technical areas including project management, business analysis and methodology training.

Absolutions has international experiences in over nine countries including France, Australia, Canada, The U.K. and New Zealand.  Because of these networks, they are able to deploy seasoned training staff and development teams worldwide. Absolutions is also an IBM and Microsoft Business Partner, and they offer continuing education credits and certification through the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA).

“We are thrilled to extend the services provided by Absolutions to our membership. The alliance allows us to better meet the needs of local businesses.” comments Pat Perry, President of ERC.

“With similar approaches to training, customer service and corporate culture this partnership just made sense. It allows ERC and Absolutions to maintain the quality of service delivery in our areas of expertise: soft and technical skills respectively that our clients have come to expect.“ offers Brian Levy, President of Absolutions.

ERC is Northeast Ohio's largest organization dedicated to HR and workplace programs, practices, training and consulting. The organization also hosts NorthCoast 99 and sponsors the ERC Health insurance program. For more information about ERC, check out www.ercnet.org.

Absolutions is a global professional services company. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Absolutions provides its clients with customized services in the areas of project management, business analysis and methodology training, recruiting, and consulting services worldwide. For more information about Absolutions, check out www.absolutionstraining.com

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