October 01, 2009, 11:54 AM — Network World welcomes Global Knowledge Training as a contributor to Cisco Subnet. Global Knowledge is offering a free Cisco training course worth up to $3,495 to be given to one lucky Cisco Subnet reader. What's more, the winning reader can choose any five-day (or shorter) Cisco course in the United States from the Global Knowledge catalog. Training is offered in hundreds of U.S. cities.
Global Knowledge offers one of the largest networks of Cisco certified training partners in the world. Every course follows the Cisco Official Curriculum and is taught by a Cisco Certified Trainer. This competition closes October 31, so don't delay, answer the easy trivia question below and enter for a chance to win a free Cisco training course.
QUESTION TO ENTER TO WIN A FREE TRAINING COURSE FROM GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE: According to Global Knowledge trainer Dennis Hartmann, what does the acronym SRST stand for? (Hint, answer is also posted somewhere on the Cisco Subnet home page.)
How to enter to win: Answer the above trivia question correctly, e-mail your answer to Julie Bort at jbort@nww.com and your entry will be entered into a drawing to win a free Global Knowledge Training training course of your choosing, of a duration of five days or less. In the e-mail, please include the answer to the question above, your name, your job title, your U.S. address and your daytime telephone number. Please write: "Global Knowledge Cisco August competition" in the subject of your e-mail. Full competition rules below.
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Competition rules:
1. No purchase necessary. All entrants must be 18 years of age. This offer is void where prohibited or restricted by law, and subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations.
2. Network World, Inc., will begin accepting e-mail entries on the date that Cisco Subnet makes the trivia question available. One entry per individual.
3. To enter by e-mail, participants must respond to the Global Knowledge competition by midnight, October 31, 2009 (PT). No entries will be acknowledged or returned, and all entries become the property of Network World. Network World is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete or misdirected entries. All such entries will be disqualified.
4. The Global Knowledge training giveaway closes at midnight, October 31, 2009 (PT). One winner will be picked at random from the entries with the correct answers. The winners will be notified after the close of the competition at a date determined by Network World. All winners notified must RSVP by the date indicated in the e-mail sent by Network World. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the Prize. Answer to the trivia question will be published on Cisco Subnet, along with the name of the winner. The winner must register for the course within 90 days of receiving the notification e-mail.
5. The odds of winning are determined by the number of eligible entries received.
6. PRIZE: One (1) "Global Knowledge Training" training course of the winner's choosing, of a duration of five days or less. (Course listings can be found here.) No remainder credit will be given if the winner chooses a course that is of a duration of less than five days. Should the winner choose an onsite course, the winner is responsible for his/her own transportation to and from the training facility, and for his/her own accommodation. The winner is also responsible for his/her own food throughout the duration of the course/stay. The winner is responsible for the purchase of additional course materials and for exam payments/costs. The winner must register for the course within 90 days of receiving the notification e-mail.
