Students work on certification as Unix system administrators, and Sun helps with curriculum design, offers teacher internships and sets up computer labs, says Leslie Bowers, Sun's enterprise network services workforce program manager in Milpitas, Calif.

CNN: School-to-work programs: High hopes, low turnout

The program's goal is to increase the IT hiring pool while seeding the market with Sun-related expertise, says Pat Deagman, Sun's vice president and general manager of enterprise network services in Palo Alto, Calif.

CNN: School-to-work programs: High hopes, low turnout

Neil Smith, General Manager, Media Services, AOL, told me the ISP has leveraged the Network Magic platform to help reduce AOL's enormous call volume.

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