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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:

Adam Couture  
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              DIGITAL SHARES KNOWLEDGE-BASED LEADERSHIP

                      THROUGH EXPANDED TRAINING



SAN JOSE -- July 13, 1992 -- Responding to the rapidly evolving 
needs of business and industry, Digital Equipment Corporation 
announced an expanded range of educational programs today at the 
American Association for Artificial Intelligence Conference. The 
programs are based on the newest tools and technologies emerging 
from Digital's research in knowledge-asset management, the 
discipline that allows an organization to identify and harness 
business-critical information and processes.  Digital's research has
focussed on harnessing the knowledge and expertise of an
organization, much of which resides in existing data processing
assets.  Digital has developed tools and methodologies to link and
integrate many existing computer products and systems while
enhancing the value-added provided by an organization and its
people.  What's more, many firms are finding that these techniques
allow a company to accomplish tasks it could never attempt before. 
     Digital is already the world's largest source of both 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions and training in Knowledge
Engineering (the skill-set that prepares professionals to apply AI
technology to real-world problems).  
     Now, Digital seeks to provide software professionals, 
programmers, and others, with additional knowledge of the tools and 
concepts that can allow them to challenge existing performance 
barriers and reap wide productivity gains in their own 
organizations.  The techniques have been successfully applied by 
Digital's own business units and by firms such as Hydro-Quebec, 
Merck, and Citibank.  

            GROWTH EXPECTED IN KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING

     Based on the technology transfer approach, with hands-on
activities and exposure to leading industry professionals, the
programs harness Digital's technology to the applications problems
faced by individual firms.  "While there are many sources of pure
technical training we're the only organization that can provide
technical training with an outstanding solutions development
emphasis," explains Suegene Levin, Business Development Specialist.
"We want to drive implementation."
     Offered through Digital's Knowledge-based Applications and
Services business unit, which has trained more than 600 knowledge
engineers over the past decade, the courses include Object Oriented
Technology, Business Process Modeling, and a broad-based "core"
course: Knowledge Engineering.
     According to the International Association of Knowledge
Engineers (IAKE), a professional organization based near
Washington, D.C., the field of knowledge engineering is growing
rapidly, with thousands of practitioners in the U.S. and Canada
alone.  With so much growth, the need for training and increased
professionalism has never been greater.  
     Digital, with its extensive experience in solutions development 
both for its own needs and for clients, is now making its vast base 
of experience available to the industry as a whole.  According to 
Themis Papageorge, Marketing Manager for Digital's Knowledge-based
Applications and Services, "our intention is to empower other firms
to adopt and utilize these vital techniques."

                       COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

     The Business Modeling Courses, designed for anyone involved in
implementing organizational change, present some of the most
successful and widely used modeling tools developed within Digital.
It introduces general concepts as well as specific methodologies
that can be applied immediately.  Included in the Business Modeling
elements are:

     *    Introduction to Business Modeling
     *    Top Mapping
     *    IDEFO
     *    Dynamic Business Modeling using DECmodel

The Knowledge Engineering Curriculum is a sequence of courses which
prepares software professionals to design Knowledge-Based Systems
(KBS).  Industry-standard and emerging technologies are included
within a hands-on approach, guiding the participant through the
process of knowledge engineering.  Course elements include:

     *    Knowledge-Based Systems in Business and Industry
     *    Knowledge Acquisition and Representation
     *    Knowledge-Based Programming (using either Nexpert Object 
          from Neuron Data Inc., or KBMS from AICORP).
     *    Knowledge-Based Prototype/Application Workshop

The next scheduled offering of the 17-day Knowledge Engineering
Curriculum is September 1992.
     The Object Oriented Courses equips knowledge engineers with an
understanding of rapidly emerging Object Oriented Technology. 
Software professionals will find immediate benefits in reducing
system development time, increasing code reusability, and reducing
system maintenance costs.  Both theoretical concepts as well as
hands-on programming experience are provided.  Specific courses
include:

     *    Object Oriented Technology 
     *    C++ for C Programmers
     *    Object Oriented Databases
     *    C Programming

     In addition to these courses, offered on site at Digital 
Equipment Corporation in Marlboro, MA, other on-site and custom 
training is available by arrangement.
     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, 
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked 
computer systems, software, and services. Digital pioneered and 
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor 
computing.  Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the 
best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center - in open 
information environments.
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