Tokyo, Japan - Mar 3, 2011 (PRN):
nCore Design and Fusion Systems today announced a strategic partnership for the resale of nCore’s specialized training courses throughout Japan. This joint endeavor will bring the first-ever multicore programming courses to Japan, filling a void in the Asia-Pacific market and answering the global demand for developers well versed in parallel programming.

The partnership, which allows Fusion to resell nCore’s multicore training courses as part of Fusion’s IT solutions consulting resources, is a reflection of the companies’ expertise and shared objectives — to deliver a comprehensive range of packaged and customized multicore and technology solutions to a wide variety of industries. The nCore/Fusion collaboration will create value for clients, enabling multinational and domestic companies in Japan to realize key business opportunities by taking advantage of the multicore promise.

An expert in delivering customized training to key government, finance, and oil and gas players, nCore’s courses address the private and public sector’s programming needs for modern computing strategies and state-of-the-art solutions. Developers will hone critical skills to conquer parallel programming, helping the organization effectively leverage multicore technologies, adapt to and stay current with the changing computing landscape, improve system performance, overcome latency issues, mitigate technical and financial risk, and increase the its competitive edge.

“The time is right to deliver multicore training courses to the Japanese market,” said nCore Managing Director Ian Lintault. “Japan is home to global enterprises that push market trends, so it is crucial for these companies to migrate to multicore to maintain their competitive edge. Because Fusion Systems has a deep and broad understanding of Asia Pacific’s industries and is world-renowned for its consultants’ ability to launch new IT initiatives and deliver premier training solutions that can be harnessed across multiple modern computing platforms, the company is uniquely positioned to introduce nCore’s training courses.”

“Since our founding in 1992 Fusion Systems has worked closely with our clients to implement innovative market proven solutions that provide a competitive edge in business. We find that the nCore Design training initiative is in line with our philosophy of delivering timely solutions to address the continued needs and evolution of software development,” stated Michael Alfant, CEO & Fusion Systems Group President. “At Fusion, we feel strongly that nCore’s training program coupled with our continued excellence in software development and Intel's advancement in chip technology will provide our clients with additional competitive advantages.”

About nCore:
nCore Design is a global provider of training and professional services focused on multicore and manycore computing platforms. As the world leader in hands-on, instructor-led training courses, nCore helps clients increase software performance, throughput, and efficiency while reducing time-to-market.

nCore develops high performance solutions based on state-of-the-art parallel technologies. nCore has significant expertise on modern computing platforms and specialized knowledge of applied software optimization techniques.

nCore is a privately held company with offices in the US and Japan.

For more information regarding nCore’s training courses see http://www.ncoredesign.com/training.

About Fusion Systems:
Fusion Systems is one of Asia's fastest growing leaders in Business Technology and Systems Consulting, with offices in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Fusion's consultants are spread out across Asia providing high level consulting, design, implementation, on-site managed service support and maintenance of enterprise-based systems for clients across a wide spectrum of industry. At Fusion Systems we partner with our clients to bridge the gap between their global vision and the project execution realities of technology systems development.

For more information, contact:

Ian Lintault
nCore Design
+1-971-228-0700
Email: info@ncoredesign.com

Raymond Ribble
Fusion Systems
+81-03-3505-2880
Email: Ray.ribble@fusionsystems.co.jp