Schneider Electric announces online data centre training for social media reseller community

May 15, 2014 - PRLog -- London, United Kingdom - Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced that it will hold its first online webinar to offer data centre training specifically for members of the company’s LinkedIn reseller group (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&trk=anet_ug_hm&gid=4735997).

Joerg Russwinkel, Online and multichannel manager, EMEA, Schneider Electric, said, “Our online reseller community now exceeds 2,500 members and we believe that creating training programmes for this group will allow us to continue to add value for members and help them get more from their relationship with Schneider Electric.”

The first webinar will take place on May 19th, 2014 at 14:00 CET and will cover 14 data centre analysis tools and over 100 white papers available for all resellers. Schneider Electric have an extensive library of free resources to help resellers analyse, advise, educate and compare a range of technologies and solutions to ensure end customers benefit from more efficient, cost effective and successful data centres.

Hosted by Wendy Torrell and Patrick Donovan, Senior Research Analysts at Schneider Electric’s Data Centre (http://www.schneider-electric.co.uk/sites/uk/en/solutions...) Science Centre, who research and publish on data centre excellence for the company and its reseller community, the webinar will cover a range of materials from Schneider Electric’s library to help resellers ensure they know which tools will help best, in which situations to identify the optimum solutions for a range of different customer situations.

Mr Russwinkel added, “Social media has become a powerful tool for business and it has enormous value in facilitating knowledge sharing and learning across borders. We feel that training such as this is a perfect way to make our knowledge available to a key community and it’s our intention to continue to develop content for first use in our online communities. This webinar is the beginning of an ongoing programme. Many of our (reseller) customers have embraced social media as a business tool and we want to give both the individuals and organisations we work with more information and help for ensuring end customers are always getting the best advice possible on our product ranges.”

This initial webinar is limited to 200 attendees and interested Schneider Electric resellers can join the LinkedIn community and sign up for the webinar here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4735997&trk=anet_ug_hm.

==Ends==

About Schneider Electric

As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructure, Industries & Machines Manufacturers, Non-residential Building, Data Centres & Networks and in Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group's 150,000 plus employees achieved sales of 24 billion euros in 2013, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy.

http://www.schneider-electric.com/gb

Press Contact:

Damien Wells, Spa Communications LTD

Phone: 01892 511413

Email: dwells@spacomms.co.uk