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Avid Learning Excellerator (ALEX) debuts worldwide with free introductory offerings
NAB 2006, Las Vegas (Booth #SL701) ? April 23, 2006 ? Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the Avid Learning Excellerator?, or ALEX ? a first-of-its-kind web-based learning portal that is available immediately to broadcasters, postproduction teams, educational institutions, and individual users. Anyone with a Web connection can visit http://learn.avid.com to access the ALEX portal from virtually any location in the world, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With ALEX, customers can take advantage of comprehensive courses for a wide range of Avid broadcast and professional postproduction solutions. Pricing for individual courses ranges from $200 to $1,000, and each course consists of a series of individual lessons. In addition, users can try sample lessons for free before purchasing full-length courses.