LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - May 11, 2009) - InnerWorkings®, the leading provider of practice-based solutions to optimize skills and processes across software organizations, today announced at Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009 the availability of specially tailored study guides for all seven Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 exams. Each study guide is a complete package of learning materials designed to help developers prepare for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 exams and to achieve key professional certifications.

To help developers better understand certification topics, InnerWorkings offers a unique hands-on dimension to exam preparation. By supplementing exam content with recommended coding Drills from the InnerWorkings course catalog, the solution enables developers to gain coding experience in a disciplined and structured way.

In addition to the coding Drills from InnerWorkings, each study guide includes -

-- Online access to the full text of exam-related books from Safari Books Online

-- A selection of the best exam-relevant articles and resources from the Web

-- A practice test from MeasureUp so developers can access typical exam questions and take a simulated exam

"We are pleased to offer our Microsoft Certification Study Guides in response to the many customer requests we've received," said Francis McKeagney, CEO of InnerWorkings. "By bundling coding Drills from our course catalog with learning materials from two of the leading vendors in their respective fields -- Safari Books Online and MeasureUp -- we are providing a unique combination of study, practice, and exam preparation for developers seeking certification."

"We are delighted to offer MeasureUp's exam preparation environment as part of InnerWorkings' new solution for developers aiming to achieve certification," said Bryan Morgan, Vice President of Business Development at MeasureUp. "By providing the ability to study, practice, and actually test their knowledge of a subject, we're confident that developers will gain substantial real-world skills and reduce their study time while moving towards their career certification goals."

Representatives from InnerWorkings will be available in booth #129 at Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009 to demonstrate the new Certification Study Guides for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 exams.

About InnerWorkings

InnerWorkings helps software organizations to gain clear insight into development team capabilities and to optimize skills and processes. The ability to improve development skills and processes enables increased developer utilization and reduces the risks of outsourcing, off shoring, and recruiting. InnerWorkings has been a Gold-Certified Microsoft Partner and Visual Studio Integration Partner since 2003. InnerWorkings customers include a number of Fortune 1000 companies.

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