1983

- New Horizons is founded in Laguna Hills, California- New Horizons offers first desktop applications training- The term “Internet” is first used- Compaq Computer Corp. founded and introduces first por-table IBM PC clone- Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect 1.0 are introduced- Intel releases the 286 (6 MHz) mi-croprocessor- Time Magazine names the com-puter “Man (Machine) of the Year”

1982- New Horizons introduces the first evening class- Cisco Systems, Inc. founded- Domain Name Systems (DNS) introduced to identify the type of institution represented by an Inter-net host (i.e., .com, .edu, .org, etc.)- Apple introduces the Macintosh, with graphic user interface (GUI), during the Super Bowl- Dell Computer Corp. founded in Austin, Texas- Hewlett-Packard introduces the LaserJet printer

1984 1986

- First New Horizons Account Executive hired- New Horizons becomes a Lotus Authorized Training Center (LATC)- Sony announces 3.5 inch floppy disk and drive, holding up to 1MB- AT&T Bell Labs designs C++- Microsoft formally announces Microsoft Windows and Word- Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPANET) converts to the new TCP/IP protocol.

1985- New Horizons relocates center to Irvine, California, expanding from one to two classrooms- New Horizons begins offering technical training for C++- Gateway 2000 founded - C++ emerges as the dominant object-oriented computer lan-guage- Intel introduces the 386 DX (16 MHz) microprocessor- Aldus introduces PageMaker for Macintosh, mixing type and graphics. The era of desktop pub-lishing begins.- CD-ROMs introduced for per-sonal computers- Microsoft Windows with GUI is shipped

1987 1989

1988- First on-site training conducted by New Horizons- New Horizons begins offering technical training on Windows- Microsoft listed on NYSE at $21 a share- WordPerfect ships version 4.2- Compaq introduces the first 386 PC, ahead of IBM

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25 MILLION PEOPLE MORE VALUABLE

- New Horizons first to offer classes on weekends- IBM introduces PS/2, attempting to separate themselves from clone makers- Apple introduces the Mac II - Microsoft shares at $100- The number of Internet hosts exceeds 10,000- Microsoft ships Bookshelf, the first CD-ROM application

- Expanding to four classrooms, New Horizons moves to Santa Ana, California- MS-DOS installed base nearly 30 million; version 4.0 released- American National Standards Institute (ANSI) formally adopts Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), pronounces “scuzzy” as a standard- Hewlett-Packard introduces the DeskJet inkjet printer- Approximately 45 million PCs in use in the U.S.- A malicious program called the “Internet Worm” temporarily dis-abled about ten percent of the 60,000 Internet hosts

- New Horizons becomes a Novell Authorized Education Center (NAEC)- Tim Berners-Lee develops lan-guage and protocol that leads to the creation of the World Wide Web- Intel releases 486 ßDX (25 MHz) microprocessor- More than 100 million computers are in use worldwide- Number of Internet hosts breaks 100,000

- New Horizons Santa Ana location expands to 10 classrooms- Cisco Systems, Inc. makes initial public offering- ARPANET formally decommis-sioned. The World Wide Web (WWW) is informally released, using Hyper Text Markup Lan-guage (HTML). The “Web” is born.- Microsoft ships Windows 3.0, its most successful operating system to date- Apple Computer’s AppleLink-Personal Edition connected with Quantum Computer Services and renamed America Online (AOL)- Microsoft revenue hits $1 billion

- New Horizons expands to 14 classrooms.- Linux is born- Gopher (a menu driven search and Internet retrieval tool) is developed at the University of Minnesota- The World Wide Web is launched- Apple releases its first generation of PowerBook laptops

- New Horizons opens 28 centers throughout the United States- NEC introduces the first double-speed CD-ROM drive- Novell buys UNIX Systes Labora-tories from AT&T- The term “Surfing the Internet” is coined by Jean Armour Polly- The number of host computers on the Internet surpasses 1 million

- First international New Horizons location opens in Mexico City, Mexico- New Horizons translates course-ware into Spanish- New Horizons expands to 49 cen-ters- Cisco introduces high-end Cisco 7000 router- Intel Pentium chip (60 MHz) is released- Microsoft formally launches Win-dows NT 3.1

- New Horizons purchased by Handex Corporation- New Horizons international expansion continues, opening locations in South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East - New Horizons becomes the larg-est network of Microsoft Autho-rized Technical Education Centers (ATECs)- Total number of New Horizons centers now at 74- Cisco Systems, Inc. surpasses $1 billion in revenue- Netscape is founded- Intel markets 90 and 100 MHz Pentium chips- Yahoo! is founded- Iomega introduces Zip drives and disks capable of 100MB of storage

- New Horizons becomes the larg-est network of Novell Authorized Education Centers (NAECs)- New Horizons finishes the year at 111 centers worldwide.- New Horizons opens first loca-tion in Europe (Barcelona, Spain)- Sun Microsystems releases the Internet programming language JAVA, radically altering the way information can be retrieved, dis-played and used over the Internet- Intel introduces the P6 processor at 120, and then later, 133 MHz- Microsoft releases Windows 95, selling more than 1 million copies in four days- U.S. Robotics ships modems capable of transmitting data at 33.6 Kbps

- New Horizons begins trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of NEWH- New Horizons launches public Website - www.newhorizons.com - New Horizons becomes the larg-est independent IT training com-pany in the World- Phenomenal growth drives New Horizons to 154 centers- The Electronic Numerical Integra-tor And Computer (ENIAC), con-sidered by many to be the world’s first general-purpose computer turns fifty years-old- Intel Pentium chips 150, 166 and 200 MHz are released- Microsoft releases first versions of Internet Explorer, 2.0 and 3.0- The number of computer hosts on the Internet approaches 10 mil-lion in 150 countries

- New Horizons introduces Master-ware computer- based training - Network of New Horizons centers now at 183 locations- Apple announces the G3 proces-sor- The number of Internet hosts approaches 20 million- Intel releases their Pentium II pro-cessor (233, 266 and 300 MHz)- IBM’s Deep Blue becomes the first computer to beat the reigning World Chess Champion, Gary Kasparov, in a full chess match

- New Horizons leads the industry with 100 Microsoft Certified Tech-nical Education Centers (CTECs)- Web-based training is introduced to New Horizons customers- New Horizons ends the year at 205 centers worldwide- Microsoft ships Windows 98- Cisco Catalyst 5500 switch sur-passes the $1 billion revenue mile-stone- Apple introduces the iMac tar-geted toward the cost-sensitive consumer - Intel continues to release faster and faster processors ending the year with a 450 MHz chip- Value of Internet stocks such as Yahoo! and Infoseek skyrocket- Internet users in U.S. exceeds 100 million

- New Horizons courseware is translated into 14 languages- New Horizons begins offering Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) training- Expansion at New Horizons con-tinues, ending the year at 230 loca-tions- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) releases K6-III 400 MHz and Athlon 750 MHz chips - Y2K problem, real or otherwise, widespread

- Fortune magazine names New Horizons one of America’s “100 Fastest Growing Companies”- Forbes magazine rates New Hori-zons one of the “200 Best Small Companies”- New Horizons opens 100th inter-national location in Frankfurt, Ger-many- New Horizons adds 50 new loca-tions in one year, ending 2000 at 280 locations in 44 countries- Microsoft launches Windows 2000- Intel and AMD release 1 GHz chips

- New Horizons launches Inte-grated Learning, a complete method of training, reinforcing, supporting and validating learning through flexible delivery options- BusinessWeek names New Hori-zons to its list of “100 Hot Growth Companies”- New Horizons forms a partner-ship with Ascendant Learning, cre-ators of the Security Certified Pro-gram (SCP), to offer information security training.- Microsoft releases Windows XP- The PC turns 20 and the number of PCs sold worldwide between 1981 and 2000 reaches 835 million- March 08, AOL membership sur-passes 28 Million- MacAfee releases first handheld virus protection software.- Apple Computer releases the iPod

- New Horizons launches a new certification program that focuses on security technologies- New Horizons extends profes-sional development offerings with “Business Skills Fundamental Series”- More than half of all Americans now use the Internet.- More than 58,000 computer viruses exist.- 9 of 10 American school children have access to computers at home or school.

- New Horizons wins a Gold Excel-lence in eLearning Award from Brandon-hall.com- Google claims a searchable data-base of 3.6 billion web pages- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is released: it is considered by Mi-crosoft to be the cornerstone of their Windows Server System line of business server products.

- New Horizons and the EC-Council partner to deliver Certified Ethical Hacking and Countermea-sures Training.- New Horizons broadens its train-ing programs to include courses and certifications in the healthcare information management field. - An independent research audit of 1.5 million student evaluation shows that New Horizons training yields a 4:1 benefit-to-cost ratio, relative to the predicted increase in performance.- Notebook PCs outsell TVs during the 2004 holiday season for the first time.- A computer worm, called MyDoom, causes $22.6 billion in damages in its first 72 hours.

- New Horizons launches its revo-lutionary learning method – Men-tored Learning.- Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 and Visual Studio® 2005 are released, delivering major performance and scalability improvements to its next-generation database and IDE.- A working prototype of $100 laptop is presented at a U.N. summit with the goal of placing millions of the tiny hand-cranked learning machines in the hands of impoverished people around the globe.

- New Horizons celebrates its 25thAnniversary worlwide.

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2007

- All of the 100 companies listed in Fortune magazine’s 2006 ranking of America’s 100 largest corpora-tions and over half of the Global 100 select New Horizons as their training provider.- New Horizons is recognized as the largest network of Microsoft Gold Certified Partners for Learn-ing Solutions with over 125 gold certified centers.- New Horizons continues its global expansion with over 280 centers in 56 countries.- New Horizons is honored as Part-ner of the Year for Technology Innovation at the 2006 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program Awards.- For the fourth year in a row, the International Data Corporation (IDC) announces that New Hori-zons is the largest independent computer training company in the world.- New Horizons launches Learning Port - a powerful Web-based tool for organizations and individuals to access their Online ANYTIME courseware and post-classroom reinforcement libraries Microsoft Vista is released, replacing Windows XP Microsoft Office 2007 is released 30,000 IT Professionals achieve Security+ Certification