Safari® Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), the leading on-demand digital library for technology, creative, and business professionals, announced today that it will host a complimentary webcast on Wednesday, July 8 at 10:30 a.m. PDT / 1:30 p.m. EDT with Windows expert and author J. Peter Bruzzese. Bruzzese will discuss his latest book, Microsoft Windows 7 Unveiled, which highlights the newest features and functionality of Microsoft’s newest operating system.

To register for this complimentary event, please visit: http://www.safaribooksonline.com/events/microsoft7.html. All webcast attendees will receive 45 days of complimentary access to Microsoft Windows 7 Unveiled plus ClipStart Guides for Windows 7 and Vista.

With the lackluster performance of Vista, many Windows users are still using XP, an operating system that is nearly 10 years old. Windows 7 comes with a whole new structure and Microsoft Windows 7 Unveiled, published by Que Publishing, will help both XP users, and those currently on Vista, get up to speed fast. And Windows 7 is already receiving accolades from staunch Mac OS supporters.

During this 75-minute webcast, Bruzzese will provide all the information necessary to evaluate making the leap to, or just getting proficient with, the new OS. "It's easy to hate a new OS, to poke holes in the feature set, and find it wanting. But Windows 7 has me sold,” he said.

“We’re excited to bring a well-respected Windows expert to our webcast series who can clearly communicate the features of Windows 7,” said Paige Mazzoni, VP of marketing, Safari Books Online. “Our webcasts are great for people who have been handed additional responsibilities at work and need to quickly come up to speed with new challenges, as well as for those who want to be proactive by enhancing their knowledge and skill set.”

Safari Books Online subscribers can download and print content, and can view the content online or in PDF format from a computer or mobile device like the iPhone/iPod touch.

About The Author

J. Peter Bruzzese, a Microsoft Engineer and Certified Trainer, is the Co-Founder of ClipTraining.com, a company which provides specialized task-based screencast videos on a variety of software solutions, using their own Learning Management System (CT LMS 5.0). Over the past 10 years, he has worked for and with Goldman Sachs, CommVault Systems, and Microsoft, to name a few. In the past, he specialized in Active Directory and Exchange instruction, as well as certification training, and holds the following certifications: from Microsoft, MCS 2000/2003, MCSE NT/2000/2003, and MCT; from Novell, CAN; from Cisco, CCNA; from CIW, CIW Master and CIW Certified Instructor; from Comptia, A+, Network+, and iNET+.

About Safari Books Online

Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com) is an on-demand digital library delivering expert content in both book and video form from the world’s leading authors in technology and business. Technology professionals, software developers, Web designers, and business and creative professionals use Safari Books Online as their primary resource for research, problem solving, learning and certification training. Safari Books Online offers a range of business-to-business product mixes and pricing programs for every sized organization, as well as business-to-consumer options for individual users. Thousands of books, prepublication manuscripts, short documents, articles and instructional videos are available at Safari Books Online in one fully searchable database from publishers like Prentice Hall Professional, O'Reilly Media, Addison Wesley Professional, Microsoft Press, Sams, Que, Peachpit Press, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, IBM Press, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Sun Microsystems Press, FT Press, Wharton School Publishing, Apress, Manning, New Riders, Apple Certified, Course Technology, Splash Media and dozens more. For more information about Safari Books Online, please visit us online.

About Pearson

The global leader in educational and professional publishing, Pearson is home to such respected brands as Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, and Sams Publishing, which have as their online publishing arm InformIT (www.informit.com) - The Trusted Technology Learning Source. In addition, Berkeley-based Peachpit (www.peachpit.com), the publishing partner for Adobe Press, Apple Certified, and others, publishes best-selling books for creative design professionals.

Pearson is also co-founder, with O'Reilly Media Inc., of Safari Books Online (http://safari.informit.com), the premier on-demand technology content library providing thousands of expert reference materials through a single point of contact, including expert technology, creative and design, industry and management resources in video, audio and written formats. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.