Manta Technologies has gone live with its Manta System i Training Forum, a chat room devoted to training-related issues in the System i environment.

The forum is free, and Manta authors and technical support personnel monitor the site for questions that are related to their courses or areas of expertise. Forum topics include security, work management, iSeries Access for Windows, RPG, SQL, and Java, to name a few. Users can also comment on Manta training courses and suggest new products.

Manta has also announced the addition of an audio component to its System i computer-based training courses. New controls let students select the types of audio files they hear (e.g., none, sound effect only, or sound effect plus voiceover). The first series to include audio is "Introduction to the System i Environment."