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Plateau Systems and quickCompliance partner to offer complete hipaa training solution for the enterprise

Under the agreement, Plateau and QuickCompliance will combine customized HIPAA training content with an enterprise software platform that schedules, tracks, and delivers all Web-based and classroom HIPAA training. Under the HIPAA regulation signed into law by Congress in August 1996, all organizations that handle protected health information (PHI), from insurance companies to healthcare providers, must […]

Cisco’s Successful Strategy

This is round three of looking at companies through the lens of the CEO’s annual letter to shareholders. So far, I’ve been dazzled by Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), put off by Elite Information Group (Nasdaq: ELTE), and today I’ll offer my impression of Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO). Read the Full Article

PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning & Corpedia Partner for Best-in-Breed Web-based Training

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ — PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning, the leading provider of blended learning solutions, and Phoenix-based Corpedia, an award-winning eLearning provider, have teamed to offer best in breed web-based training for soft skills spanning executive and business management, sales and marketing, project management, legal compliance, and other disciplines. Read the Full Article

DigitalThink Leads Industry Adoption of E-Learning Standards

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — DigitalThink, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTHK), the leader in custom e-learning for Fortune 1000 companies, announced further commitment to embrace and provide leadership for e-learning standards. Today, at Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Plugfest 7 taking place at the Orange Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, the company is demonstrating instant deployment and […]

Gov Online Learning center selects plateau systems to join federal e-TRAINING initiative

Under the multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract, Plateau 4 LMS will provide one of the software infrastructures for the U.S. federal government’s main employee training site. Managed by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in partnership with the Department of Transportation and other federal agencies, the Gov Online Learning Center (GOLC) provides one-stop access to e-Learning […]

GeneEd Releases 36 New Life Science E-Learning Courses

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 3, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) — GeneEd, Inc., the leading provider of advanced e-Learning solutions for the life science industry, today announced that it has released 36 new e-Learning courses in two important therapeutic areas that are relevant to the life science and healthcare industries: Read the Full Article

Syntrio Announces Release of New Online Course Library: Personal Protective Equipment

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Syntrio, Inc. announced today the release of its new personal protective equipment (PPE) library including five new titles: PPE General, PPE Eye and Face, PPE Head, PPE Hand and Arm, and PPE Foot. Based on OSHA Standards 1910.132 — 1910.138, the courses instruct online learners how to properly use […]

HIP Health Plan Deploys Pathlore LMS

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jan. 23, 2002 – Pathlore, the most widely adopted e-Learning solution provider in the marketplace, today announced that HIP Health Plan of New York (HIP), New York’s largest HMO, has implemented Pathlore Learning Management System (LMS) to manage and deliver learning content to employees across the organization. Pathlore LMS is enabling HIP […]

Air Force Communications Agency Signs Four-Year Purchase Agreement with SkillSoft For IT e-Learning

NASHUA, N.H., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of e-learning courseware and referenceware for business and IT professionals, and the Air Force Communications Agency (AFCA) today announced a four-year purchase agreement that will give U.S. Air Force military and civilian personnel worldwide access to 1,200 IT courses, which will be […]

Changing e-learning market is par for the course

Mergers, layoffs, cost-cutting and skittish buyers have recently haunted the online-learning industry. Go to any e-learning association meeting and you’ll see it: bullish entrepreneurs, developers busy with huge projects, consultants anxious for leads and a strong contingent of the super-talented unemployed. Read the Full Article