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Breeze Product Overview: Collaborate, communicate and train online with ease

Breeze enables individuals at all skill levels to achieve powerful results in hours, not months—using the familiar PowerPoint application and sharing information over the Internet in Macromedia Flash format. Read the Full Story

SkillSoft Announces Express Guides to Speed ‘Time to Competency’ for New Technologies and Certifications from Cisco Systems and Other Technology Vendors

NASHUA, N.H., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of enterprise e-learning, today announced the availability of 24 Express Guides for Cisco Systems certification program support. Based on Cisco’s own instructional materials, these electronically- delivered instructional guides support new and enhanced Cisco technologies and the corresponding new certification requirements. Included in […]

Art Institute Online Chooses SMARTHINKING for 24/7 Student Support

College students are busy. Many hold down a job, support a family, or are simply involved in numerous extracurricular activities. “Our students need help that fits their busy schedules. Services like SMARTHINKING have been proven to attract students and keep students,” says Amy Shields, Director of Student Success for the Art Institute Online. “Such a […]

Harris Corporation Deploys GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro Enterprise LMS

“Harris faces the challenge of any worldwide corporation in a dynamic marketplace where the skill sets, technologies and tools used in meeting business objectives are constantly changing,” said Steve Gilmore, Director of Management and Organization Development for Harris Corporation. “The GeoLearning system will help us efficiently deploy training solutions to our distributed workforce.”The Harris e-learning […]

Blackboard Passes Latest ADL/SCORM Certification Tests with Content Player Building Block

Demonstrating Blackboard’s ongoing commitment to meeting the unique needs of the e-Education market, the company’s SCORM 1.2 compliant Content Player Building Block is compatible with the latest release of its course management software, the Blackboard Learning SystemTM, providing clients with even greater access to UK government-funded content. Read the Full Story

Rand Launches Live Learning Series for CATIA V5

Rand A Technology Corporation [TSX: RND], operating as RAND Worldwideâ, announces the launch of the first regular Live Learning Series for users of CATIA V5 software from Dassault Systèmes. Read the Full Story

North Carolina State University selects WebCT Vista

LYNNFIELD, Mass., Feb. 17, 2004 – North Carolina State University has selected the WebCT Vista(tm) academic enterprise system to bring its e-learning programs enterprise wide and foster increased e-learning cooperation across sections, courses, faculty and departments. The decision foreshadows a new era of online collaboration that may someday involve members of the 16 campuses of […]

Securitas USA Secures GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro Platform for Hosted LMS/LCMS

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of hosted learning management systems and e-learning content, announced today that Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., a subsidiary of the world’s largest security services company, has chosen the GeoMaestro™ platform as its enterprise-wide learning management system (LMS) and learning content management system (LCMS) solution. Securitas USA will deploy GeoLearning’s hosted […]

Macromedia Plans Update to Web Conferencing App

The San Francisco-based company said it will release an update to the online meeting platform, Breeze 4.0, in March. It marks Macromedia’s latest push into an increasingly competitive market against leaders WebEx Communications Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Read the Full Story

Blackboard Releases Building Block APIs Built on the Microsoft .NET Framework

Blackboard clients can use Building Blocks to build their own .NET applications or integrate the Blackboard Learning System with Microsoft’s powerful server and productivity applications.“Blackboard has always been committed to improving education for everyone and Building Blocks built on the Microsoft .NET Framework is a natural next step in our ongoing commitment to excellence in […]