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Boehringer selects Plateau Systems to manage Web-based and classroom learning

ARLINGTON, VA – October 28, 2003 – Plateau Systems, the leading provider of enterprise learning management systems (LMS), announced today that Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation, (www.boehringer-ingelheim.com ), has selected Plateau 4 LMS to manage all online and classroom learning for its 7,000 plus employees in multiple locations across the United States. Plateau 4 LMS enables Boehringer […]

WebCT Vista leads e-learning standards effort

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27, 2003 – WebCT, provider of the world’s most flexible and widely used higher education e-learning solutions, today announced that WebCT Vista(tm) has become the first major higher-ed e-learning technology to earn SCORM 1.2 certification, the highest level of conformance with the Shareable Content Object Reference Model learning standard. This certification ensures the […]

School laptops losing luster

Chamberlin has seen a big change in his students since laptops were introduced into his Boothbay Middle School classroom. Read the Full Story

E-learning Authoring Tools Compared

The new edition of the report also includes a comparison of leading application simulation authoring tools. The products are typically used for creating online software training. The tools include RoboDemo, Camtasia Studio, Flash, OnDemand Personal Navigator, and ViewletBuilder. The report recommends two tools in the application simulation category.All of the reviewers contributing to the report […]

Questionmark Secure Dramatically Improves Security of Web Content

Questionmark Secure is triggered into action by the web server, which sends the Questionmark Secure MIME type to the browser. Along with the MIME type, the server sends an encrypted URL for Questionmark Secure to decrypt and then call to collect the content. The web server then authenticates Questionmark Secure to ensure that the server […]

Research Firm Again Lists Pathlore in the LMS Leader Quadrant

According to Gartner, Inc., LMS leaders are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market. As part of the October 2003 LMS report, Gartner Analysts James Lundy and Waldir Arevolo analyzed the financial stability, product offerings and […]

JITC [Joint Interoperability Test Command] Report Confirms Centra in Full Compliance with DOD Interoperability Requirements

The first Web conferencing vendor to achieve DCTS certification, Centra continues to expand its presence in government and military markets, intelligence communities and other organizations with demanding requirements for security and compliance with established industry standards.In 1999, the U.S. Congress instructed the DoD and the intelligence community to address the interoperability of available collaboration solutions. […]

Pathlore Software Underpins Training at ARUP Laboratories

“When inspectors came to see if we had met our training requirements, we always had the records on hand,” said James Christensen, director of ARUP’s Institute for Learning. “But gathering training records for inspections was sometimes a cumbersome process because there was never a standardized or streamlined way of serving up the data.”ARUP, which was […]

IntraLearn Fuels Online Learning Services Market with 30th License

When IntraLearn LSP was added to the IntraLearn product line in late 1999 the elearning ASP market was still in its infancy. The company believed both internally hosted licenses and ASP delivered learning platforms could be served from a core base of code with modules tuned for each environment. The company has continuously improved and […]

Plateau Systems and Trivantis Partner To Deliver Integrated Learning Management and Authoring For The Enterprise

ARLINGTON, Va. and CINCINNATI, Ohio – October 21, 2003 – Plateau Systems, the leading provider of enterprise learning management systems, today announced that it has widened its multimedia authoring and publishing capabilities through a partnership with Trivantis Corporation, a provider of the preferred e-Learning authoring and publishing tools for Global 2000 corporations and large government […]