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Witness Systems Partners with Richardson Extending its Dynamic Learning Environment for the Contact Center

Witness Systems (NASDAQ: WITS), a leading global provider of performance optimization software and services, announced here today that the company is partnering with Richardson, a leading provider of comprehensive blended sales and service training programs. The partnership will leverage Richardson’s highly interactive, Web-based Richardson QuickSkills(TM) e-learning courseware with Witness Systems’ eQuality(R) Now dynamic learning environment […]

Virtual High School Standardizes on Blackboard K-12 Solutions

Washington, D.C. – October 16, 2003 – Blackboard Inc., a leading enterprise software and services company for e-Education, has been selected to provide a new e-learning platform for Virtual High School (VHS), a nationally recognized leader within the growing K-12 virtual school community.Virtual High School has committed to using the Blackboard Learning System, Blackboard Portal […]

VCAMPUS and Brainbench To Provide Complete Online Skills Assessment And Remediation Program

Reston, VA, October 15, 2003 – VCampus Corporation (Nasdaq: VCMP), a provider of end-to-end e-Learning solutions and Brainbench™, the global leader in online skills measurement, today announced plans to expand Brainbench’s online skills assessment offering using VCampus’ web services technology to automatically make available recommended online courses by skill.Read the Full Story

eCollegeSM Introduces ExamGuard for a More Secure Online Testing Environment

DENVER – October 15, 2003 – eCollegeSM [NASDAQ: ECLG], a leading provider of outsource eLearning solutions for online post-secondary education programs, today announced the development of ExamGuard, a new offering designed to better secure the online testing environment. By leveraging Questionmark Secure technology, eCollege’s ExamGuard provides the most tightly integrated secure browser for a seamless […]

New Internet speed record set

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN, said the feat, doubling the previous top speed, was achieved in a nearly 30-minute transmission over 7,000 kms of network between Geneva and a partner body in California. Read the Full Story

Open Source Everywhere

Cholera is one of those 19th-century ills that, like consumption or gout, at first seems almost quaint, a malady from an age when people suffered from maladies. But in the developing world, the disease is still widespread and can be gruesomely lethal. When cholera strikes an unprepared community, people get violently sick immediately. On day […]

Macromedia Announces Availability Of Breeze Lms Adapter For Plateau

San Francisco – October 14, 2003 – Macromedia(r) (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the availability of the Breeze Learning Management System (LMS) Adapter for Plateau which seamlessly integrates Macromedia Breeze(tm) with the Plateau 4 LMS, giving enterprise customers the ability to rapidly author, manage, deliver and measure learning content on a scalable, single Web-based platform.Mission-critical training […]

eSN Special Feature: Voice over IP: Your call

Providing each teacher with a traditional phone line from a telecommunications company is costly–about $30 a month per line, per teac advertisement her. But many school districts have successfully reduced this extra cost by operating their telephone system in house over their high-speed data networks. Read the Full Story

Studycard Studio Makes it Easier to Create and Exchange Multimedia Flashcards

For Immediate ReleaseROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois–October 14, 2003–Digital Meadow today announced the release of Studycard Studio 2.0, and the free Studycard Studio Lite 2.0. The new versions are the latest major update to Digital Meadow’s multimedia flashcard applications for Mac OS X and OS 9.Studycard Studio 2.0 offers the ability to print individual cards or multiple […]

eCollegeSM Announces Next Generation Program Administration System, Unique Management Tools for Large-Scale eLearning Operations

DENVER – October 13, 2003 – eCollegeSM [NASDAQ: ECLG], a leading provider of outsource eLearning solutions for online post-secondary education programs, has further advanced its Program Administration System (PAS), strengthening the company’s leadership position in powering the profitable growth of large-scale eLearning enterprises. The eCollege PAS, currently used by some of the largest and most […]