MindLeaders and Plateau Announce Strategic Partnership to Offer Hosted e-Learning Solution
Agreement combines MindLeaders' integrated e-Learning suite with Plateau's best-of-breed learning management system (LMS)
COLUMBUS, OH and ARLINGTON, VA July 16, 2002 MindLeaders, a leading one-stop provider of off-the-shelf, self-paced integrated e-Learning solutions, announced today it has selected the Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) to be the technology infrastructure for its hosted e-Learning initiatives.
The agreement provides companies with a library of award-winning courses managed and delivered by the only enterprise-class LMS built on industry-leading J2EE/EJB architecture in a fully hosted environment. This gives a wide range of corporate and government customers the ability to deliver quality off-the-shelf training while reducing implementation time and cost, allowing them to rapidly realize the benefits of enterprise e-Learning.
MindLeaders, which has over 800 courses accessible through the Internet, is one of the world's largest providers of integrated, off-the-shelf, self-paced e-Learning. Areas of instruction include desktop, technical and business skills for companies of all sizes. The MindLeaders solution is customized to each person based on skill level, and provides learning tools within its suite that include Instant Mentoring, Referenceware, glossaries and a comprehensive search capability. Plateau Systems' fourth-generation LMS manages, schedules and delivers all types of learning for enterprise, government and nonprofit customers, and enhances their knowledge capital by aligning learning with business processes and strategies.
Our customers want robust, enterprise-proven solutions to fulfill all of their various e-Learning requirements, said Angus Carroll, chief operating officer at MindLeaders. By hosting Plateau's proven LMS and combining it with our large library of high-quality courses and learning tools, Mindleaders continues to grow our one-stop integrated e-Learning solution.
This alliance further validates Plateau 4 LMS as the industry standard for enterprise learning management, said Ed Cohen, Plateau's chief technology officer. We are gratified that a company with MindLeaders' reputation and market presence has chosen Plateau as the technology infrastructure to host its expansive library of e-Learning content.
About MindLeaders: MindLeaders, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, provides subscription-based, off-the-shelf self-paced e-Learning courses to small, medium and large businesses and organizations via industry-standard Web browsers. Custom courseware services are also provided. MindLeaders has a customer base of more than 1000 large organizations and tens of thousands of small-medium size businesses worldwide. The MindLeaders suite provides enterprise-quality courses for desktop, IT and business skills training, comprehensive online reference, integrated Instant Mentoring, skill assessment and other learning tools. MindLeaders provides e-Learning that works to companies such as A. G. Edwards, Freddie Mac, Perot Systems and US Steel. For more information, please visit www.mindleaders.com.
About Plateau: Plateau's enterprise-class software manages all of an organization's learning and knowledge on one scalable platform. Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) is built on Web-based J2EE/EJB architecture, and is the engine behind the largest e-Learning initiatives in the corporate, non-profit and government markets. Plateau 4 LMS automates the management and delivery of online and classroom learning, organizational knowledge and competencies for clients including the American Red Cross, Motorola, Union Pacific and the U.S. Air Force. Plateau is listed as a leader in LMS evaluations from Gartner Inc. and META Group. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA.
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