Themen

Worldwide Training

Nespresso Relies on Swiss Software for Learning

Baar (CH), April 2008 - Nestlé Nespresso, the worldwide pioneer and market leader in pre-portioned coffee, supports the growing importance of international training management with an online solution from Switzerland. The i-qbox Human Performance Suite provided by Comartis allows Nespresso to offer learning material to its growing employee population globally and enable an effective training-management solution. » MORE

Key Appointments

Web 2.0 Business Skills Innovator DTV Has New Faces

London (UK), April 2008 - Key strategy, content, and sales management roles at business-skills video producer Digital Training Videos (DTV) have been filled with the appointments of Sean Walsh and James Ralph. DTV, a web 2.0 technology-enabled learning and development innovator, delivers engaging, relevant, up-to-date business skills videos direct to desktops. Core benefits in DTV training are greater value, flexibility, choice, quality, and trackability. » MORE

Rapid eLearning

Tool Supports the Creation of Html-based Courseware

Jersey City, NJ (USA), March 2008 - Html courses are popular, as they are very simple visually and have widespread access. RapideL-i, the newly launched online rapid eLearning tool developed by Brainvisa, allows the creation of html-based eLearning quickly and easily. The web-based application has been provided with a set of easy-to-use templates and a supporting course player. » MORE

Language Instruction

ArcelorMittal Upgrades Contract with GlobalEnglish

Brisbane, CA (USA), March 2008 -” GlobalEnglish Corporation, a provider of online learning and support for business English communication, has announced that ArcelorMittal, the world's number-one steel company, has upgraded its multiyear contract. After signing an initial agreement with GlobalEnglish in 2006, Mittal Steel merged with steel giant Arcelor, and ArcelorMittal became the largest steel company in the world, with more than 320,000 employees in 60 countries. » MORE

Compliance Training

New EMEA Director Appointed

London (UK)/ Austin, TX (USA), March 2008 - 360training.com, a global leader in compliance, licensing, and certification training, has announced the appointment of Skye Mackie as Director of eLearning for the European, Middle Eastern, and Asian markets (EMEA). Mackie will be responsible for 360training.com's sales, marketing, and growth of the company's emerging European product suite for compliance training. » MORE

Air Navigation

Eurocontrol Selects Eedo ForceTen LCMS

Rijswijk (NL), March 2008 - Eedo recently announced that Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, has selected Eedo ForceTen™ learning content management system (LCMS) for the development and delivery of eLearning services for the Air Traffic Control and Air Traffic Management staff in its 41 member states. » MORE

'Cash Detectives'

Serious Game Helps Bankers Detect Fake Currency

London (UK) / Kolkata (IN), March 2008 - As custodians of the national currency, all banks are expected to ensure that counterfeit notes presented at any customer outlet are identified and removed from circulation. ICICI Bank, India's second largest, was keen to reduce the amount of counterfeit currency being passed through its counters, but it faced the challenge of training its new cashiers to identify security features and, at the same time, reduce the continual flow of fake bills. » MORE

Tests and Exams

Questionmark Unveils New System for Managing Results

London (UK), March 2008 - The new Results Management System (RMS) from Questionmark™, an application that enables psychometricians and assessment administrators to analyse and edit results before they are finalised and shared with stakeholders, has recently been released. The RMS works in conjunction with Questionmark™ Perception™, an assessment-management system that enables learning professionals to create, deliver, and report on surveys, quizzes, and exams. » MORE

Acquisition

Take over: Digital Content Marketplace HarvestRoad®

Sestri Levante (I), March 2008 - Giunti Labs, a European eLearning and mobile content management solution provider, has finalised its acquisition of the Australian HarvestRoad® brand as well as its HarvestRoad Hive® digital repository, TCMS Technical Content Management System, and related Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and worldwide installations. » MORE

Big Russian Consultant

New Acquisition Expands IBS Product Portfolio

Moscow (RU), March 2008 - IBS, Russia's leader in the IT and consulting market, has announced the purchase of 51 per cent of Learnware Company Limited, one of Russia's major developers of systems for distance learning and the producer of the HyperMethod brand of software and services. This deal is a logical step forward based on the relationship between the two companies in a number of projects that involve building distance-learning systems for Russian higher education institutions. The new acquisition complements the IBS product portfolio by adding state-of-the-art eLearning systems. » MORE