| Training 2000, Atlanta, GA, February
23, 2000 - Learnframe*, developer of the Pinnacle Learning Manager™, (PLM),
the leading provider of e-Learning solutions, announces today that it has
joined forces with Centra, a leading provider of software infrastructure
solutions for live e-Business collaboration.
According to Ron Sanders, Vice President of Marketing and
Product Development for Learnframe*, the partnership between Centra and
Pinnacle provides an integrated solution for organizations looking for
a world class Training Management and collaboration solution.
"This relationship ensures that Centra's products are
compatible and compliant with the Pinnacle e-Learning infrastructure,"
said Sanders. "Pinnacle can now seamlessly manage and track classes
delivered via Centra's market -leading live e-Learning system. This enables
users to participate in synchronous and asynchronous sessions in one user
interface. Organizations will be able to manage and deliver their live
Centra classes with other forms of training such as WBT, CBT and online
documents."
According to Steve Junion, Learning Consultant for Rockwell
Collins, a leading
manufacturer of communication and aviation electronic equipment and joint
Pinnacle/Centra customer, "The Centra/Pinnacle integration enables
us to deliver one-stop shopping to our students. Instead of having multiple
interfaces for our technology-based training and our collaboration tools,
students use our Pinnacle student interface to access both tools. It makes
navigation for our content simple, and provides a quick learning curve
for our students. It takes our students just a few minutes to learn how
to use our online learning site."
"As our work together at Rockwell-Collins has shown,"
said Chris Reed, Vice President of Product Marketing for Centra Software,
"Pinnacle has been a leader in integrating live and self-paced content
into an enterprise-wide learning environment. We are pleased to work with
leading training management vendors like Pinnacle to provide customers
solutions combining 'best-of-breed' product functionality with rich product
integration."
About Centra
Centra is a leading provider of software infrastructure solutions for
live eBusiness collaboration. Products include Centra 99, an enterprise-class,
Internet software application for sales, marketing, services and training,
and the innovative CentraNow Web collaboration service - the Web destination
for live, voice-enabled business meetings and events featuring a Business
Collaboration partner network. Centra's customers include Fortune 1000
companies such as Armstrong, Kraft, Nationwide, Compaq, and Viacom. Centra
has business and software partnerships with Deloitte Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Microsoft, Oracle, Ariba, and Global Knowledge Network. Headquartered
in Boston's technology corridor, Centra has sales offices in North America
and Europe.
About Learnframe*
Learnframe*, an e-learning company headquartered in Draper, UT, is best
known for its creation of the leading comprehensive training management
software, the Pinnacle Learning Manager™ (PLM. The Foundation of e-Learning™.)
PLM is designed to manage all training data, whether generated from Technology
based, instructor-led or other training formats, with one central database.
PLM works with Internet, intranet, and LAN systems, providing students
and trainers 24-hour access to training curricula, instructions, test,
and scores. Pinnacle's customers include companies such as AlliedSignal,
Abbott Laboratories, US Air Force, Agilent, Novell and KLA Tencor. Pinnacle
has business and software partnerships with SmartForce, SkillScape, SkillView,
Digital Think, and 65 content companies. Pinnacle has sales offices in
North America and Canada. For information on PLM or Learnframe*, visit
www.theplm.com, or contact kstilson@theplm.com
or jthomas@theplm.com or 800-738-9800.
* formerly Pinnacle Multimedia™
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