Amdahl Selects DigitalThink to Meet Critical Business Objectives Through Global E-Learning Initiative.Business Editors &High Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 1999 Co-sourcing Initiative Enables Amdahl's Sales Force and Engineers to Stay Ahead of the Technology Curve Amdahl(R) Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Fujitsu(R) Limited, has selected DigitalThink, a provider of e-learning solutions to Fortune 1000 companies, to enable Amdahl to move most of its sales force and engineering training to the Web. This two-year contract provides for DigitalThink to develop tailor-made, Web-based courses to train Amdahl's sales forces and engineering teams on Amdahl products, processes, and solutions and to keep them ahead of the technology curve. &uot;Amdahl is committed to being a world leader in building, managing, and maintaining large customer systems, and this investment in our intellectual capital can only enhance our position,&uot; said David Wright David Wright may refer to:
&uot;We chose DigitalThink to help us enable our sales force and engineers to keep pace with rapidly changing technologies, products and sales methods in today's fast-moving economy. E-Learning makes sense for Amdahl because DigitalThink courseware is fully outsourced and is built from the ground up for deployment over the Internet, enabling us to cost-effectively teach employees anywhere in the world.&uot; DigitalThink and Amdahl will work together to develop the courses. Amdahl will provide content on their products, processes, and solutions to DigitalThink's instructional designers and course developers who will build the e-learning courseware. The end result will be a fully outsourced, seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. between DigitalThink courses and Amdahl's intranet. This method allows sales force and engineers to complete all coursework coursework Noun work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course Noun 1. coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's via Amdahl's intranet, and the system is built to allow designated administrators to track employees' progress. &uot;The DigitalThink e-learning solution we are creating is designed to allow Amdahl to leverage the Web to meet their critical business objectives,&uot; said Pete Goettner, president and CEO at DigitalThink. &uot;Our e-learning platform makes it possible for us to offer a tailor-made solution that enables Amdahl to quickly convey key information and training to a global workforce, and to measure the effectiveness of that training at any point.&uot; Amdahl's e-learning initiative allows the company to cost-effectively strengthen work teams with the most up-to-date, real-time training available. Classes are self-paced, thereby minimizing workday disruptions. Sales force and engineers benefit from an important blend of cutting-edge technology and critical human interaction through expert course design, online tutors, and a virtual community of classmates Classmates can refer to either:
Amdahl can simultaneously offer training to employees regardless of their geographic location, because DigitalThink offers Amdahl's employees real-time access 24 hours a day, seven days a week in every time zone. Sales force and engineers need nothing more than a standard Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and Internet connection to engage an e-learning experience -- no players or downloads are necessary thereby eliminating any tax on Amdahl's IT resources. About DigitalThink DigitalThink provides e-learning solutions to Fortune 1000 companies. DigitalThink offers a fully integrated solution that combines course content aligned with business objectives, compelling, results-oriented e-learning experience, and fully integrated technologies that are completely outsourced. DigitalThink solutions can include any combination of existing off-the-shelf courseware or fully customized content. Customers who have deployed DigitalThink e-learning solutions include Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. , KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen , and Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (IPA: /'dɔɪ.tʃə/[1]) (ISIN: DE0005140008, NYSE: DB) (English: German Bank . Comprehensive information about DigitalThink can be found on the Web at www.digitalthink.com. About Amdahl Corporation Amdahl Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, provides integrated computing solutions that meet the needs of many of the largest users of information technology in the world. Amdahl develops and deploys systems, services and support that meet the needs of the world's most compute-intensive organizations and environments. With more than 28 years of experience delivering large-scale computing and client/server technology, the Amdahl mission is to deliver innovative systems, services and support to lead customers to the most complete and powerful data centers of the 21st century. For more information about Amdahl: www.amdahl.com. Note to Editors: Amdahl is a registered trademark of Amdahl Corporation. Fujitsu is a registered trademark of Fujitsu Limited. |
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