Asymetrix Changes Company Name to click2learn.com, inc.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999-- Name change reflects importance of learning portal as the cornerstone cornerstone Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to to the company's market-leading status in the online learning arena Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYM), the leader in online learning solutions, today announced that it is changing the company name to click2learn.com, inc., effective immediately. Asymetrix also announced that it is changing its Nasdaq-AMEX ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors from ASYM to CLKS. The change in name and ticker symbol reflects the growing importance of the company's innovative new learning portal located at www.click2learn.com to the company's market leading position in the online learning industry, as well as the integration of the company's existing products and services with the learning portal. "Our goal for the company is to be the lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. partner to the business professional, and this change in company name is intended to both reflect the importance of our learning portal at www.click2learn.com in pursuing this goal, and signify sig·ni·fy v. sig·ni·fied, sig·ni·fy·ing, sig·ni·fies v.tr. 1. To denote; mean. 2. To make known, as with a sign or word: signify one's intent. our leadership position in web-delivered learning," said Jim Billmaier, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Asymetrix Learning Systems. "As the market leader in behind-the-firewall enterprise online learning solutions with our learning management products, authoring tools and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , we see click2learn.com as a natural evolution to outside-the-firewall solutions of our product and service offerings. click2learn.com provides large corporations with thousands of titles as well as a learning management and authoring product in a hosted environment, and it gives small businesses and individuals a cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. and convenient way to access a diverse library of computing computing - computer and business titles." click2learn.com is designed to be the lifelong learning partner to the business professional by providing professional education and training on a variety of topics. Using the Internet to remove economic and logistical lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation barriers to critical learning, it allows individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses to access formal training online directly through www.click2learn.com in an engaging and highly interactive format with 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. . Larger organizations can access click2learn.com using the increasingly popular Application Service Provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ) model, by seamlessly integrating a custom version of click2learn.com with their organization's intranets. Thousands of professional learning courses on computer, business and professional development skills are now accessible directly through www.click2learn.com. These courses, and courses created with the free click2learn.publisher authoring and publishing system, will also be available through Internet portal partners such as the Go2Net and VerticalNet network of websites, and corporate partners through their intranets and virtual universities. Additionally, a number of free courses are available currently through click2learn.com, with more constantly being added. Titled 2MinuteTutors(TM), these short tutorials cover a wide variety of topics focused on improving the skills and knowledge requirements of busy business professionals. The company also boasts the industry's market leading learning management products, anchored by Ingenium, a skills-based management product that lets administrators assign and track online learning as well as instructor-led classes. Ingenium is an integral component of the company's single-source online learning solution that also includes the ToolBook II family of authoring products -- ToolBook II Assistant and ToolBook II Instructor. These products are augmented by the company's award-winning professional services group, one of the largest in the country, that develops custom online learning content for organizations, in addition to strategic consulting and systems integration services. click2learn.com will be officially launched at the Online Learning '99 Conference and Exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress. on October 18, 1999 at the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. . Visit click2learn.com, inc. at Booth No. 517. About click2learn.com, inc. (formerly Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc.) click2learn.com, inc. (Nasdaq:CLKS), formerly Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYM), is a leading provider of online enterprise learning solutions that enable organizations to author, deploy and manage Internet-based training and education. click2learn.com offers a single source training solution incorporating learning management products (including the market leading, skills-based Ingenium solution) and authoring software products (ToolBook II Instructor and Assistant) with professional services including custom development, strategic consulting and integration services. For more information on click2learn.com solutions, call 800/448-6543 or 425/462-0501. click2learn.com is located on the World Wide Web at www.click2learn.com, and the company maintains a website under the former name of Asymetrix Learning Systems at www.asymetrix.com. Asymetrix is a registered trademark and click2learn.com, 2MinuteTutor, Ingenium, ToolBook 11 Instructor and Assistant are trademarks of Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. Asymetrix is registered in the USA and in certain other countries. All other company and/or product names are the property of their respective owners. |
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