Australian Government Services Organization, Centrelink, Selects Click2learn's Aspen to Consolidate Learning Operations for 27,000 Staff.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2003 Project will drive efficiency gains in data collection and reporting at one of Australia's largest, most complex training operations Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS), leader in enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that Centrelink, the Australian Australian pertaining to or originating in Australia. Australian bat lyssavirus disease see Australian bat lyssavirus disease. Australian cattle dog a medium-sized, compact working dog used for control of cattle. government agency that provides payments and services to 6.4 million Australians on behalf of 25 government agencies, has selected the Aspen aspen, in botany aspen: see willow. Aspen, city, United States Aspen (ăs`pən), city (1990 pop. 5,049), alt. 7,850 ft (2,390 m), seat of Pitkin co., S central Colo. Enterprise Productivity Suite(TM) to drive efficiency gains in the collection, storage and reporting of all accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. learning data and operations for staff across Australia. Centrelink will use hosted versions of the Aspen Learning Management Server (LMS (Learning Management System) An information system that administers instructor-led and e-learning courses and keeps track of student progress. Used internally by large enterprises for their employees, an LMS can be used to monitor the effectiveness of the ) and the Aspen Performance Management module and will deploy them across its intranet, providing the organization with an accessible, user-friendly, consolidated national training database. The solution will be rolled out incrementally to more than 320 Centrelink offices throughout Australia. It will ultimately service more than 27,000 staff and allow further development of Centrelink's online training delivery. "Centrelink's mission, as the human face of the Australian government, is to provide easy and convenient access to high-quality government and community services that improve the lives of Australian families, communities and individuals," said Margaret Hamilton, Dean of the Centrelink Virtual College. "Our ability to deliver exceptional customer service can only be maintained by a highly trained, highly skilled workforce." In August 2001, Centrelink established its own Virtual College, which provides all Centrelink staff with career pathways within the organization by linking job roles with nationally recognized and accredited qualifications. It is also developing innovative ways of integrating learning with "job-ready" training. The Aspen LMS will be pivotal to recording, monitoring and reporting on individual and team learning activities within Centrelink. "Everything we do involves a large number of employees, many of them geographically dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. and dealing with highly intricate issues and tight deadlines. To meet the challenge of delivering consistent, high-quality learning in this environment, Centrelink uses a satellite-enabled interactive distance learning capability," said Ms Hamilton. Centrelink will integrate Aspen into this distance learning initiative to further streamline the collection and reporting of learning information. "Centrelink selected Aspen because it provides the best match with Centrelink's business requirements," said Ms Hamilton. She said Aspen will help Centrelink improve management of its learning operations, providing an accessible, user-friendly and consolidated national database for collection, storage and reporting of all of its accredited learning operations. "We expect significant increases in efficiency, and Centrelink staff will now also have the ability to take greater responsibility for their own learning," said Ms Hamilton. Centrelink will conduct a formal return on investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) analysis on the new Aspen system to evaluate its effectiveness in providing accurate and timely data on Centrelink's extensive accredited learning operations. "We are delighted to welcome Centrelink as the first agency in the Australian Commonwealth Government to become a Click2learn customer. Aspen is an ideal solution to help streamline learning, address issues of regulatory compliance and reporting and boost employee performance throughout this complex, highly dispersed organization," said Kevin Oakes, chairman and 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 Click2learn. "We have seen the learning market in Australia and the rest of the Asia Pacific region continue to grow and thrive and the demand for our Aspen Enterprise Productivity Suite(TM) significantly increase as corporations and government agencies in these countries commit to improving organizational productivity through enterprise-wide learning." About Aspen Click2learn's award-winning Aspen Enterprise Productivity Suite(TM) enables organizations to strategically manage corporate knowledge and workforce productivity to improve business performance. With Aspen, organizations can deploy a comprehensive, integrated solution for their specific learning needs, all under one platform with one, seamless user experience. The Aspen Suite consists of separate but integrated modules, including -- Learning Management (LMS) -- Learning Content Management (LCMS LCMS Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod LCMS Learning Content Management System (Docent, Inc.) LCMS Living Conditions Monitoring Survey LCMS Louisiana Center for Manufacturing Sciences LCMS Lindero Canyon Middle School ) -- Virtual Classroom (VCS (1) (Verilog Computer Simulator) See Verilog. (2) (Version Control System) See version control. ) -- Performance Management -- Collaboration, Knowledge Exchange & Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or -- Information Management -- Simulation Creation and Editing -- Auditing and Compliance Tracking Whether organizations choose to deploy the entire Aspen suite, or to integrate select Aspen applications with existing infrastructure, Aspen's standards-based (AICC AICC anti-inhibitor coagulant complex. , SCORM SCORM Shareable Content Object Reference Model (web-based e-learning standard) SCORM Shared Courseware Object Reference Model SCORM Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model , XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , etc.) modular and open architecture is designed to help companies reduce total cost of ownership and meet a wide variety of business goals. About Click2learn Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) is the recognized leader in enterprise productivity solutions for Global 2000 organizations and government agencies seeking to improve business performance and workforce productivity. Using Click2learn's Aspen Enterprise Productivity Suite(TM), many of the world's best-known corporations improve sales force readiness, achieve and demonstrate regulatory compliance, improve speed and quality of customer service, and educate customers and partners, while at the same time realizing significant cost savings. Click2learn's clients include such industry leaders as Accenture, American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , AstraZeneca, Century 21, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Pfizer and Symantec. Based in Bellevue, Wash., with offices throughout the U.S., Click2learn ( www.click2learn.com, 800.448.6543 ) also is represented in, Europe, Australia, Japan and India. This announcement contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. 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