CBT Systems Announces CBTWeb Plus.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1998-- New Deployment Option Enables Customers to Access CBT (Computer-Based Training) Using the computer for training and instruction. CBT programs are called "courseware" and provide interactive training sessions for all disciplines. Systems' Courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. Over the Internet From Third-Party-Hosted Servers; Eliminates Need to Allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation. Customer Network Resources to Computer-Based Training See CBT. (application) Computer-Based Training - (CBT) Training (of humans) done by interaction with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." Systems CBT Systems (CBT Systems, Menlo Park, CA) An acknowledged leader in the design and development of interactive education software for information technology training. Specializing in self-study courses that users can take at their own PCs, CBT developed a library of more than 600 titles for , a leading provider of interactive education software for information technology training, today announced CBTWeb Plus(TM), a turnkey See turnkey system. training solution that enables customers to benefit from Internet-based deployment of CBT Systems' entire suite of more than 550 courseware titles without the need to install server-side software on their own network. The announcement was made at the Training '98 Conference and Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. here, where CBT Systems is exhibiting its complete range of information technology and personal skills training solutions at Booth No. 1031. CBTWeb Plus is an externally hosted version of CBT Systems' popular CBTWeb(TM) product. CBTWeb currently enables customers to access and manage CBT Systems courses over an intranet via internally managed web servers. Using CBTWeb, learners can choose to either download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. CBT Systems courseware or interact with it in real time over an intranet using CBT Systems' LivePlay(TM) capability. CBTWeb Plus provides a new option for customers who choose to have their CBT Systems courseware managed over the Internet from an external site. As with CBTWeb, CBTWeb Plus will initially feature a download capability; the company also plans to add the LivePlay capability to CBTWeb Plus in the third quarter for live, real-time interaction over the Internet. CBTWeb Plus is designed to relieve customers of any network infrastructure or security issues, and minimizes human resource requirements The components of a system that are required by software or hardware. It refers to resources that have finite limits such as memory and disk. In a PC, it may also refer to the resources required to install a new peripheral device, namely IRQs, DMA channels, I/O addresses and memory , while providing the highest level of deployment flexibility since each student receives CBT Systems' in-depth training from his or her preferred location. Additionally, training administrators and information systems (IS) managers are assured that students receive the most up-to-date curricula since the CBTWeb Plus servers are maintained by CBT Systems and are continuously updated with the latest courseware at the company's centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. courseware Development Center in Dublin, Ireland. "CBTWeb Plus gives customers the power of CBTWeb with the added convenience of externally hosted Internet-based deployment," said Bill Beamish, vice president of Product Strategy and Development at CBT Systems. "With the launch of CBTWeb Plus, CBT Systems will make more courses available over the Internet than any other interactive IT training provider. The addition of the CBTWeb Plus capability to our product portfolio will provide customers with a full range of powerful deployment systems to address the individual needs of training and IS managers worldwide. CBTWeb Plus is the ideal solution for customers who don't have an internal network or intranet structure already installed by which to deploy and access technology training. And for customers who may already be using CBTWeb and CBTCampus(TM), CBTWeb Plus is a powerful additional feature designed to complement existing deployment methods." Pricing and Availability CBT Systems plans to make CBTWeb Plus available on a phased basis. Courseware downloads using CBTWeb Plus will be available in the second quarter of 1998; LivePlay capabilities are expected to be available in the third quarter. Pricing will be announced at a later date. About CBT Systems CBT Systems, a subsidiary of CBT Group PLC (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CBTSY), is a leading provider of interactive education software for information technology professionals in business, education, and government markets worldwide. The company's comprehensive library, which covers a range of client/server, mainframe, and Internet and intranet technologies, are used by the world's leading corporations to train employees to develop and apply mission-critical technologies in the workplace. For information on CBT Systems products, call (800) 387-0932, fax (650) 614-5901, or send an email to salesinfo@cbtsys.com. CBT Systems is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.cbtsys.com. -0- CBT Systems, CBT Campus, CBTWeb, CBTWeb Plus, LivePlay, and the CBT Systems logo are trademarks of CBT Group PLC. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. CONTACT: CBT Systems Cindy McCaffrey, 650/614-5962 cindy_mccaffrey@cbtsys.com or Zing Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Marcella Wucher, 650/592-5834 zingpr@earthlink.net |
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