Centra Joins the Cisco iQ Ecosystem Program.Business/Technology Editors LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2001 Centra (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 : CTRA CTRA Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association CTRA College Terrace Residents' Association CTRA Canadian Telecommunications Resellers Alliance CTRA Committee To Restore America ), the world's leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for live eLearning and business collaboration, today announced that they have joined the Cisco iQ Ecosystem Program. As a member of the program, Centra's solutions will become an integral component of Cisco's eLearning framework, enabling companies to take advantage of the power of a Cisco network with capabilities for live interactive eLearning and collaboration. The Cisco iQ Ecosystem Program is part of an overall Cisco iQ initiative intended to help companies understand their "Internet Quotient(TM)"-or "iQ"- critical to competitive advantage in today's Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . Online resources on the iQ Web site, supplemented with a bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. print magazine, address Internet business solutions from customer care and workforce optimization to supply-chain management, revealing new ways to make business more agile, efficient, and competitive. The Cisco iQ Ecosystem Program includes application vendors, system integrators, and consultants, which, when combined with Cisco's expertise and architectures, help deliver these end-to-end solutions. Companies that qualify for participation in the program have proven capabilities in their solution areas. Already used in more than 440 organizations worldwide, Centra's IP audio-enabled collaboration products See collaborative software. accelerate important, interaction-dependent business processes to ensure top-line results, while significantly lowering travel and operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales associated with corporate training, product rollouts, sales and marketing events, and meetings. "In an economy that's all about corporate agility, top-line growth and cost-containment, eLearning technology serves a critical purpose," said Alan May Alan Randy May (born January 14, 1965 in Barrhead, Alberta) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. May began his NHL career when he was signed as a free agent by the Boston Bruins, although he would spend most of his time in the minors. , Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Centra. "Teaming with Cisco is not only testament to our leadership in live eLearning delivery, but provides a powerful relationship that will enable people across the globe to interact, collaborate, and learn in real-time, realizing their investments in networking infrastructure in wholly new ways. " Software Infrastructure for Live eLearning and Collaboration In a sea of point-product solutions for the delivery of learning over corporate networks and the Internet, Centra is the only company to offer Web-based enterprise products and services optimized to address the range of real-time business interactions necessary to accelerate internal and market-facing business processes. Based on a common collaboration framework, every product features Centra's hallmark voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities, shared workspace environment, and intuitive user interface to enable live conversation and interaction over low-bandwidth network connections. Centra's products, available as licensed software or hosted ASP services, include Centra Symposium(TM) for virtual classrooms, Centra Conference(TM) for Web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. and events, and Centra eMeeting(TM) for meetings and ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. team collaboration. About Centra With more than 1.2 million users worldwide, Centra is the leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for live eLearning and business collaboration. Today hundreds of global organizations have standardized on Centra for the delivery of live eLearning, including Accenture, Domino's Pizza For Domino's Pizza in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Principality of Monaco, see . Domino's Pizza, LLC (NYSE: DPZ) (LSE: DOM) is an international pizza delivery corporation headquartered just outside Ann Arbor, Michigan, United , Century 21, EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. , McKessonHBOC, Siemens, and Procter & Gamble. Centra supports a vital ecosystem of strategic eLearning relationships, which include Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cisco Systems, Oracle, Saba, Docent, and Global Knowledge. Headquartered in Boston's technology corridor, the company has sales offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.centra.com. Internet Quotient is a trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. 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