Centra Leads the eLearning Industry into China.Business/Technology Editors LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2001 Leader in eLearning and Collaboration Expands Presence in Asia-Pacific Region; Signs Strategic Distribution Agreement with Major Local Reseller 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 eLearning and collaboration, today announced that it has signed a strategic distribution agreement with New Modern Technology Limited, a leading provider of information technology solutions in China. With headquarters in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , New Modern Technology (NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) An analog cellular phone system deployed in more than 40 countries in Europe. Launched in the Scandinavian countries in 1979, NMT was the first analog cellphone system. Both 450 MHz and 900 MHz versions are available. See cellular generations. ) is recognized as one of the best and most reliable IT consulting firms in Asia. Under the terms of the agreement, NMT will resell Centra's products to major corporations and government agencies across Greater China, enabling Centra to significantly expand its global presence and capabilities to support a growing customer base across the Asia-Pacific region. New Modern Technology was selected to represent Centra based on its ability to recommend and implement solutions that yield the highest performance and cost effectiveness for their clients. Today, NMT employs more than 90 highly qualified professionals who provide total project support, including proposal development, system integration, deployment services, and ongoing operations support. In addition to sales of Centra's products, New Modern Technology will also provide first-line customer support, localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. , and training. "We are extremely pleased to welcome New Modern Technology to our strong distribution channel in the Asia-Pacific region," said Steve Lesser, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Centra. "Centra's ability to address the needs of new markets worldwide is critical to our continued global leadership position. By combining New Modern Technology's outstanding reputation with Centra's ability to deliver market-leading business solutions, we will be able to satisfy the unique market needs of this important region." Today with over 1.5 million users around the world, Centra is the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, infrastructure for eLearning and collaboration. Centra's extensive list of customers already includes many large firms headquartered in Asia, including Sony, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform , Kissei Pharmaceuticals, Tokyo Electric, Motorola, Nikko Securities, and Hitachi. These companies employ Centra's collaborative eLearning software infrastructure for a wide range of business applications including channel sales support and technical training - using the Web to deliver demonstrable cost savings, timely communication, and effective enterprise learning and collaboration. Software Infrastructure for eLearning and Collaboration Used by nearly 600 companies, government agencies, and universities worldwide, Centra's enterprise products and services are based on CentraOne(TM), a robust and extensible thin-client architecture for eLearning and collaboration. By leveraging the core capabilities of the Web-based CentraOne platform, Centra is the only company to offer a full range of knowledge delivery and management solutions - from voice-enabled virtual classrooms, Web conferences and online meetings to powerful products for content management, personalized eLearning, and standards-compliant authoring - all on a single platform. Through this integrated environment, organizations can increase the overall effectiveness of their eLearning initiatives, targeting the appropriate mix of live and self-paced learning formats and activities for each audience or strategic business task. About New Modern Technology With headquarters in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, New Modern Technology Limited offers professional consulting, project management, and integration services for application implementations, business analysis and system design, and database support. Recognized as one of the best and most reliable IT service companies in Asia, New Modern Technology provides total and comprehensive business solutions for prominent corporations and governmental institutions across Greater China. For more information, visit www.new-modern.com. About Centra With more than 1.5 million users, Centra is the world's leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for eLearning and business collaboration. Today hundreds of global organizations have standardized on Centra for the delivery of live eLearning, including Accenture, Century 21, 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 , 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, Nationwide Insurance, Siemens, Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. , and Procter & Gamble. Centra supports a vital ecosystem of strategic eLearning partnerships, which include alliances with Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , Cisco, Oracle, HP Europe, Saba, Docent and Global Knowledge. Headquartered in Boston's technology corridor, the Company has sales offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.centra.com. |
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