Centra Software Announces Powerful Symposium 2.0 Release.LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1997-- Leading Web-Based Enterprise Learning System(TM) Incorporates Customer-Driven Enhancements For Expanded Platform Support and Unprecedented Functionality Centra Software, Inc., pioneering developers of Java-based enterprise applications for delivering and managing live interactive group learning and collaboration over corporate intranets and the Internet, today announced Symposium(TM) 2.0. Symposium, the industry's first comprehensive software-only Enterprise Learning System, delivers effective live instructor-led training and self-paced learning to any 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. . New product features in the Symposium 2.0 release offer unprecedented flexibility and functionality including broader platform support, and customer- driven usability, administration and installation enhancements. Creating a live virtual classroom experience on the desktop, Symposium empowers geographically dispersed participants to communicate and interact just as they would in a real classroom. Symposium uniquely integrates multi-way audio conferencing See audioconferencing. , live application demonstrations, collaborative whiteboard, Web Safari, group breakout sessions, and text-based discussion forums in a comprehensive learning environment. Symposium includes Symposium Course Builder(TM), an integrated content migration tool; features a 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. on-line registration system; and provides automated reporting for assessment and certification purposes through links to established corporate information databases. "In today's explosive on-line learning market, many large global organizations are currently evaluating Web-based training options which optimize an existing corporate intranet or the Internet for the delivery of effective and cost-efficient corporate training," said Ellen Julian, research manager at International Data Corporation. "Web-based enterprise learning defines a new category in the training market that combines effective learning methods with capabilities for registration, assessment, content migration, and information tracking in a structured and secure on-line learning environment." Powerful New Customer-Driven Enhancements in Symposium 2.0 Broadened Platform Support --Users can now select Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
Microsoft(R) or Netscape(R), including Microsoft Internet Explorer(TM) (IE) and Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server (TM) (IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. ) or Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. (R) and Netscape Enterprise Server A Web server from Netscape that runs under NT, Solaris and HP-UX. It supports JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, Java servlets and Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS). It was superseded by iPlanet Web Server and renamed again in 2002 as Sun ONE Web Server. (TM) or FastTrack Server(TM). Enhanced Instructor and Symposium Course Builder Capabilities --Updated Instructor interface to streamline and improve on-line course facilitation, including new microphone control and collaborative whiteboard features --Support for popular streaming media players See digital media hub. enabling embedded streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. capability within the virtual classroom --Ability for up to 500 students to register for a course and review course content in self-paced mode or participate in asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. training New Participant Tools --Enhanced student interface and navigation tools --Pre-assessment quizzes for skills gap analysis --Integrated audio tuning wizard to adjust your PC's hardware for optimal sound quality Expanded Administration, Management and Installation Functionality --Simple one-button Symposium software and course download to the desktop --Enhanced registration capabilities to speed access to the online course catalog Noun 1. course catalog - a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university course catalogue, prospectus catalog, catalogue - a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he found it in the Sears catalog" --New Registrar and Symposium Account Manager interfaces for course and participant information tracking, user account management, and role assignment --Improved database report generation, including three pre- formatted report templates Leading Corporate Training Organizations Embrace Symposium In Symposium, Centra has created an effective online training delivery solution that helps companies to better compete in the fast- paced global business environment. Forward-thinking training companies and Fortune 1000 organizations have turned to Symposium for the timely and cost-efficient delivery of mission-critical corporate training, including sales and new product training; customer support and services training; and important IT skills training. Companies currently using Symposium include AT&T, Bay Networks, Strategic Management Group, Motorola, Progress Software, MathSoft, Shiva Shiva or Siva (shē`və), one of the greatest gods of Hinduism, also called Mahadeva. The "horned god" and phallic worship of the Indus valley civilization may have been a prototype of Shiva worship or Shaivism. Corporation, and MCI Systemhouse MCI Systemhouse , a subsidiary of Washington, DC-based MCI Communications Corporation, was the result of the merger of Canadian company SHL Systemhouse with MCI's technical services branch. The new company was formed to provide systems integration and outsourcing services. , MCI's global systems integration, outsourcing and technology training company. "It's our goal to provide leading edge solutions and add value by using technology to enhance the career development and ultimate productivity of our customers," said Roger St. Germain, vice president, Education Services at MCI Systemhouse. "Symposium fits into our vision by allowing us to diversify and expand our training capabilities. It is an exciting technology that allows us to disseminate quality training and information very rapidly--on any subject, procedure, or product--to a geographically dispersed audience in an engaging, collaborative and cost-efficient way." Pricing and Availability Symposium 2.0 will ship later this month. Introductory pricing for Symposium 2.0 is $35,000 (U.S.) per server for 50 concurrent users in a live interactive setting, and up to 500 users in a self-paced or asynchronous mode See asynchronous and SCSI asynchronous mode. . Each server license includes one copy of Symposium Course Builder and unlimited free download of Symposium participant Java applets. About Centra Software Centra Software, Inc. develops and markets innovative enterprise application software for delivering live interactive group learning and collaboration over corporate intranets and the Internet. Funded by some of the top venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] in the U.S., Centra helps Fortune 1000 organizations and others to greatly reduce training costs and improve organizational productivity by harnessing corporate intranets and any multimedia PC as a vehicle for live, instructor-lead training and self-paced learning. For more information, please visit Centra on the Web at www.centra.com . -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Centra, Symposium, Enterprise Learning System, and Symposium Course Builder are trademarks of Centra Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Alexander Communications Centra Software, Inc. Heather McNatt Lisa LeBlanc 404 897-2300, ext. 348 617/861-7000, ext. 1013 Fax: (404) 897-2311 Fax: (617) 862-2453 hmcnatt@alexander-pr.com lleblanc@centra.com |
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