Century 21 Real Estate Corporation Selects Centra's eLearning Software for the Delivery of Live, Web-Based Training to CENTURY 21 System Professionals.Business/Technology Editors LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 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 Internet business collaboration, today announced an agreement with Century 21 Real Estate Corporation to deploy Centra's real-time, enterprise collaboration software See collaborative software. to deliver live training over the Internet to more than 75,000 real estate professionals worldwide. Together, Centra Symposium(TM) virtual classroom software and Centra Conference(TM) 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. software provide the foundation for the CENTURY 21 Learning System(R), designed to help new and experienced sales associates to compete effectively in today's real estate market and enhance the professional development of its global sales force. The CENTURY 21 Learning System(R) powered by Centra was recently featured in InformationWeek Magazine's Innovation 100 for demonstrating technological, procedural, and organizational customer-centric innovation. "Centra helps us meet our aggressive worldwide training goals. Using the Internet, we can now connect busy sales associates with business-critical skills in less time and at less cost to the company," said George Selix, vice president of Training for Century 21 Real Estate Corporation." Software Infrastructure for Live eLearning and Business Collaboration Already in use by more than 350 companies and universities worldwide, Centra's Web-based enterprise products and ASP services share a common collaboration framework, and are optimized to support a full range of business interactions necessary to accelerate internal and market-facing business processes. Centra's real-time collaboration products See collaborative software. provide convenient and cost-efficient facilities for virtual classrooms, Web conferencing and eMeetings, featuring Centra's hallmark voice-over-IP capabilities, collaborative online workspace, integrated application sharing A data conferencing capability that lets two or more users interactively work on the same application at the same time. The application is loaded and running in only one machine; however, keystrokes are transmitted from and screen changes are transmitted to the other participants. , and intuitive user interface to enable live conversation and interaction over intranets, extranets and the Internet. "According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent report by the National Association of Realtors The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is made up of residential and commercial realtors who are brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, and counselors, and others working in the real estate industry. , homeownership in 1999 peaked with over five million existing home sales Existing Home Sales An economic indicator of both the number and prices of existing single family houses, condos and co-op sales over a one-month period. Released monthly by the U.S. . As Web technology evolves, live eLearning is becoming more important than ever to a company's core business processes and overall success," said Leon Navickas, Centra 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. . "Centra is dedicated to providing the tools to companies such as Century 21 in order to keep their growing population of employees connected and up to speed on the skills necessary to succeed in the fiercely competitive real estate industry." About Century 21 Century 21 Real Estate Corporation is the franchisor of the world's largest residential real estate sales organization, providing comprehensive training, management, administrative and marketing support for the Century 21 System. The company is comprised of more than 6,300 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices in more than 28 countries and territories worldwide. Century 21 Real Estate Corporation is a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation and is part of the move.com family of relocation, real estate and home-related services companies. For more information, visit www.century21.com. About Centra With over a million users, Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA) is the world's 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 American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. , Domino's Pizza, ExxonMobil, Siemens, Nationwide Insurance, and Procter & Gamble. Centra supports a vital ecosystem of strategic eLearning partnerships, which include alliances with Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Consulting, Oracle, Saba 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. |
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