Click2learn to Launch Aspen 2.5 and Hold Annual Users Conference at Online Learning 2003.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Online Learning Conference and Expo 2003 BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2003 Customers New Horizons, Microsoft, Century 21 to present success stories; Full slate Any political party or faction that seeks to form a majority in a parliament or on a board of directors or other responsible body typically must run a full slate if only to demonstrate that they have the capacity to attract the talent to fill every position with some person, even if that of sessions will help organizations address learning development and implementation challenges In its annual appearance as a founding sponsor of the Online Learning Conference and Expo, held this year in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. from September 22 - 24, Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) will highlight its participation with the launch of Aspen aspen, in botany aspen: see willow. Aspen, city, United States Aspen (ăs`pən), city (1990 pop. 5,049), alt. 7,850 ft (2,390 m), seat of Pitkin co., S central Colo. 2.5, the newest version of its award winning Aspen Enterprise Productivity Suite(TM). During the conference, the company also will hold its yearly users conference, with a full slate of sessions, panels and hands-on learning labs, as well as featured presentations by key Click2learn customers, industry experts and executives. The Online Learning Conference marks Click2learn's launch of Aspen 2.5, the latest milestone in the evolution of its industry-leading enterprise productivity suite. Aspen strategically leverages learning throughout the extended enterprise by managing training, information and knowledge to increase productivity and speed-to-performance. No matter what form of knowledge or information, Aspen delivers one, integrated experience to all users, helping companies successfully address sales readiness, regulatory compliance, employee development, customer and partner education, training automation and other key business goals. In addition to a wide variety of performance and scalability enhancements to its LMS, LCMS LCMS Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod LCMS Learning Content Management System (Docent, Inc.) LCMS Living Conditions Monitoring Survey LCMS Louisiana Center for Manufacturing Sciences LCMS Lindero Canyon Middle School and Virtual Classroom, this newest release of Aspen features full optimization for both Oracle 9.2 and Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 2000, as well as broad-ranging auditing, digital signature and compliance capabilities, a critical functionality in today's highly regulated business environment. Customer Success Stories During the conference, key Click2learn customers including New Horizons, Microsoft Business Solutions and Century 21, will present case studies about the successful design and implementation of large-scale enterprise learning programs in their organizations. New Horizons, which uses Aspen as the backbone for its Integrated Learning Manager solution, will present a case study on Tuesday, September 23, from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Implementing Business Critical Learning Management Systems: An Integrated Learning Approach." The session, led by Jess Hartmann, New Horizons chief information officer and senior vice president, will cover the strategic development and implementation of the company's unique, customized learning solution and the comprehensive systems needed to meet the needs of both its global training centers and their customers. Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS See Mb/sec. MBS - mobile broadband services ), which uses Aspen to create, deliver and manage training to enhance certification programs for its reselling partners, will present "Case Study: Increasing Customer & Partner Satisfaction through Training" on Monday, September 22 from 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Matt Magness, MBS director of training and Korey Kirschenmann, MBS e-learning deployment manager, will discuss how providing learning via an e-commerce Web model has helped MBS build loyalty and increase satisfaction throughout its value chain. Century 21, which has used Aspen to achieve agent productivity increases of more than 33%, will present "Concurrency Operations that are performed simultaneously within the computer. For example, dual-core CPUs provide complete overlapping of two independent processes. See dual core, hyperthreading, multiprocessing, multitasking, multithreading, SMP and MPP. concurrency - multitasking Management: Getting Two Major Software Tools To Play Nicely With Each Other" on Monday, September 22, from 2:00 PM - 3:30 p.m. Scott Wein, director of learning support at Century 21 will discuss how to fully and effectively integrate LMS and synchronous learning Synchronous learning refers to a group of people learning the same things at the same time. This is the type of pedagogy practiced in most schools and undergraduate programs, but not in graduate programs. Lecture is an example of synchronous learning. tools. "As more and more organizations deploy learning solutions, they are faced with a number of challenges, including measuring the value of their learning technologies, creating quality yet flexible content, and successfully integrating learning solutions into their infrastructures and corporate cultures," said Kevin Oakes, Click2learn 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. . "The Online Learning Conference gives us an ideal forum to work with these organizations to address these issues and to help them strategically leverage learning to achieve productivity and performance increases and bottom-line success." Oakes will join a keynote panel on Tuesday, September 23 from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Titled "What You Need to Know Now: Learning Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
User Conference Sessions The Online Learning Conference also includes Click2learn's annual users conference, featuring breakout sessions that focus on the benefits of Click2learn's industry-leading learning and authoring solutions. The sessions include: -- "Secrets of Successful Implementations: Going Beyond the Technical" (Monday, September 22, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.) -- "Online Learning in the Age of SCORM SCORM Shareable Content Object Reference Model (web-based e-learning standard) SCORM Shared Courseware Object Reference Model SCORM Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model " (Tuesday, September 23, 9:45 - 11:00 a.m.) -- "Mining Data From Your Enterprise Learning Platform" (Wednesday, September 24, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.) -- "Effectively Evaluating an Integrated E-learning Platform" (Wednesday, September 24, 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.) -- "Beyond Courseware: Learning Activities That Are Fast To Develop and Fast To Complete (Wednesday, September 24, 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.) A full schedule and descriptions of sessions led by Click2learn and its customers can be found at: http://www.onlinelearningconference.com/click2learn.cfm Booth Highlights At the Click2learn booth (#400), the company has scheduled an ongoing program of product demonstrations and presentations showcasing Aspen 2.5 and ToolBook. These presentations will outline how Click2learn's solutions can help organizations increase workforce productivity and meet a wide variety of business goals. On Monday, September 22 at 4 p.m., influential learning analyst and author Clark Aldrich Clark Bennett Aldrich (January 3, 1967 - ) is an author and practitioner working on building and popularizing educational simulations for professional skills. He was the lead designer for several ground-breaking educational simulations, including SimuLearn's will appear in the booth to discuss simulation and the future of learning in the enterprise. Other industry luminaries are also anticipated to participate in booth presentations. About Aspen Click2learn's award-winning Aspen Enterprise Productivity Suite(TM) enables global organizations to strategically manage corporate knowledge and workforce productivity to improve business performance. With Aspen, organizations can deploy a comprehensive, integrated solution for their specific learning needs, all under one platform with one, seamless user experience. The Aspen Suite consists of separate but integrated modules, including -- Learning Management (LMS) - SCORM 1.2 RTE (1) See runtime engine. (2) (Real-Time Executive) The operating system used in the HP 1000 series. See HP 1000. 3 Certified -- Learning Content Management (LCMS) -- Virtual Classroom (VCS (1) (Verilog Computer Simulator) See Verilog. (2) (Version Control System) See version control. ) -- Performance Management -- Collaboration, Knowledge Exchange & Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or -- Information Management -- Simulation Creation and Editing -- Auditing and Compliance Tracking Whether organizations choose to deploy the entire Aspen suite, or to integrate select Aspen applications with existing infrastructure, Aspen's standards-based (AICC AICC anti-inhibitor coagulant complex. , SCORM, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , etc.), modular and open architecture is designed to help companies reduce total cost of ownership and meet a wide variety of business goals. About Click2learn Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) is the recognized leader in enterprise productivity solutions for Global 2000 organizations and government agencies seeking to improve business performance and workforce productivity. Using Click2learn's Aspen Enterprise Productivity Suite(TM) and ToolBook Content and Simulation Authoring solution, many of the world's best-known corporations improve sales force readiness, achieve and demonstrate regulatory compliance, improve speed and quality of customer service, and educate customers and partners, while at the same time realizing significant cost savings. Click2learn's clients include such industry leaders as Accenture, American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , AstraZeneca, Century 21, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Pfizer and Symantec. Based in Bellevue, Wash., with offices throughout the U.S., Click2learn (www.click2learn.com, 800.448.6543) also is represented in Europe, Australia, Japan and India. This announcement contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties, including information contained in this document where statements are preceded by, followed by or include the words "believes," "plans," "intends," "expects," "anticipates" or similar expressions. For such statements, The Company claims the protection of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements include, market acceptance of Click2learn's e-learning solutions and competing e-learning offerings, the ability to successfully implement Click2learn's solutions and increase revenues, the ability to successfully address technological developments and standards and the risk factors set forth in filings the Company has made with the SEC. Click2learn, Aspen and ToolBook are trademarks of Click2learn. All other company and product names are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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