Gartner Group completes relational courseware, LLP acquisition.STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1996-- 100% purchase of relational courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. strengthens Gartner Group's position in technology-based training business Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. Inc. (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 : GART GART Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase/Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase/Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole Synthetase GART Graphics Address Remapping Table (AGP chipset) GART Graphics Address Relocation Table ) announced today that it has completed the previously announced transaction to purchase the remaining 42% of Relational Courseware, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , a technology-based training company headquartered in Boston. Gartner Group purchased 58% of Relational Courseware on July 18, 1995. Gartner Group's technology-based training business, branded Gartner Group Learning, includes more than 300 courses-representing the integration of Relational Courseware, J3 Learning (purchased July 31, 1996) and Mindware Technologies (purchased July 25, 1996). Gartner Group Learning offers course titles for information technology (IT) professionals and other users that cover desktop to advanced technologies via CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , multimedia, video and the internet. During the past six months, Gartner Group has experienced strong growth in the technology-based training arena, having introduced the newly integrated product line to its more than 6,500 individual client organizations. Gartner Group's training business is expected to generate new business of approximately $15 million in the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, 1996. "Throughout the acquisition process, we have operated Gartner Group Learning as one integrated business, said Michael Fleisher, senior vice president, emerging businesses. "This has allowed us to offer our clients a total solution to their training needs and has generated significant new business in our fourth fiscal quarter. Our integrated approach has also allowed us to focus our substantial development resources on continued new course and title development, providing market leadership in interactive training across the Internet and client intranets." With the introduction of a totally integrated training product, Gartner Group plans to be the leading provider of technology-based training in the near future. The company was first to market with what it expects to be the future of training: The Internet Learning Center. The Learning Center provides delivery of computer-based training See CBT. (application) Computer-Based Training - (CBT) Training (of humans) done by interaction with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." via the Internet. A complimentary course prototype can be accessed via Gartner Group's home page: http://www.gartner.com. The company was the first to market courseware supporting Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. release 4.0 for the Internet. Key Partnerships and Course Development Gartner Group Learning recently announced several key vendor partnerships, including Microsoft, Novell and Oracle. Product development relationships with leading technology vendors, with whom Gartner Group has long-standing relationships, will enable Gartner Group Learning to remain first to market with courses in the latest technologies. Gartner Group continues to make significant investments in developing new course titles to support the "one-stop training shop" strategy outlined by the company and providing worldwide clients total solutions to their IT training needs. Training products are sold by Gartner Group's worldwide direct sales force of more than 300 professionals who have direct contact with senior IT professionals -- decision makers in all areas of purchasing, implementation and training needs within organizations. Gartner Group Learning products are also sold through an in-house telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. organization, which the company plans to significantly expand in fiscal 1997. Since the acquisition of J3 Learning, a number of significant contracts (more than $500,000) have been signed with large enterprises, including a major telecommunications company See telecom company. and a major pharmaceutical company. Gartner Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:GART) is the world's leading provider of IT advisory and market research services. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Stamford, Conn., Gartner Group serves approximately 6,600 client organizations worldwide. Additional information about Gartner Group is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.gartner.com. CONTACT: Gartner Group Inc., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Kate Berg, 203/316-6793 |
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