TechOnLine Optimizes Customer Value Launching its First Multilingual Site - Expanding its Reach Into China.BEDFORD, Mass. -- TechOnLine, Inc., the leading provider of e-learning solutions and online resources for the electronics industry today announces the launch of its first multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. site, featuring Chinese language. These new multilingual capabilities allows Chinese Engineers to log into a user interface, read top level menu choices and navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web. (2) To move through the menu structure in a software application. the page in simple Chinese. Future enhancements will provide Chinese Engineering professionals with immediate access to full training, content and vendor products in their native language quickly and easily online. TechOnLine has deployed online learning environments for several leading companies in the EOEM industry. Using their Private Campus Learning Management System, TechOnLine builds and manages training programs for the purpose of customer training, lead generation, sales training and certification. The addition of multilingual capabilities greatly expands the global reach of the programs TechOnLine has built. This added capability enables TechOnLine's customers to more easily deliver high quality, diverse training to their global audiences, greatly improving the ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). of their online training initiatives. "In the changing global landscape, the Asia Pacific region has increasing becoming one of the most sought after markets by our customers," says Derek Dunaway, TechOnLine's 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. . "We responded quickly by providing site translation and offering our customers multilingual courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. options. The phenomenal growth of online training in the electronics industry has created the need for internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation , allowing users to interact with the site in the most effective way the information can be received." TechOnLine's cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. online solutions help our customers provide their products and technology to this growing market segment by expanding the marketing messages, product reach and training materials to Asian EE professionals. TechOnLine translated and launched its first site offering Chinese support for Renesas Interactive, www.renesasinteractive.com in May of 2004. The site provides the ability to switch the user interface -- the log in page, navigation bar A set of buttons or graphic images typically in a row or column used as a central point that link you to major topic sections on a Web site. If the navigation bar is a single graphic image with multiple selections, it is known as an imagemap. See imagemap. , and top level menus items -- from one language to another by simply clicking on a link. Global enterprises are continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. striving to provide cost-effective information to their worldwide customers. Whether operating international or reaching a global audience online, TechOnLine is continually growing to provide multiple solutions to eliminate the challenges of delivering useful, timely support to a multilingual audience. About TechOnLine: TechOnLine provides electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) with customized solutions that help them achieve design wins. Our customized online solutions are designed to build awareness, educate and train audiences, and enable the real-time evaluation of hardware and software products over the Internet. TechOnLine's solutions-including web broadcasts, online courses and online labs-provide EOEM companies with the ability to educate and impact audiences including customers, distributors, partners and employees. The TechOnLine website, (www.TechOnLine.com), provides design engineers with the information and training necessary to make more informed design decisions. Founded in 1996 TechOnLine is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is within the Greater Boston area, some 15 miles north-west of the city of Boston. The population of Bedford was 12,595 at the 2000 census. . For more information, visit http://www.techonline.com. |
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