mGen Integrates U.S. Army Battle Command Web-Based Training Program with Army Knowledge Online Portal.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003 -- Users of Battle Command Training Program Now Have Easier Access to Training and Army Specific Information Through Single Sign-on Authentication -- mGen, Inc., a leading developer of advanced distributed knowledge, human capital and learning management systems, today announced it has integrated mGen Enterprise, its learning and knowledge management system used by the U.S. Army's Battle Command Training Program (BCTP BCTP Battle Command Training Program BCTP Bucks County Technology Partners ), to the Army Knowledge Online (AKO Ako (äkō`), city (1990 pop. 51,131), Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Harima Sea. Relying on its steel and chemical industries, Ako has become one of Japan's most polluted industrial cities. ) portal. In an effort to increase and improve war-fighting preparedness, BCTP utilizes mGen Enterprise - mGen's knowledge, learning and collaboration solution - to train National Guard brigades in preparation for face-to-face training at Fort Leavenworth. AKO is the official portal for all Army personnel, providing Army news, a search engine, a chat room, customized personnel data and additional learning resources. By logging in once to the BCTP training system and the AKO portal, BCTP users avoid numerous log-ins and can better achieve their mission goals and objectives. "At mGen, we are always looking for ways to make it easier for our customers to achieve their mission objectives," said Jack Battersby, president 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. of mGen. "By creating a secure authentication between the mGen system, BCTP users and AKO, we are creating one less obstacle for users and IT administrators to jump over. We are happy to create a more streamlined approach that helps the Army communicate and collaborate more efficiently." About mGen, Inc. mGen, Inc. is a leading developer of advanced distributed knowledge, human capital and learning management systems. mGen's solutions are based on the philosophy that learning, collaboration and knowledge transfer are most successful when facilitated in a blended environment, supporting classroom-based learning, eLearning, news and information and knowledge communities. Since mGen strictly follows content industry standards such as AICC AICC anti-inhibitor coagulant complex. , SCORM SCORM Shareable Content Object Reference Model (web-based e-learning standard) SCORM Shared Courseware Object Reference Model SCORM Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model , RSS (Really Simple Syndication) A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the news sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary. and RDF (Resource Description Framework) A recommendation from the W3C for creating meta-data structures that define data on the Web. RDF is designed to provide a method for classification of data on Web sites in order to improve searching and navigation (see Semantic Web). , organizations can immediately centralize their existing knowledge assets and distribute them to their workforce. Headquartered in Foxborough, Mass., the Company has numerous customers in the federal, educational and enterprise markets. For more information on mGen, please visit www.mgen.com. |
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