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click2learn.com partners with ProsoftTraining.com to distribute leading Internet certification program
click2learn.com to offer Webmaster skills certification in multiple delivery modes
BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2000-- click2learn.com, inc. (Nasdaq:CLKS - news), a Wired World Company(TM), and ProsoftTraining.com (Nasdaq:POSO - news), a leading provider of education and certification programs for Internet and Linux professionals, today announced a strategic partnership to distribute ProsoftTraining.com's Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) program through the click2learn.com e-Learning Network.
As an ASP solution for e-Learning, the e-Learning Network provides distribution of ProsoftTraining.com's classroom, online, and Proflex courses through the click2learn.com e-Learning portal and numerous custom-configured e-Learning sites used to provide e-Learning within corporations, e-businesses, and professional portals.
CIW, the industry-leading certification program for Internet professionals, defines the critical job roles and associated skills required to develop and deploy today's e-business solutions. These industry-validated job roles provide a road map to help individuals and companies formulate effective training programs for Internet professionals. Prosoft's Proflex training methodology is a unique hybrid approach to distance learning, featuring the use of live, synchronous training through online tools combined with conferencing for direct contact between instructors and participants. After demonstrating mastery of the concepts presented in the CIW Foundations track, students are prepared to pursue more specialized job-role credentials as certified Professionals in several areas, prior to entering the Master program tracks.
``We are pleased to offer the CIW program as part of our vast e-Learning network,'' said Kevin Oakes, President & CEO of click2learn.com, inc. ``The CIW program's multiple delivery modes and self-study format give participants flexibility to learn at their own pace and style, resulting in the highest retention of information. We welcome ProsoftTraining.com's strong content and innovative uses of training technology.''
``CIW has emerged as an Internet certification standard, and we welcome the click2learn.com e-Learning Network as an important contributor to its growing global acceptance,'' said David Perl, President & COO of ProsoftTraining.com. ``click2learn.com is a pioneer in the e-Learning movement, and we are excited to offer CIW preparatory courses to its broad base of customers and partners.''
About the click2learn.com e-Learning Network
The click2learn.com e-Learning Network combines market-leading learning content with browser-based authoring, self-publishing, and learning management tools to provide a total solution for e-Learning in an application service provider (ASP) model. Businesses and other organizations can connect to the e-Learning Network through their existing web site or intranet to provide e-Learning to their customers, partners, and employees. As an ASP solution for e-Learning, the e-Learning Network is hosted and maintained by click2learn.com, and can be custom-configured to meet specific customer needs, including custom-configured course catalogs and user-interface look-and-feel. Connections to the e-Learning Network are available today through click2learn.com, inc. direct sales representatives. Additional information on the e-Learning Network can be found at www.click2learn.com.
About the click2learn.com Corporate e-Learning Site
The Corporate e-Learning Site instantly connects companies and their employees to the dynamic network of learning resources available through the click2learn.com e-Learning Network. By combining market-leading learning content with browser-based authoring, self-publishing, and learning management tools in an application service provider (ASP) model, a Corporate e-Learning Site provides companies with a high-value, low-risk, outsourced solution for e-Learning.
Corporate e-Learning Sites are hosted and maintained by click2learn.com and, as an ASP solution for e-Learning, every Corporate e-Learning Site can instantly receive each new content and technology enhancement that click2learn.com makes to its e-Learning Network. Companies can select specific items from click2learn.com's course catalog. The user interface of each Corporate e-Learning Site can also be configured to match the look and feel of a company's existing web site or intranet.
The Corporate e-Learning Site is available today through click2learn.com, inc.'s direct sales representatives. Additional information on the Corporate e-Learning Site can be found at www.click2learn.com.
About ProsoftTraining.com
ProsoftTraining.com (Nasdaq:POSO - news) is an e-learning company that sells education and certification programs for Internet and Linux professionals. The company's industry-leading CIW certification program creates and certifies the skills that today's workforce needs to support the growth of B2B and B2C applications. Prosoft education programs include Internet, Linux, security, and networking topics. Each topic is developed using a design methodology that allows courseware materials to be delivered in several online and classroom formats. Using a B2B model, the company distributes its products through one of the largest classroom and e-learning networks in the industry. Programs are offered worldwide through an extensive network of authorized training partners. The network includes leading educators on the Web and in the classroom. Internet certification programs have the endorsement of the 8,500-member Association of Internet Professionals and the 14,000-member International Webmasters Association. Certification testing is available through the Prometric and VUE testing networks. Learn more about CIW at www.ciwcertified.com and about Prosoft and its other programs at www.prosofttraining.com
About click2learn.com, inc.
click2learn.com (Nasdaq:CLKS - news), formerly known as Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of full service e-Learning solutions to businesses, government, and educational institutions throughout the world. By developing a powerful and full-featured outsourced platform for e-Learning, and partnering with market-leading content publishers, click2learn.com provides customers with an Application Service Provider (ASP) model that gives organizations instant access to the click2learn.com e-Learning Network. Customers can access thousands of courses and use browser-based publishing and learning management tools through a custom-configured e-Learning site, or directly through the click2learn.com e-Learning portal. In addition to an outsourced solution, click2learn.com is a leader in providing internal e-Learning implementations. The click2learn.com enterprise e-Learning initiatives include learning management products (spearheaded by the market-leading Ingenium total learning management solution) and e-Learning authoring software products (featuring the acclaimed ToolBook II Instructor and Assistant authoring tools). Each solution is augmented by one of the industry's largest professional services groups, including award-winning custom content development, strategic consulting, and integration services. For more information on click2learn.com e-Learning solutions, call 800/448-6543 or 425/462-0501. click2learn.com is located on the World Wide Web at www.click2learn.com . The click2learn.com e-Learning portal is located at www.click2learn.com/c2l.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements 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 for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 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 internet based training and the click2learn.com learning portal, the ability to successfully implement click2learn.com virtual universities and strategic relationships with content providers and other web-based companies, the ability of those relationships to result in increased users and increased revenues and the risk factors set forth in filings The Company has made with the SEC.
click2learn.com, click2learn.publisher, click2learn.author, click2learn.manager, Ingenium, ToolBook II Instructor and ToolBook II Assistant are trademarks of click2learn.com, inc. All other company and/or product names are the property of their respective owners.
click2learn.com partners with ProsoftTraining.com to distribute leading Internet certification program
click2learn.com to offer Webmaster skills certification in multiple delivery modes
BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2000-- click2learn.com, inc. (Nasdaq:CLKS - news), a Wired World Company(TM), and ProsoftTraining.com (Nasdaq:POSO - news), a leading provider of education and certification programs for Internet and Linux professionals, today announced a strategic partnership to distribute ProsoftTraining.com's Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) program through the click2learn.com e-Learning Network.
As an ASP solution for e-Learning, the e-Learning Network provides distribution of ProsoftTraining.com's classroom, online, and Proflex courses through the click2learn.com e-Learning portal and numerous custom-configured e-Learning sites used to provide e-Learning within corporations, e-businesses, and professional portals.
CIW, the industry-leading certification program for Internet professionals, defines the critical job roles and associated skills required to develop and deploy today's e-business solutions. These industry-validated job roles provide a road map to help individuals and companies formulate effective training programs for Internet professionals. Prosoft's Proflex training methodology is a unique hybrid approach to distance learning, featuring the use of live, synchronous training through online tools combined with conferencing for direct contact between instructors and participants. After demonstrating mastery of the concepts presented in the CIW Foundations track, students are prepared to pursue more specialized job-role credentials as certified Professionals in several areas, prior to entering the Master program tracks.
``We are pleased to offer the CIW program as part of our vast e-Learning network,'' said Kevin Oakes, President & CEO of click2learn.com, inc. ``The CIW program's multiple delivery modes and self-study format give participants flexibility to learn at their own pace and style, resulting in the highest retention of information. We welcome ProsoftTraining.com's strong content and innovative uses of training technology.''
``CIW has emerged as an Internet certification standard, and we welcome the click2learn.com e-Learning Network as an important contributor to its growing global acceptance,'' said David Perl, President & COO of ProsoftTraining.com. ``click2learn.com is a pioneer in the e-Learning movement, and we are excited to offer CIW preparatory courses to its broad base of customers and partners.''
About the click2learn.com e-Learning Network
The click2learn.com e-Learning Network combines market-leading learning content with browser-based authoring, self-publishing, and learning management tools to provide a total solution for e-Learning in an application service provider (ASP) model. Businesses and other organizations can connect to the e-Learning Network through their existing web site or intranet to provide e-Learning to their customers, partners, and employees. As an ASP solution for e-Learning, the e-Learning Network is hosted and maintained by click2learn.com, and can be custom-configured to meet specific customer needs, including custom-configured course catalogs and user-interface look-and-feel. Connections to the e-Learning Network are available today through click2learn.com, inc. direct sales representatives. Additional information on the e-Learning Network can be found at www.click2learn.com.
About the click2learn.com Corporate e-Learning Site
The Corporate e-Learning Site instantly connects companies and their employees to the dynamic network of learning resources available through the click2learn.com e-Learning Network. By combining market-leading learning content with browser-based authoring, self-publishing, and learning management tools in an application service provider (ASP) model, a Corporate e-Learning Site provides companies with a high-value, low-risk, outsourced solution for e-Learning.
Corporate e-Learning Sites are hosted and maintained by click2learn.com and, as an ASP solution for e-Learning, every Corporate e-Learning Site can instantly receive each new content and technology enhancement that click2learn.com makes to its e-Learning Network. Companies can select specific items from click2learn.com's course catalog. The user interface of each Corporate e-Learning Site can also be configured to match the look and feel of a company's existing web site or intranet.
The Corporate e-Learning Site is available today through click2learn.com, inc.'s direct sales representatives. Additional information on the Corporate e-Learning Site can be found at www.click2learn.com.
About ProsoftTraining.com
ProsoftTraining.com (Nasdaq:POSO - news) is an e-learning company that sells education and certification programs for Internet and Linux professionals. The company's industry-leading CIW certification program creates and certifies the skills that today's workforce needs to support the growth of B2B and B2C applications. Prosoft education programs include Internet, Linux, security, and networking topics. Each topic is developed using a design methodology that allows courseware materials to be delivered in several online and classroom formats. Using a B2B model, the company distributes its products through one of the largest classroom and e-learning networks in the industry. Programs are offered worldwide through an extensive network of authorized training partners. The network includes leading educators on the Web and in the classroom. Internet certification programs have the endorsement of the 8,500-member Association of Internet Professionals and the 14,000-member International Webmasters Association. Certification testing is available through the Prometric and VUE testing networks. Learn more about CIW at www.ciwcertified.com and about Prosoft and its other programs at www.prosofttraining.com
About click2learn.com, inc.
click2learn.com (Nasdaq:CLKS - news), formerly known as Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of full service e-Learning solutions to businesses, government, and educational institutions throughout the world. By developing a powerful and full-featured outsourced platform for e-Learning, and partnering with market-leading content publishers, click2learn.com provides customers with an Application Service Provider (ASP) model that gives organizations instant access to the click2learn.com e-Learning Network. Customers can access thousands of courses and use browser-based publishing and learning management tools through a custom-configured e-Learning site, or directly through the click2learn.com e-Learning portal. In addition to an outsourced solution, click2learn.com is a leader in providing internal e-Learning implementations. The click2learn.com enterprise e-Learning initiatives include learning management products (spearheaded by the market-leading Ingenium total learning management solution) and e-Learning authoring software products (featuring the acclaimed ToolBook II Instructor and Assistant authoring tools). Each solution is augmented by one of the industry's largest professional services groups, including award-winning custom content development, strategic consulting, and integration services. For more information on click2learn.com e-Learning solutions, call 800/448-6543 or 425/462-0501. click2learn.com is located on the World Wide Web at www.click2learn.com . The click2learn.com e-Learning portal is located at www.click2learn.com/c2l.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements 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 for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 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 internet based training and the click2learn.com learning portal, the ability to successfully implement click2learn.com virtual universities and strategic relationships with content providers and other web-based companies, the ability of those relationships to result in increased users and increased revenues and the risk factors set forth in filings The Company has made with the SEC.
click2learn.com, click2learn.publisher, click2learn.author, click2learn.manager, Ingenium, ToolBook II Instructor and ToolBook II Assistant are trademarks of click2learn.com, inc. All other company and/or product names are the property of their respective owners.
