Human Resources: Brandon-Hall.com Recognizes New GeoMaestro 5 Series LMS Suite

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA, April 9, 2007 -- GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning and performance platforms, announced today that brandon-hall.com, a leading learning research and advisory firm, has profiled the new GeoMaestro 5 Series LMS Suite in its newest report "LMS KnowledgeBase 2007: In-Depth Profiles of 60+ Learning Management Systems, with Custom Comparison Across 200+ Features." The analyst firm concluded its review of GeoLearning's latest version of its LMS platform with: "We highly recommend this system for organizations that want to go with an externally hosted solution."

The brandon-hall.com LMS KnowledgeBase provides extensive profiles of 63 learning technology providers most commonly identified by organizations making LMS purchase decisions. Independent reviewers evaluated the providers and their technologies across more than 200 features and criteria, including product specifications, standards, assessments, tracking and reporting, pricing, product support and company viability, among others.

In their comprehensive evaluation of the GeoMaestro 5 Series, the reviewers commented: "We found GeoMaestro's tabbed interface and real-time dashboard to be a great way to keep your desktop clean while gaining an eagle's-eye view of all the necessary pieces of the LMS, including reporting on the learning taking place in the organization. We found it quite simple to configure the interface, with settings and preference fields that allowed us to change the look and feel of our page, add notes, and change the on-screen dashboards."

The review also commends GeoMaestro's robust reporting capabilities: "We were especially pleased with the vast number of reports included with GeoMaestro, as well as the ability to customize reports. Wizards help administrators and others create new reports fairly easily, and the reports can be output to PDF, Excel or XML, or can be sent directly to the printer. The high-level reporting functionality is driven by an OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) database, which allows for fairly complicated reports—useful for those who want very specific information."

The profile goes on to recognize the system's overall ease of use: "We were particularly pleased with the ability to create assessments, with a wizard to guide users through the process. In fact, GeoMaestro includes many wizards, and we found that they were a way of building system knowledge into work processes. We were especially pleased with the 'next steps' suggested by the system as we completed each administrative task. Some tasks were simplified by the system's intuitive processes, such as proactive conflict prevention and advanced classroom scheduling."

The system's reviewers also gave GeoMaestro high marks for integration with back-office applications: "We also liked the high level of attention given to back-office interoperability, and GeoLearning has experience integrating at a fairly high level with such systems as Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Ceridian, Lawson and others. A dedicated API layer works to integrate the LMS with back-office systems like these, and GeoMaestro provides several single-sign-on mechanisms, including e-authentication, used by the federal government."

Brandon-hall.com's 2007 LMS KnowledgeBase sums up its GeoMaetro 5 Series overview by concluding: "We highly recommend this system for organizations that want to go with an externally hosted solution. It would also be a top consideration for any organization considering switching to an outsourced learning model, whether you want to outsource just your LMS or you are taking steps toward outsourcing the entire learning side of the organization. We also recommend this system to organizations looking for a quick implementation that prefer a good deal of ongoing support."

For the full GeoMaestro profile, or more information on the brandon-hall.com 2007 LMS KnowledgeBase, visit www.brandon-hall.com.

GeoLearning's award-winning Software as a Service (SaaS) model means the GeoMaestro platform is delivered entirely over the Internet, eliminating all the headaches, hassles and risks associated with traditional hardware and software implementations. The Internet-hosted learning management platform enables organizations to capture, create, manage and share knowledge to improve workforce productivity, accelerate critical business processes, and drive organizational performance. The system centralizes and automates the entire learning management process, making the administration of enterprise learning and development both effective and efficient.

About GeoLearning, Inc.
GeoLearning is the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning and performance technology. The company's products and services are used by corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations to manage human capital development, accelerate critical business processes and drive organizational performance. GeoLearning's Software as a Service model means there is no hardware or software for clients to install. As a result, the company's Web-based GeoMaestro and GeoExpress learning management platforms can be deployed quickly, allowing clients to efficiently manage enterprise-wide learning, development and knowledge acquisition. Additional information is available at www.geolearning.com.