Human Resources: GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro Platform Again Named “Best Hosted LMS”

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA, January 9, 2007 -- GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning technology, announced today that its GeoMaestro LMS Suite has been named “Best Hosted Learning Management System” in the annual Best of E-Learning! Awards hosted by

E-Learning! Magazine. GeoMaestro was also voted “Best Hosted LMS” in the inaugural 2005 awards.

The publication asked more than 50,000 e-learning professionals to share their opinions. Ballots were cast over the past 3 months by the readers of E-Learning! Magazine, e-zine, E-Learning!

e-newsletter and E-Learning! Alert, as well as visitors to

E-Learning!’s Web site.

“For the second year in a row, the voices of actual performance and learning technology users drown out all the other noise in our industry,” said Frank Russell, president and CEO of GeoLearning. “Some competitors try to level the playing field by promoting hype—but what really matters to us is how the users vote. There is nothing more satisfying than coming out on top once again in an open vote where the users of both the GeoLearning system and those of our competitors can cast a ballot. The usability and flexibility of our LMS product and the superiority of GeoLearning’s Software as a Service model creates bottom-line performance results for our customers.”

“The Best of E-Learning! 2006 Awards program is the exclusive readers’ choice awards in the market,” said Catherine Upton, Publisher of E-Learning! Magazine. “Approximately 49% of solution buyers report that they rely on peer and word-of-mouth for product information, so it made sense for us to host a formal program sharing what works and why.”

Voter comments about GeoLearning and GeoMaestro were consolidated and appear in the “Best of E-Learning! Awards” issue of E-Learning! Magazine (Winter 2007):

“I was able to create content quickly and easily using commercially available tools. They helped me select content to get started, and the site was up and operational within a week of signing the contract. I continue to be impressed. Technical support is amazing. [GeoLearning makes] continuous improvements and developments in response to customer needs. Hosted is the way to go, and GeoLearning has mastered it.”

GeoLearning’s Software as a Service model means its GeoMaestro Learning Management Suite is delivered entirely over the Internet. The Internet-hosted learning management platform enable 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.

In just the past 6 months, GeoLearning has been recognized with several awards:

Named to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America for the third second consecutive year in 2006 with a sales growth rate of 322.3% over the past three years.
Ranked for a second consecutive year on the Software 500, Software Magazine’s list of the world’s foremost software and services providers. GeoLearning was ranked as the 309th largest software company worldwide, jumping 49 spots from #358 in 2005.
Winner of Selling Power Magazine’s 2006 Sales Excellence Award for Customer Service Team of the Year.
DiversityBusiness.com named GeoLearning among the “Top 500 Small Businesses in the United States” (#323), as well as the leading “Small Business in the State of Iowa” in its 2006 listings recognizing the Nation’s Top Corporations for Diversity Business Opportunities.
Named to TrainingOutsourcing.com’s list of the “Top 20 Companies in the Training Outsourcing Industry” for the third year in a row in 2006.

The GeoMaestro platform is also a finalist for the 2007 CODiE Award presented by the Security & Information Industry Association in the category of “Best Corporate Learning Solution.” Winners will be announced in April 2007.
About GeoLearning, Inc.
GeoLearning is the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning 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.

About E-Learning!

E-Learning! Magazine, e-zine, E-Learning! e-news, E-Learning! Alert and Web site are produced by B2B Media Company, a privately held trade publishing and electronic media company.

E-Learning! brands are produced by B2B Media Company’s trade publishing unit. The custom publishing division offers complete turnkey third-party publishing, production, and fulfillment services. To learn more, visit www.elearning.b2bmediaco.com.

Media Contact:
Will Hipwell
SVP of Marketing
GeoLearning, Inc.
(515) 222-6259
willh[at]geolearning.com

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