ARLINGTON, Va. and NASHUA, New Hampshire (January 17, 2006) - Plateau Systems, a leading provider of software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and talent, and Eedo Knowledgeware, a provider of innovative software products for real-time learning and knowledge systems, today announced they have entered into a Master Alliance Agreement. Joint customers of the Plateau Learning Management System and the Eedo Learning Content Management System will benefit from a continuing relationship between the two companies.
Plateau Systems and Eedo plan to support interoperability for joint customers through leading industry standards such as AICC, SCORM and the Package Exchange Notification Services (PENS) for learning content integration. This provides interoperability for content authoring and deployment between Plateau and Eedo, as well as other development and deployment systems that adhere to learning content standards. Last month, Plateau also announced it was the first enterprise learning management system to achieve Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) 2004 certification requirements to enable organizations to integrate content from multiple sources. And Eedo continues to be recognized in the industry as one of the only Learning Content Management Systems that produces SCORM Certified 1.2 and 2004 content.
"Plateau remains committed to supporting content integration standards and providing an open interface for supporting third party content authoring and management," said Paul Sparta, chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems Ltd. "We are pleased Eedo is choosing to partner with Plateau to benefit our joint customers."
"Eedo remains focused on delivering high quality products to its customers and ensuring that the products it develops follow industry standards and make integration easy and transparent to its users," said John Hudson, CEO of Eedo Knowledgeware. "We´re pleased to work with Plateau in providing an integrated solution for our joint customers."
About Plateau Systems
Plateau is a leading provider of adaptable, Web-based software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and talent to increase workforce productivity and business operations performance. Plateau´s software is being used by some of the world´s largest, most successful enterprises that include the American Red Cross, General Electric, Internal Revenue Service and Wendy´s International. Industry analysts, including Forrester Research and Bersin & Associates, have rated Plateau a leader in functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.
About Eedo
Eedo Knowledgeware is a leading provider of learning and knowledge systems to drive productivity and efficiency. Eedo offers a set of powerful, adaptable and easy-to-use tools for business people and learning experts, addressing practical knowledge management requirements including; learning content management, dynamic delivery, rapid authoring, assessment, knowledge sharing, performance support and indexing and search. Eedo's award winning products are utilized in a broad range of industries and enterprises such as Convergys, Internal Revenue Service, Foreign Commonwealth Office, and Lufthansa. Eedo is privately held, with offices in the U.S.A., Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
For more information, please visit www.eedo.com.
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