CERTPOINT - Parsons Brinckerhoff Chooses Vuepoint To Improve Performance of Inspectors and Speed Up Deployment to Natural Disasters

-- Solution helps inspectors review FEMA requirements before fieldwork --

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., December 4, 2003 - Vuepoint, a leading provider of sales effectiveness solutions and software, has been selected by Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), an international program management, engineering, planning and construction management organization, to improve the performance of home inspectors sent to natural disaster sites, as well as assisting PB in deploying the inspectors on a quick response schedule.

PB selects, trains, deploys and manages inspectors on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), drawing from a nationwide pool of 27,000 inspectors, who must review their knowledge of FEMA requirements. PB estimates Vuepoint’s system will increase the effectiveness of the selection and preparation process and reduce its costs, as well as enhance the quality and productivity of the inspectors’ work. In the wake of natural disasters, PB will use Vuepoint’s system to pre-train inspectors in their homes, helping PB to more easily choose a highly qualified group and expedite their deployment.

Read more...

CERTPOINT - Vuepoint Launches Client Community Virtual Forum

-- Forum another pillar of Vuepoint's continued commitment to provide industry-best customer service --

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., November 20, 2003 - Vuepoint, a leading provider of sales effectiveness solutions and software, today announces the launch of the Vuepoint Virtual Client Forum. The Forum will allow clients to interact with one another on a regular basis, as well as enhance the benefits of its annual in-person client forums.

Activities in the forum, boosted by the participation of Vuepoint clients such as AOL, Avery Dennison, Black & Decker, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, The Hartford, Sonic Corp. and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., will include regular monthly meetings and real-time, virtual "community" gatherings where clients can exchange best practice and program implementation ideas with one another.

Read more...

CERTPOINT - Mercury Insurance Chooses Vuepoint To Provide Product and Company Information to Employees, Partners and Agents

-- Vuepoint’s solution to improve productivity, efficiency and customer service --

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., November 11, 2003 - Vuepoint, a leading provider of sales effectiveness solutions and software, announces its selection by Mercury Insurance Group (NYSE-MCY), a leading independent broker and agency writer of automobile insurance in California, to provide consistent, up-to-date product and corporate information to employees, partners and agents.

Vuepoint will streamline the development and delivery of proprietary content to help Mercury provide more information in a more timely manner to a broader audience, as well as ensure frequent and accurate updates. The solution will allow the company to more effectively share best practices and communicate across departments, as well as improve productivity, efficiency and customer service. Vuepoint will also give Mercury the ability to schedule, manage and measure training effectiveness, as well as help increase adoption across the enterprise.

Read more...

CERTPOINT - Vuepoint Records Fourth Consecutive Year of Award-Winning Growth

... New clients Beckman Coulter, Sonic and Whirlpool fuel Vuepoint’s 70 percent revenue increase, surpassing eligibility requirement for KPMG-administered award ...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., August 7, 2003 - Vuepoint, a solutions provider that rapidly and effectively transfers product knowledge throughout enterprises and complex sales channels, has received the Top 10 Fastest-Growing Companies Award for a fourth consecutive year. Vuepoint’s 70 percent growth in revenues surpassed the 31 percent required for eligibility for the award, administered by the auditing firm KPMG.

Vuepoint’s growth surge was fueled by the addition of new clients such as biomedical testing company Beckman Coulter (NYSE:BEC), pharmacy and medical management company Prescription Solutions, drive-in restaurant leader Sonic (Nasdaq/NM: SONC), and home appliance manufacturer and marketer Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR), among others. Expansion of enterprise and channel initiatives within other longtime clients such as Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE: BDK), Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) and Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., also contributed to Vuepoint’s revenue expansion.

Read more...

CERTPOINT - Vuepoint and Toyota Motor Sales Partner to Deliver Dealer Knowledge on the Newest Brand in the Automotive Industry, the Scion

-- Toyota and Vuepoint demonstrate industry leadership with breakthrough online product launch --

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., July 22, 2003 - Vuepoint, Corp., a solutions provider that rapidly and effectively transfers product knowledge throughout enterprises and complex sales channels, today announced that Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., is successfully using Vuepoint’s solution to launch Scion, an entirely new product line.

Scion is an exciting brand targeted at an emerging group of new car buyers known as Generation Y (Gen Y). These vehicles demonstrate Toyota’s recognition of the future importance of Gen Y to the automotive market. Scion represents not only new products, but a new business and marketing model created with this buyer group in mind. For the first time in company and industry history, all of Toyota’s preparation and knowledge transfer for the Scion product and sales methodology has occurred online, resulting in faster time to market, increased cost-savings, and greater vehicle knowledge retention.

Read more...

CERTPOINT - Vuepoint Recognized as Easy-to-Use, Intuitive by Brandon-Hall.com Learning Content Management Systems Report

-- Vuepoint Learning System includes LCMS, LMS and virtual classroom --

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., March 20, 2003 - Vuepoint, a solutions provider that rapidly and effectively transfers product knowledge throughout enterprises and complex sales channels, has been recognized as having one of the easiest to use and most intuitive learning content management (LCMS) tools available, according to e-learning analyst group brandon-hall.com’s LCMS Report: Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Learning Content Management Systems.

“Vuepoint Learning System is … modular enough that [it] can be used in a best-of-breed configuration…,” said the report’s team of reviewers. It goes on to say: “We found the system to be one of the easiest to use…. The interface was very intuitive, and we were able to move through our review tasks very quickly with little difficulty.”

Read more...

CERTPOINT - Vuepoint Listed as Visionary in Two Magic Quadrant Reports For eLearning Suites and Learning Management Systems

-- Vuepoint provides blue-chip companies with solutions that rapidly deliver revenue-generating product and service knowledge throughout sales, marketing and customer support channels. --

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., March 7, 2003 - Vuepoint, a solutions provider that rapidly and effectively transfers product knowledge throughout enterprises and complex sales channels, has been classified by Gartner Research as a "visionary" in two recently published industry analyst reports, the 2003 LMS Magic Quadrant: Enter The Powerhouse Vendors and 2003 E-Learning Suite Magic Quadrant: Beyond Partial Suites.

"We're thrilled to be listed in the visionary category of two magic quadrant reports," said Ara Ohanian, CEO of Vuepoint. "It is gratifying to see Mr. Lundy's conclusion that 'comprehensive' solutions enable the enterprise to focus on actual learning and content issues by limiting product integration problems, a view we have championed since our patent application in 1997."

Read more...

CERTPOINT - Vuepoint Achieves Top Service Honors in Learning Management Systems METAspectrumSM

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., February 11, 2003 - Vuepoint, a solutions provider that rapidly and effectively transfers product knowledge throughout enterprises and complex sales channels, today announced that it scored highest relative to all other competitors in the category of "Services" in META Group’s recently released METAspectrumSM for Learning Management Systems Platforms. META Group (Nasdaq: METG) is a leading research and consulting firm that focuses on information technology and business transformation strategies.

The new METAspectrum evaluation provides an objective assessment of companies providing products that track learning via e-learning and traditional methods. These solutions span learning content management systems (LCMSs), course development, and skill management for learning object repositories, testing, local language translation, skill mapping, succession planning, and are part of a $2.5 billion, e-learning market comprising of LMS platform software ($500M), content tools ($300M), e-learning content ($700M), and services ($1.0B).

Read more...

CERTPOINT - Vuepoint’s Client Forum Explored The Challenges Of Complex Sales Channels & Shared Case Studies Using E-Learning as Powerful Marketing & Sales Acceleration Tool

-- Participating Clients AOL, A.T. Kearney, Black & Decker, David Weekley Homes, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, The Hartford, Pall Corporation, Toyota Corp. Will Meet Again in Spring --

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., January 16, 2003 - Clients of Vuepoint, a provider of enterprise software that rapidly creates, distributes and manages proprietary corporate and product knowledge, shared their experiences and best practices for using the Vuepoint Learning System (VLS) as a powerful marketing and sales acceleration tool during its second annual client forum last month.

Clients including AOL, A.T. Kearney, Black & Decker, David Weekley Homes, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, The Hartford, Pall Corporation and Toyota Corp. discussed how they are using VLS to improve the consistent transfer of knowledge through the sales channel in five key areas:

Read more...