LINE and CERTPOINT form Strategic Partnership

Thursday, January 7, 2010 - Line Communications, the leading supplier of learning and communications solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions.

LINE is currently involved in developing a number of bespoke programmes using CERTPOINT VLS™ Content Creator, for a range of global organisations. LINE's highly creative design team work closely with customers to optimise the capability of their authoring tools to create highly engaging learning. This relationship further strengthens LINE's portfolio of strategic partners who bring added value to its client base, and enhances their capability and expertise in a wide range of content authoring tools.

CERTPOINT Systems Managing Director of European Operations, Maria Van Vlodrop, says, "Fortune 2000 companies globally use CERTPOINT VLS Content Creator to create localised content in over 40 languages. LINE Communications is an award-winning, international learning and communications solutions provider. As such, we are the perfect match for each other. CERTPOINT is looking forward to working closely with LINE."

Andrew Joly, LINE's Design Director says "CERTPOINT's innovative authoring tool, CERTPOINT VLS Content Creator, is closely aligned with LINE's experience of developing multi-lingual content across global organisations. CERTPOINT's global customers can now get the benefits of an award winning design and consulting team, who can ensure that learning really has an impact on their business performance."

More information is available at www.certpointsystems.com

 

Notes to Editors

LINE is one of Europe's learning and communications providers and the market leading provider of bespoke e-learning solutions in the UK*. A results-focused company that works with clients to bring about change and transformation in their organisations. LINE provides an end-to-end, integrated service from initial research and design to implementation and evaluation.

Based in London, Sheffield and Zurich, LINE has a prestigious client base built up over two decades spanning both corporate and public sectors, with particular strength in Defence. Current clients include BP, Ford, Royal Bank of Scotland, the Home Office, MOD, IKEA, Tetra Pak, Pricewaterhousecoopers, and the BBC.

LINE's highly talented, industry-leading team is known for its creativity and leading-edge expertise in advanced learning techniques and technologies. As the market leader in its space, the company has the scale and capabilities to take on large, strategically-focused initiatives, and the partnerships in place to act as a 'one-stop shop'.

The company has consistently won awards for the innovation and effectiveness of its solutions, including most recently the UK National Training Awards for Partnership and Collaboration, E-learning Award for Excellence in Production of Learning Content and a Brandon Hall gold award for Best Custom Content.

* British Computer Society research August 09

LINE Communications Group

www.line.co.uk

 

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CERTPOINT Systems Inc. provides an all-in-one global learning platform called CERTPOINTVLS™ to manage talent, deliver knowledge, and track business results. Global leaders like Toyota, Honda, and Black & Decker use CERTPOINT's solution to arm their employees and partners with the knowledge they need to win and retain customers. The software is multilingual, integrates an LMS/LCMS, Authoring, Reporting, Mobile Delivery and Web 2.0 Collaboration. It quickly drives productivity across the extended enterprise (deep into sales and service channels). It is easy to use, rapid to deploy and cost effective.

Founded in 1996, CERTPOINT is used by more than 1,000 organizations in over 45 countries and 40 languages. Please visit www.certpointsystems.com.

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