CERTPOINT Systems announced as Towards Maturity Ambassador

… Global LMS/LCMS provider backs not-for-profit research body …

Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, 25 January 2011, - CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, announced today that it has become an Ambassador for Towards Maturity, the internationally recognized benchmarking practice for learning innovation.

Towards Maturity is a not-for-profit organisation which provides independent practical research in the application of learning innovation to support organisations looking to accelerate performance.

As a Towards Maturity Ambassador, CERTPOINT will be part of the Towards Maturity ‘Treasure Trail’ at this week’s Learning Technologies Exhibition. The trail directs visitors to different stands at the event where they can collect practical information on implementing learning technology. CERTPOINT will be giving away its latest white paper on using mobile applications to change knowledge at work forever. Conference attendees will also have the chance to win an iPad!

Along with other Towards Maturity Ambassadors, CERTPOINT supports the annual Benchmark Research and shares the organisation’s vision and values:

• Encouraging learning innovation that directly impacts results in the workplace
• Building on, acknowledging and contributing to collective good practice
• Supporting the learning and education of others
• Building transparent, trusted and open relationships with those we work with
• Encouraging excellence from within
• Celebrating success

Laura Overton, Towards Maturity’s managing director says: ‘When it comes to learning innovation and performance our passion has always been to provide an authoritative, independent research base which helps organisations to raise the bar in their pursuit of excellence. We are thrilled that CERTPOINT has joined our Ambassador programme - working together as Ambassadors for change, I believe we can improve good practice, raise awareness and drive the industry forward.’

Maria van Vlodrop, CERTPOINT Systems General Manager Europe, said “CERTPOINT is proud to help raise awareness of companies successfully using learning technology to improve business results. We encourage our customers to benchmark with other companies with the view to learn how to further improve their own performance. Having access to independent benchmarking studies from Towards Maturity will further contribute to collective good practice for our industry.”

To download Accelerating Performance, Towards Maturity’s most recent Benchmark survey please click here.

Notes to Editors

Toward Maturity’s not for profit benchmark practice provides independent expert advice and support in using learning innovation to accelerate business performance. Towards Maturity leverages the wealth of data provided by its benchmark, an internationally recognised longitudinal study based on the inputs of 1,200 organisations and 3,000 learners over seven years. Benchmark findings, case studies and resources are available to download for free at the Towards Maturity website: http://www.towardsmaturity.org/

• 2010 Towards Maturity Benchmark - www.towardsmaturity.org/2010benchmark
• Towards Maturity's Ambassador Programme - www.towardsmaturity.org/ambassadors

CERTPOINT Systems Inc. provides the CERTPOINTVLS™ and CERTPOINTVLS Mobile™ all-in-one global learning platforms, which are used by more than 1,000 organizations in over 80 countries and in over 40 languages to manage performance, deliver knowledge and track business results. Global leaders such as L’Oreal, Toyota, Honda and Stanley Black & Decker use CERTPOINT's solutions to arm their employees and partners with the knowledge they need to win and retain customers. The SaaS-based VLS platform is multilingual and integrates Authoring, Reporting, Mobile Delivery and Web 2.0 Collaboration tools into a single LMS/LCMS solution. It quickly drives productivity across the extended enterprise and deep into sales and service channels. CERTPOINTVLS is easy to use, rapid to deploy and cost effective.

Founded in 1996, CERTPOINT Systems has consistently developed and evolved the VLS platform to ensure that it provides clients with cutting-edge tools that incorporate the most recent developments in the rapidly changing online learning environment. Please visit the company at www.certpointsystems.com.

CERTPOINT Systems, the CERTPOINT logo and CERTPOINT VLS are trademarks or registered trademarks of CERTPOINT Systems Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.