CERTPOINT Systems appoints Denis Finnegan as Chief Learning Officer

... Global LMS/LCMS provider adds key executive with professional and personal passion for learning ...

Thursday 8th July 2010 - CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, today announced the appointment of Denis Finnegan as the company’s Chief Learning Officer. Denis will oversee the effective implementation of CERTPOINT Systems’ learning platform across its client base.

Denis joins CERTPOINT following 14 years at The Hartford Financial Services Group, where he most recently managed the learning of the company’s employees throughout the US, and was previously Assistant VP of Corporate Education. At The Hartford, Denis was responsible for introducing a range of learning technologies, including video conferencing, web-based events and e-learning. He was also responsible for all aspects of general business training and leadership training.

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CERTPOINT Systems SVP of Global Strategic Initiatives-Kenneth Fung to present CERTPOINT’s vision on the present and future of mlearning at the mLearnCon Conference and Expo in San Diego, California.

... Highly recognized learning executive to answer some fundamental questions in the mobile learning industry ...

June 14, 2010 - CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, has announced that Kenneth Fung, CERTPOINT’s Senior Vice President of Global Strategic Initiatives will present at Executive Insights to be held on June 15th, 2010 at 4:00pm PST (session 402).

Mr Fung is a featured panellist and will be addressing some key mlearning issues and provide his answer to these four questions:

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Global LMS provider CERTPOINT Systems welcomed as sponsor of Learning and Skills Group

... LMS/LCMS provider continues to drive agenda on workplace learning internationally ...

June 3, 2010 - CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading provider of corporate training solutions, announced today that it had renewed its sponsorship of the Learning and Skills Group (LSG), a by-invitation international community of learning and development professionals. CERTPOINT Systems has sponsored the group since its inception three years ago.

Representatives from CERTPOINT Systems will be part of the community of over 400 learning and development professionals meeting at the LSG conference on 8 June in London to network and discuss innovations in workplace learning.

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CERTPOINT Systems’ impact on global learning recognized by Brandon Hall Learning Technology Award

Friday, April 30, 2010 - CERTPOINT Systems™, was last night awarded a coveted Brandon Hall silver award in the Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Global Training category. CERTPOINT Systems, a leading global provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, received the award in recognition of its work providing outstanding technology for learning programs internationally.

“This independently-judged award validates CERTPOINT System’s position as a leading provider of global learning solutions,” commented CEO Ara Ohanian. “Our enterprise learning platform CERTPOINTVLS is used in over 40 countries and languages by major enterprises such as L’Oréal, Toyota, Honda, John Crane and Black & Decker. They trust it to provide a single platform for delivering elearning with minimum administrative overhead and maximum impact.”

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CERTPOINT expands global learning reach with new London office

... Global LMS/LCMS provider opens new London office to service UK client base...

Monday, January 25, 2010 - CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading global provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, has opened a new office in London to service demand for its e-learning platform in the United Kingdom. The new office will be in addition to four existing European offices, including the EMEA headquarters in Brussels.

Maria Van Vlodrop, general manager Europe, commented: "with a growing number of British clients, it is natural that CERTPOINT Systems should open a UK office. Our enterprise learning platform CERTPOINT VLS is particularly attractive to clients seeking an e-learning solution that can be deployed rapidly world-wide, with multiple languages and country-level administrative control. London is home to the headquarters of many such organizations, and we are working with an increasing number of them."

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Black & Decker shows how to make learning mobile using CERTPOINT technology

... Power tool company director shows how it uses CERTPOINT VLS to give its field sales force the edge...

Thursday, January 21, 2010 - Rob Sharpe, Black & Decker's Director of Sales Training and Recruiting is to talk on mobile learning at the Learning Technologies Conference, London, UK. During the presentation, Rob will demonstrate how using the company's integrated learning management system CERTPOINT VLS was central to its success.

Taking place on January 28, Rob's talk -'Knowledge Transfer on the Move' - shows how the $5bn Maryland company has moved much of its filed sales training onto windows mobile devices. This allowed for faster delivery of key information as well as making it possible to shorten and focus courses.

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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."

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CERTPOINT SYSTEMS CITED AS VISIONARY IN GARTNER’S 2009 MAGIC QUADRANT FOR CORPORATE LEARNING SYSTEMS

... Analysis recognises strengths around integrated authoring, mobile content delivery, learner collaboration and multilingual capabilities of CERTPOINT VLS™...

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM, a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, inc. in the "visionaries" quadrant of the 2009 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems. Gartner categorises visionaries as forward-thinking vendors, differentiated by their product innovation.

The Gartner report notes a number of key strengths of CERTPOINT VLS™, including an integrated authoring environment, content delivery to mobile devices, learner collaboration by providing wikis and blogs, and compatibility with other applications via a library of Web services. The report also acknowledges that CERTPOINT has a sizeable installed base outside North America and has put considerable effort into developing multilingual functions. To date, CERTPOINT VLS™ has been deployed in over 45 countries and in more than 40 languages.

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ENGINEERING COMPANY JOHN CRANE AWARDS CERTPOINT NEW GLOBAL CONTRACT

…extension of existing relationship to support the growth of John Crane’s e-learning strategy…

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM,a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, today announced that global engineering company John Crane has signed a new worldwide contract for its CERTPOINT VLS™ learning platform. The agreement extends the existing three-year relationship between the two companies and enables John Crane to offer access to Know-How, the company’s e-learning portal powered by CERTPOINT VLS™, to more employees. John Crane has 6,600 employees in 53 countries, and Know-How is being rolled out to support the adoption of e-learning on a country-by-country basis.

John Crane originally licensed CERTPOINT VLS™ in 2006, after a six-month evaluation of major e-learning providers. It was selected as a highly configurable, out-of-the box solution to support the company’s e-learning strategy, with an initial rollout in India and China to accelerate the pace of knowledge transfer in these markets. John Crane’s UK-based e-learning team was able to deploy CERTPOINT VLS™ with ease, re-branding the solution as Know-How. The rollout continued into other countries, facilitated by nominated Local Administrators who act as champions to promote the system and provide first level support in their territories.

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CERTPOINT Systems presents at European Training and Development Summit in Barcelona, Spain

…… Expertise of global LMS/LCMS provider recognized, as it presents to leading European Learning and Development practitioners …

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM,a leading global provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, has announced that Maria van Vlodrop, General Manager at CERTPOINT will present to a gathering of international learning practitioners at the European Training and Development Summit in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday 29th September 2009. Van Vlodrop will address the plenary session on ‘Building organizational learning for today’, together with Donald H Taylor, founder and chairman of the Learning and Skills Group, and a leading expert in technology-supported learning in the workplace. In the presentation, the speakers will explore ways in which e-learning has changed over the past decade. In particular, they will examine the shift from the simple, centralized role of the Learning Management System in the past to the far more complex picture of today. The talk will include the increasing role of social and informal learning in the workplace, and the challenge this presents to organizational learning and development departments.

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CERTPOINT Systems appoints Kevin Ramesan as Program Manager (Europe)

…Growing European client base leads global LMS/LCMS provider to appoint seasoned industry executive…

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM,a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, today announced the appointment of Kevin Ramesan as Program Manager (Europe) in order to service the company’s increased European client base.

Kevin joins CERTPOINT with over 12 years of international software and sales experience. He has held senior technology and client management positions with companies such as Cap Gemini, T-Systems and, most recently, Oracle Consulting Services. “Kevin has a great track record in technical expertise and client relationships,” says Maria van Vlodrop, CERTPOINT Systems general manager Europe, “and his appointment demonstrates that CERTPOINT continues to attract the very best talent.”

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CERTPOINT SYSTEMS RELEASES WHITE PAPER, HOSTS WEBINAR ON MOBILE LEARNING

Global LMS/LCMS provider details how to succeed with mobile learning

Long Island, N.Y., September 7, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM, a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, today announced the publication of its new white paper on mobile learning. Driven by the availability of smart phones such as the iPhone, m-learning is becoming increasingly important with organizations needing to train distributed workforces. The white paper outlines how to make mobile learning a success at individual and organization level.

Exploring the technologies behind mobile learning, the paper examines why mobile learning has now reached a tipping point in adoption, driven by the increasing functionality of smart devices and the growing sophistication of users. The power of mobile learning, according to the paper, is that as well as formal learning it supports informal learning, for example, through social networking.

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CERTPOINT TO HOST VIRTUAL FORUM ON BRINGING MOBILE LEARNING TO SMART PHONES

Long Island, N.Y., July 23, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM, a leading provider of corporate training solutions, today announced they will host a virtual forum on the topic of Mobile Learning on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 12pm EST.  This engaging online presentation titled, “The Turning Point in L&D: Mobile Learning,” will examine how mobile learning, the latest feature to enter the enterprise learning platform, CERTPOINTVLS, is revolutionizing the way in which businesses are transferring knowledge across the entire organization and the extended enterprise.

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CERTPOINT SYSTEMS RELEASES WHITE PAPER ON THE USE OF WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES IN LEARNING

...International LMS/LCMS provider reveals how to support learning with blogs, wikis and other collaborative tools...

Long Island, N.Y., July 9, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM, a leading provider of corporate training solutions, announced today the publication of its new white paper: ‘Are you ready for learning with Web 2.0?’.  The paper explores how collaborative technologies such as blogs, wikis and social networking can dramatically increase the reach and impact of organizational learning.

Drawing on real world examples, the white paper provides a wealth of practical tips on how Learning and Development (L&D) departments can harness Web 2.0 to boost learning in the workplace. The paper considers such questions as how to implement Web 2.0 successfully, overcoming objections to the use of Web 2.0 tools for learning and – crucially – integrating Web 2.0 with existing learning systems.

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CERTPOINT SYSTEMS INC CONFIRMS POSITION AS GLOBAL LMS PROVIDER BY RENEWING SPONSORSHIP OF LEARNING AND SKILLS GROUP

...International LMS/LCMS provider continues to drive agenda on workplace learning...

Long Island, N.Y., June 5, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM, a leading provider of corporate training solutions, announced today that it had renewed its sponsorship of the Learning and Skills Group (LSG). The LSG is an international community of learning and development professionals. Membership is by invitation only.

Representatives from CERTPOINT Systems will be part of the community of 350 learning and development professionals meeting at the LSG conference on June 9 in London to discuss the latest innovations and issues in workplace learning.

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L'ORÉAL AND CERTPOINT SYSTEMS INC. PARTNER TO DELIVER INNOVATIVE LEARNING TO OVER 60,000 GLOBAL EMPLOYEES

...L'Oréal extends its reputation for creativity, performance and innovation into employee training with its ground breaking "My learning" program...

Long Island, N.Y., May 11, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM, a leading provider of corporate training solutions, announced today that L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company, has chosen CERTPOINTVLS^TM, a global learning technology solution, to help deliver its new employee learning portal. It will be accessible through its corporate intranet called L'Oréal & Me. L'Oréal plans to deploy the program to its 60,000+ employees, in 58 countries on five continents, in over 46 languages.

The My Learning program will provide employees with their individualized online learning space. The program is designed to optimize the learning experience for every L'Oréal employee regardless of location. It has been created using a blend of innovative learning methods and tools that range from traditional classroom workshops, on the job learning, distance learning to video demonstrations and creative Web 2.0 learning to meet the long term training needs and expectations of every L'Oréal employee.  The training initiative will support all of L'Oréal divisions, brands and functional expertise.

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CERTPOINT Systems CEO to speak at Bersin & Associates Impact Conference

Long Island, N.Y., April 14, 2009 – CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading global provider of corporate training software and solutions, today announced Ara Ohanian, Founder and CEO of CERTPOINT will be one of the business executives to partake in an industry panel at Bersin & Associates annual conference, IMPACT 2009: The Business of Talent™. The conference will be held on April 14-16, 2009 in St. Petersburg, FL and will cover all sectors of enterprise learning and talent management.

On Wednesday April 15, CERTPOINT Systems CEO, Ara Ohanian will join other e-Learning industry business executives for a one-hour panel discussion titled, “The Future of Learning and Talent Management Platforms.” Josh Bersin, President of Bersin & Associates will mediate the panel discussion raising such questions as, ‘How should social networking fit into a technology strategy?” and “What are the key considerations for integrating performance management and learning?” Ohanian will give his insight on future trends and recent developments inside the enterprise learning platform industry.

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CERTPOINT SYSTEMS PARTNERS WITH MEDCOM TRAINEX, INC. TO OFFER EXTENSIVE LIBRARY OF HEALTHCARE COURSES

… Professionals in Healthcare sector to benefit from online educational courses…

Long Island, N.Y., April 7, 2009 – CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading global provider of corporate training software and solutions, today announced they have partnered with Medcom Trainex, Inc. to distribute their extensive library of healthcare training courses to CERTPOINTVLS™ users. A full list of the courses offered through Medcom Trainex will be available for download at www.certpointsystems.com beginning on April 15, 2009.

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CERTPOINT’s Content Solutions Group Manager to Present at the American Educational Research Association’s 2009 Annual Meeting

…Dr Um to present paper on Cognitive Processes in a Multi-Learning World…

Long Island, N.Y., March 25, 2009 – CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading global provider of corporate training software and solutions, today announced Dr. Rachel Eunjoon Um, Manager of CERTPOINT’s Content Solutions Group will present at the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) 2009 Annual Meeting on April 13-17, 2009 in San Diego, California. The key elements of this presentation will be available for download at www.certpointsystems.com at the end of the event.

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CERTPOINT Systems Inc. Launches White Paper for L&D Departments on Surviving and Thriving in the economic downturn– at the ASTD 2009 TechKnowledge® Conference and Exposition

'Five Steps to make Learning a Success in 2009’ provides practical advice on optimizing employee performance to rapidly deliver business value

Long Island, N.Y., January 23, 2009 – CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading global provider of corporate training software and solutions, today announced that it has developed an informative whitepaper for Learning and Development (L&D) Departments: ‘Five Steps to make Learning a Success in 2009’. The key elements of the paper will be presented to the public at ASTD 2009 TechKnowledge® Conference and Exposition on January 28-29, 2009 at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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