Irmo, SC - April 25, 2006 - --HunterStone Inc.™,
a leading provider of e-Learning and IT tools for Microsoft environments, today
announced a strategic agreement with IntraLearn Software Corporation that enables
global enterprises running Microsoft Office to quickly create and deploy e-Learning.
Through the agreement, content creators can now develop learning objects using familiar
Microsoft Office applications and deploy them in real-time to their extended enterprise
of channel partners, vendors and employees. The Sharable Content Object Reference
Model (SCORM) compliant learning modules can be stored, tagged and accessed on an
“as needed” basis from the SharePoint content library and launched and tracked in
a rich learning environment via IntraLearn’s e-Learning platforms.
“Through this strategic agreement, HunterStone increases the distribution network
of THESIS and gives IntraLearn customers the means to develop media-rich web-based
learning modules without the knowledge of the underlying rules of SCORM,” said Neil
Richards, President and CEO, HunterStone. “Now any subject matter expert – product
manager, sales manager, customer service manager, or whoever – can click on a wizard
button on the Microsoft Office desktop and immediately convert Office documents
into SCORM content that the IntraLearn e-Learning platform can run.”
HunterStone’s THESIS™ line provides plug-ins to Microsoft Office and seamlessly
converts Microsoft Office and web documents into standards-based objects with a
single mouse click. HunterStone’s THESIS, running in conjunction with IntraLearn’s
management system, provides enterprises worldwide with one e-Learning solution to
create, deliver and measure interactive learning over the Internet and intranets.
“THESIS strategically compliments IntraLearn’s e-Learning solutions and turns our
customers into subject experts with the ability to deploy learning in a convenient
and timely manner,” said IntraLearn Software’s CEO Jerry Goguen. “By removing the
cost barriers associated with most e-Learning programs, IntraLearn, in conjunction
with THESIS, helps enterprises facilitate the exchange of knowledge among their
students, employees, customers, suppliers and partners.”
WestNet Learning www.westnetlearning.com,
a global provider of award winning learning products, is the first reseller to distribute
the complete THESIS and IntraLearn solution. WestNet provides affordable, flexible,
quickly deployed, managed learning solutions to organizations of all sizes such
as, Avaya, Cisco, 3Com, Branson Schools online, University of Colorado at Denver,
Aanko, and DTI Publishing.
“With over 2,500 ready-made off the shelf courses in Sales, Marketing, HR, Technology,
Certification, Project Management and more, the IntraLearn management system has
enabled us to provide our customers the capability to quickly deploy learning programs
as well as import other 3rd party courses,” said Joe Scullion, president, WestNet
Learning. “Now combined with THESIS, customers can easily convert and run their
current courses.”
Historically, organizations embarking on web based education initiatives invested
in costly proprietary systems or relinquished control and outsourced e-Learning
content development and distribution. With HunterStone’s THESIS accessed directly
from IntraLearn’s learning platforms, content authors regain control of their learning
environment and enterprises dramatically reduce content creation costs and add value
to their organizations’ e-Learning investment.
HunterStone is an innovative provider of eLearning and IT tools for Microsoft environments.
The company designs, implements and maintains business applications that help organizations
increase productivity and decrease operating costs. In addition to THESIS, HunterStone
develops knowledge management systems and services for collaboration, migration
and conversion within email environments. HunterStone is a Microsoft Gold Certified
Partner with competencies in ISV and Information Worker proficiencies.
Headquartered in Irmo, South Carolina, privately held HunterStone has offices at
Colchester in the United Kingdom and international resellers in Europe and Asia.
For additional information about HunterStone and its products, please visit HunterStone.com.
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