| PrimeLearning.com® Goes Global In Pact
With McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning |
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-- McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning
Adds 300 Hours of PrimeLearning.com® Courseware To Its Extensive
Offerings --
LIMERICK, Ireland and NEW YORK CITY, August 27, 2001
- McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning (MHLL), a leading provider
of comprehensive eLearning solutions, and PrimeLearning,
a leading international provider of business skills eLearning
solutions for the corporate training market, today announced
that they have entered into a global distribution agreement.
Through its global sales channels, MHLL will now offer PrimeLearning’s
entire library of business skills products to provide customers
with an expanded online corporate training solution.
The agreement with MHLL, a partner with vast resources and
a proven reputation for educational quality, validates PrimeLearning's
position as a leader in business skills eLearning for the
corporate training market.
"This agreement endorses our mutual belief that in the corporate
eLearning market, quality and brand are among the main factors
influencing the buying patterns of companies around the world,"
said Terry O'Brien, CEO of PrimeLearning. "The combination
of our material and the incredible reputation, reach and customer
loyalty of MHLL will make for a very potent learning solution."
Under the terms of agreement, all of PrimeLearning's 300-plus
hours of online business skills training material will be
sold and supported globally by MHLL. MHLL currently offers
more than 1300 AICC certified and SCORM compliant Internet-delivered
courses in nine languages in areas such as business skills,
executive development, IT, end user computing, business communications,
industrial and safety skills, human resource and organizational
essentials, adult basic education and personal effectiveness.
The addition of PrimeLearning’s content will provide
MHLL with expanded business skills offerings for its global
customers.
"PrimeLearning.com® has proven itself as a producer of distinctive,
high-end business training products that will complement our
existing library of content drawn from the wealth of resources
in The McGraw-Hill Companies," said Patricia Leonard, president
of MHLL. "The eLearning resources of PrimeLearning, combined
with the history of leading educational content in The McGraw-Hill
Companies, brings significant value to our customers in the
corporate market."
About PrimeLearning.com®™
PrimeLearning.com®™ is a leading corporate eLearning
solutions provider, with comprehensive business skills training
delivered exclusively over the Internet. Curricula include
areas such as: communication, customer service, interpersonal
skills, leadership, management, project management, sales,
and team building. PrimeLearning.com® has partnered with world-renowned
experts such as American Management Association, Gower Publishing
Ltd., John Wiley & Sons Publications, Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer,
KCI, and Xerox Corporation to provide content with proven
bottom-line results. PrimeLearning.com® adheres to open standards
in its eLearning System™, including AICC, SCORM,
and IMS standards enabling corporate customers to easily integrate
the PrimeLearning.com® courseware with nearly all learner and
content management systems. PrimeLearning.com® and the
eLearning System are trademarks of PrimeLearning.com® Group Ltd.
and PrimeLearning, Inc. All other names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners. Contact
PrimeLearning.com® at (353) 6172 0000 or at www.PrimeLearning.com®
About McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning
McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning (www.mhlifetimelearning.com)
offers eLearning products and services that leverage the
wealth of knowledge and expertise that exists within The McGraw-Hill
Companies. MHLL is a division of McGraw-Hill Education, part
of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), a global information
services provider meeting worldwide needs in financial services,
education and business-to-business information through leading
brands such as Standard & Poor's and Business Week. The corporation
has more than 300 offices in 33 countries. Sales in 2000 exceeded
$4.3 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.
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