| PrimeLearning.com®™ taps
into LearnCom's robust sales & marketing capabilities |
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STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT and BENSENVILLE,
ILLINOIS - April 19, 2001 PrimeLearning.com®™, a
leading international provider of business skills eLearning
solutions for the corporate training market, announced that
it had forged an agreement with LearnCom, Inc., whereby LearnCom
will market and sell the entire PrimeLearning.com® library
of business skills curricula.
"LearnCom is an extremely vibrant company and very enthusiastic
about the PrimeLearning.com® eLearning solutions," said
Terry O’Brien, founder and CEO of PrimeLearning.com®.
PrimeLearning.com® actively pursued this relationship with
LearnCom as the company not only fit our standard of partnering
with the best in the business, but PrimeLearning.com® also
will benefit substantially from the established synergistic
sales and marketing channels that LearnCom has already developed.
Under this agreement, LearnCom will sell the full PrimeLearning.com®
eLearning system to their full roster of more than 75,000
customers from the Fortune 1000 down to small and mid-caps.
"We are in an expansion mode both internally and through
channel partners," stated Lloyd W. Singer, CEO of LearnCom.
"We are moving aggressively into the eLearning area and
expanding beyond our current offerings of training videotapes,
courseware and CDs. PrimeLearning’s e-curricula will
be highlighted on our recently acquired premier training industry
website, trainseek.com."
In giving his reasons for agreeing to the partnership, Singer
further stated, "We were impressed with PrimeLearning.com®
for two reasons: 1) The way they support their channel partners
and 2) The quality of their content is second to none."
About PrimeLearning.com®
PrimeLearning.com®™ is one of the fastest-growing corporate
eLearning solutions providers, with comprehensive business
skills training delivered exclusively over the Internet. Curricula
include areas such as: communication, customer service, diversity,
general management, interpersonal skills, leadership, 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 management systems.
PrimeLearning.com® and the eLearning System are trademarks
of PrimeLearningGroup Ltd. and PrimeLearning, Inc. All other
names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
owners.
For additional information, please contact PrimeLearning.com®
at 860-526-3487, or visit www.PrimeLearning.com®.
About LearnCom, Inc.
LearnCom, Inc.’s four Business Units provide single-source
learning resources and consulting services to businesses,
government agencies and other non-profit organizations. The
Company focuses on HR, safety, and management training specializing
in diversity and critical compliance areas including harassment
prevention, employment law and OSHA-required training. LearnCom’s
resources are provided in a variety of eLearning formats
including Internet and Intranet delivery, video and CD-ROM.
On January 24, 2001, LearnCom acquired major video distributor
VideoLearning Systems, Inc. On March 16, 2001 LearnCom announced
the acquisition of trainseek.com. For additional information,
visit www.learncom.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. The company’s actual
results may differ materially from the results discussed in
these forward-looking statements Factors that might cause
such differences include, among others, terms and deployment
of capital; general economic and business conditions; industry
trends; changes in demand for the Company’s products;
the timing of orders received from customers; announcements
or changes in pricing policies by the Company or its competitors
and availability of management. |
 
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