Plateau and Carney Partner to Deliver Customized Enterprise Learning
Alliance Lets Organizations Create, Manage and Deliver Customized, Reusable Learning Content across their Value Chain
ARLINGTON, VA and ALEXANDRIA, VA - April 16, 2002 - Plateau Systems, a provider of enterprise software that manages learning and knowledge processes for organizations, and Carney Interactive, an innovative developer of learning solutions for corporate and government clients, today announced an alliance to integrate Carney's prescriptive learning content with the Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS).
Under the agreement, Carney's award-winning custom courseware will interoperate seamlessly with the Plateau 4 LMS. Carney's Short Format Learning courseware and Plateau's enterprise-class LMS are compliant with industry standards such as AICC, SCORM, and Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act, ensuring that organizations can rapidly develop and deliver content to their value chain - and manage knowledge in ways that create value long after a learning event occurs.
Carney has become a leader in the development of interactive short format learning with its trademark innovative technology Carney Shorts™. Carney Shorts™ transform data and information into powerful, interactive experiences that create instant insights and drive action. Shorts™ break down difficult concepts into five to fifteen-minute multi-variable interactions to improve employee productivity and performance, educate customers, and drive revenue.
Our clients are demanding a robust learning management system that allows them room to grow as their needs grow, said John Carney, President and CEO of Carney Interactive. Plateau's LMS is an excellent application for us to build and deliver custom content for our customers.
"Carney Interactive's unique approach to developing learning content provides value to any organization looking for efficient education of their workforce, said Ed Cohen, Plateau's Chief Technology Officer. The combination of Carney's content with Plateau's enterprise learning infrastructure already has produced results in the marketplace.
About Carney Interactive: Carney Interactive, Inc. is an innovative learning design and development company, building leading instructional materials for classroom, CD-ROM, Web-based meetings, and the Internet, within emerging SCORM, AICC and 508 compliant standards. Carney works collaboratively with its clients to deliver the right solution matched to the desired organizational results. Established in 1994, Carney's Instructioneering™ team has designed and delivered hundreds of learning solutions for corporations, government, and higher education such as Worldcom, Accenture, Xerox, Accenture, Department of Energy, Treasury Department, Department of Defense, and Drexel University.
About Plateau: Plateau's enterprise-class software manages all of an organization's learning and knowledge on one scalable platform. Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) is built on Web-based J2EE/EJB architecture, and is the engine behind the largest e-Learning initiatives in the corporate, non-profit and government markets. Plateau 4 LMS automates the management and delivery of online and classroom learning, organizational knowledge and competencies for clients including the American Red Cross, Motorola, Union Pacific and the U.S. Air Force. Plateau is listed as a leader in LMS evaluations from Gartner Inc. and META Group. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.
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