Plateau Systems and DigitalThink Partner to Provide Comprehensive e-Learning Solution
Companies Form Alliance to Provide Integrated Enterprise-Class Learning Management and Custom Courseware Development and Delivery
ARLINGTON, VA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Dec. 19, 2002 - Plateau Systems, a provider of enterprise software that manages all of an organization's learning and knowledge, and DigitalThink, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTHK), the leader in custom e-learning for Fortune 1000 companies, today announce an alliance to integrate and jointly market DigitalThink's custom courseware development and delivery services with Plateau's enterprise-class Learning Management System (LMS).
Plateau 4 LMS schedules, tracks and manages all Web-based, classroom and on-the-job learning for large enterprises. DigitalThink provides award-winning custom e-learning courseware development and delivery. Both organizations will produce and maintain an enterprise-class, standards-based interface to enable the Plateau 4 LMS to seamlessly launch, track and manage online courseware that is developed and delivered by DigitalThink.
Our alliance with DigitalThink gives Plateau the opportunity to meet the broad market with an integrated e-learning offering that can be rapidly implemented, said Paul Sparta, Plateau's CEO and chairman. Like Plateau, DigitalThink is committed to listening to the needs of the customer. We believe this alliance answers those needs and will bring to market a powerful learning solution for virtually any organization.
As part of this alliance, both companies agreed to jointly develop, certify and maintain a standards-based integrated offering that will enable rapid, low-cost deployment of a combined solution. This interface is currently in beta testing and will be made available to the market in 2003.
DigitalThink is pleased to be working with Plateau to provide our joint customers with an integrated e-learning solution that can be deployed quickly and cost-effectively, said Michael Pope, president and CEO of DigitalThink. DigitalThink is committed to developing and delivering the industry's best custom e-learning. It is critical to our clients that we work closely with LMS leaders such as Plateau Systems to enable enterprise learning management of our custom courseware.
About Plateau: Plateau's enterprise-class software provides the infrastructure to manage all of an organization's learning and knowledge and enhance its intellectual supply chain. Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) schedules, launches and tracks online and offline learning events, and is built on open, J2EE/EJB architecture. Plateau's global clients include the American Red Cross, Federal Express, Nestle USA and the U.S. Air Force. The company was founded in 1996, and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
About DigitalThink: DigitalThink is the leader in custom e-learning for Fortune 1000 companies. DigitalThink provides the right combination of courseware development, do-it-yourself capabilities, learning delivery, and industry-specific expertise. DigitalThink's customers include BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting), Charles Schwab & Co., Circuit City, EDS, Kinko's, Mazda, Red Hat and Seagate. When learning matters, the proven choice is DigitalThink.
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