CERTPOINT SYSTEMS CITED AS VISIONARY IN GARTNER’S 2009 MAGIC QUADRANT FOR CORPORATE LEARNING SYSTEMS

... Analysis recognises strengths around integrated authoring, mobile content delivery, learner collaboration and multilingual capabilities of CERTPOINT VLS™...

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - CERTPOINT Systems^TM, a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, inc. in the "visionaries" quadrant of the 2009 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems. Gartner categorises visionaries as forward-thinking vendors, differentiated by their product innovation.

The Gartner report notes a number of key strengths of CERTPOINT VLS™, including an integrated authoring environment, content delivery to mobile devices, learner collaboration by providing wikis and blogs, and compatibility with other applications via a library of Web services. The report also acknowledges that CERTPOINT has a sizeable installed base outside North America and has put considerable effort into developing multilingual functions. To date, CERTPOINT VLS™ has been deployed in over 45 countries and in more than 40 languages.

Ara Ohanian, Chief Executive, Founder and President of CERTPOINT Systems, Inc. commented: “We are delighted that Gartner’s analysis has recognised the innovation integral to CERTPOINT VLS™, which focuses on meeting the demands for a new generation of workers in a increasingly global workplace. Business is more international and fast moving, and ‘learning’ environments must be more nimble and flexible than ever before. CERTPOINT meets the needs to empower the modern knowledge worker via our effectiveness on mobile devices, with social networking, and in ease of content development in more languages than any of our competitors. We consider our inclusion in the Magic Quadrant report a reflection of our success in meeting those needs.”

The report was authored by Carol Rozwell, Vice President and distinguished analyst on Gartner's Social Software and Collaboration team. In her introduction to the report, she defines a Corporate Learning System (CLS) as a “solid package of the core technologies, including learning management systems (LMSs), learning content management systems (LCMSs), virtual classrooms and multimodal course delivery.” Inclusion in the Magic Quadrant is dependent upon number of factors, such as being regularly identified by Gartner clients and prospects as a notable vendor in the CLS market, and having both completeness of vision and the ability to execute. Rozwell added social learning to the core components that a CLS should provide for the 2009 report, noting that “social software tools for supporting the structured social learning activities of individuals, teams and learning communities have increased in importance.”

Ohanian also welcomed Gartner’s assessment of how the Corporate Learning Systems market is changing and continuing to evolve: “We were pleased to see that in her introduction to this year’s report, Carol Rozwell notes that the CLS market is shifting towards the provision of broader social learning platforms that make learning more integral to the work people do. The focus for our innovation has always been on quickly delivering critical knowledge to front line employees, customers and channel partners, across teams in any number of sites - in order to drive seamless productivity across the extended enterprise. This has included creating communities of learners using wikis, blogs, and mobile devices to enable employees to enhance their knowledge and skills on the job. We are delighted that the market is moving towards the vision we have espoused for over a decade.”

More information is available at www.certpointsystems.com.

 

Notes to Editors

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant

 

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 10 September 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About CERTPOINT Systems Inc.

 

CERTPOINT Systems Inc. provides an all-in-one global learning platform called CERTPOINTVLS™ to manage talent, deliver knowledge, and track business results. Global leaders like Toyota, Honda, and Black & Decker use CERTPOINT's solution to arm their employees and partners with the knowledge they need to win and retain customers. The software is multilingual, integrates an LMS/LCMS, Authoring, Reporting, Mobile Delivery and Web 2.0 Collaboration. It quickly drives productivity across the extended enterprise (deep into sales and service channels). It is easy to use, rapid to deploy and cost effective.

 

Founded in 1996, CERTPOINT is used by more than 1,000 organizations in over 45 countries and 40 languages. Please visit www.certpointsystems.com.

 

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