OutStart, provider of the only proven, content-centric software product family for learning, has teamed with real-time Web communications services leader, WebEx Communications, to offer a comprehensive learning and real-time online classroom solution.
Through this relationship, companies can buy an integrated solution that combines OutStart’s market leading learning content management system (LCMS), learner management system (LMS) and software simulation functionality, with WebEx’s real-time online classroom and online meeting capabilities. The combined functionality meets growing market demand from organizations looking to acquire comprehensive learning technology as an integrated offering.
“OutStart and WebEx provide highly complementary offerings that improve business performance by making it easy for employees, customers, and partners to learn via the Web,” said Sanjay Dalal, director of Training Center Business, at WebEx. “We have worked closely with OutStart to develop a comprehensive offering that allows companies to create, manage and deliver remote learning and training from a single, integrated solution.”
Offering WebEx’s web communication services and OutStart’s learning software product family together allow joint OutStart and WebEx customers to:
Choose the right application to create, assemble and deliver learning content.
Manage learners and learning related processes with a cost effective, learner-focused LMS.
Easily develop interactive simulations, tutorials and documentation to make software users proficient.
Engage in real-time online classroom training, mentoring, coaching and reinforcement training sessions.
Enhance the learning process with online meetings, web conferencing, teleconferencing and video conferencing services.
“WebEx is OutStart’s own internal service of choice for real-time communications like web seminars, customer demos, and training sessions,” said Massood Zarrabian, president and CEO of OutStart. “Communications like these play an important role in organizations’ learning and training processes. This relationship provides the industry’s best available technology for all aspects of learning, while eliminating the headaches that traditionally come with having to integrate disparate technology solutions.”
About WebEx Communications, Inc.
WebEx Communications, Inc. is the world’s leading provider of Web communications services. WebEx services are used across the enterprise in sales, support, training, marketing, engineering and product design. WebEx provides carrier-class services using its MediaTone communications platform deployed over the WebEx MediaTone Network, a high-speed global network specifically designed for secure, real-time Web communications. With its unique information-switching technology, multimedia capabilities and standards-based APIs, MediaTone is the dial tone for Web communications. WebEx Communications is based in San Jose, California and has regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. Please call toll free (877) 509-3239 or visit www.webex.com for more information.
About OutStart
OutStart provides learning and knowledge-sharing software applications to mid-market, government, and Global 2000 organizations. OutStart customers build competitive advantage by making customers, employees, and partners more knowledgeable and better trained through superior content development, management, and delivery. The company’s approach is learner-focused and content-centric.
OutStart’s award-winning, product family enables people to know exactly what they need to be better at their jobs and to learn when, where, and how they want. Customers like AT&T Wireless, Kaiser Permanente, Steelcase, the US Navy, and Westland Helicopters rely on OutStart to increase individual and organizational performance, improve knowledge transfer, and lower operating costs. Headquartered in Boston, MA, OutStart has offices throughout the US and Europe and can be found on the Web at www.outstart.com
