OutStart, provider of the only proven, content-centric software product family for learning, today announced that OutStart Evolution, the leading application for creating, managing and delivering learning and training content, has been selected as a finalist in the 8th Annual MIMC Awards Enterprise Applications – Customer Facing category. Held annually by the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council, the MIMC Awards recognize excellence in the creation of interactive technologies designed, produced or developed in New England. The MIMC Awards has been cited as one of the most prestigious awards competitions for New England’s interactive industry and the largest technology awards showcase in the country.
“In a region known as the birthplace of so many excellent technologies, it is honor to be recognized by MIMC for the quality of our learning software offering and the impact it can have on the business performance of our customers,” said Massood Zarrabian, CEO at OutStart. “The strength of our offerings are the backbone on which OutStart continues to attract fabulous customers and experience the record growth that has pushed us to the front of the learning software landscape.”
Evolution is the industry’s most effective application to develop, manage, assemble and deliver personalized learning content natively to multiple channels, including the Web, CDs, training guides, classroom presentations and personal digital assistants (PDAs). Evolution enables organizations to capture unique business know-how wherever it resides, store it as reusable learning content in a central repository, and deliver individualized learning and training through multiple channels. Anyone can contribute content, and learners can easily access the right learning content to perform their jobs better, exactly when, where and how they need it.
“This year’s MIMC Award submissions attracted some of the most impressive interactive projects and technology applications in the industry today,” said Leslie Cushing, Executive Director of MIMC. “We are delighted to showcase the innovative work that is being produced in the region.”
OutStart will be recognized with the other finalists in the category of Enterprise Applications – Customer Facing at a gala awards ceremony attended by 1,000 of the region’s top technology and business professionals. Winners will be announced at the ceremony in the Boston Copley Place Marriott on Tuesday, October 21, 2003.
The 2003 MIMC Awards is sponsored by Goodwin Procter, Hunt & Gather, IBM, Lycos, Nixon Peabody LLP, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC. Media partners include boston.com, Mass High Tech and Technology Review.
About OutStart
OutStart provides a proven, integrated product family for companies seeking to increase individual and organizational performance. Only OutStart offers complete learning applications that meet all of the diverse learning and training needs of large and small companies and any size team. OutStart’s content-centric learning applications enable an organization to transform its unique business knowledge into practical learning assets and deliver those assets to the right person, the right way, at the right time, to drive a sustainable competitive advantage. They also include the functionality needed to manage all administration around learning and training processes.
OutStart helps companies realize improvements in sales force and services productivity, call center efficiencies, customer and partner education and technology adoption. OutStart is headquartered in Boston and has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dublin, Lake Mary, Fla., London, Los Angeles, New York City, Raleigh, N.C., and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.outstart.com
About MIMC
Founded in 1996, MIMC is dedicated to accelerating business opportunities and professional development for its more than 3,000 members throughout New England. Originally serving established and emerging technology companies MIMC has broadened its focus and attracted leading edge companies and individuals from a variety of industries including financial services and healthcare.
MIMC offers numerous forums, promotional opportunities and award recognition programs for companies of all sizes and in all stages of growth. With more than 50 events each year, MIMC provides its membership with a venue to promote their company to highly targeted audiences through sponsorships, speaking and networking opportunities. For more information, go to www.mimc.org.
