SmartForce, Cisco expand relationship

Issued by Laragh Skills

Johannesburg, 07 Jun 2001

E-learning company SmartForce has concluded an agreement with Cisco Systems to develop and deliver training as an authorised Cisco Learning Partner.

SmartForce will deliver a comprehensive networking learning solution complete with a learning management system and a fully hosted platform.

SmartForce Africa MD, Milton Goldschmidt says that in order to meet the growing demand for Cisco and networking training, SmartForce will continue to expand its e-Learning offering to map Cisco expertise in routing technology, communications tools and internetworking. The solution will be marketed through SmartForce`s extensive force.

"Cisco Learning Partners are chosen based on the breadth of the provider`s solutions and the ability to meet specific customer training and business needs," he says.

"As an authorised Cisco Learning Partner, SmartForce will expand on its existing networking offerings by incorporating Cisco content into the SmartForce e-Learning infrastructure."

SmartForce`s e3 object-based application architecture makes it possible for SmartForce to integrate interactive seminars and workshops, advanced simulation, real-time 24x7 collaboration with subject matter experts, with a platform that enables object-level management and personalisation.

SmartForce e-Learning

SmartForce e-Learning is a comprehensive application infrastructure to support e-Learning initiatives in enterprises globally. Encompassing the largest body of e-Learning content in the world, and a fully integrated student environment, learning management system and a range of custom content creation and publication tools, SmartForce e-Learning provides the architecture that global enterprises are using today to implement e-Learning strategies to support their critical strategic business initiatives.

SmartForce

SmartForce, the world`s largest e-Learning company, provides integrated enterprise e-Learning solutions. SmartForce e-Learning is available as a fully hosted Internet environment through an Internet rental model.

With more than 2 500 major corporate customers, SmartForce e-Learning solutions bring the power of the Internet to the critical training business process.

The SmartForce e-Learning environment is also used by leading Internet, software and other companies to provide the infrastructure to support their e-Learning initiatives.

SmartForce is quoted on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "SMTF." The company, which has more than 1 500 employees worldwide, has corporate headquarters at 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, California, 94063. Phone: 650.817.5900. Fax: 650.817.5061. Web site: www.smartforce.com.

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