Toolwire Wins Gold in 'Best Learning Innovation Technology' Award
PLEASANTON, Calif. and SYDNEY, Apr. 7 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
LearnX Asia Pacific honors Toolwire for delivering
ground-breaking experiential distance learning solutions through virtual
labs.
Toolwire, a leading provider of experiential distance learning solutions
for on-demand, hands-on training, announced that the company has won a gold
award at the LearnX Asia Pacific 2009 E-Learning & Training Solutions
International Conference & Expo.
The award for "Best Learning Innovation Technology" recognizes Toolwire
for its pioneering approach, high standards, and best practices in delivering
innovative training solutions. As the only independent award program for the
learning and development industry in the region, winning a LearnX Asia
Pacific E-Learning & Training Award represents a prestigious honor.
"These awards are selected by the actual users of these technologies and
set established benchmarks for the entire industry," explained Toolwire
President and CEO John Valencia. "This is the second year in a row that we've
won a LearnX award, so we're exceptionally pleased to be recognized at the
conference."
According to Valencia, last year's award in the "Best Distance Learning
Program" category was for IT Training Solutions of Brisbane's implementation
of Toolwire's jointly-developed Microsoft Official Distance Learning (MODL)
product line.
Event organizer and Training Australia Magazine editor Rob Clarke
explained, "With a bumpy economic year ahead, there will be tough decisions
and challenges for many e-learning and training professionals and the awards
highlight how the corporate, education and public service sectors see
training as a major strength in driving increased productivity, reducing
costs and building staff confidence in these uncertain times."
Valencia noted that the company's solutions are exceptionally valuable
for companies with ambitious goals for improving productivity.
"Over the past 10 years, we've helped organizations with training needs
that are distributed across vast, diverse regions," he said. "By providing
custom experiential learning solutions accessible anywhere, we help companies
such as HSBC, Thomson Reuters, Citrix, Cisco, Microsoft, and many others
adapt to a changing global economy."
Toolwire Vice President of Channel Sales Graeme Johnston noted that the
company remains committed to developing even more advanced training products
and services. "We're investing more than 30% of our revenues back into
research and development to maintain our leadership position and commitment
to innovation," he said.
"Through such solutions as Day in the Life Scenarios and Live Labs, we
help educators and companies leverage hands-on programs that don't merely
support training, but define new best practices for how the IT training
environment of the future," he added. "Applications like these are essential
to accelerating workplace skills transfer and fully leveraging an
organization's investment in human resources."
About Toolwire
Toolwire, Inc. is a learning solutions provider specializing in products
and services for experiential learning. Toolwire's hands-on Live Labs and
interactive Scenarios provide on-demand, personalized practice with live
systems for blended training initiatives. "Learning by doing" provides the
quickest and most effective way to develop skills and ensure ongoing
competency with technology. Toolwire's products empower many of the
Information Technology industry's leading global learning organizations,
including Citrix Education, Microsoft Learning, Cisco Partner Education and
the University of Phoenix. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.
About LearnX Asia Pacific 2009
LearnX Asia Pacific is the region's premier event for e-learning and
workforce development professionals; it is a strategic learning event
attended by many of the industry's most important decision makers from across
Media Contact:
Cameron D. Crowe
Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Development
Toolwire, Inc.
+1.925.227.8500
ccrowe@toolwire.com
SOURCE: Toolwire
CONTACT: Cameron D. Crowe
Vice President
Marketing and Corporate Development of Toolwire, Inc.
+1-925-227-8500
ccrowe@toolwire.com
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