InfoCast to Offer Teach.com Courseware as Part of its e-Learning Solution
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000--
Combining Teach.com's Best-of-Breed Content With
Comprehensive ASP Resources Will Offer the
Global Online Community a Powerful Solution
InfoCast Corporation (OTC BB: IFCC), an e-enabling Application Service Provider (ASP), and Teach.com, a premier provider of e-learning solutions, today announced an agreement that will add Teach.com's full line of award-winning courses to InfoCast's e-Learning portfolio. The addition brings over two hundred new, high quality multimedia training courses to InfoCast's already impressive e-Learning curricula, greatly expanding the company's PC and business skills offerings.
InfoCast enhances its ability to provide enterprises and educational institutions access to cost-effective, customized e-learning portals and Teach.com's respected web-based training products. Customers will receive a fully tested, ready-for-operation e-Learning solution, and infrastructure-on-demand to facilitate its implementation. InfoCast's scalable, reliable, and effective ASP services and technology will provide users with the best-possible online learning environment.
"Our agreement with Teach.com will greatly enhance and expand our courseware portfolio, providing customers with one of the best e-learning solutions available on the market today," said Jim Leech, president and CEO of InfoCast. "With this agreement, we have raised the bar on what is expected of the e-learning industry."
"We are pleased to be associated with such a dynamic and visionary organization," said Elizabeth Tomaszewicz, President and CEO of Teach.com. "Infocast's technical capabilities are second to none when it comes to delivering a scalable ASP solution for its customers."
To facilitate and drive the e-Learning experience, InfoCast has developed a powerful, state-of-the-art e-Learning strategy that integrates best-of-breed courseware, a hosted technology platform, live online learning support, learning communities and portal development. This solution is ideal for enterprises, educational institutions and virtual learning organizations. In addition, Teach.com's suite of SmartTrainer(R) learning products can be accessed through InfoCast's Learning Management System (LMS), providing the front-office infrastructure, assessment and tracking tools for e-Learning environments.
Adding further to InfoCast's powerful e-Learning technology is the company's Virtual Call Center (VCC) system, which benchmarks a new level of learning support for online learners. Through advanced call-routing features, the application of this robust VCC technology allows calls from learners in the form of voice, e-mail and web chat to be routed to the support person most able to respond to the needs of the learner. The VCC technology promises to increase growth within this market by significantly expanding the real-time live interaction in the Web-based environment. |
