LearnX Asia Pacific honors Toolwire for delivering ground-breaking experiential distance learning solutions through virtual labs.
PLEASANTON, Calif. and SYDNEY, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- 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. For more information, please visit www.toolwire.com.
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 Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.learnx.net.
Media Contact: Cameron D. Crowe
Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Development
Toolwire, Inc.
+1.925.227.8500ccrowe@toolwire.com
