BALTIMORE, MD., Oct. 6, 2009 – RWD Technologies, LLC
(RWD), a global company that develops and implements human and operational
performance solutions, announced today it has been positioned in the 2009
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems.* The company is
recognized as a “Niche Player."
According to the report, “The CLS market has shifted from
a relatively narrow software market focused on supporting training or e-learning
to the creation of broader social learning platforms. These platforms make
learning more integral to the actual work that people do. In particular,
advanced learning and development opportunities (L&D) programs now focus on
increasing business performance and creating communities of learners who teach
each other, often on the job within the task that the learner needs to perform.
Competition in the CLS market revolves primarily around these two needs.”
“In my opinion, inclusion in Gartner’s 2009 Corporate
Learning Systems Magic Quadrant reinforces RWD’s progress in helping employers
maximize the return on their investments in technology by focusing on their
people and their processes,” said Laurens “Mac” MacLure, president and CEO of
RWD. “RWD prides itself in fostering an innovative environment, and it is this
spirit of innovation that led to the development and evolution of our RWD
Learning and Performance Management suite of solutions, including: and RWD
uBenchmark™, RWD uPerform®, and RWD uLearn™. We remain committed to refining and
expanding our solutions to meet evolving business needs.”
* Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning
Systems" by Carol Rozwell, September 10, 2009
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted September 2009 by
Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical
representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts
Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that
marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product
or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users
to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic
Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a
specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied,
with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose.
About RWD Technologies, LLC
RWD is a
leading provider of human and operational performance improvement solutions that
help employers maximize the return on their investments in people, processes,
technology, equipment, knowledge and customers. Since 1988, RWD has assisted
clients and partners in enhancing organizational productivity through its broad
range of integrated products and services, which include human capital
management and IT consulting services, business transformation and lean process
improvement, end-user training, change management, knowledge management and
operator effectiveness management. RWD’s solutions are used in thousands of
organizations globally, and in industries such as manufacturing, energy,
automotive, aerospace, healthcare, life sciences, consumer products, financial,
telecommunications, services, higher education and the public sector.
Based in Baltimore, Maryland, RWD serves Fortune 500 and
other organizations around the world. RWD is privately held, with more than 900
employees in more than a dozen offices in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific.
For more information, please visit www.rwd.com.
Copyright © 2009 RWD Technologies, LLC. All rights
reserved.
RWD Technologies, RWD uPerform and RWD are registered
trademarks, and RWD uBenchmark and RWD uLearn are protected trademarks of RWD
Technologies, LLC in the United States and several other countries. All other
names are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
owners.
