ROCHESTER, NY, March 10, 2010 – Element K today announced it has added Training.com to the Google Apps Marketplace™, Google's recently launched online storefront for Google Apps™ products and services. Training.com provides individuals and small businesses access to engaging, self-paced e-Learning courses designed to help them productively use Google web applications and other popular desktop and internet software products. Business skills, customer service, IT certifications and sales courses are also included to help business owners grow their organizations and develop and retain key employees.
“Element K has been delivering award-winning e-Learning to businesses and individuals via the internet for nearly 15 years, so integrating with Google Apps was a logical choice for us,” said Paul Krause, Element K President and CEO. “Millions of Google Apps customers now have on-demand access to business skills, IT, and applications training through simple Google universal navigation.”
Training.com subscribers can now access training materials from their Google Apps account using only their browser and internet connection. Training.com's effective online learning courses and web-based training administration tools are easily accessible through the Google Apps Marketplace.
"We are very excited to have Training.com in the Google Apps Marketplace," says Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead for Google Enterprise."Through the Google Apps Marketplace, software vendors like Element K are helping us build a rich ecosystem of integrated apps that work seamlessly with Google Apps, allowing IT administrators to leverage the benefits of cloud computing and extend Google Apps to meet more of their business needs. We are happy to offer Training.com to the millions of Google Apps users who have embraced the cloud."
The Google Apps Marketplace makes it easy for more than 2 million Google Apps customers to discover, purchase and deploy integrated business applications and related professional services. By integrating with user account and application data stored in Google Apps, these cloud applications provide a simpler user experience, increase business efficiency, and reduce administrative overhead. To learn more, visit www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/marketplace.html.
Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to organizations. With Google Apps, users can use applications such as Gmail™ webmail service, Google Talk™ instant messaging service, Google Calendar™ calendaring service, Google Docs™ program, Google Sites™ web application, and Google Video™ for business on their own domain to work together more effectively. Best of all, it's all hosted by Google, so there's no hardware or software to download, install or maintain.
About Element K
As a pioneer in internet-delivered training, Element K launched its first e-learning courses 15 years ago. In 2009, Element K launched Training.com to address the growing global demand for effective, accessible education for individuals and small businesses.
Element K provides engaging online learning products – including courses, books, simulations, virtual labs, and assessments – to businesses, universities, government agencies, and individual learners around the world. Our training helps organizations to become more productive, and individuals to secure the professional skills they need to advance in their careers.
Over the past ten years, Element K e-Learning has earned numerous industry recognitions including Forbes.com, “Best of the Web”, Elearning! Magazine’s “Best IT Content”, and multiple awards from industry analyst Brandon Hall. Element K is a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, a Cisco Learning Solutions Partner, and a strategic learning partner for IBM and Adobe.
Element K Contact
David Snider
Senior Director, Marketing
(585) 214-6327
dave_snider@elementk.com
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