Greene Consulting extends Deployment of TopClass

TopClass used to power SkillMark™, an Internet-Based Training Solution to meet the needs of the Financial Services Industry.

WBT Systems today announced that Greene Consulting, the Financial Services PTO (Professional Training Organisation), have extended their licence for WBT System's software for 3 years. This licence extension will allow Greene to build upon the success they have already achieved with their leading web-based training solution, SkillMark, which is powered by the TopClass e-Learning Suite.

Greene Consulting specialises in the financial services industry, developing a wide variety of training content for leading financial institutions around the world. As a PTO, Greene develops specialised content for delivery over a hosted system, enabling customers to take immediate benefit of the coursework without having to invest in setting up and administering a complete e-Learning environment.

Skillmark leverages TopClass technology not only to provide secure access to this content but to provide learners with exactly the content and tools they need to support themselves in their jobs. "TopClass was the ideal e-Learning suite for us." said David Greene, Principal at Greene Consulting. "Being a PTO, we have certain requirements that are paramount, and had to approach these without compromise. The system needed to be open, so that it fitted into our existing architecture and could be integrated with our other systems. It had to have an interface that could be fully customised, in our case to reflect the Skillmark brand and meet the exact needs of our customers. In addition, it was necessary for it to be scalable so that it could meet the demands of our quickly growing customer base. However, more than this, it was necessary for us to choose a solution that we were confident was from a long term player in the e-Learning space."

Greene Consulting recently surveyed users on their experiences of the SkillMark system. This confirmed that learners preferred the online experience provided by TopClass compared to traditional classroom methods by a factor of 9 to 1. "Greene's study shows that with great content, a well structured implementation and World class e-Learning software you can remove the barriers to change and get a workforce that is not only more knowledgable, sooner, but is also happier with the way they can manage their own learning processes" said Duncan Lennox, CTO of WBT Systems.

March 28th, 2002