Plateau’s Solution will Streamline Training and Tracking for More Than 16,000 Employees Worldwide
Arlington, Va. • January 31, 2007 - Plateau Systems, a leading provider of software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and talent, today announced that Reuters, the world’s largest international news and financial information source, has selected Plateau’s integrated learning management system ( LMS). Reuters will deploy Plateau’s fully hosted LMS solution to support and streamline elearning and other learning initiatives across its entire workforce, which encompasses 16,800 employees in 89 countries.
Following a competitive evaluation and thorough assessment of several vendors, Reuters chose Plateau’s fully hosted solution and are integrating the content libraries from key suppliers to create a single catalog environment for learners . By p roviding a single, centralized point for delivering, managing, tracking and reporting on employee learning activities, Plateau’s solution will enable Reuters to achieve greater learning effectiveness while reducing training administrative overhead. Plateau’s industry-leading customer satisfaction ratings coupled with its unparalleled ease of use, ability to support Reuters’ global learning initiatives, and proven scalability in supporting simultaneous use of the system across all users were key factors in Reuters’ selection of Plateau. Deploying and relying on Plateau to manage and support the solution in a hosted environment will enable Reuters to reduce administrative overhead, expedite upgrades and maintenance, and increase use of the system throughout the organization.
“Plateau impressed us with its professionalism, deep learning management experience, domain knowledge and solid reputation for delivering best-of-breed learning management solutions. It also stood out for its proven customer success record, as validated by Plateau’s customers, partners and leading industry analysts,” said Andy MacGovern, H ead of Learning for Technology at Reuters. “From a technology perspective, we are confident in Plateau’s ability to deliver the critical features and functionality required to meet our learning goals while integrating quickly and seamlessly with our existing systems. In addition, with Plateau hosting and supporting the solution, Reuters will be able to free up internal resources for other projects, which will save us time and money.”
Plateau’s flexible, functionally advanced and highly scalable solution replaces Reuters’ previous systems which were complex, highly distributed, costly to maintain and lacked necessary capabilities for tracking and reporting on employee learning. Plateau’s intuitive tools will enable Reuters to automatically identify, track and record employee learning while providing a scalable, extensible platform designed to support the organization’s future learning and development initiatives. Leveraging Plateau’s self-service reporting and tracking capabilities in a hosted environment will enable Reuters to reduce costs by dramatically reducing the need for third party reporting tools and decreasing the associated overhead and ongoing support costs.
“We are pleased that Reuters, one of the world’s premiere providers and distributors of news and financial information and one of the UK’s most innovative and progressive organizations, has chosen Plateau to manage their critical learning needs,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau. “By selecting and deploying Plateau’s solution, Reuters will be able to effectively align their employees learning and development needs with their critical business requirements to maximize productivity, minimize redundancy and ultimately increase the company’s bottom line.”
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About Reuters
Reuters is the world’s largest international news and financial information source, reaching over 1 billion people a day. Known for its speed, accuracy and independence, Reuters content powers newsrooms and financial markets around the world. Reuters distributes its text, data, pictures and video to professionals and direct to consumers via online and digital services. Founded in 1851, Reuters Group has 16,800 employees in 89 countries and had annual revenues of £2.4 billion/$4.4 billion in 2005. For more information and the latest news, visit www.reuters.com
About Plateau
Plateau is a leading, global provider of adaptable, web-based software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational talent to increase workforce productivity and business operations performance. Plateau’s award-winning software is being used to power talent management initiatives across some of the world’s most successful organizations, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service, Capital One Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Industry analysts at Bersin & Associates, Forrester Research and other leading information and technology research and advisory firms continue to recognize Plateau’s leadership in delivering best-in-class functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.
