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Abbazia dell'Annunziata, Via Portobello - Baia del Silenzio, 16039 Sestri Levante (GE), Italy

Phone: +39 0185 42123; Web www.giuntilabs.com

20th February 2009

Events in the UK and Germany lead to record interest in Giunti Labs' products and services

The leading learning and mobile content management solution provider, Giunti Labs, which launched learn eXact Enterprise, the newest version of its learning content management system (LCMS), at this year's Learning Technologies event in London at the end of January and at LearnTech Germany in Karlsruhe in early February, has reported record numbers of visitors to its stands at both exhibitions.

Andrea Gentili, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Giunti Labs, commented: "In the current economic climate, it may seem odd that so many people - in both the UK and Germany - are investigating LCMS and digital repository technology. Yet all organisations need to develop and disseminate appropriate knowledge and skills if they are to be successful in today's increasingly competitive world - and this technology can help them do this successfully and cost-effectively.

"Moreover our work in developing mobile learning applications allow learning materials to be contextualised, personalised and also delivered where and when they are required," he added. "This helps to blur the distinction between ‘e-learning' and ‘performance support' and, thus, makes it easier for organisations to identify and measure the direct impact of ‘learning' on their bottom line.

"It is too early to confirm, in commercial terms, the expressions of interest that we have received in our products and services but it is fair to say that the London and Karlsruhe events were our most successful yet in terms of potential sales," Gentili said.

A truly global company following its acquisition last year of the Australian HarvestRoad Hive digital repository and its current presence in Italy, the UK, Germany, Sweden the USA and Australia, Giunti Labs is about to feature prominently at the Global Learning Summit, which is being held at The Marriott Hotel in Singapore from 24th to 27th February.

At this event, Giunti Labs' CEO, Fabrizio Cardinali, will be giving a keynote address and making two presentations - one on the latest developments in tools and technologies for mobile learning and one on how using new generation enterprise learning content management systems can help organisations survive the current global economic crisis.

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About Giunti Labs

Giunti is unique in the international publishing industry.

In 1497, Giunti publishers and typographers in Florence, together with others in Venice, began modern book manufacturing. Over the years Giunti has built a 'historical catalogue' of huge dimensions, through a gradual process of 'fusion' of different publishers, but also through the creation of new brands, including Giunti Labs. Giunti Editore now includes 20 companies in the publishing sector.

Giunti Labs, which has its global headquarters in Italy and offices in London (UK), Frankfurt (Germany), Lund (Sweden) and in Boston (US), provides a wide range of services, in response to any content, learning and knowledge management need, covering:

• Content production

• Research and development

• Technological solutions for content, learning & knowledge management

• Architectural and technological solutions for mobile & wireless

• Training and consulting

Giunti Labs provides the learn eXact® suite, Europe's leading e-learning and mobile learning content management technology. This suite is interoperable with all major vendor-driven and open source LMS and VLE solutions in the market including Plateau, Oracle, SumTotal, Saba, WebCT, Blackboard, Sakai, LRN and Moodle.

Moreover, Giunti Labs does not just adhere to the international standards relating to the LMS/LCMS world, it is one of the organisations that helps to determine and drive these standards: co-writing and developing them. Giunti Labs plays a key role in most of the international institutions for the definition of eLearning specifications (IEEE LTSC, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36, CEN/ISSS WSLT, AICC, IMS, ADL-SCORM and OKI).

Further information from:

Minna Leikas, Giunti Labs, +39 3489 399127
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, +44 (0)1727 860405