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6th May 2009
Giunti Labs reveals latest product suites at 'Learning Impact 2009'
Giunti Labs, the leading learning and mobile content management
solution provider, is unveiling the new Release 4 of its HarvestRoad
Hive Digital Repository (DR) and the Enterprise 2009 Edition of its
learn eXact learning content management system (LCMS) at 'Learning
Impact 2009' (www.imsglobal.org/learningimpact2009/). This event is
being organised by the IMS Global Learning Consortium and being held at
the Fira Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Spain, from 11th to 14th May.
Giunti Labs will also showcase two client applications which have been
shortlisted for the IMS Learning Impacts Awards, as well as present a
set of keynote speeches and other presentations.
The two client applications are 'Building Cegos' Management Skills
Catalogue Using Giunti Labs' learn eXact LCMS' (a joint presentation by
Giunti Labs and the France-based e-learning content producer CEGOS) and
'The Vet Tube - Using HarvestRoad Hive DR for building a Digital
Marketplace for Veterinary Education' (presented jointly by Giunti Labs
and Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon). The Learning Impact Awards
recognise 'the most impactful use of technology worldwide in support of
learning'.
After giving a keynote presentation at the Learning Impact conference
on 11th May on 'Towards Europe's Knowledge Renaissance 2.0 - Advancing
Learning Innovation and Creativity in Europe's Knowledge Society (and
Surviving Global Crisis and Competition)', Giunti Labs' CEO, Fabrizio
Cardinali, chairs the 'Creativity and Innovation in European Education'
track. This track includes case studies of successful innovation and
creativity in European learning initiatives.
Meanwhile, the new Release 4 of Giunti Labs' HarvestRoad Hive DR and
the Enterprise 2009 Edition of its learn eXact LCMS will be on show to
visitors throughout the event.
Release 4 of the HarvestRoad Hive DR provides:
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New user searching,
rating, and classification features (folksonomies) for Web 2.0 portal
creation and management
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New search engine
integration with extended syntax, multi-language search support, result
sorting and improved performance
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Extended support for
internationalisation using Unicode character sets in both the user
interface and content
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High Availability Mode
and new Caching Mode increased performance
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Optional native
integration with:
Icodeon™ 2 player for SCORM rendering and tracking
Psydev plugins for RSS, Emails and Podcast streaming
Multiple authoring tools (eXact Packager™, Softchalk™, Reload™...)
Mobile learning authoring, rendering & tracking
Redefining the
architecture of Giunti Labs' learn eXact LCMS technology towards a
.NET, SOA based, Enterprise architecture, the new Enterprise learn
eXact integrates with any e-learning infrastructure by offering:
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A new, scalable and
balanceable three tier .NET architecture for very large enterprise
deployments
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New native support for
SQL Server and Oracle DBMS
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A new workflow and
project management engine dedicated to globally-distributed learning
content production processes and projects
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A new online and
offline integrated editor
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Advanced dynamic
content linking and version control
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A new Enterprise DURP
(Domains, Users, Roles & Permissions) management engine for enterprise
integration with any pre-existing LMS, ERP or CMS
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About Learning Impact 2009
Learning Impact 2009 is IMS Global Learning Consortium's annual
conference and brings together the world's leading creators, vendors,
users, and buyers of learning technology to participate in programme
tracks focused on the latest innovations in learning systems, digital
learning content, the learning enterprise, and open technologies.
Presenters answer a key challenge question designed to inform the
attendees on the state of innovation and best practices.
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:
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Content production
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Research and
development
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Technological
solutions for content, learning & knowledge management
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Architectural and
technological solutions for mobile & wireless
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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
