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15th February 2010

Outsell names Giunti Labs among its 30 companies to watch

A recent report by the publishing and information industries research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., has named Giunti Labs as one of just 30 companies in the world to 'watch' because of its potential impact on the publishing and information provider community. Other companies named include Apple, Blackboard, Bloomberg, E Ink, Kaplan, National Public Radio and TechCrunch.

According to this report - 'Information Industry Outlook 2010: A New Dawn, New Day, New Decade', available from http://www.outsellinc.com/store/products/897?refid=pr897 - success for information and publishing companies no longer hinges on just content or technology. In particular, Outsell cites three key factors driving the need to create 'incredible experiences' which, in turn, will drive industry growth: tight budgets; unique, new technologies, and the information consumer's own selectivity (driven by her/his available time and attention).

Anthea Stratigos, Outsell's CEO, commented: "Companies meeting the criteria for our '30 To Watch' each year are doing particularly innovative things or things that are on-trend with market dynamics, shaking up their respective marketplaces and challenging all publishers and providers to re-evaluate their activities and learn."

The report names Giunti Labs as 'the creator of some of the most dynamic, interactive, 3D, multi-11 device-integrated learning solutions in the market that exemplify how it all comes together in work and learning apps of the future.'

Fabrizio Cardinali, Giunti Labs' CEO, said: "Naturally, we're delighted to have been named in Outsell's '30 to Watch'. It is always a pleasure to receive recognition for being at the leading edge of your profession and making some impressive advances - but, of course, the real benefits from what we're doing are being felt by our clients."

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About the Outsell report

Each year Outsell analyses the market size and share of 12 information industry sectors: B2B Trade Publishing; Company Information; Credit & Financial Information; Education & Training; HR Information; IT & Telecom Research, Reports & Services; Legal, Tax & Regulatory; Market Research, Reports & Services; News Providers & Publishers; Scientific, Technical & Medical Information; Search, Aggregation & Syndication, and Yellow Pages & Directories.

Outsell tracks and analyses over 7,000 firms within these segments and provides coverage of major announcements, revenue and business model mix, and growth of the top 1,000. It then provides in-depth coverage of the top 300. These 300 consist of market share leaders and the disruptors that are most interesting to the space. From 300, it distils '30 To Watch'. It couples this supply-side analysis with a demand-side perspective, conducting original research among advertisers, enterprise information buyers, and end-users in order to follow the money and track and forecast spending trends. It takes this fact-based underpinning and combines it with a daily dialogue with decision makers in the industry and Outsell's experience of tracking the industry for more than ten years. Finally, its analytic team discusses and debates the forecasts, trends as well as the leading firms to watch.

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