Skillsoft Recognized as Learning Industry Leader with Several Industry Awards

Accolades received from TrainingIndustry.com, Elearning! Media Group, Chief Learning Officer magazine and Cisco for outstanding learning solutions and customer service

NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Skillsoft today announced that it has been recognized by several of the learning industry’s leading publications and organizations as a top provider of learning solutions. The company and its customers have received awards from TrainingIndustry.com, Elearning! Media Group, Chief Learning Officer magazine and Cisco for outstanding learning solutions, customer service and learning culture. These awards reinforce Skillsoft’s role as a pioneer in the learning field with a long history of innovation. Skillsoft provides cloud-based learning solutions for its customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and education to mid-sized and small businesses.

“We are honored to be recognized by several leading industry organizations for our diverse solutions portfolio and commitment to helping our customers create innovative learning cultures,” said John Ambrose, senior vice president, strategy, corporate development and emerging business, Skillsoft. “These accolades spotlight our dedication to providing the industry’s most effective training solutions and continued investment in tools that help individuals learn faster and companies become more productive.”

Recognized for outstanding customer satisfaction
Cisco presented Skillsoft with a Quality Distinction Award at the 2013 Cisco Global Learning Partner Conference. The award is presented to companies that scored an annual average of 4.6 or above (out of 5.0) in all “Cisco Learning Partner” customer satisfaction surveys for the year 2012.

A complete list of Cisco Global Learning Partner Conference award winners can be found here: http://dgecomunicacion.com/CiscoCLP/2013/febrero/NL/conference.html.

Selected to TrainingIndustry.com’s 2013 Top 20 Training Outsourcing Companies List
For the second consecutive year, Skillsoft has been named to TrainingIndustry.com’s Top 20 Training Outsourcing Companies List. Selected for its industry visibility, innovation and impact as well as its capability to deliver multiple types of training services, Skillsoft is joined by other top tier training companies that exhibit a broad range of training services across industries and geographic regions.

More information on TrainingIndustry.com’s Top 20 Training Outsourcing Companies can be found here: http://www.trainingindustry.com/training-outsourcing/top-companies-listings/2013/2013-top-20-training-outsourcing-companies.aspx.

Customer recognition for outstanding learning culture
Skillsoft customer and leading provider of wireless and Internet services across Canada, TELUS, has been named as a finalist in Elearning! Media Group’s Learning! 100 Awards. The awards recognize 60 corporate and 40 public sector organizations for their outstanding learning culture, innovation or collaboration that drives performance. The final Learning! 100 rankings will be revealed at an awards dinner on August 26 in Anaheim, Calif. In addition to TELUS, other Skillsoft customers have been named finalists including ACTIVE Network, Carrington Mortgage Holdings, Cisco, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, U.S. Air Force and Verizon.

More information on Elearning! Media Group’s Learning! 100 Awards can be found here: http://www.2elearning.com/.

Named a leader in exclusive readers’ choice awards
Learning executives and professionals worldwide nominated Skillsoft for a string of Elearning! Media Group’s Best of Elearning! Awards in categories including Best Learning Management System, Best IT Content, Best Leadership Content, Best Soft Skills Content and Best Compliance & Certification Content. These awards, which are bestowed by Elearning! readers annually, exemplify Skillsoft’s mission to provide a diverse platform of innovative learning solutions across a variety of content areas.

More information on the Best of Elearning! Awards can be found here: www.2elearning.com.

Customers dominate Chief Learning Officer magazine’s LearningElite program
Skillsoft customers dominated the 2013 LearningElite program presented by Chief Learning Officer magazine which honors the best organizations for learning and development. In total, Skillsoft customers represented 71 percent of the 2013 LearningElite winners including nine out of the top 10.

More information about the Chief Learning Officer LearningElite program can be found here: http://clomedia.com/learning-elite.

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About Skillsoft
Skillsoft is a pioneer in the field of learning with a long history of innovation. Skillsoft provides cloud based learning solutions for its customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and education to mid-sized and small businesses. Skillsoft's customer support teams draw on a wealth of in-house experience and a comprehensive learning e-library to develop off-the-shelf and custom learning programs tailored to cost-effectively meet customer needs. Skillsoft's courses, books and videos have been developed by industry leading learning experts to ensure that they maximize business skills, performance, and talent development.

Skillsoft currently serves over 5,000 customers and more than 13,000,000 learners around the world. Skillsoft is on the web at www.Skillsoft.com.

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