RWD Recognized for Innovation in Learning Technologies

BALTIMORE, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- RWD Technologies, LLC (RWD), a global company that develops and implements human and organizational performance solutions, announced today that The RWD Learning and Performance Platform and RWD uPerform® have each been recognized by Brandon Hall Research, an independent research firm that provides advice and insight on workforce development and talent management technologies, trends and issues. The RWD Learning and Performance Platform and RWD uPerform received two Gold Awards and one Bronze Award for their overall ability to help customers identify learning needs and enable performance improvement across their businesses.

"In today's business climate, companies require technology that can enable them to do more with less," said Laurens MacLure, Jr., president and CEO of RWD. "The RWD Learning and Performance Platform and RWD uPerform provide our customers with the most innovative learning, performance, and analytical solutions they require to support faster, more informed decision-making and optimized workforce performance. We are honored to be recognized by Brandon Hall Research for our continued commitment to developing technology that provides true business value for our customers worldwide."

RWD uPerform, an authoring, performance support, and content management solution allows large and small organizations to create and deliver targeted, relevant, and diverse content to employees when needed, received a Gold Award in the Best Advance in Performance Support Technology category. Winners for this category were selected based on the technology's ability to allow employees to share knowledge and collaborate seamlessly through a variety of mediums. RWD uPerform enables businesses to establish communities of practice among employees and provide them with access to documentation, learning content, and performance support assets necessary to succeed.

Additionally, RWD uPerform was awarded a Bronze Award in the Best Advance in Technology for Rapid Authoring category. RWD uPerform was recognized for its ability to enable subject matter experts who are not instructional designers to rapidly develop learning and performance support content. With RWD uPerform, authors with no programming or multimedia experience can easily create, edit, publish, and maintain relevant job aids, procedures, Adobe® Flash-based simulations and eLearning courses.  Authors are able to record their business processes and automatically create documentation and simulations in one session and publish content in a variety of formats.

The RWD Learning and Performance Platform received a Gold Award in the Best Advance in Technology for Learning Analytics or Reporting category. The Platform consists of three applications – RWD uBenchmark™, RWD uPerform, and RWD uLearn™. RWD uBenchmark is a performance monitoring and analytical application that collects and reports employee interactions with business applications. Using comprehensive reporting dashboards, RWD uBenchmark assists business stakeholders in identifying, analyzing and troubleshooting user issues. RWD uLearn is a learning management system allowing organizations to execute and maintain learning strategies and environments. Along with RWD uBenchmark, RWD uLearn provides robust reporting to support analysis of workforce learning and performance. The RWD Learning and Performance Platform was awarded for its innovative approach to analyzing and reporting information  about workforce learning and performance, enabling decision makers to be equipped with timely, accurate data.

"These outstanding tools and systems propel the learning profession forward," said Brandon Hall, Ph.D., chairman of the Awards program. "These innovative products let customers make learning faster, better, and easier."

The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards are presented by Brandon Hall Research, one of the leading research firms in training and development. The Learning Technology Awards program showcases innovations in the products in the marketplace for creating and managing learning, talent, and performance.

To learn more about this award and RWD, visit www.rwd.com or email [email protected].

About RWD Technologies, LLC

RWD is a leading provider of human and operational performance improvement solutions that help employers maximize the return on their investments in people, processes, technology, equipment, knowledge and customers. Since 1988, RWD has assisted clients and partners in enhancing organizational productivity through its broad range of integrated products and services, which include human capital management and IT consulting services, business transformation and lean process improvement, end user training, change management, knowledge management and operator effectiveness management. RWD's solutions are used in thousands of organizations globally, and in industries such as manufacturing, energy, automotive, aerospace, healthcare, life sciences, consumer products, financial, telecommunications, services, higher education and the public sector.

Based in Baltimore, Maryland, RWD serves Fortune 500 and other organizations around the world. RWD is privately held, with two dozen offices in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.rwd.com.

Copyright © 2010 RWD Technologies, LLC. All rights reserved. RWD Technologies, RWD and RWD uPerform are registered trademarks, and RWD uLearn and RWD uBenchmark are protected trademarks of RWD Technologies, LLC in the United States and several other countries. All other names are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

About Brandon Hall Research

Brandon Hall, Ph.D. is the CEO of Brandon Hall Research and author of the ground-breaking "Web-Based Training Cookbook."  Since 1992, Brandon Hall Research (www.brandon-hall.com) has been providing independent research reports and expert advice on using technology in learning. Brandon Hall Research conducts Awards programs each year to recognize the best in innovative learning.

SOURCE RWD Technologies, LLC

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