Thursday, July 26, 2007

CertiLearn and EON! – Education Over the Net Announce Acquisition/Merger

CertiLearn and EON! – Education Over the Net Announce Acquisition/Merger

CertiLearn Inc., a leading provider of eLearning solutions to associations, franchisors and corporations, announced that they have acquired Education Over the Net (EON!), an industry leader in professional online certification programs and systems. The merger of CertiLearn and EON! will provide clients with leading-edge e-learning solutions supported by industry-compliant delivery platforms and deliver new certification technologies and learning strategies for the online education and certification market.

Fort Luaderdale, FL (PRWEB) August 11, 2006

CertiLearn Inc., a leading provider of eLearning solutions to associations, franchisors and corporations, announced that they have acquired Education Over the Net (EON!), an industry leader in professional online certification programs and systems. The merger of CertiLearn and EON! will provide clients with leading-edge e-learning solutions supported by industry-compliant delivery platforms and deliver new certification technologies and learning strategies for the online education and certification market.

Since 1999, CertiLearn has provided e-learning services for associations, non-profit organizations, the franchise marketplace and organizations supporting multiple distribution channels. CertiLearn provides a comprehensive range of e-learning solutions, including customized learning portals, instructional design services, custom course development, 24/7 customer support and secure ASP hosting. CertiLearn’s industry-compliant Learning Management System provides a full range of functionality including registration, tracking, reporting, course authoring and randomized exams.

EON! is a cutting-edge technology solutions provider of online education and certification for the legal, physical therapy, chiropractic, real estate, social work, commercial collection and healthcare markets, to name a few. Offering comprehensive application development and support services for its clientele since 1999, EON! transforms text, audio and video-based seminars into dynamic online certification courses with interactive features including critical time stamping verification. As a full-service Internet-based education solutions partner to leading organizations, associations and consultants, EON! offers online course development and management, application hosting, technical support, database marketing and content and course management services.

Both EON! and Certilearn have a common philosophy of web-based delivery systems and will share the strengths of both systems. "This partnership will create new products and services for Certilearn and EON! customers and lead to new innovations in both course delivery and certification," said Tom Byrne, chairman of Certilearn. "With our combined resources and experiences, the Certilearn/EON! partnership creates an expansive portfolio of products and services."

"We are excited about the powerful potential of this opportunity," said EON!'s President David Wortman. "Our existing customers will benefit with new services in both synchronous and asynchronous delivery."

Certilearn and EON! will be exhibiting together at the ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership 2006 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Boston from August 19 – 22.

About Certilearn

CertiLearn’s mission is to connect people to knowledge. CertiLearn provides complete e-Learning services to associations, corporations, franchises, unions and other small-to-medium sized organizations. CertiLearn’s catalog of over 500 courses covers a wide variety of subjects, including management, IT & technology, finance, communication, OSHA compliance, HIPAA and industrial skills. Certilearn provides a Customized Learning Management System in a secure ASP environment offering instructional design, course development and systems integration. More information is available online at www. CertiLearn. com.

About EON!

EON! was founded in 1999 by David A. Wortman (President and CEO), a licensed attorney in the State of Virginia, to provide online CE programs. The EON! technology group is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider. EON! works directly with clients to design and build the appropriate system to meet their CE needs using audio - and video-based training methods for certification. More information is available online at www. EonDirect. com.

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