Press Releases 2008 8/28/2008 OutStart Listed in 2008 Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant The Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant, previously named the “Magic Quadrant for E-Learning Suites,” provides a synopsis of and advice about software firms that deliver, analyze and manage training via the web. 8/7/2008 Outstart Now Certified for the Force.com AppExchange from Salesforce.com To meet the sales knowledge-gap challenge, sales pros can now look to the integration of SellingEdge.com and Salesforce CRM for answers. To use SellingEdge.com, salesforce.com customers easily access the SellingEdge.com portal within Salesforce CRM, ask questions of the system and SellingEdge.com provides relevant knowledge just as an expert would. 7/22/2008 OutStart and Eedo Knowledgeware Merge OutStart Inc. and Eedo Knowledgeware Corp. have combined their operations, making the new company the largest provider of software for creating and sharing organizational knowledge through learning and social collaboration. 6/17/2008 Global eLearning Standards Group Taps OutStart's John Alonso to Speak About Linking Learning to Virtual Worlds Technology OutStart Founder and Chief Technology Officer John Alonso will speak to an international audience of training professionals about integrating virtual world simulations and learning content on June 19, 2008, in Hamburg, Germany. Alonso goes to Hamburg at the invitation of the Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee (AICC), a worldwide association of technology-based training pros who promote elearning standards across multiple industries. 5/1/2008 OutStart's Q1 Results Mark Eighth Consecutive Quarter of Profit OutStart closed its first quarter on March 31 by posting another three months of healthy profitability and positive cash flow. The recent quarter marks the eighth consecutive time the company has recorded such results. 4/9/2008 LINGOs Selects OutStart Employee as Volunteer of the Year LINGOs, which assists non-governmental organizations around the globe with learning and training names OutStart employee as volunteer of the year 4/3/2008 With OutStart, Cummins Powers the Exchange of Two Kinds of Knowledge Cummins Power Generation, the Minneapolis maker of electrical generators, decided people need to exchange two kinds of knowledge – structured and informal – to work with its products. So the company has purchased OutStart TrainingEdge.com software to deliver on-demand training and spark collaboration, in one place. The goal is to upgrade the way the Minneapolis company, a division of Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), teaches its global network of employees, distributors and customers about its products. 3/21/2008 Bersin & Associates, Federal Government Distributed Learning Association and OutStart Team Up to Put Learning on Tap with Webcast and Seminar During this archived webinar, Chris Howard of Bersin & Associates shows training professionals the trends, tools and teamwork needed to shift from simply creating courses to giving employees strategic and laser-focused learning at a moment’s notice. 1/29/2008 OutStart to Present and Exhibit at the Learning Technologies Conference Company executive to highlight ways to maximise learning combining formal and informal training technologies 1/29/2008 OutStart Reports Results for 2007 OutStart announced results for 2007. The company was profitable for the second consecutive year, achieved more than $2 million in EBIDTA, and reported healthy positive cash flow in its fiscal year that ended Dec. 31, 2007. 1/9/2008 Bersin & Associates Names the National Science Teacher's Association a 2007 Learning Leader for its Innovation with OutStart Evolution LCMS The NSTA won the award for its development of online learning experiences focused on science content that reaches more than 25,000 teachers today and is expected to grow to more than 1 million. With OutStart Evolution LCMS, NSTA was able to create reusable and repurposable interactive content with built-in metrics for evaluation of use and formative learner feedback.