Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
On-demand assessment solutions from Questionmark have been updated to
offer the accessibility, scalability and expanded delivery features of Questionmark™
Perception™ version 5, designed for easier deployment of surveys,
quizzes, tests and exams to an increasingly mobile, global and diverse
audience.
This newest release of Questionmark Perception makes it possible to
deliver a single assessment to laptops, desktops, smart phones and
similar devices. The system auto-senses each device and its browser,
then auto-sizes the content so that the assessment appears in the right
format for use within wikis, blogs, web pages, social networks and
portals such Microsoft SharePoint, as well as smart phones and other
handhelds. Additional features include accessibility tools such as text
sizing and contrast controls, a multilingual participant interface,
expanded integration options and improved security and scalability. An
optional Translation
Management System helps organizations streamline the delivery of
localized content to multinational workforces.
Questionmark’s On-demand
Assessment Management Solutions, which include both enterprise
hosting and subscription services, make it easy to start an assessment
program quickly and grow it as needed, without needing to purchase or
maintain internal systems. The company’s D3
Platform provides a trustworthy and scalable database as well as
extensive data security measures including Safe Harbor Certification to
ensure safe handling of sensitive data. By delegating Internet
connectivity, load balancing, database management and many other
functions to Questionmark, on-demand customers free themselves to
concentrate on managing their assessments.
Questionmark provides technologies and services that enable
organizations to measure knowledge, skills and attitudes securely for
certification, regulatory compliance and improved learning outcomes.
Questionmark solutions enable reliable, valid and defensible assessments
by empowering subject matter experts through collaborative authoring,
accommodating participant needs with blended and multilingual delivery
and informing stakeholders through timely reporting and meaningful
analytics.
The Questionmark Perception assessment management system, available for
licensed, on-premise deployment or as an on-demand solution, enables
organizations to create, administer and report on surveys, quizzes,
tests and exams. The company’s Open Assessment Platform™ allows
developers to easily integrate with and build upon Questionmark
technologies using an array of Application Programming Interfaces
(APIs). Questionmark Live, a multilingual, browser-based tool enables
easy item authoring by subject matter experts.