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.
The Confiance Group, a global provider of business transformation
solutions for enterprises and the government, today announced the
issuance by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of trademark number
3,753,685 for the use of “e Squared®,” in the branding of
Confiance’s e-Learning solution.
Confiance’s “e Squared®” is about education and empowerment
of users in corporations and governments through a standards-based,
scalable and configurable solution combining methods, best practices and
instructional design that can be coupled with any given technology
platform. e Squared’s learning modules cover topics such as
organizational effectiveness, business operational principles and
technology application, all focused on adoption, maximum retention and
user flexibility.
“Through e Squared® we are delivering to organizations a path
to drive adoption and sustainability of business transformation while
bridging the gap between the why and how of the initiatives,” said Navin
Maganti, Vice President Global Business Transformation, Confiance. “The
acceptance and application of the solution by our global customers, such
as Vodafone, Kraft and GE Commercial Finance, reinforces our belief that
effective e-learning has a vital role to play in the success of business
transformation services.”
Confiance follows the IER (Inform, Elucidate and Reinforce)
instructional approach to create e-Learning programs. This approach, in
conjunction with different instructional models such as Bloom's
Taxonomy, Robert Gagne's 9-step approach, and the ARCS model,
facilitates an optimum learning experience. For more information on
Confiance Group’s e-Learning solutions, please visit: http://www.confiancegroup.com/elearning.shtml.
Confiance will be showcasing its e-Learning solution offering next week
during ProcessWorld
2010 in Washington DC.
About The Confiance Group
The Confiance Group is a global provider of business transformation
solutions for commercial and government organizations. The company
provides a comprehensive approach to Business Process Management,
Enterprise Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture through a
combination of consulting, education and technology that allows
organizations to be more efficient, agile and improve service to
customers and citizens. The Confiance Group is recognized by its Global
500 and government agency customers as a trusted partner that helps
implement change in order to achieve business results. The Confiance
Group’s customers include Alcoa, Bank of America, Bose, GE Commercial
Finance, Kraft, State of New York, U.S. Army, Vodafone and Wyeth. For
more information visit: www.confiancegroup.com.