Formore information, or to register for the conference in Toronto, please visit: http:// Registration is freefor members of the press and industry analysts.The Open Group also offers various sponsorship and exhibit opportunities. Formore information, please visit: http:// About The Open GroupThe Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, whichdrives the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow(TM) that will enableaccess to integrated information within and between enterprises based on openstandards and global interoperability. The Open Group works with customers,suppliers, consortia and other standard bodies. Its role is to capture,understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policiesand share best practices; to facilitate interoperability, develop consensus,and evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies; to offera comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency ofconsortia; and to operate the industry’s premier certification service.Further information on The Open Group can be found at http:// to Editors: Boundaryless Information Flow and TOGAF are trademarks of TheOpen Group.SOURCEThe Open GroupBill Bourdon of The Bateman Group, +1-415-602-1491,, for The Open Group. ARLINGTON, VA, Jun 11 (MARKET WIRE) — Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software,services and solutions, today announced the expansion of its iContentoffering, adding the performance-based SkillBuilder CORE Learning Systemto its iContent solution to provide an integrated learning and assessmentsolution.

iLearn Solutions’ competency-based “Test-to-Learn” contentsystem now includes CORE transferable job competencies, objectiveassessments and SkillBuilder ecourses. The result is an integratedlearning offering designed to increase the effectiveness and efficiencyof the employee learning process.”At iLearn Solutions our core objective is to simplify the process ofcompetency management and employee development by making it possible fororganizations to objectively evaluate employee skills and performance,quickly identify targeted opportunities for individual development andmeasure the effectiveness of specific employee development activities andinitiatives,” said Joel Wilkinson, Sr V.P of Business Development andPartnerships. “By making our SkillBuilder CORE Competency Learning Systemavailable within iContent, we are making it possible for organizations ofall sizes and across all regions to increase employee effectiveness andproductivity in a cost-effective manner. Plateau’s iContent solutionprovides a user-friendly, feature-rich, learning and talent managementsolution for customers looking to deploy the SkillBuilder CORE CompetencyLearning System to optimize their employee development processes.”With iContent, users can procure learning and training materials from awide range of vendors; accelerate content integration to deliver customand third-party content faster and with little to no administrativeheadaches; and securely manage all custom and off-the-shelf content in acentral location.

“iLearn Solutions’ SkillBuilder CORE Learning Systemallows companies to streamline competency gap assessments, providing adirect path to prescribed courses and shortening the time it takes toaddress gaps. By making these assessments available through iContent,iLearn Solutions is expanding its global reach and enabling globalorganizations to more quickly close competency gaps that impact businessresults.”Companies worldwide are realizing substantial benefits from adoptingiContent as the preferred solution for on-demand content. By providingorganizations with a single place to buy, manage, and store third-partyand custom developed content, iContent speeds the availability anddelivery of content, while simultaneously decreasing the time and laborcosts associated with managing and storing learning and talent managementcontent.View more information about iContent at http:// PlateauPlateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in themid-’90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS)platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning andtraining across some of the world’s most respected organizations,including General Electric, the United States Air Force and Capital OneServices. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 deliveredthe industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent managementplatform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training withemployee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporateobjectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’ssoftware and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration andconnect people in ways that support the organization’s most criticalbusiness objectives.