IT Award

Toolwire Wins "Innovation in Training Services of the Year"

Pleasanton, CA (USA)/London (UK), March 2009 - Toolwire has been chosen by the Institute of IT Training (IITT) as the gold winner for their highly acclaimed "Innovation in Training Services" award for 2009. The Institute of IT Training hosted the annual IT Training Awards ceremony in February to recognize outstanding examples of high standards, best practice, innovation, and excellence within IT training.




One of the training industry's most prestigious awards, they are firmly established as the benchmark for excellence throughout the IT training industry. The "Innovation in Training Services" award celebrates IT training technology and delivery innovation.

"The Innovation in Training Services award pays tribute to the very best in innovative learning methods and techniques", said Colin Steed, Chief Executive at IITT. "Toolwire embodies the high standards of the Institute with its performance, best practices, quality, care of its customers, integrity, and passion for innovation, which are second to none."

"Toolwire is committed to the highest standard of excellence across their portfolio of solutions", said Brian Sutton, winner of the 2009 Colin Corder Award for Lifetime Achievement to the IT Training industry and a member of the judging panel. "From engaging collaborative capabilities for higher education to day-in-the-life scenarios and live labs for corporate programs, they are defining the IT-training experience of tomorrow with some of the most effective innovations available for accelerating workplace skills transfer."

Toolwire's presence in the UK allows the company to understand the unique needs of the market and enables them to provide custom experiential learning solutions to leading global brands such as Thomson Reuters, British Telecom, HSBC, and others.

"Working with Toolwire to co-create and deliver an experiential training solution to meet our worldwide training objectives enabled us to meet our corporate requirements for on-demand training cost effectively", said Rick Sciortino, Head of Group e-Learning for HSBC. "They are clear leaders in effectively applying virtualization to learning."

Toolwire has demonstrated a ten-year pedigree of learning innovation. The company consistently increases employee productivity for their customers by leveraging instructional design expertise and a proprietary platform to co-create innovative, hands-on learning programs. The company is committed to the IT training industry through the development of advanced products and services, investing in excess of thirty percent of revenues back into research and development - an industry-leading commitment to innovation.

"Toolwire is extremely proud to have been recognized by the Institute for our development of innovative training programs and major contributions to the industry", said John Valencia, President and Chief Executive Officer of Toolwire. "We want to thank our customers and employees for their support. It is their commitment to Toolwire that makes this award possible."