RWD Technologies Recognized in the Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems

BALTIMORE -

- Company Positioned as a “Niche” Player; Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

RWD Technologies, LLC (RWD), a global company that develops and implements human and operational performance solutions, announced today it has been positioned in the 2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems.* The company is recognized as a “Niche Player.”

According to the report, “The CLS market has shifted from a relatively narrow software market focused on supporting training or e-learning to the creation of broader social learning platforms. These platforms make learning more integral to the actual work that people do. In particular, advanced learning and development opportunities (L&D) programs now focus on increasing business performance and creating communities of learners who teach each other, often on the job within the task that the learner needs to perform. Competition in the CLS market revolves primarily around these two needs.”

“In my opinion, inclusion in Gartner’s 2009 Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant reinforces RWD’s progress in helping employers maximize the return on their investments in technology by focusing on their people and their processes,” said Laurens “Mac” MacLure, president and CEO of RWD. “RWD prides itself in fostering an innovative environment, and it is this spirit of innovation that led to the development and evolution of our RWD Learning and Performance Management suite of solutions, including: and RWD uBenchmark(TM), RWD uPerform(R), and RWD uLearn(TM). We remain committed to refining and expanding our solutions to meet evolving business needs.”

* Gartner, Inc. “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems” by Carol Rozwell, September 10, 2009

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted September 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About RWD Technologies, LLC

RWD is a leading provider of human and operational performance improvement solutions that help employers maximize the return on their investments in people, processes, technology, equipment, knowledge and customers. Since 1988, RWD has assisted clients and partners in enhancing organizational productivity through its broad range of integrated products and services, which include human capital management and IT consulting services, business transformation and lean process improvement, end-user training, change management, knowledge management and operator effectiveness management. RWD’s solutions are used in thousands of organizations globally, and in industries such as manufacturing, energy, automotive, aerospace, healthcare, life sciences, consumer products, financial, telecommunications, services, higher education and the public sector.

Based in Baltimore, Maryland, RWD serves Fortune 500 and other organizations around the world. RWD is privately held, with more than 900 employees in more than a dozen offices in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.rwd.com.

Copyright (c) 2009 RWD Technologies, LLC. All rights reserved.

RWD Technologies, RWD uPerform and RWD are registered trademarks, and RWD uBenchmark and RWD uLearn are protected trademarks of RWD Technologies, LLC in the United States and several other countries. All other names are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: RWD Technologies, LLC

Dan Tudesco of Brodeur Partners, +1-202-775-2657, dtudesco at brodeur.com, or Shannon Thompson of RWD Technologies, +1-410-869-1000, shthompson at rwd.com