Blackboard Launches New, Expanded Corporate Partnership Program
27 Ottobre 2008 - 10:31PM
PR Newswire (US)
Program Enables Partners to Better Serve the Blackboard Community
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blackboard Inc.
(NASDAQ:BBBB), a leading provider of educational enterprise
technology, announced today the launch of the Blackboard Alliance
Program(TM), a new partnership program that will expand
opportunities for partners to work with Blackboard and support its
user community. Currently, Blackboard counts more than 130
commercial partners that have developed more than 150 different
products in addition to hundreds of other academic and open source
applications that have helped members of Blackboard's user
community customize and enhance their Blackboard(R) platform. The
products range from lesson capture tools to lesson planning
software to technical services, and are available to Blackboard
users through the Company's Web site as well as from individual
partners. The Blackboard Alliance Program will establish three new
partner levels-in addition to the Blackboard Building Blocks(R)
program-offering new and existing partners a range of opportunities
to work more closely with Blackboard to bring their solutions to
market. "We are excited about the potential for this program to
dramatically improve collaboration in our partner community and
ultimately benefit the millions of learners, instructors and
administrators who use Blackboard solutions every day," said
Matthew Small, Chief Business Officer at Blackboard. The Blackboard
Alliance Program expands on the success of the long standing
Blackboard Building Blocks program, which includes the Blackboard
Developers Network(TM) (BbDN) program, comprised of more than 2,000
commercial and academic members who have developed hundreds
different extensions and customizations for the Blackboard
platform. Blackboard also announced charter partners at each of the
program's new levels, including: -- Blackboard Strategic
Partner(TM): Dell(TM) and Presidium Learning Inc. -- Blackboard
Premier Partner(TM): Echo360(TM) and Wimba Inc(R). -- Blackboard
Signature Partner(TM): SoftChalk LLC(TM) and Respondus, Inc. The
unique structure of the program provides partners with new
opportunities to target specific markets served by Blackboard,
including the higher education, K-12, international and corporate
and government markets. Partners at various levels will benefit
from increased technical support, customized Blackboard events
packages, access to Blackboard marketing and sales resources and
integration into Blackboard product distribution channels.
"SoftChalk is very proud to be a charter partner in the new
Blackboard Alliance Program," said Sue Evans, CEO and co-founder of
SoftChalk, a company that specializes in software to support lesson
planning by teachers. "We have worked closely with Blackboard for
many years, and we expect that the new program will enable us to
more effectively reach and support teachers and instructors." "Our
partnership with Blackboard allows us deliver our offering in a new
way, so that we provide not only campus wide lecture capture to
institutions but also personalized convenience to faculty members
who can turn their office, home or class into an academic studio at
the click of a mouse," said Fred Singer, CEO of Echo360. For more
information about the Blackboard Alliance Program, please visit
http://www.blackboard.com/alliance. For more information about
Blackboard, please visit http://www.blackboard.com/. About
Blackboard Inc. Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBB) is a global leader in
enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the
experience of millions of students and learners around the world
every day. Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of higher
education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government
organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate
campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with
their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in
Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and
Australia. Blackboard Educate. Innovate. Everywhere.(TM) Any
statements in this press release about future expectations, plans
and prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the
words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and
similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within
the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by
such forward-looking statements as a result of various important
factors, including the factors discussed in the "Risk Factors"
section of our Form 10-Q filed on August 7, 2008 with the SEC. In
addition, the forward- looking statements included in this press
release represent the Company's views as of October 27, 2008. The
Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will
cause the Company's views to change. However, while the Company may
elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in
the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do
so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to
October 27, 2008. DATASOURCE: Blackboard Inc. CONTACT: Matthew
Maurer, Blackboard Inc., +1-202-463-4860, ext. 2637, Web site:
http://www.blackboard.com/
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