UAE / Dubai December 5, 2007 - UKS, the Middle East's leading learning solutions enabler, today announced its partnership with ASSIMA, a global e-learning software company, to provide their Middle East customers with innovative solutions and change management services, in order to support the adoption and training needs (eLearning and Face to Face) of large enterprise applications.
ASSIMA creates technology solutions to support large scale application deployments; delivering measurable return on investment through increased user performance. ASSIMA's award winning software, training and change management solutions drive adoption, utilization and organizational proficiency for all your business critical IT change projects.
UKS will provide its customers with access to ASSIMA's eLearning tools and applications, including the latest innovative technology for software simulation via its unique and unrivalled software cloning technology with even more features, providing realistic simulations with full interactivity, multiple training paths, automatic testing and manuals generation, multi-language support and many deployment options.
The aim of this partnership is to solve organization's training and business process problems by utilizing highly engaging simulations that address the needs associated with strategic deployment of large enterprise IT solutions.
"Companies in the region have made and continue to make major investments in automating processes through the acquisition of various software applications and automation programs. Effective training and information retention rates continue to be a major obstacle to ensuring adequate return on such investments. UKS found in ASSIMA the perfect product to guarantee our clients a state of the art solution that is capable of transforming any application training into a continuous, easy to use and extremely effective one through the use of advanced application cloning technologies. We are finally bringing to this market what we believe is the solution to a deeply rooted problem and we are witnessing a tremendous level of positive response and appreciation to what we have to offer," said Mr. Fadi Abdul-Khalek, CEO of UKS.
Over the past two years, UKS has experienced exponential growth and is constantly expanding its client base. This new solution, in partnership with ASSIMA, is a one global solution combining authentic simulations, interactive tutorials, tailored training material and user skills evaluation to help organizations gain a competitive advantage in a highly competitive world. The combination of their unique skills brings new perspectives to the world of corporate training.
"UKS and ASSIMA already share common customers and our products are a natural fit for each other. Combining our expertise will help UKS to ensure that its customers derive the maximum performance and benefit from its solutions," said Mr. Germain BOURGEOIS, General Manager of ASSIMA Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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ABOUT ASSIMA
ASSIMA (Euronext ALSIM) is the leading software editor to support large scale application deployments, delivering measurable return on investment through increased user performance. Assima's award winning software, training and change management solutions drive adoption, utilisation and organisational proficiency for all your business critical IT change projects. For more information, please visit www.assima.net
ABOUT UKS
Universal Knowledge Solutions - (UKS) is the Middle East's leading learning solutions enabler, with years of experience in the fields of education and training. UKS utilizes its unmatched expertise and strategic partnerships with leading educational and technological providers to deliver a comprehensive range of learning products and services that serve Schools (K-12), Higher Education and Government & Corporate sectors.
Our highly experienced technical staff works with clients to design, develop and deliver flexible, cost-effective and customized learning solutions, based on state-of-the-art training needs analysis frameworks, blending online and face-to-face learning.
UKS is a subsidiary of Al Tanmiya Holding, a conglomerate committed to the development of Human Capital in the corporate and academic worlds.
© Press Release 2007
