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Web-based courseware provides a cost-effective,
self-paced, convenient way for scientific personnel to keep pace
with developments in the biotech industry
Chicago, IL, March 27,
2001—In a move that expands the resources it offers
to scientists and engineers, SPSS Science has reached an agreement
to resell GeneEd's life science e-Learning curricula. GeneEd's courseware
will enhance the SPSS Science catalog, which includes graphing and
analysis software and on-site product training. The partnership
extends GeneEd's courseware to a wider scientific market, and furthers
SPSS Science's strategy of offering organizations a comprehensive
selection of scientific information, products and services.
GeneEd, the leading provider of e-Learning solutions
for the life sciences, offers Web- and intranet-based e-Learning
curricula that cover topics such as genomics, bioinformatics, molecular
biology, microarrays and other closely related topics. GeneEd's
full curricula offerings can be found at www.GeneEd.com.
The three-year agreement calls for SPSS to market
and distribute GeneEd's courseware on its Web site at www.spssscience.com/services/elearning.
SPSS and GeneEd also plan to develop custom e-Learning solutions
to illustrate the power and flexibility of SPSS scientific software.
"This agreement with GeneEd enables us to offer
a proven training resource to any member of the scientific community
with a need for life science knowledge," said Ken Kirsten, senior
marketing manager for SPSS Science. "In addition to providing the
software tools that engineers, students and scientists use on a
day-to-day basis, we can now offer courseware designed to help them
keep pace with the explosive growth of information in the life sciences
industry."
"Every life science company understands the need
for and importance of continuing education and training," said Barry
Giordano, GeneEd's vice president of sales. "Pharmaceutical companies
and biotechs tell us that they need a cost-effective, self-paced,
convenient learning environment across their entire enterprise.
GeneEd's e-Learning methodology is the optimum solution to address
this growing problem. By collaborating with SPSS, we expect that
our e-Learning curricula will reach a broader scientific audience
than those within the life science industry."
GeneEd licenses its content through its strategic
partnerships with life science experts, called Scientific Content
Providers (SCPs), from industry and academia. These experts collaborate
with GeneEd throughout the courseware development cycle to assure
that the final product is scientifically accurate and up-to-date.
GeneEd's SCP program identifies life science experts who ensure
that GeneEd's curricula are always in step with the continual changes
taking place in the industry. By partnering with SPSS Science, GeneEd
will be able to expand is potential base of SCPs, further ensuring
that its courseware content is continually updated with the latest
scientific advancements.
About GeneEd Inc.
GeneEd, Inc. (www.GeneEd.com)
was founded in 1997 to provide life science and health e-Learning
solutions through the creation of compelling, multimedia-based training,
using the Internet and company's Intranets as the primary delivery
platform. GeneEd uses the best life science content, combined with
a validated methodology for repurposing, to rapidly create basic
and advanced curricula in the areas of genomics, drug discovery
and development, molecular biology, SNPs, Microarrays and anti-HIV
therapies (a free e-seminar).
In partnership with Cambridge Healthtech Institute
(CHI), GeneEd will introduce its first application-based bioinformatics
course entitled "Gene Expression Data Analysis" in late April. Other
upcoming courses include "The Drug Discovery and Development Process-An
Industry Overview," "Introduction to BioStatistics," "Molecular
Diagnostics" and "Proteomics."
IBM Life Sciences, Celera Genomics, Bristol-Myers
Squibb, ALZA Corporation, Bio-Rad Corporation, Northwestern University
and NASA are some of the many "smart" companies and institutions
that have recognized the importance of life science education for
their employees, sales force, investors and customers. These companies
have partnered with GeneEd to provide comprehensive life science
e-Learning solutions for their organizations.
GeneEd is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About SPSS Science
SPSS Science, an operating unit of SPSS Inc., provides award-winning
software designed for technical professionals. In addition to the
capabilities offered by SigmaPlot, users can develop more meaningful
conclusions and present compelling results with SPSS' statistical,
graphing, curve fitting, image analysis, peak separation and fitting
and gel electrophoresis packages. Additional information about SPSS
Science can be found at www.spssscience.com.
About SPSS Inc.
SPSS Inc. enables organizations to develop more profitable customer
relationships by providing analytical solutions that discover what
customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers
analytical solutions at the intersection of customer relationship
management and business intelligence. SPSS analytical solutions
integrate and analyze market, customer and operational data in key
vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications, health
care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer
packaged goods, market research and the public sector.
Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40
offices, over 1,300 employees and 2000 pro forma revenues of $198
million. The company also has received the following honors: No.
77 on Forbes 2000 list of the "200 Best Small Companies" and No.
12 on the 2000 DM Review 100; placed No. 16 on the 2000 Softoletter
100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies
in the United States; and No. 115 in the 2000 Software 500, a ranking
of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine; listed
on Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers"
for 2000. For more information, visit www.spss.com.
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