Embanet Enables Clients to Take Online Courses to the Next Level and Achieve Higher Retention and Completion Rates Through Strategic Alliance With Impatica

Embanet Corporation, the leading provider of e-Learning solutions, today announced it has partnered with Impatica to help its Clients take their online courses to the next level, and in the process, achieve higher retention and completion rates. Impatica is recognized as a leader for the development and delivery of streaming PowerPoint presentations over the Internet in a manner that requires no special software.

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) May 20, 2004 -- Embanet Corporation, the leading provider of e-Learning solutions, today announced it has partnered with Impatica to help its Clients take their online courses to the next level, and in the process, achieve higher retention and completion rates. Impatica is recognized as a leader for the development and delivery of streaming PowerPoint presentations over the Internet in a manner that requires no special software. Students with limited Internet connection can fully access graphic rich online course materials from home.

Impatica is a unique product that converts the Microsoft PowerPoint file, including text, graphics, transitions, animations effects and narration, into a compressed format that is optimized for streaming over the Internet. The Impatica file is typically 95 percent smaller than the PowerPoint HTML files. These presentations can also be synchronized to video and scrolling text, complete with indexing, navigation and search capabilities.

This initiative is just another example of our commitment to our Clients enabling them to focus on their core competencies while achieving online success through increased retention and enrollment rates", says Waleuska L. Lazo, President of Embanet Corporation.

At Embanet, creating an exceptional e-Learning experience is our specialty. The Embanet alliance with Impatica enables our Clients to impaticize their PowerPoint files allowing students with dial-up Internet connection to fully experience e-Learning the way that it was meant to be.", says Jeffrey E. Feldberg, Chairman of Embanet Corporation.

Embanet was an obvious choice with its support of the industrys seven leading learning platforms. The Impatica solution strengthens Embanets already powerful course development and conversion services to ensure it has the best offering in the industry. Combine this with Embanets ability to enable its Clients achieve higher retention and completion rates through the hosting of courses in its Tier 1 Data Center and its 24/7/365 live technical support, Embanet has all the elements required to ensure an institution has a world class online program", says Paul Noah, VP of Sales, Higher Education of Impatica.

About Impatica Inc.
Impatica products enable users of Microsoft PowerPoint and Macromedia Director to deliver their content plug-in free, to Java-enabled computers and other devices, even at dial-up speeds. These presentations can be synchronized to video and scrolling text, complete with indexing, navigation, and search capabilities using Impatica OnCue. More than 1,500 organizations including over 1000 colleges and universities and hundreds of corporations use Impatica products to communicate more effectively with hundreds of thousands of people every day.

About Embanet Corporation
Embanet is the leading provider of fully hosted and supported e-learning solutions to educational Institutions. Embanet's Tier 1 Data Center, industry's best 24/7 LIVE technical support and course development help achieve high online retention and completion rates. Embanet offers the industry's only e-Learning Insurance" to safeguard your investment from changing technologies through the total integration of seven leading and non-proprietary learning platforms. For more information, please visit www.embanet.com/impatica

PowerPoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Impatica is a registered trademark of Impatica Inc. Embanet is a registered trademark of Embanet Corporation. All other trademarks and service marks or registered trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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