IMC AG recognized as a visionary in the Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems

Saarbrücken, Germany, 29th March 2011:
The US market research company Gartner Research has recognized IMC AG as a visionary in its current “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS)”. *

"We believe the positioning as a visionary in the Corporate Learning Systems segment by Gartner confirms the innovative capabilities as well as the product and service strategy of IMC AG to be able to deliver a demonstrable return on investment for our clients", reports Dr Wolfgang Kraemer, CEO of IMC. The evaluation of the supplier is based on criteria concerning the completeness of the vision, for example market knowledge, product and industry strategy as well as ability to execute.

Together with the founder as well as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of IMC AG and President of the industry association BITKOM, Prof Dr Dr h.c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer, IMC AG continues to promote internationalisation. "Since the beginning of 2011, we have established a physical presence in France as well as in Finland. We are also planning to open a site in Denmark later this year. So, IMC’s position as leading provider of learning technologies in Europe could be successfully expanded", declares Kraemer.

Companies must counter the demographic change. Searching for and developing talent, employee retention, succession planning and efficient further education and training are more than ever central management tasks in order to ensure the innovative capability. "This is the purpose of IMC AG’s product and service strategy" continues Kraemer. "Whether Learning Management, Social Learning, Mobile Learning, Talent Management, Performance Management or creation of learning content and providing consultation on it – IMC offers an extensive portfolio of IT solutions in the human resources field. Over and above that, our customers benefit from our expertise as a software as a service (SaaS) provider. IMC not only knows how to operate the technical infrastructure as learning cloud but also how to support the operational training processes as HR outsourcing partner."

   
IMC currently exhibits innovative power through its new release of LIVECONTEXT which makes introducing new software in the company considerably easier as assistants like podcasts, handbooks and Wikis are made available directly within the relevant application. Thus, the most varied of technical options like classic help texts, social media components and training videos are linked together without media disruption.

*Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems, Jeff Freyermuth et al, March 24, 2011.

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