SkillSoft’s Books24x7 Surpasses 20,000 Titles
SYDNEY, Australia (18 September 2008) - SkillSoft Asia Pacific has announced that SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading SaaS provider of e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises and governments, has achieved a milestone with its popular Book24x7, which now boasts more than 20,000 titles, one of the industry's largest single collection.
SkillSoft's Books24x7 offers one of the largest online, on-demand book resources available, comprised of digitised information technology and business books, book summaries and executive reports that give users easy access to trusted information.
"Books24x7 has been expanding the skills and increasing the personal development of thousands of users at many of the world's best-known companies for nearly a decade," said John Ambrose, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development & Emerging Business for SkillSoft.
"This impressive milestone underscores SkillSoft's commitment to ensuring comprehensive topical coverage throughout our Books24x7 reference collections. When users are searching a database like Books24x7 for business-relevant information, they recognise that depth and breadth of trusted content is critical because it raises the likelihood that they will find their answer."
The title list under the Books24x7 suite has grown has grown by 38 percent each year since its launch in 1999. This works out to be an impressive average of more than one title per hour of each business day throughout the year, with 6.4 million pages of quality content.
What started out as a niche application focusing on information technology topics now reaches a global audience with varied interest, and with increased depth of topics. This includes corporate leadership, business, engineering, financial skills, and work-life balance topics. Hundreds of renowned publishers including Australia's Allen & Unwin, contribute to the growing Books24x7 collections. In addition to English-language titles, Books24x7 has recently expanded its offerings to include French and German collections.
The Books24x7 On-Demand Platform has grown in capabilities and enables users to search, browse, read, organise, recommend and share with other users of these vast professional libraries. Mobile users have access to the full content and functionality of the Books24x7 platform, including powerful patented search technology and browse capabilities, complete site and content navigation and personal and corporate folders.
To learn more about the Books24x7 solution, please contact your local SkillSoft representative.
About SkillSoft Asia Pacific ("Skillsoft AP")
SkillSoft Asia Pacific, headquartered in Sydney Australia, is a division of SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading SaaS provider of on-demand e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government, education and small to medium-sized businesses. SkillSoft enables business organisations to maximise business performance through a combination of comprehensive e-learning content, online information resources, and flexible learning technologies and support services.
