Meridian Extends Market Leadership with Fall Release

Herndon, VA – September 15, 2105—Meridian Knowledge Solutions, a leading learning technology provider, today announced the latest release of its flagship learning management product, Meridian Global®. The latest release enables businesses to develop, deliver, and manage training initiatives that help learners reach their full potential more seamlessly.

“The expanded features and new capabilities in this latest release of Meridian Global directly address the increasing need for a rich user experience that is personalized.   A modern learning platform must provide the ability to serve multiple audiences – including employees and customers – and do it in a way that builds a one-to-one relationship with that user,” said Jeff Kristick, president of Meridian Knowledge Solutions. “This release furthers our commitment to helping organizations unlock the value of learning and education to drive better business results.”

“Meridian new release advances the potential of learning for organizations from branding to a learning experience that helps companies embrace their employees and community in a personalized manner.” Mark Smith, CEO & Chief Research Officer at Ventana, wrote in his bulletin, “Meridian continues to improve their Learning Management platform to deliver innovative and best-of-breed capabilities to provide a strong learning and development strategy as a strategic weapon for corporate success.”

Meridian provides key enhancements in several areas that open up the platform for easier integration and a leading mobile experience. With these expanded features, users can more easily collaborate, interact, and share information within the system. Meridian customers can make more informed decisions and more effectively and accurately measure the value of individual or company-wide learning activities.

Highlights of Meridian Global LMS® 15.1 include:

• Enhanced integration with Salesforce, Citrix GoToTraining, Citrix GoToMeeting, Webex Meeting Center, and Adobe Connect enables users to better integrate business systems into enterprise learning. The revamped Virtual Classroom includes a two-way integration with new administrative workflows and options and a one-click launch to join a classroom for both learners and instructors.
• Comprehensive professional development module capabilities are individual development plans (IDPs) that populate skills, success profiles, and 360-degree competency assessments for analysis and better decision-making. Users have access to the content they need at the right time.
• Next-generation mobile and social features deliver pervasive, real-time access to knowledge-sharing, learning, and workforce management processes. Learners can access individual learning opportunities and search for new content, enroll in courses, and download mobile-friendly information.

• Embedded branding that drives superior user adoption and productivity with a custom branded learning management system (LMS) applications available in the Apple App and Google Play stores. Different applications tie to individual domains with unique branding, and Meridian handles app store approval, publishing and maintenance.
• Ability to access content and purchase in bulk, regardless if the user is registered. Easily keep track of the number of keys purchased and redeemed, and assign delegate and transfer keys at any time.