Wbt Systems Case Study
WBT SYSTEMS
Company profile
WBT Systems is a Dublin and US based software firm, grounded in almost a decade of academic research in distance learning and distributed technologies. Originally a college project WEST (Web Educational Support Tools) was developed into a campus company in UCD in the early nineties. The team originally comprised of UCD lecturer Henry Mc Loughlin and research students Duncan Lennox and Eamon Webster. In 1995 they won a major international award in a competition sponsored by Apple Computers and Computer World magazine for their WEST project, which delivered educational material over the then nascent World Wide Web.
Following a name change in 1995 to WBT, the company that spun off from the WEST project has emerged five years later as one of Ireland’s leading global contenders in the e-Learning software market. WBT has developed an exceptional business having become the leading provider of web-enabled training technology that lets organisations dramatically improve employee, customer and partner competency and productivity.
WBT is a privately held company with venture capital funding totalling $30million from 3i group, Europe’s largest capital funding investor, and Delta Partners. It is run by a very experienced entrepreneurial team, and employs one hundred people. It has an impressive reputation among leading analysts & key influencers in the training technology market.
Growing rapidly, the company has the largest customer base of any B2B e-Learning management solutions with over 600 sites and three million users worldwide.
WBT is a pioneer in eLearning infrastructure software and B2B learning networks. It provides Global 2000 organisations, and leading content and training providers with competitive advantage through its unique, award-winning TopClass family of products, which power the creation and delivery of web-based training. Its customer base consists of some of the largest companies and universities in the world.
Company profile
WBT Systems is a Dublin and US based software firm, grounded in almost a decade of academic research in distance learning and distributed technologies. Originally a college project WEST (Web Educational Support Tools) was developed into a campus company in UCD in the early nineties. The team originally comprised of UCD lecturer Henry Mc Loughlin and research students Duncan Lennox and Eamon Webster. In 1995 they won a major international award in a competition sponsored by Apple Computers and Computer World magazine for their WEST project, which delivered educational material over the then nascent World Wide Web.
Following a name change in 1995 to WBT, the company that spun off from the WEST project has emerged five years later as one of Ireland’s leading global contenders in the e-Learning software market. WBT has developed an exceptional business having become the leading provider of web-enabled training technology that lets organisations dramatically improve employee, customer and partner competency and productivity.
WBT is a privately held company with venture capital funding totalling $30million from 3i group, Europe’s largest capital funding investor, and Delta Partners. It is run by a very experienced entrepreneurial team, and employs one hundred people. It has an impressive reputation among leading analysts & key influencers in the training technology market.
Growing rapidly, the company has the largest customer base of any B2B e-Learning management solutions with over 600 sites and three million users worldwide.
WBT is a pioneer in eLearning infrastructure software and B2B learning networks. It provides Global 2000 organisations, and leading content and training providers with competitive advantage through its unique, award-winning TopClass family of products, which power the creation and delivery of web-based training. Its customer base consists of some of the largest companies and universities in the world.