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Press / 2006 / 12^nd April

SQLSoft+ First Licensed U.S. Re-Seller of InfoBasis' Innovative Skills Management Software

Through the agreement, SQLSoft+ SQLSoft.com will license InfoBasis' Readiness Manager software InfoBasis.com. Readiness Manager's skills management system provides the mapping of learning solutions to skills, creating and managing skills frameworks, generating and managing job roles, performing skills gap analysis, training needs analysis, opportunity analysis, training planning and implementing training delivery schedules.

"SQLSoft+ knows technology, delivers the highest quality training and has proven to be an excellent partner. They truly are the gold standard in technology training for IT professionals in the Northwest, and we are extremely happy to make SQLSoft+ our first U.S. re-seller," InfoBasis Co-founder John Cooke said. "InfoBasis has developed some of the most innovative, exciting and productive skills and productivity technologies available today. Individual and organizational skills assessment and development are extremely important to personal and business success, and InfoBasis Readiness Manager does it effectively, quickly and securely," SQLSoft+ President Steve Brugger said.

"InfoBasis technologies make individuals, companies and organizations significantly more competitive by dynamically tracking key skills throughout an organization and by allowing a company to align their training priorities to strategic initiatives. It's a huge advantage to companies facing rapidly changing business requirements in an increasingly competitive market," Brugger said. "It is a major advantage to make InfoBasis' technologies an integral part of our service offerings."

Among companies and organizations currently employing InfoBasis technologies are Microsoft, the National Health Service, Prudential, the Royal Air Force, the British Army, the British Computer Society and others. Based in the UK, InfoBasis recently established its U.S. headquarters in Redmond, WA.

Cooke said individuals benefit from InfoBasis' Readiness Manager by identifying gaps and optimizing their fit with the company or organization’s needs and their own career goals. Companies and organizations of all sizes and growth situations benefit from InfoBasis technologies, whether in rapid or moderate growth, downsizing, merger and acquisition scenarios and others.

SQLSoft+ clients include Microsoft, Intel, Amazon, Boeing, Nike, Weyerhaeuser, the states of Washington and Oregon and others. Since 1988, the Bellevue-based company has been providing training to IT professionals on the latest technology releases from Microsoft, Oracle and others.

Readiness Manager and other InfoBasis technologies are built on Microsoft's SQL Server, .NET and Internet Information Server technologies, and provide a scalable, secure platform for organizational and personal skills management and development.

InfoBasis' technologies utilize many job skills frameworks, including the standards of the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) Foundation, the leading international organization that establishes skills standards for IT professionals.