1. SPS Enterprises Relies on OutStart's Trainersoft to Create
Award-Winning Safety Courses
Boston, February 23, 2004 - OutStart, provider of the only proven, content-centric software
product family for learning, announced today that Texas-based SPS Enterprises, a leading
provider of training solutions for transportation professionals, is using Trainersoft as the basis for
developing award-winning online courses.
With large customers such as Coach USA, Blue Rhino, ALLIED Waste and Lockton Insurance
Brokers (to name just a few), SPS Enterprises needed an effective method for pulling together
rich media into a single interactive course and purchased Trainersoft for the development of its
interactive, computer-based training courses. As a result of using Trainersoft, SPS Enterprises
has been able to develop courses that engage and hold the attention of the trainee, while
providing its customers with the ability to document trainee comprehension levels. SPS
Enterprises has been awarded five Telly Awards for interactive course excellence in 2003. Telly
Awards honor the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies,
television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.
"The transportation industry is continuously faced with the challenge of offering effective training
on critical safety issues," said Peter Van Beek, president of SPS Enterprises. "With Trainersoft-
based interactive courses, transportation training professionals can ensure that all have received
the proper skills and sufficient information to enable them to safely go about their jobs."
Under a grant from the Transportation Security Administration, SPS Enterprises most recently
used Trainersoft to create a course on terrorism prevention for bus drivers. This course, entitled
Operation Secure Transport, delivered online to over 38,000 inner-city bus drivers, is the first of
its kind. Based on the success of this program, SPS Enterprises will continue to use Trainersoft in
the future development of similar courses.
"OutStart is committed to providing its customers with superior applications to address their
specific training and knowledge needs," said Massood Zarrabian, CEO and president of OutStart.
"Through its innovative use of Trainersoft, SPS Enterprises has revolutionized the transportation
industry's approach to safety training, by delivering award-winning, interactive courses to
thousands of learners across the nation."
About SPS Enterprises
SPS Enterprises is a full service audio and video production facility specializing in the creation of
Interactive Computer Based Training programs, Interactive Web-Based Training programs,
Videos and other media productions. SPS has won an unprecedented 19 national and
international awards for Professional Excellence in the field of Audio / Video production including
5 TELLY awards for Interactive Computer-Based Training. SPS's production studios are located
Northwest of Houston in Tomball, Texas. Visit SPS at www.onlinesafetytraining.com
About OutStart
OutStart provides learning and knowledge-sharing software applications to mid-market,
government, and Global 2000 organizations. OutStart customers build competitive advantage by
making customers, employees, and partners more knowledgeable and better trained through
superior content development, management, and delivery. The company's approach is learner-
focused and content-centric.
OutStart's award-winning, product family enables people to know exactly what they need to be
better at their jobs and to learn when, where, and how they want. Customers like AT&T Wireless,
Kaiser Permanente, Steelcase, the US Navy, and Westland Helicopters rely on OutStart to
2. increase individual and organizational performance, improve knowledge transfer, and lower
operating costs. Headquartered in Boston, MA, OutStart has offices throughout the US and
Europe and can be found on the Web at www.outstart.com
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