Training Australia Magazine today named the Best E-Learning and Training Award winners of its prestigious recognition program. Elicitus, the leading rapid eLearning authoring tool by Harbinger Group, won the ‘Best Authoring Tool’ award. Elicitus is used by trainers, educators, subject matter experts and other eLearning creators worldwide.

The magazine honored workforce learning and supporting technologies including innovative learning initiatives that break new ground and also best-of-class examples that demonstrate clear superiority in their field of expertise. Winning organizations, teams and individuals were chosen by a panel of judges who scored entries, logging in many hours to select the best.

"Our judges deemed the winners to be the most effective and innovative projects and products in workplace learning and assessment today. We're pleased to bestow the awards honour on such a distinguished group," said Executive Editor Rob Clarke.

“We are delighted to be the recipient of this prestigious award,” said Vikas Joshi, Chairman and Managing Director of Harbinger Group. “This endorsement of Elicitus as ‘Best Authoring Tool’ echoes its growing momentum in the rapid authoring tools marketplace. We trust this recognition will further encourage eLearning practitioners to use Elicitus for highly interactive and visually appealing eLearning course creation.”

Elicitus is being widely used by leading organizations like Infosys, Reliance Group, British Gas, United Nations and Hilton Hotels for developing training modules for induction training and product training. It has also been extremely useful for conducting process and compliance training in some of India’s leading BPOs.

Harbinger Group will receive this award at LearnX Asia Pacific 2008 live event in Melbourne next month.

About Elicitus Interactive eLearning Suite

Elicitus Interactive eLearning Suite provides a complete eLearning solution all the way from PowerPoint® to interactive eLearning.

Elicitus Content Publisher is a leading desktop authoring tool for trainers, educators, subject matter experts and other eLearning creators worldwide. Creating great courses with Elicitus requires no programming. Even users with no page design experience can create visually appealing courses with Elicitus. Elicitus helps users create SCORM 2004 and AICC standards-compliant eLearning courses.

Elicitus SlideConverter accurately converts PowerPoint® content into eLearning courses.

Raptivity for Elicitus, which is part of Elicitus Suite, allows users to add interactivity to their courses.
Raptivity for Elicitus is powered by Raptivity, the award-winning rapid interactivity builder. Raptivity allows trainers and subject matter experts to create engaging interactive eLearning content in less time and reduced cost.

Elicitus Suite is adopted and used through several verticals and various segments of industries for creating eLearning.

Elicitus Suite is the unanimous choice of all types of companies from Fortune 500 companies in USA to medium and small scale enterprises. With customers spread over USA, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, UK, Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, Israel, UAE, Iran, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong and India, Elicitus is getting used in all sectors of industry for creating eLearning. Customers are using Elicitus for creating online training for the employees, customers and tracking their performance.

For more information on Elicitus Suite, visit www.elicitus.com.

About Harbinger Group

Harbinger Group is a global provider of software products and services since 1990.The Harbinger Group companies are Harbinger Systems and Harbinger Knowledge Products.

Harbinger Group serves customers in over 35 countries through its offices in Pune (India), Redmond (WA, USA), San Jose (CA, USA), London (UK) and through its partner network worldwide.

The Harbinger philosophy is to create value for its clients through a culture of continuous learning, respect for the individual, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.harbingergroup.com

About Harbinger Knowledge Products

Harbinger Knowledge Products, the innovator of award-winning products and services, is recognized as a global leader in the e-learning space. Harbinger's patent-pending technology and sound thought leadership have resulted in Elicitus, Raptivity and FlockPod, three market-leading products.

For more information on Harbinger Knowledge Products, visit www.harbingerknowledge.com

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Harbinger Group
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