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My Friend Willem Boom is actively seeking Partners in the Learning Technology, Learning Solutions, Open Source Solutions, and IT Space to sell and provide services for his Commercial Open Source LMS, Totara.  I would appreciate any suggestions or referrals you might have to assist us in this effort.

Some background & information about Totara LMS:

Founded by Kineo eLearning and Catalyst IT, Totara Learning Solutions is a global alliance dedicated to fundamentally changing the nature of the LMS software market.  Totara is a commercial distribution of the open source platform, Moodle, and is available on a subscription basis which provides ongoing support and enhancements. Totara can reduce a corporate enterprise's learning management costs significantly whilst providing some of the most advanced learning management functionality.

From a simple concept; that open source software, developed with an active community, can deliver real benefits in learning and development for corporate organizations, comes a big vision; to transform corporate learning. Totara is delivering this vision though:

•             Driving down costs with zero license fees

•             Delivering peace of mind with commercial support

•             Collaborative model of innovation

•             Making customization easy

•             Having a different way of innovating

Over 150 organizations have already selected Totara LMS. These include large corporations such as Vodafone, Kohl’s Department Stores, Tesco, Safeway, and many more to small enterprises. Totara LMS clients come from a variety of sectors, including finance, retail, energy, health, government and the not-for-profit sector.  Totara LMS is exclusively sold and supported by our worldwide partner network.  In addition to selling subscriptions to our service, our partners provide services for Totara such as customization, integration, learning services, consulting, training, and content.  Our partners realize solid profits from the Totara relationship and find the solution easy to integrate into their existing mix of offerings.  We also provide solid support with our partner program.  These support efforts include Training, Marketing, and Technical Support.

Please follow him on Twitter:       @TotaraLMS

Join them on LinkedIn at:                   http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=4076852

Contact 

Willem Boom
Vice President – Partner Solutions
Totara Learning Solutions Limited


E: willem.boom@totaralms.com

T: 1.541.647.2633 (USA)
M: 1.541.373.0622 (USA)
Skype: willem_boom
www.totaralms.com