ABOUT BOOKS24x7
Corporate Information
Mission:
Books24x7 is driven by a singular mission to provide corporations, training companies, government agencies, and academic institutions with business-critical referenceware solutions that enhance productivity and learning.
Founded in 1994, Books24x7 is recognised as the industry's de facto leading provider of referenceware solutions.
Books24x7, a SkillSoft Company, is a leading provider of web-based digital technical and business reference content, containing 2000+ digitized "best-in-class" reference books, journals, research reports and documentation.
Books24x7's hosted web-based platform enables users to search, browse, read and collaborate with vast professional "Referenceware" libraries assembled through its relationships with more than 80 of the world's top IT and business publishers.
This includes, in the technical publishing arena, imprints like Macmillan Computer Publishing, Microsoft Press, Osborne/McGraw Hill, Que, Sams and Sybex. In the business field, prominent publishing partners include AMACOM, ASTD Press, Berrett-Koehler, Harvard Business School Publishing, John Wiley, MIT Press, Oxford University Press and others.
About SkillSoft:
With more than 2 million users under contract, SkillSoft is a leading provider of e-Learning solutions for Global 2000 companies.
SkillSoft courses cover a broad variety of critical professional and business skills; courses and support services are specifically designed to reap the benefits offered by the Internet and Web-based customer environments.
This design enables SkillSoft users to access needed learning resources, with the required specificity or breadth --any time and from any location with access to the Internet.
Customers receive comprehensive learning and performance support solutions for their workforce through the SkillSoft library, comprised of more than 1000 courseware products for global business markets.
Only Books24x7 provides the three critical components required for a successful referenceware solution:
1. a proven XML-based technology platform backed by professional implementation services;
2. premium, trusted content from more than 80 publishers; and
3. superior business model designed to save you money. The company is headquartered in Norwood, MA, with representatives throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia. Books24x7 is a division of SkillSoft, a leader in critical business skill e-learning solutions for Global 2000 companies.
Core Product:
Books24x7 offers several core, topically organised referenceware products drawing upon the industry's best professional reference books, journals, research reports and documentation.
Web-based platform enables users to browse, read, search, and collaborate without plug-ins. Each product can also be customised with proprietary content hosted and securely delivered by Books24x7.
Customers:
More than 800 leading companies have adopted Books24x7 solutions including: Avanade, Bank of America, EDS, Hewlett- Packard, Lockheed Martin, MetLife, Micron, Qwest, State Street Bank, and UPS.
