ARIS ProcessWorld on tour 2009: IDS Scheer and IMC provide an innovative training platform with OnlineAcademy

The new partnership makes expert ARIS training available at any workplace. OnlineAcademy will be launched at ARIS ProcessWorld in Munich on May 28 and 29, 2009 Saarbruecken, 13. May, 2009 - IDS Scheer, the leading solution provider for business process management (BPM), is teaming up with IMC, a leading provider of training technologies. The partnership aims to make it easier in future for IDS Scheer customers to access training content and information on BPM with ARIS. In these times of economic uncertainty when belts are being tightened, it is more important than ever to be able to train without having to travel. IDS Scheer has developed OnlineAcademy in response to the needs of its customers, who want to fully exploit their investment in ARIS, the world's leading BPM software, without having to undertake external training sessions. Thanks to the partnership with IMC, IDS Scheer can now deliver a whole host of training modules directly to customers via a new, centralized OnlineCommunication platform. Basic training courses, webinars and tutorials on BPM are just some of the modules on offer. The intial event of ARIS ProcessWorld 2009, which takes place on May 28 and 29 in Munich, will be the first time OnlineAcademy is presented to a large audience. "We want to make sure that our customers always have information about the wide variety of applications for ARIS software at their fingertips. We want them to have direct access to content that can help them, as ARIS users, to make the best possible use of their tool. But we don't want it to be costly or complicated," says Dr. Wolfram Jost, Member of the Executive Board with responsibility for Product Strategy and Product Development at IDS Scheer. "The IDS Scheer OnlineAcademy is based on the scalable 'Software as a Service' CLIX learning management solution. It opens up a variety of efficient training and development options to IDS Scheer customers, without having to put in place expensive in-house training technologies. I am convinced that the time has come for innovative, efficient eLearning solutions," says Dr. Wolfgang Kraemer, CEO of IMC.