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Chantilly, Va. - July 3, 2008 - Meridian Knowledge Solutions LLC has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "visionaries" quadrant of the 2008 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (LMS) report¹ . The Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant provides a synopsis of and advice about software firms that deliver, analyze and manage training via the web.

"Our goal has been to develop an LMS that is not only incredibly easy to use and upgrade but also gives training professionals Web 2.0 technology - such as online collaboration software - that extends the reach of learning," said Paul Somerville, Meridian's co-founder and managing partner. "Our vision has always been to take a learning-comes-first approach, which focuses R&D on learning technology - our core offering. Along with offering what's arguably the market's newest model LMS, we're integrating our product with the best compensation and recruiting software."

For its latest Magic Quadrant report, Gartner evaluated Meridian's flagship LMS - Meridian Global LMS, which gives managers an easy-to-use software platform for putting in place training programs, carrying out employee performance reviews and building online business communities.

Gartner's Magic Quadrant positions vendors between vertical and horizontal axes with the horizontal axis representing completeness of vision and the vertical axis indicating ability to execute. In 2008, on the completeness-of-vision axis, Gartner particularly evaluated software systems based on the comprehensiveness of a vendor's offering. Vendors with software systems that presented more effective components and capabilities generally improved in the areas of analytics, content creation and resources management, including traditional classroom and professional services (such as for planning, implementation and content).

About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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¹"Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems," by Carol Rozwell and James Lundy, June 30, 2008

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