OutStart, the leading provider of eKnowledge software solutions for learning and knowledge-sharing, today announced the Institute of IT Training, the world’s first professional body for IT training professionals, has selected OutStart Participateto leverage its expertise exchange and connect its members together in a knowledge sharing forum.

OutStart Participate is the award-winning collaborative knowledge management software that maximizes the business value of enterprise knowledge.  Combining a comprehensive self-service platform with expertise exchange and community management, OutStart Participate enhances knowledge sharing and improves collaboration and communication for organizations’ employees, partners and customers.

“It’s important for IITT, to continuously raise standards of professionalism within the training industry, and help our members maintain their forefront position,” said chief executive, Colin Steed.  “After thorough research, it was clear that OutStart Participate was ideally suited to our needs – a flexible solution that will make our members more productive and effective by virtually bringing them together with their peers and experts in an informal way to share and capture information and best practices.”

The IITT is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to establish and monitor benchmarks of excellence against which training professionals can be measured; promote and maintain the prestige and integrity of the training profession by enabling, encouraging and stimulating the widest use of best practice; and empower training professionals to facilitate measurable performance improvement for their organization.

“IITT is a leading force in technology training with a keen understanding of the ways in which technology and knowledge sharing can help to strengthen an organization,” said Peter Nicol, managing director, OutStart EMEA.  “We’re honored IITT has selected OutStart to harness its intellectual resources and efficiently achieve its goals.”

About OutStart
OutStart software powers formal and on-demand learning, knowledge sharing and community/expert collaboration solutions that enable knowledge workers – employees, partners, and customers – to perform their roles far more efficiently and effectively.  Customers like Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Steelcase, the US Navy, Verizon and Augusta Westland rely on OutStart to increase individual and organizational performance, improve knowledge transfer and lower operating costs.  Located in Boston, Mass., OutStart has offices throughout the US and Europe and can be found on the web at www.outstart.com.