Press release

Think Associates becomes Totara LMS Partner

Canterbury, UK » 14 Feb 2012 » Training Press Releases » Totara

Think Associates, UK based performance and learning systems consultancy and implementation specialists, has become a Totara LMS Partner.

Totara LMS, is an open source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle. Totara LMS has a range of enhancements over and above the wide-ranging functionality available in Moodle. These enhancements are designed specifically for corporate organisations and include: individual development plans, classroom management, team management, competency management, learning paths, program management, sophisticated reporting and enhanced search.

The Totara LMS Partner Program is designed to support organisations in delivering enterprise LMS solutions to their clients. Think Associates, will add Totara LMS to the range of services that it offers its clients including solutions for performance management, learning and talent and eLearning and knowledge.

Richard Wyles, Chief Executive of Totara, commented: “We are delighted to have Think Associates join the growing Totara Partner network. Think Associates brings a deep understanding of how the smart use of open source technologies can deliver very positive outcomes for organisations. Our aim is to provide organisations with a range of experienced partners, with expertise across many different areas. We recommend Think Associates for those who want to bring about positive changes in their organisation.”

Managing Director of Think Associates, Tim Newham said, “I’m really excited about our partnership with Totara LMS. We’ve been tracking the development of the system since it was first released, and I’ve been increasingly impressed by the growing functionality of the tool itself, but even more with the quality, flexibility and vision of the people behind Totara. Our research and work with large UK organisations suggests that open source technology has a very bright future to support individual, social and organisational learning. We’ve already started recommending and implementing Totara to revitalise learning processes, and I’m looking forward to a long and successful partnership on behalf of our clients.”

About Think Associates

Think Associates specialise in performance and learning systems consultancy and implementation across the UK. We have a particular focus on healthcare, public sector,  and other high-compliance organisations which have complex learning and development requirements. We are system-independent and can help with requirements gathering, options appraisal, project management, configuration, implementation and training. We partner with best of breed suppliers who provide technical development, hosting and support. We are passionate about open source technologies to deliver cost-effective, high impact and flexible performance and learning.

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About Totara

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 100 organizations have already selected Totara LMS. These include large corporations with over 100,000 employees to small enterprises. Totara LMS clients come from a variety of sectors, including finance, retail, energy, health, government and the not-for-profit sector.

More information is available at www.totaralms.com