NorthPoint Solutions Partners with AIM Education to Relaunch the Learn360 Video Streaming Platform on Ektron’s CMS400.NET

New Web Platform is scaled for increased Site Traffic, Content Management and Community

NEW YORK, April 15 /PRNewswire/ — NorthPoint Solutions (“NorthPoint”), a leading business and technology consulting firm specializing in the delivery of business applications and solutions that help clients achieve bottom line results partnered with AIM Education to launch the new Learn360 education website (www.learn360.com) on January 30th, 2009. Learn360.com provides educational videos to the K-12 market at both the school district and state level. NorthPoint worked closely with the Learn360 team to design a flexible content structure that supports the varied learning requirements of their clients. All of Learn360′s content is tagged using several structures and methodologies including binding to individual state education standards to allow for maximum visibility and searchability.

The latest release of Learn360.com includes sophisticated community features and new collaboration methods for its users. The new site leverages Ektron’s CMS400.NET platform to manage content and community data. NorthPoint developed the community and collaboration functionality using the Ektron Web content management infrastructure, which has allowed for rapid design and development of Learn360′s teaching tools. Teachers now have the ability to develop and share quizzes, assignments, lesson plans, and their own media content with their colleagues and students in their own district, state, or across the entire Learn360 network.

NorthPoint has implemented a scalable platform to support more dynamic growth and initiatives in the future.

“Our children are our legacy and it is paramount that we provide them with a well rounded foundation and the ability to realize their full potential. By combining NorthPoint’s premiere solutions development, Ektron’s industry leading content management platform and AIM Educations vision, Learn360 is able to deliver a data rich collaborative environment for educators and students across the country and the globe” stated Harold Engle President & CEO AIM Education Inc.

“Learn360 offers a vast amount of information through their online educational videos, it is important that their Web site is able to scale as new videos are added and as their user community continues to develop,” stated Mark Hardardt, senior vice president of sales and business development at Ektron. By utilizing Ektron’s Web content management and collaboration infrastructure, NorthPoint has created a dynamic, interactive platform where Learn360 can grow its video library and community of educators.”

To request more information about NorthPoint Solutions please contact Jeff Penner at 212-819-1700 or jpenner@northps.com.

About NorthPoint Solutions

NorthPoint Solutions is a leading technology consulting firm specializing in the delivery of business applications and solutions that help their clients achieve bottom line results. The firm operates two Practices, Financial and New Media/Content Solutions, which utilize a pragmatic approach to deliver high value solutions unique to each industry and client. NorthPoint’s New Media/Content Solutions practice is focused on delivering enterprise scale content and community solutions.

About AIM Education

AIM Education, Inc., is a visual media publisher and distributor that supports educators by offering supplemental curriculum, guidance, and health products to help students grow academically, socially, and emotionally. The company is a division of AIM Learning Group, Inc., based in Delaware. AIM Education, Inc.’s three product lines provide digital, video, and print media products: Sunburst Visual Media, Learn360(R) and Teacher’s Media Company. The online Learn360(R) video streaming service for K-12 schools sets a superior standard of quality for video streaming and was built specifically for educators. For more information about AIM Education products, visit us at www.sunburstvm.com, www.learn360.com, or www.teachersmedia.com. Or contact Mike Kroening at mkroening@learn360.com 847-460-8785

About Ektron

Founded in 1998, Ektron is committed to providing revolutionary, scalable Web content management and authoring solutions. Ektron CMS400.NET empowers developers and non-technical business users alike: developers can take advantage of built-in Server Controls to deploy a Web site out of the box or customize the deployment using CMS400.NET’s well-documented API, and business users benefit from an intuitive user interface for managing their Web site’s content and messaging. From enterprise level deployments to single sites, CMS400.NET ships with a wide array of functionality, including social networking, Web 2.0, SEO and synchronization tools. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., Ektron has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including LG, Sony, and Johnson & Johnson. For more information, visit http://www.ektron.com.

SOURCE NorthPoint Solutions