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JCPenney to Upgrade 1,000-Location Training Network

LINDON, Utah—March 27, 2006—Helius Inc., a developer of distributed IP video solutions for business, has announced that retail giant JCPenney has selected Helius’s satellite- and terrestrial-based network solution to deliver corporate training to more than 150,000 employees throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

As JCPenney continues to grow with more than 1,000 locations, the company needed a more cost-effective and time-efficient model for distributing training to its employees, according to an announcement from Helius. The MediaGate Router 4550 and the MediaClassroom solution package will provide JCPenney with the ability to centrally control its training programs and distribute the same message to all 1,019 locations simultaneously via satellite.

“JCPenney has utilized interactive distance learning technology since 1996 to ensure that our store associates who are geographically dispersed have the training they need when they need it,” said Deborah Masten, vice president for associate development at JCPenney, in the announcement. “By implementing MediaClassroom, we will be able to repurpose our synchronous training and make the same class available to associates when it is most convenient for them, while maintaining the same interactive format. Store supervisors will no longer have to tape the live class to share with associates who may be working different shifts. And, we will centrally control what gets recorded and maintained at the store level," she said.

MediaClassroom OneTouch Live and OnDemand software replaces JCPenney's DVD- and CD-based training delivery model with an on-demand classroom that allows employees to receive the appropriate messages at their leisure. The system also allows JCPenney to track associate training progress through an embedded learning information system that captures trainee progress, test scores and program completion.

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