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First Monthly Drawing Winner – Ellen Blahut, Houston, TX. Ellen Blahut with the Ohio Aerospace Institute won the first monthly drawing in RISC’s 12th Anniversary Promotion. Ellen’s participation not only qualified her for the monthly drawing but she’s now registered…

Houston, Texas – On Thursday, January 1, 2004, Houston-based RISC Inc. (www.risc-inc.com) unveiled a promotion that is one of a kind in the LMS market. 2004 marks RISC’s 12th anniversary in the learning management system market. In recognition of this milestone,…

Abingdon, Virginia – On October 1, 2003, Food City announced the completion of a record LMS implementation using RISC’s Virtual Training Assistant Learning Management System. Food City purchased implemented and rolled-out their enterprise-wide LMS to 87 retail locations in less…

Seal Beach, California – On Wednesday, September 10th, Custom Building Products (www.custombuildingproducts.com) hosted the Orange County Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development’s Training and Technology Group (ASTD-OC). Custom demonstrated its CustomNet system to the more than 25 training…

(Houston, TX) – RISC, Inc. (www.risc-inc.com) and Bankers Training & Consulting Company (www.bankerstraining.com) announce today that Bankers Training’s modules integrate fully with RISC’s Virtual Training Assistant™ Learning Management System software. RISC Virtual Training Assistant (VTA) software helps training departments ensure…

DSM, a global manufacturer of life science products, performance materials and industrial products announces a training technology breakthrough at their chemical facility in Augusta, Georgia. Using Axonix video server technology DSM’s Training Group is now linking full-motion videos through the…

Lisa Lundgren, Senior Manager of Training for Fluor Corporation, participated in a demonstration to explore how RISC’s award-winningVirtual Training Assistant™ software could cut costs and add value to Fluor’s training organization at the ASTD International Conference and Expo in San Diego.…

(Houston, TX) – RISC, Inc. (www.risc-inc.com), announces today that its Virtual Training Assistant™ Learning Management System software has received the Gold Excellence in e-Learning Award for Customer Satisfaction. One of the industry’s most prestigious honors, Excellence in e-Learning Awards were…

(04/10/01 Houston, TX) – RISC, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Marathon Oil Company and Marathon-Ashland Petroleum, LLC, have chosen the Virtual Training Assistant™ system (VTA) from RISC as their corporate learning management system. Both companies have begun the…

(08/15/01 Houston, TX) – RISC, Inc. is pleased to announce that the BP Pipelines (North America), Inc., has contracted with RISC for the Virtual Training Assistant system. BP Pipelines has chosen the Application Service Provider (ASP) option for 20 locations.…