The following press release was provided by Glenn from DISTIL:
December 8th 2008, Ottawa Canada: IDC Canada has released a new study naming DISTIL Interactive as one of the ten emerging new media companies in Canada. Companies that make this annual roster typically exhibit category leadership and rapid adoption by the marketplace. DISTIL, which began operations with a staff of two in 2005 and now has over 25 employees, the majority in Ottawa, uses digital gaming technology and methods to build corporate learning environments.
The study entitled 10 Canadian New Media Companies to Watch (IDC #CA3TIW8), provides insight into the solutions, go-to-market strategies, partners, and customers of the profiled vendors. Their lessons learned may provide a model for other emerging companies in the Canadian technology marketplace, and help larger vendors and investors identify partnership and investment opportunities.
DISTIL CEO Robert Thompson reflected on being profiled by IDC, “It’s gratifying to be recognized for our efforts to differentiate ourselves in an increasingly dynamic new media sector by concentrating on learning games rather than entertainment games.”
Thompson continued, “DISTIL, which recently garnered two awards at the DevLearn conference in San Jose, distinguishes itself through a focus on interactive assessment-based learning combining gaming and data mining to enhance both the learning experience and the organization’s ability to quantify student performance.“
About Distil Interactive Ltd: DISTIL is a venture-backed new media company, has developed a platform that utilizes “video games” technology for Talent Management applications such as training and performance assessment.
Today the DISTIL platform is revolutionizing the way professionals are trained and certified through Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL). eLearning games users benefit from the intuitive, immersive, interactive experience provided by DISTIL products that accelerates learning through virtual experience. Sponsoring organization benefit from the enhanced skills transfer and learning time compression offered by DGBL, and the integrated assessment technology that evaluates performance through game-play.
DISTIL also manages on-line distribution and re-sale of award winning DGBL programs co-developed with its training partners, including an extensive set of Quality, Health & Safety, Environmental, Emergency Preparedness and ISO Standards training products.
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