DB Education and Editure

DB Education & Editure Strengthen Partnership

DB Education Services Limited is pleased to announce that a strategic investment in DB Education has been completed by Editure, the global education and training company. The agreement between the parties allows for Editure to increase its investment in DB Education over time.

In November 2009, Editure appointed DB Education as its distribution partner to market and sell the full range of products and services offered by Editure’s Education Technology business. These include the widely used mysuite learning platform and Editure’s next generation products that will be released to market during 2010.  The mysuite learning platform has been used by RBC’s, LA’s and schools across the United Kingdom since 2002. Today mysuite is used in around 2,600 schools across the UK and over 6,500 schools worldwide. Editure also provides a software module for UK school management information system interoperability. These software products are supported by our professional services team to ensure a seamless launch, integration and essential product training. Editure and DB Education are committed to continuing to develop and sell the UK’s leading specialist primary school learning platform DB Primary.

With the appointment of two Editure directors to the DB Education board the parties intend to build an even stronger working relationship to develop their business in the UK. Editure and DB Education already work closely together under the distribution agreement with DB Education providing sales, training and local service desk support to UK clients. Editure provides all software, software upgrades and new versions, hosting and operational support.

Joe Ewart, Chief Executive Officer of Editure, commented: “This investment in DB Education is an important step forward in our goal of building a global education and training company. We look forward to building a stronger partnership with DB Education. Editure and DB Education will work together to bring the full range of Editure’s educational offering to schools in the UK. Together, we aim to positively impact teaching and learning in classrooms across the UK.”

Rod MacLaren, Executive Chairman of DB Education, said: “DB Education welcomes this investment by Editure and the funding provided will help to build our presence in the UK education sector. As both companies have a common vision, values and a complementary skill sets our partnership with Editure will allow us to focus on delivering technology solutions supported by professional development that play an integral part in improving schools performance in the UK.”

Barrie Lambert, President of Editure’s Education Technology business, commented: “We welcome the opportunity to extend our partnership with DB Education. It is an important step forward in our goal of providing a broader range of products and services that will allow us to provide a better service to our UK clients.  Both organisations possess a deep commitment to delivering the highest quality services to our educational clients and we look forward to partnering with DB Education to deliver on this promise.“

About Editure

Editure is a leading education services organisation delivering teaching and learning solutions to the global K-12 sector.  Editure provides virtual learning platforms, other software services and professional development programs for teachers and schools around the world.  With over three million users in almost 7,000 schools across five continents, Editure is becoming a recognised leader in assisting improved learning outcomes of children worldwide.

 
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