Waltham, MA, December 10, 2009 – RAND Worldwide®, a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announced that it will now be offering many of their regularly scheduled, expert-led training classes online through their LIVE Online training offering (link: www.rand.com/LIVEOnline-pr).

RAND Worldwide uses a virtual online training environment that connects students remotely to software, to the instructor, and to other students. This powerful technology provides students with an experience that closely simulates the classroom environment that students expect. With this improved technical platform, instructors are able to interact with students in a way that maximizes the transfer and retention of knowledge and skills, as they would in a traditional in-person classroom setting.

“Training is the foundation to ensuring that the benefits of your CAD and PLM investments are realized,” stated Joe Oswald, executive vice president, PLM Operations at RAND Worldwide. “LIVE Online is an exciting new training offering for our clients as it provides access to a broader range of technical experts within our company without having to travel away from the office, or even out of town, thereby saving time and money.”

With the new virtual technology platform, RAND Worldwide provides students with access to the software on which they are being trained. Students will not need to have the software running on their own computer as they will be logging into a remote training server loaded with the latest software. This provides students with the flexibility to attend LIVE Online training classes from any location with a standard high-speed Internet connection, reducing travel costs and time away from the office.

IMAGINiT Technologies will be offering several of the most popular Autodesk training classes via LIVE Online as well as classes that range in scope from introductory to the advanced level. RAND Worldwide will be offering training for the CATIA product via LIVE Online. In addition, some of the courses being offered through LIVE Online are guaranteed to run, ensuring that students don’t schedule downtime only to find out that the class schedule has changed. To see a full listing of the courses being offered via LIVE Online, or to register, please visit: www.rand.com/LIVEOnline-pr 

About RAND Worldwide

RAND Worldwide is one of the world’s leading providers of professional services and technology to the engineering community, targeting organizations in the building, infrastructure, and manufacturing industries. (www.rand.com)