Esotera Group Announces Top Advisory Board for Its Industry Document; Key Industry Leaders Will Steer the General Requirements Document For Enterprise Human Capital Systems.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- SAN JOSE, Calif., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Esotera Group today announced an Advisory Board of top industry leaders to guide the future of Esotera's standard-setting publication, the General Requirements Document for Enterprise Human Capital Systems (GRD). This distinguished Advisory Board is made up of the following nine industry experts:

 
  -- Joe DiDonato -- Esotera Group's Chairman and CEO; 
  -- Cushing Anderson -- IDC Senior Executive and Industry Analyst; 
  -- Tom Kelly -- Cisco's Vice President of Education; 
  -- Wayne Hodgins -- Autodesk and Learnativity Senior Executive; 
  -- Frank Anderson -- Defense Acquisition University's President; 
  -- Alan Todd -- KnowledgePlanet's CEO; 
  -- Malcolm Hobbs -- Saba's Vice President of Marketing; 
  -- Sanjay Dholakia -- Docent's Vice President of Marketing and Business 
     Development; and 
  -- Gina Cohen -- Advanstar's Group Publisher. 

The actual Esotera GRD publication contains requirement specifications for 1,200 topics and nearly 3,500 data points on the combined areas of LMS, LCMS, Authoring, and Virtual Classrooms. This comprehensive research covers the eight key decision areas that e-Learning Executives have defined as critical to a strong and lasting partnership with a vendor: Product Functionality, System Architecture, Industry Solutions, Vendor Profile Data, Customer Service & Support, Vendor's Ability to Execute, Content Standards & Availability, and Pricing.

"The Esotera GRD is currently the most comprehensive specification document ever created for the industry," said Joe DiDonato from the Esotera Group. "Our hope is that companies will use a subset of the document for defining their own unique needs when dealing with industry vendors." Mr. DiDonato went on to say, "Our task going forward is to take the best minds in the industry and craft the future of these enterprise human capital systems."

The General Requirements Document for Enterprise Human Capital Systems is available as a free download from Esotera's website at http://www.esoteragroup.com/. The Esotera Group also publishes comprehensive research on top EHCS vendors such as Docent, Saba, Oracle, ...