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WEbCT -your questions answered (or not)
Greetings,
As we at WebCT have been talking with many customers over the last couple days, a number of important questions have been asked over and over again. We wanted to follow up with you to ensure you receive answers to those top-of-mind questions:
What will happen to my product? Will I have to switch to Blackboard’s products?
Blackboard announced that it plans to develop, innovate, upgrade, improve, and support both Blackboard’s and WebCT’s products, including WebCT Vista and WebCT Campus Edition, and the Blackboard Academic Suite and Blackboard Commerce Suite. The combined company will continue to invest in each company’s products consistent with product development directions respectively communicated to each client base. Right now, WebCT is still hard at work on new product releases, including a new release of WebCT Campus Edition and WebCT Vista in 2006.
What’s your product roadmap? When will the next-generation platform be available?
Blackboard has announced that, following the merger, it will develop common, standards-based APIs, based on Blackboard Building Blocks and WebCT PowerLinks, which will allow the existing product lines to interoperate with one another. Following the merger, under Chris Vento’s leadership, we will eventually develop a new next-generation, standards-based, product set that incorporates the best features, usability characteristics, and technical architecture from the two product lines. Note: Chris Vento is WebCT’s current Chief Technology Officer and will be taking on the role of Sr. VP of Technology and Product Development in the combined organization.
The development of this next-generation suite is expected to be an effort that will take multiple years and most likely happen as the existing products evolve over time and therefore should not impact your current upgrade and deployments plans. Neither Blackboard nor WebCT can provide more information about future development timelines right now because we are still operating as completely independent companies. After the merger is complete, we will provide more specific information as it becomes available.
How will WebCT’s practices and standards for quality account management, quality service and quality support be integrated into the combined company?
WebCT employees will represent roughly 50% of the combined company in the Academic Suite business. Blackboard is keenly aware of WebCT’s reputation for quality and direct communications in our account management, professional services, and support interactions and will seek to adopt WebCT’s best practices across the entire combined company.
We also would like to encourage you to attend the town hall-style information session that Blackboard and WebCT are holding jointly at the EDUCAUSE 2005 Annual Conference, in Orlando, Florida. The forum will establish an open dialogue between members of the academic community and Blackboard and WebCT CEOs about the planned merger. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 19th at 11:40 a.m. at the Orange County Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A-2. The session will be repeated on Thursday, October 20th at 2:20 p.m. in room W204A.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact your current WebCT account manager. We look forward to our continued partnership, hearing your thoughts, and answering any questions you might have.
Sincerely,
Carol Vallone
Chairman, President & CEO
WebCT
Michael Chasen
President & CEO
Blackboard
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