WHITE HOUSE, Tennessee – February 9, 2001 Striker Systems today announced the release of their newest multimedia e-Learning system.  The “Striker Assistant” introduces the latest in multimedia technology in Striker’s Fab Professional sheet metal fabrication software and Die Professional stamping die design software.  The Striker Assistant provides two key benefits to users of Striker software.  First, the Striker Assistant provides immediate access to pertinent help information.  With a single button pick, help is retrieved for the currently active command.  Users do not have to perform keyword searches to find applicable information.  This immediate help access not only decreases time spent in retrieving pertinent help, it also makes users more willing to go to the Striker Assistant knowing that help is immediately available.
          A second key benefit of the Striker Assistant is that the help is provided in a multimedia (audio/visual) format.  Striker’s Manager of Training Resources, Curtis Ellis, says,  “In an effort to make Striker products as user friendly as possible, we’ve embedded the ‘Striker Assistant’ throughout most of our solutions.  The impact of watching a movie clip is much greater than reading a text based help system.”  The e-Learning approach reduces the training time required by new Striker Systems users and provides seasoned users with an on-line reference system.  The “Striker Assistant” will be shipped in conjunction with Striker Systems Fab Professional sheet metal fabrication software and Die Professional stamping die design software.  Updates to the e-Learning multimedia data can be automatically downloaded from the Striker Systems web site through an automatic update system.