HarvestRoad develops specialized content management software for use in organizations that implement online learning and knowledge management systems.

HarvestRoad Hive® is a Federated Digital Repository System (FDRS). It manages any form of content used in online learning, corporate training and knowledge management initiatives.

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HarvestRoad Hive® is designed to establish a bridge between islands of content within and across multiple institutions or organizations, regardless of the type of content or purpose for its existence. You use HarvestRoad Hive® to store and manage so called "learning objects" or "knowledge objects" and their metadata, assemble these into standards-compliant packages, and deliver that content on demand to learning and course management systems, corporate training systems or web portals.

HarvestRoad Hive® is an independent digital repository; it can interface with practically any ERP, Learning or Course Management System and is already integrated with several commonly used course management systems, authoring and content assembly tools.

It is independent of the systems that create or assemble content and independent of the systems that deliver online classroom experiences, such as course or learning management systems. This means that by choosing HarvestRoad Hive® for your content management you are not locked into proprietary Learning Management Systems and any LMS technology investment you have already made is secure.

It is federated because it is designed to share content across multiple instances of the HarvestRoad Hive® application or across other repositories in your organization, such as library systems. Use HarvestRoad Hive® as a single point of discovery for your information assets or make content in HarvestRoad Hive® accessible to a federated search engine.

Although HarvestRoad Hive® is designed to manage any type of business document it provides specialized digital repository functionality to manage content used in so-called "eLearning" implementations. eLearning is online learning delivered over the web or in a blend of face to face and online delivery. HarvestRoad Hive® solves the information management problems that surface when organizations implement eLearning. Such problems require solutions for:

• version control, controlled editing in collaborative situations
• structured and flexible workflow to implement quality processes for content maintenance
• metadata management and the ability to customize for your specific needs
• copyright management and enforcement of copyright access restrictions
• content rendering in alternative formats for delivery of content to web browsers and other devices, and
• rapid content assembly and disassembly of learning objects
• distributed caching of content to support scalable, responsive delivery of content to portals, learning management systems and other applications.

HarvestRoad can be found on the web at www.harvestroad.com.