/India PRwire/ – Pune-based Harbinger Group walked away with the top honors when Training Australia Magazine named the LearnX Asia Pacific 2009 E-Learning & Training Award winners of its prestigious awards program. Harbinger accepted these awards at LearnX Asia Pacific 2009live event in Sydney last week.

Raptivity, the leading rapid interactivity building tool by Harbinger Group, won 3 Gold awards in ‘Best Rapid E-Learning Tool’, ‘Best Simulation Solution’ and ‘Best Assessment Tool’ categories. Elicitus, the leading rapid eLearning authoring tool by Harbinger, won the ‘Best Authoring Tool’ award. Elicitus has won this award for the 2nd time in a row.

LearnX Asia Pacific 2009 E-Learning & Training Awards program is described as Asia Pacific's first and only independent awards program for the region’slearning and development industries. This award program honors workforce learning and supporting technologies including innovative learning initiatives used in learning that have been voted by the users of these technologies to be the best in class.

"With a bumpy economic year ahead, there will be tough decisions and challenges for many e-learning and training professionals and the awards highlighthowthe corporate, educationand public service sectors see training as amajor strengthin driving increased productivity, reducing costs and building staff confidence in these uncertain times," said Executive Editor Rob Clarke.

“Harbinger Group is delighted to be the recipient of these awards for the second consecutive year,” said Vikas Joshi, Chairman and Managing Director of Harbinger Group.

“This recognition comes close on heels with Raptivity being voted as winner of UK-based Software Satisfaction Awards 2008. Harbinger will continue its innovation in rapid interactivity technology and consolidate its global leadership in this space.”“These awards are special because these are based on the voting done by Raptivity & Elicitus users who use our products on a day-to-day basis. We would like to thank our users for endorsing their satisfaction in using Raptivity & Elicitus”, he added.

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Harbinger Group is a global provider of software products and services. The Harbinger Group companies are Harbinger Systems and Harbinger Knowledge Products.

Harbinger Systems is a leading provider of software engineering services to some of the world's best product companies. Harbinger Systems leverages cutting-edge technologies to work with its customers as a partner in technology innovation.

Harbinger Knowledge Products is recognized as a global leader in interactivity solutions for knowledge-sharing applications including learning, presentation and web development.

Harbinger Group serves customers in over 45 countries through its offices in Pune (India), Redmond (WA, USA), San Jose (CA, USA), Pleasanton (CA, USA), London (UK) and through its partner network worldwide.

Harbinger's patent-pending technology and sound thought leadership have resulted in groundbreaking products, including market-leading Raptivity, innovative Yawn Buster and cutting-edge Teeming Pod.

Since its foundation in 1990, Harbinger has upheld its core values: Innovate, Partner and Excel. The Harbinger philosophy is to create value for its customers through a culture of continuous learning, respect for the individual, and innovation.

For more information on Harbinger Group, visit www.harbingergroup.com