LONDON (July 19, 2010) -- Curverider Limited, the company behind the award-winning Elgg social networking software, has announced that it has appointed Nivel Siete as an Elgg Partner. Nivel Siete delivers e-learning and other web-based solutions for the corporate and higher education markets. The company is based in Columbia, South America, and serves more than 130 customers across 10 countries. NivelSiete's appointment will enable it to market and deliver Elgg consultancy, support and customized social networks for customers with the assurance that it is accredited by the company behind the Elgg software.

Commenting on the announcement, Richard Owen, Commercial Director at Curverider said: "We are committed to building a network of accredited partners world-wide to help meet the needs of organizations that require expert advice and support with implementing an Elgg-powered solution; whether as an internal social network to facilitate collaboration, or as a social layer that augments and enhances more traditional e-learning environments. Nivel Siete brings a strong track record of delivering e-learning and other web-based solutions for customers and I am delighted to welcome them as our first partner. We will be expanding our network of partners as the year progresses and I look forward to announcing further appointments over the coming months."

Laureano Diaz, co-founder at NivelSiete, said: "Our extensive experience in the corporate and higher education markets has shown that collaborative social applications such as Elgg can enhance e-learning environments by increasing student productivity, retention and satisfaction. Today's partnership announcement demonstrates that Nivel Siete is at the forefront of this growing sector and continues to meet the evolving needs of customers ."

About Curverider Limited

Curverider develops socially-enabled software for organizations. Its flagship product is Elgg, the award-winning social platform that provides the tools and resources to enable organizations to create their own fully-featured social hub. Elgg is available as a SaaS-based service for businesses and academic institutions and the core platform is released as open source software. Created in 2004, Elgg has grown to become the social platform of choice for thousands of organizations worldwide, powering networks for businesses such as Wiley Publishing, major universities such as Harvard and Stanford and governments including the Federal Canadian Government and the State of Ohio.
www.elgg.com

About Nivel Siete

Nivel Siete delivers a range of SaaS-based and tailored e-Learning and other web-based solutions to more than 130 higher education and corporate customers across 10 countries. Founded in 2002 in Colombia, South America, and with clients including Mazda, Bayer and FNPI, the company partners with leading software solutions such as Elgg, Moodle and Typo3.
www.nivel7.net