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Cornerstone-Saba Acquisition: What Does it Mean for LMS Customers?

Talented Learning

Cornerstone plans to acquire Saba for a hefty $1.395 billion. But here’s the rub: Although an acquisition may be good for companies and investors on both sides of the deal, it’s rarely a treat for customers of the acquired business. Doesn’t sound like Saba customers will see much upside anytime soon.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. announces acquisition of Saba in $1.395 billion deal

CLO Magazine

24 that it was acquiring the cloud-based talent experience solutions software company Saba for $1.395 billion. The cash and stock transition was unanimously approved by the boards of directors from both Cornerstone and Saba, according to the release. Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. announced Feb. The post Cornerstone OnDemand Inc.

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Docebo: The hottest learning tech company in years

Docebo

Every company is onboarding, reskilling, and developing its people and companies need dozens of tools to do this well. Not only do companies buy learning tools to train and upskill employees, but many companies also sell learning as a product. Hundreds of other companies do the same.

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Saba CEO Steps Down

CLO Magazine

Shawn Farshchi, Saba’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, has been named interim CEO. — March 1 Saba, a provider of people-centric enterprise services, announced a leadership transition Friday. Shawn Farshchi, Saba’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, has been named interim CEO.

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Product Review: Saba Social

eLearning 24-7

I admit that in general I have been underwhelmed in the past with Saba. So, when I went and checked out Saba Social, Saba’s new social learning platform, I had very low expectations. Over 25 different social media types and Saba Social sticks with the ones everyone always sees – WHY? I was surprised.

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Saba to Acquire Halogen Software in 2017’s First Big HR Technology Deal

CLO Magazine

While consolidation in the HR technology space isn’t much of a surprise anymore, Saba Software’s announced acquisition of Ottawa, Canada-based Halogen Software was a bit unexpected. billion SAP-SuccessFactors acquisition , this could be the next wave in smaller companies building broader HR technology suites.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Sure, others may get involved (the usual case at a company), but there is still initially one person who thought of it. Acquisitions Any company that acquires another – in our case, a learning system- always thinks it is a great idea. Some companies still use NetD despite the system not receiving any updates, maintenance, etc.

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