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Cornerstone Acquires SumTotal For $200 Million

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

Today was a pretty iconic announcement: after decades of investment, Skillsoft decided to give up on the LMS market and sell SumTotal Systems to Cornerstone for $200 Million. While I don’t have any details on the deal yet, this pretty much ends the innovative phase of the Learning Management Systems market, clearly marking a.

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Top 20 Enterprise Learning Systems 2022

eLearning 24-7

I bring this up because as with Enterprise, and how it is defined, it should be a clear response – and as the “Enterprise” past post noted, it never is so easy. The same can be said for Enterprise Learning Systems. For these rankings, I defined “Enterprise” as 5,000 to 9,999 end users.

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OpenSesame and SumTotal Integration Improves Employee Learning, Upskilling, and Training Process

OpenSesame

OpenSesame, a market-leading SaaS global eLearning innovator, announced an integration with SumTotal—learning, talent, and workforce management company. The integration allows Learning & Development administrators to send OpenSesame content to their SumTotal LMS quickly and effortlessly. About SumTotal.

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SumTotal Acquires GeoLearning

Kapp Notes

Today, SumTotal announced the acquisition of GeoLearning. The combined company represents the largest and most complete talent management provider in the industry supporting every industry and every market segment. As of January 5, 2011, SumTotal and GeoLearning are now one integrated company with a unified strategy and vision.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

It’s a bad idea before it even goes to market. Then Cornerstone came along and bought SumTotal for peanuts, which was a good idea, and here we are with SumTotal. Then Cornerstone came along and bought SumTotal for peanuts, which was a good idea, and here we are with SumTotal. I chose the groupings route.

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Latest in the Learning System Market

eLearning 24-7

Well, it is that time again, to see where the market is, where it is going, and what you should be watching for, that doesn’t involve Netflix recommendations to movies and shows you will never view. Do they really understand the market and all the variables that go into whether somebody buys system X versus Y?

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Docebo: Surprising Leader In Learning Management Platforms

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

The LMS market is often considered a red ocean : hundreds of vendors, highly complex user needs, and few vendors making a profit. Over the last decade almost every leading LMS vendor (Saba, Docent, Plateau, Learn.com, Litmos, Sumtotal) was acquired, largely because they couldn’t sustain their growth in a highly competitive market.

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