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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. For instance: Sometimes a buyer seeks technology that is complementary or superior to its own. Here’s my summary: 1) Faster Innovation : Blending R&D from both companies will make it possible to develop more stuff, more quickly, across the product suite.

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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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The Cornerstone Acquisition

eLearning 24-7

The LMS market still has the largest share in the learning system space, many are in the last five years, they range from innovative to just eech. One article I read, saw the acquisition as the end of innovation in the LMS market. I never put innovation and SumTotal in the same sentence. SumTotal was never innovative.

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Time for Change: MOOCs and Learning Technology

CLO Magazine

Massive open online courses are transforming learning technology. Companies such as Blackboard, CBT Systems — now Skillsoft — Saba and Docent were born. Once we get comfortable with Udacity, Khan Academy and YouTube, it’s natural that we, and the vendors that serve us, will copy those innovative ideas.

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LMSs that kick ass: Saba

Janet Clarey

The sixth LMS in the LMSs that kick ass Friday series is Saba. Saba’s primary market is corporate learning with just more than half of all implementations installed behind-the-firewall (largest implementation 2,000,000 learners). Saba is a major player among corporate LMSs -you can say it’s a benchmark system.

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2017 Talented Learning LMS Awards: Best of the Best

Talented Learning

They are intended to help buyers navigate the uncertain waters of today’s learning technology marketplace. Since then, the breadth, depth, and texture of the learning technology landscape have grown even more complex and nuanced. Best Learning Tech Innovator. Feedback from current and former employees of these vendors.

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Learning System Award Winners 2019

eLearning 24-7

Docebo, Asentia LMS, Syfadis Experience, Saba, G-Cube, Brainier LMS, Persona Learning Management, SkyPrep, Blackboard (Corp version), . After seeing the latest version of Saba and talking to execs, and the recent acquisition of Lumesse with me:time too, Saba returns to the Top 50. . Saba was #2. LEP/LXP market.