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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

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For example, Growth Engineering was a trailblazer as it relates to gamification and utilizing it within their entire platform. Learn.com – First a content aggregator, then jumped into the LMS market, acquired by Taleo, who promised to invest heavily. Taleo, then acquired by Oracle. That didn’t happen. Skillsoft).

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History of the LMS

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Learn.com – They came a bit later, but there is a good story, and yes, they still exist. Learn.com started out as an LMS. Taleo promised to invest big $$$ to make Learn.com amazing. Then, came Oracle, who purchased Taleo. Just as an LMS nowadays, or a learning platform, or LXP, or whatever, isn’t.

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The Augmented LMS: New Life for Talent Management Learning?

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Old-school LMS companies (like SumTotal , Plateau , Learn.com , GeoLearning and Certpoint ) were acquired by much larger talent and HR-suite providers like SAP/SuccessFactors , Infor , Oracle and IBM. So if you’ve lost the battle for a new LMS, join us to learn why augmenting your existing platform can be a winning alternative!

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Learning Systems for 2018 (#25 to #16)

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The more robust data will appear in my Find an LMS platform which due to adding more functionality will launch in Q2 of this year. Two sales enablement platforms make it into the top 50, one in the top 20. Five Learning Engagement Platforms are in the Top 50, three of which are in the Top 20. Again, this is a global list. .

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Latest Negative E-Learning Trends

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What makes this a horrific trend is that these folks are selling learning platforms or solutions to consumers, who are unaware that these people have zero experience. SaaS authoring tool vendors continue to include analytical data as an option in their platform. Learn.com started as a course aggregator. Negative Trend.

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Top 50 LMS Report for 2016 – What you need to know (criteria, approach, and yeah some vendors)

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I identify the Big Dogs as SumTotal by Skillsoft (yes, that is the actual name), Cornerstone OnDemand, Saba, SucessFactors and Oracle Taleo (although, I ask myself who is using this and if you still are why?). Oracle Taleo – Seriously, either overhaul this thing or dump it and torch it. SumTotal by Skillsoft. Saba Learning.

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Something is Going on Down there in the LMS Market

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Same issue occurred with various other alternative browsers – many of which were built on similar IE like platforms, uh, Opera was not. Let’s take a brief look at a couple of recent moves: Taleo acquires Learn.com. They are an ERP system founded by the guy who started Peoplesoft and then eventually sold it to Oracle.