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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

The initial person who thought buying SumTotal was a great idea (initially it was) and then dumped it for a fortune to Skillsoft (another great idea), which in turn was someone at Skillsoft thinking this was a great idea, which turned out to be false and was a factor in Skillsoft going into bankruptcy due to the albatross known as SumTotal.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

Anyway, to stop that “traditional” spin, they need a re-brand, something fresh, modern, new attitude approach – I just mean related to the learning system and so forth, not their name for example, rather the product/LOB. If you ever wondered what down the tubes look like, look no further than Learn.com. Skillsoft).

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

SumTotal – Today? Owned by SumTotal – who ruined it, because by then it was GeoLearning Maestro (not that great). Owned by SumTotal – who ruined it, because by then it was GeoLearning Maestro (not that great). SumTotal called it SumTotal Maestro. Learn.com started out as an LMS. Sure folks.

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2010 LMS Products of the Year

eLearning 24-7

LMS Products of the Year 2010. A lot of great products out there this year, new updates and latest versions; new companies, new services and just some real innovation. Big Dog (Saba, SumTotal, Plateau, Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com). These standout to me. I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix.

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Kevin Oakes on the Rise and Fall of the LMS

Tony Karrer

And when you go look at the LMS providers, they don't call themselves an LMS anymore: • SumTotal is a global provider of talent and learning management solutions. • Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success.

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The Augmented LMS: New Life for Talent Management Learning?

Talented Learning

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. With that kind of captive customer, why would a talent management LMS vendor even bother to improve its product? Augment It!

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2015 Talented Learning LMS Vendor Award Recipients

Talented Learning

Oracle acquired Taleo who had acquired Learn.com and the list goes on. The cloud enables new LMS vendors to create and support one product that all customers use providing economies of scale in research, customer support and required investment capital. SAP acquired SuccessFactors who had acquired Plateau. Cloud to the Rescue.