CLO Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

Recently, Carol Leaman wrote an article for this publication in which she proposed that learning management systems are so five years ago. LMSs, the undisputed Goliath of the corporate learning world, are having their lunch eaten by David,” she wrote. The LMS market has seen significant innovation over time.

LMS 66

LMS Learning Management System System Diversity Training 66

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 11, 2024

Someone came up with the idea of a LMS. Someone came up with the term LMS – albeit Jay Cross (RIP) is said to be that person; however, this is debatable. However, ND never hit its stride and had the potential to do so – the very first vendor, whereas you could use part of it via a jump drive (true). Not Articulate.

Ideas 84

Ideas Learn.com SumTotal SkillSoft 84

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2016

It is not easy choosing the best LMS for 2016. That’s because the learning management systems market has never been stronger or more diverse. LMS specialists of every size, shape and focus continue to enter the space with impressive new capabilities. Finding the Best LMS in a Complex World.

Association Learning Management System 0

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS LMS 0

Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Learning management systems didn’t die. Quick LMS History. Corporate LMSs were invented almost 30 years ago to manage and report on the training and compliance of their employees and contractors. Every LMS tried to be all things to all types of customers in all industries. Cloud to the Rescue.

Association Learning Management System 40

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS LMS 40

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 8, 2014

They forget to realize that a learning system, learning platform are just semantics – as noted before. You can have a modern learning system that is really crummy, just as you can have with a LMS. 15 Administrate – Part CRM, part financial tools, and a unique approach that works for a LMS.

LMS 86

LMS Learning Management System System Management 86

Challenge to Learn

MAY 24, 2016

You can buy a big system that does all (like Blackboard, Sumtotal, Saba, Cornerstone on demand, et cetera) or you can go for a bunch of specialized tools that will beat that big solution on every specialty. Be careful of Vendor lock in. You have the risk for a vendor lock in with almost all LMS (Learning Management Systems).

Authoring Tools 177

Authoring Tools Expert LMS Saba 177

Challenge to Learn

MAY 24, 2016

You can buy a big system that does all (like Blackboard, Sumtotal, Saba, Cornerstone on demand, et cetera) or you can go for a bunch of specialized tools that will beat that big solution on every specialty. Be careful of Vendor lock in. You have the risk for a vendor lock in with almost all LMS (Learning Management Systems).

Authoring Tools 177

Authoring Tools Expert LMS Saba 177

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2017

It’s time again for the annual Talented Learning LMS Awards! The Talented Learning Awards are not a money-making affair for us. Vendors can’t buy their way onto these lists. In fact, there is no cost to participate and no way vendors can influence the outcome directly. Because in truth, it depends!

Association Learning Management System 0

Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS Compliance Training 0

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 16, 2022

Sure in some cases it did poorly, but it wasn’t because the idea wasn’t sound, it was due to the way the learning was presented. The LMS market takes a beating all the time. An analyst jumps on board and now the doom of the LMS is here. The L&D ripple effect with the LMS, a combo delight for some, showed up too.

Cornerstone 90

Cornerstone SumTotal vendor Compliance Training 90

Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

When we started Talented Learning nearly four years ago, our mission was to help clients find and use learning management systems that effectively support extended enterprise education. After all, the circumstances surrounding extended enterprise learning are vastly different from employee-related scenarios.

LMS 78

LMS Virtual Classroom Management Diversity Training 78

QuoDeck

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What LMS Overkill Is And Ways To Avoid It? This requirement for learning has spawned the multi-billion-dollar Learning Management System (LMS) industry. Which brings me to the all-important question: As a company looking to implement an LMS, how does one choose the most appropriate one ?

LMS 91

LMS Social Networks Enterprise Saba 91

CLO Magazine

JULY 21, 2017

There’s a lot of talk about the fate of the LMS these days. Others contend that demand is booming and the future of the LMS is bright. For example, read the battling viewpoints expressed on this site between Carol Leaman of Axonify and Joe Majors of Saba. We need to start by defining what we mean when we say LMS.

LMS 83

LMS xapi Compliance Training ILT 83

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Vendors saying “have you looked at XYZ” (which is their system). Just asking to recommend an LMS without the audience knowing exactly what you want is like following the mantra of saying can you recommend me a movie to go see, without telling people you hate dramas, comedies and documentaries. Recommendations.

LMS 69

LMS Metrics SumTotal RFP 69

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 14, 2017

One Grid that goes beyond the Quadrants of the world, the other type of grids focusing on the space, the vendors that make it based on a variety of factors as defined by the firms themselves. The GRID – NexGen LMS Style. I decided for this debut to focus on 20 vendors. It’s been a long time coming. I totally get it.

LMS 73

LMS vendor Saba Coaching 73

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Because of the size of the market and split out of types of systems, it made sense to create an umbrella term and then place the main four types of systems under said umbrella. . Hence, learning systems. The biggest market in size and scope are LMSs (Learning Management Systems). LEP/LXP market.

Learning System 94

Learning System System Saba SumTotal 94

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 6, 2020

not suppliers), on what they are seeking in a learning system, often noting the LMS and an LXP. Some want a hybrid of the two, others want features that they believe may not exist in one system or another. Sure a vendor can say we are an LXP, but a LMS too or vice versa. That is 100% FALSE.

Compliance Training 70

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 70

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 9, 2020

It has been a wild week from the acquisition of Saba by Cornerstone to the ability to compare systems in detail on FindAnLMS, to the Coronavirus and the usage of Microsoft Teams as part of the L&D experience. Especially on the vendor side, whereas pricing for systems, dropped in cost. Cornerstone Acquires Saba.

Saba 60

Saba Cornerstone Microsoft vendor 60

Learning Developments

MARCH 17, 2011

The question is “what is the best way to create a video based training course in Saba?” In this case, I was unable to find a best practice when it comes to packaging as SCORM to deliver in an LMS. Use a player template in saba that will serve as the table of contents for the course. I have a lot of video based content.

Saba 53

Saba Player Templates Lectora 53

eLearning 24-7

MAY 7, 2013

Since my Top 10 list of LMS vendors has been posted online, I have received quite a bit of e-mail wondering why the biggest names: Cornerstone On Demand, Saba, SumTotal and SuccessFactors are not on the list. A LMS should first be a LMS. I have some real concerns on what is taking place with Saba today.

Saba 74

Saba SumTotal LMS Cornerstone 74

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 12, 2011

I admit that in general I have been underwhelmed in the past with Saba. A LMS whose UI is poor, ease of use not there and questionable feature sets and service. So, when I went and checked out Saba Social, Saba’s new social learning platform, I had very low expectations. I was surprised. Bottom Line.

Saba 69

Saba Social Networks Social Productivity 69

Talented Learning

JANUARY 12, 2016

The 2016 LMS market is not what you think. We have spent the last two years interviewing hundreds of global learning technology professionals on both the vendor and practitioner sides of the fence. We incorporate what we learn from each conversation into our analysis and understanding of the learning technology market.

Predictions 70

Predictions Association Learning Management System Association LMS Market 70

Talented Learning

AUGUST 17, 2017

I bump into LinkedIn posts from learning professionals who are overwhelmed by LMS challenges. Often, these posts have 287 or more responses from LMS vendors, each claiming they offer the best solution, given the overwhelming evidence provided in the original 2-sentence help request. New LMS Realities.

Trust 63

Trust Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS 63

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 24, 2015

In future posts, three random systems will land a “quick take” mini review. . What is happening with some better known vendors or those on my radar of up and coming will be equally presented. Issue #1, Vol 1, Vendors 5. Instructure Bridge (Yep those HE folks are adding a corporate system to their product line).

LMS 40

LMS Saba Cornerstone OnDemand SumTotal 40

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In a little over two months, my 2016 Top 50 LMS Report will be available for purchase. And yeah there are vendors who will taut that they are in X list or Y rankings and thus should be included. Even open source systems. Are they better than every other vendor in the market? It’s nearly here. Not everyone gets in.

vendor 40

vendor Report Association LMS Association Learning Management System 40

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 31, 2014

Every E-Learning vendor should want your business and treat you as they would want to be treated. Every LMS vendor should have a standard regarding response times, when they receive an inquiry via the internet. I know of one vendor who responds within 30 minutes of receiving an inquiry. I believe that. Very cool.

LMS 74

LMS e-learning vendor vendor Saba 74

CLO Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2019

When I began my career as an analyst, I started out studying the LMS market. At that time (early 2000s), learning management systems were an innovative new business application that helped companies build and manage e-learning and track and organize all forms of training.

Compliance Training 89

Compliance Training SumTotal LMS SAP 89

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2022

While I disagree with the L&D-only focus (ignoring training – as though L&D is the only entity around), I found that the latest version of Cornerstone CSX (Learn – LMS), is going in the right direction. I met one attendee who has Saba Cloud and EdCast, so its doable. I have always disagreed with that premise.

Conference 78

Conference Cornerstone Grovo Metrics 78

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve heard vendors rave how awesome they are, how much their clients love them, how they understand what the market needs and wants, how their support is number one and so on and so on. Sadly to many vendors this is not feasible. I have to assume that the vendors who do not do it, are making 250M gross sales a year. .

LMS 48

LMS vendor Saba System 48

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 6, 2016

You can still buy the 2016 Top 50 LMS Report (BTW). The same could be said for the LMS (and all its subsets) industry. I track 1,225 systems around the world. . Some vendors have multiple systems, but generally speaking it is usually one to one, i.e. one vendor and one system. 30, 2017. .

Report 62

Report Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 62

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 2, 2014

It is that time of the year, okay, not really, but it is time or more specifically near the time for the release of my Top 50 LMS mid-rankings report. Changes have been made from the previous report, including vendors who are now out and new ones that are now “in” . their administrator) add apps/widgets to their LMS?

Association Learning Management System 77

Association Learning Management System LMS Report Association LMS 77

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

LMS Products of the Year 2010. I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Big Dog (Saba, SumTotal, Plateau, Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com). Open Source Systems – That have to be 100% free to be considered. Big Dog LMS. Saba does a good job as well. Open Source LMS of the Year.

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2018

To the 2018-19 Learning System Grid,identifying the Leaders, Risers, Steady and Slow vendors for NexGen functionality. . For this year’s grid, an additional vendor was added per group (last year it was five per grid). NexGen Functionality Tier 2 (Not every vendor has all of these items, just an fyi).

Learning System 80

Learning System System SumTotal Grovo 80

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 31, 2023

Depending on your vernacular, Performance can be seen in some twist with talent management or as a standalone as performance management. If you wanted performance management, you purchased a PM system (I will use PM going forward to mean performance management). Again, HR, is dependent on the business, etc.

Performance Support 79

Performance Support Performance Trends Blended Learning 79

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 13, 2016

If you have or are looking for an LMS, perhaps someone in your company or department has mentioned that this X vendor or Y vendor either isn’t known or they have never heard of them and thus it is better to go with a well-known vendor, because they must be better – I mean look at all the folks they have.

LMS 40

LMS vendor Games Low Cost 40

Janet Clarey

JANUARY 2, 2009

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.

Saba 36

Saba Brandon Hall Centra Cornerstone OnDemand 36

CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Gold: Saba Software Security vendor Kaspersky Labs has more than 2,700 employees operating in almost 200 countries. To serve this large customer base, it’s essential for the company to keep its workforce up to date with learning and development. Saba implemented and deployed the system within 45 days.

Social Learning 61

Social Learning Saba Social Diversity Training 61

eLearning 24-7

JULY 9, 2012

How many of you have seen vendors respond to your questions? I need a LMS. Q: I’m looking for a LMS that has classroom mgt, can have abc learners see only one course or a set of courses, while another group sees a different set of courses and I need to batch upload my learners. Task management. Well Known Systems.

LMS 72

LMS vendor Cornerstone OnDemand Virtual Classroom 72