Several of the LMS vendors appear more than once, such as Oracle. Most of the time (as is the case with Oracle) these are different products. know the folks from CornerStone and their product does some really interesting things. Oracle's ( Learning Management and PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management but less so it's iLearning ) and SAP Enterprise Learning score better than I would have expected. Over the past few years, they've been able to fend of Oracle, PeopleSoft and SAP through superior products. Oracle iLearning Oracle 4 8.25 MORE >>

Companies like SAP and Oracle have offered such end-to-end solutions for years now, and the largest supply chain organizations in the world have already bought-in. Supply chain organizations concern themselves with sourcing products from all over the world to get anywhere else in the world. Potentially big platforms like SAP and Oracle can adopt the Experience API. Since “Tin Can” works with just about every programming language, chances are you can extend your existing products to talk with one tongue. And that brings us to today’s post. MORE >>

Salesforce has integrated its fully-featured Chatter social collaboration and networking product. Oracle has got the " Oracle Social Network " product. And every LMS vendor in the world seems to think their product contains the ultimate in social learning tools. In a typical organisation you might find the IT team promoting Sharepoint, business managers promoting Salesforce, Internal Communications promoting Yammer, Learning & Development promoting Saba Social Learning , HR promoting Oracle, and your R&D mavericks promoting BuddyPress. MORE >>

Last week I met with 30+ of the major providers of talent management at the HR Technology Conference, and I also had the opportunity to spend time at OracleWorld in San Francisco - and want to mention a few of the big elephants entering the space: ADP and Oracle in particular, and then say a word about Silkroad. While the user experience is not as sexy or exciting as some of the newer players, the offering is a "complete HCM solution" similar to what Oracle, SAP, Workday, Lawson, and other ERP providers are offering. Oracle Fusion HCM : Flexible and Finally Here. MORE >>

Yes, that is Trillion with a ‘T’ The McKinsey Global Institute, the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company, published a  study on “unleashing value and productivity through social technologies.”. The value is mostly through added productivity. Most of the projected boon available through social technologies in the workplace is from increased productivity. Cultural adoption is key and shouldn’t be hindered with counter-productive per user and usage costs. We have seen the rise of titans: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and more. MORE >>