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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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Docebo: The hottest learning tech company in years

Docebo

L’Oreal, which is one of the largest providers of beauty and hair care products, sells millions of dollars of training to hair care specialists. And every tech company from Oracle to Microsoft makes hundreds of millions of dollars selling certifications, credentials, and ongoing education to drive usage.

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A Whole New World (of Learning)

CLO Magazine

Many now sit behind consumer-like front ends built by companies such as Cornerstone, SumTotal and Instructure. I think it’s clear that the function provided by the LMS no longer belongs in an entirely separate system. I don’t predict the end of big systems like Saba, SumTotal, SAP or any other LMS vendor overnight.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

Most of it came, via 3rd party providers, or what we referred to as “boutique shops” – think custom development (fee-based) that someone, company, government, institution, and so forth hired to create a course or courses. ISP (Internet Service Providers) fees were high. Oh, and access wasn’t free.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

Taleo, then acquired by Oracle. Strategic blunder of major proportions in the acquisition of SumTotal has continued to hurt them (i.e., Fun fact – The new SumTotal front-end was from Percipio (Skillsoft’s LXP platform). Fun fact – The new SumTotal front-end was from Percipio (Skillsoft’s LXP platform).

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Learning Solutions Series: Top 10 Learning Management Systems

InsiderHub

LMSs provide a way of managing many facets of the online learning experience – such as grading/scoring, keeping track of content, administrative functions, and more. CollectMyThoughts ( www.CollectMyThoughts.com ) seeks to provide this setting, where objective ratings and feedback on each solution can be observed and compared.

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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. Nearly overnight, the LMS industry morphed into the talent management industry. Extended Enterprise Specialists Roll Into Town.

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