eLearning 24-7

JULY 18, 2022

They are the ones that many vendors still today, hear from, to gauge whether or not said vendor is interested in being acquired or receiving funding. First, I would look at their LinkedIn headcount, and, in particular, sales headcount to build a directional sense for the size or scale of a vendor (i.e.,

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vendor Portfolio Learning System System 73

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. You could say for everyone learner or just a group of learners, you could do this for every publisher that the vendor offered. WBT (Web-Based Training). Who led the market?

Compliance Training 81

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

InsiderHub

JUNE 24, 2014

Here are the top 10 LMS brands owned: Blackboard Internal/Developed In-House SAP/SuccessFactors/Plateau SumTotal Cornerstone OnDemand Oracle Skillsoft/Skillport Saba HealthStream Moodle Others Learning management systems are used in both corporate as well as academic settings. Solutions Series'

LMS 98

LMS Learning Management System Cornerstone OnDemand Solution 98

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 25, 2022

I thought first around something like the Truth they don’t want you to know, then realized that some vendors would push back and say that isn’t true, which gets back to the original statement. There are going to be salespeople who do not even work for the vendor. Are there exceptions absolutely.

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vendor Scanning Metrics SAP 57

eLearning 24-7

JULY 8, 2010

The market continues to grow it is nearly impossible to see every vendor’s latest solution. Additionally, vendors can cease to exist quickly. There are a large number of vendors who support ERP systems, inc. Some vendors use the words “VLE&# – but in a deeper dive, it is a LMS for them. Vendors Reviewed.

LCMS 68

LCMS LMS Brandon Hall PeopleSoft 68

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Big Dog (Saba, SumTotal, Plateau, Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com). If you are seeking TM as your focus and you want one of the big dogs – I found Plateau’s system to offer appropriate functionality for it, but found some real concern in other areas (see my product review). These standout to me. Categories. Well, they are.

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 26, 2017

One competitor purchased a VLP as a key component, SAP purchased SuccessFactors, a recruiting system initially turned HCM, who had acquired Plateau, a strong but awful UI/UX LMS. SuccessFactors constantly stated they would invest heavily into Plateau and initially, vast improvement was to be found. Yes, a two-time nominee.

Oracle 0

Oracle Grovo SAP Micro-Learning 0

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Once a darling of vendors who used it to show their demos, now? In fact, in 2019, I did not see one demo from a vendor on Adobe Connect. Personally a vendor can call their system whatever they want, but there are a few factoids to remember about micro-learning. Cumbersome? Not so much. You tell me, is that a good thing?

RFP 65

RFP Micro-Learning vendor SAP 65

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Use Plateau SaaS model as the TMS. Hard to log in, hard to pull records. Went out and asked stakeholders what they needed, what they liked/didn’t like about system. We scrubbed everything and went back to the drawing board. Serve 350,000 VA employees. Serve additional contractors. Hold them accountable.

Diversity Training 154

Diversity Training Plateau Portal Outsource 154

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

He pointed back to entry of various players in the market and particularly the enterprise vendors as opposed to pure-play vendors from articles five years ago. • Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success.

KnowledgePlanet 105

KnowledgePlanet GeoLearning Learn.com Plateau 105

Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

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? And that’s when it hit.

LMS 78

LMS Virtual Classroom Management Diversity Training 78

eLearning 24-7

JULY 16, 2013

How a vendor of this size and quality can have this business approach in this day and age is beyond me. The user interface is slick – way better than the days of Plateau – which some people still call it – uh, its not. Any vendor can do that. #3 Pricing is moderate to high depending on number of users.

LMS 106

LMS Learning Management System System Compliance Training 106

CLO Magazine

MAY 20, 2018

Some are going through a steep learning curve early in their role, others may have plateaued and be looking for tips and techniques, and others simply want to reinvent themselves. Every employee in your company (from sales person to service worker to senior executive) has a learning curve for their job.

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Plateau microlearning Agile Embed 65

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 16, 2012

Oracle then followed suit by acquiring SuccessFactors who had acquired Plateau in the past. I’m sure the people who had purchased Plateau or even SuccessFactors Learning system were delighted to hear the news. “Training” sliding under HCM? To me, this is how vendors skirt the issue. . I highly doubt it.

LMS 73

LMS SumTotal Oracle Plateau 73

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 22, 2010

Plateau LMS. What LMS and LCMS vendors support APIs and why this should be the first question you ask any prospective vendor. This event will enable attendees to check out LMS/LCMS vendors, view live webinars by the vendors, or view them archived, talk to the vendors and much more. GeoLearning LMS.

Social Networks 40

Social Networks News LCMS Mzinga 40

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. I decided for this debut to focus on 20 vendors. Many of the vendors listed below do appear in the Top 50 for 2017. I totally get it.

LMS 73

LMS vendor Saba Coaching 73

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. Plateau is long gone and buried and people should realize that. A LMS should first be a LMS. Bottom Line.

Saba 74

Saba SumTotal LMS Cornerstone 74

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There is a growing list of vendors, including small/mid size that are adding talent management components that match the Big Dog systems. A couple of vendors have added HRIS modules. It is interesting to note, that many of the vendors are targeting the SMB space, especially the small size (less than 500 employees) market.

News 73

News Authoring Tools vendor Rapid Intake 73

eLearning 24-7

JULY 6, 2011

What about a payment gateway – does the LMS vendor assist you with this or do you have to find your own? Drilling down, will provide you with additional information you need to ask and know, and as a result, even when looking at a potential vendor’s site, you will be able to see what they offer in this area.

Association LMS 68

Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS RFP 68

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 16, 2016

Now, first and foremost not every vendor is a slug NOR is every vendor in the slug list or slug category. . Secondly, because Vendor A has Awesome 10 features, but not the 11th or 12th feature, does that make them a slug NOR if someone has only two AWESOME features. Ad-hoc reporting. A lot of great nominees out there.

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vendor Learning LMS Plateau 40

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 12, 2011

If I am a potential customer, I would expect nothing less to come out of the vendor’s mouth on their product and user friendliness. Some vendors who have failed to deliver, in my opinion, a user friendly system, due to front end or back end (admin side), or sometimes both. Plateau Talent Management System. Melon Lite LMS.

Authoring Tools 68

Authoring Tools vendor NexLearn Authorware 68

Academy of Mine

JULY 15, 2014

For eCourse vendors with patience and tenacity to follow through on their project, the unknown elements and the challenge of doing it make your life easier in the long run since you’ll be one of the brave few to give it a shot. This leaves plenty of climbing room for the risk-ready edupreneur! So don’t think of the challenge as a bad thing.

Case Study 52

Case Study Plateau Site Budget 52

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

iPad Cornerstone OnDemand Plateau Saba Augmented Reality Cloud Computing Analytics Mobile Learning GeoLearning Performance Support Outsource Low Cost iPhone Learning Theory Creative Commons Facebook Portal Learn.com Leadership eLearning Strategy Knowledge Management Voiceover Obviously, the Cornerstone OnDemand is because of the IPO.

Predictions 198

Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training Authoring Tools 198

CLO Magazine

MAY 26, 2011

Besides attending sessions, the conference is a great opportunity to hear what the vendor community has been working on and a useful pulse check on the industry’s development. SuccessFactors added LMS provider Plateau to its growing suite of integrated talent management products.

ASTD 48

ASTD Conference Brandon Hall GeoLearning 48

eLearning Weekly

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Most of the well-known LMS vendors have user group meetings and/or conferences, including: Blackboard. Several LMS companies offer user groups and conferences, and I would highly recommend that you check one out if you work closely with an LMS. Cornerstone. GeoLearning. Technology / Development-focused user groups.

Metrics 34

Metrics Mzinga Wiki GeoLearning 34

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Interest in the mobile web app approach remains strong with many organizations especially from those wading into the mobile learning pool for the first time (from both the customer and vendor perspective). And learning vendors (e.g., Prediction #8 - Market Consolidations Continue/Accelerate.

Predictions 64

Predictions Enterprise Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Tools 64

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2015

We think this one has a relatively clear path to the Plateau of Productivity. We project that Badges will reach the Plateau of Productivity before xAPI, simply because Badges is a less ambitious standard than xAPI that clearly meets the very common use case of tracking completion of a learning activities across different platforms.

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Predictions HIPAA Training Plateau Blended Learning 100

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2015

We think this one has a relatively clear path to the Plateau of Productivity. We project that Badges will reach the Plateau of Productivity before xAPI, simply because Badges is a less ambitious standard than xAPI that clearly meets the very common use case of tracking completion of a learning activities across different platforms.

Predictions 91

Predictions HIPAA Training Plateau Blended Learning 91

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Back in the days, the Plateau platform was ghastly awful. If this is something you are looking for – i.e. a HCM, then they are the ones to go with – over Cornerstone, Oracle-Taleo, SumTotal and alike. The user interface has come a long way. Not sure how SAP will eventually impact the system, but for today it stands strong.

Compliance Training 99

Compliance Training LMS SCORM Offline 99

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

I know some of you will disagree with the nominees, perhaps feeling that your company or vendor should be in there, and I totally respect that. This is why I looked at vendors who I know have the cash flow and deep pockets. I mean Plateau was really garbage and then SF took it over and made it way better. Category 2.

SAP 13

SAP Micro-Learning Oracle vendor 13

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MARCH 5, 2011

Last year, Taleo , the largest provider of recruiting software, spent $100 million acquiring mid-market LMS vendor Learn.com. The ever-changing market for Learning Management Systems (LMS) continues to evolve.

LMS 40

LMS Learning Management System Learn.com Market 40

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MARCH 5, 2011

Last year, Taleo , the largest provider of recruiting software, spent $100 million acquiring mid-market LMS vendor Learn.com. The ever-changing market for Learning Management Systems (LMS) continues to evolve.

LMS 40

LMS Learning Management System Learn.com Market 40

Absorb LMS

DECEMBER 6, 2012

We’re likely now approaching the Plateau of Productivity for performance support. Contact your vendor for details on how to deep link within your platform. Intuitive design became a higher priority. A software application or gadget shipped with a user guide suggested a failure of design. The best designed stuff was self-explanatory.

LMS 279

LMS Performance Support Learning Management System Support 279

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Many LMS vendors provide portlets, gadgets or widgets that allow for access of learning content (most often meaning courses and courseware) through the corporate portal. Many LMS vendors provide this capability. With deep links in Plateau, users can launch content in two or three clicks.

Portal 100

Portal Integrate Social Networks SumTotal 100

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 30, 2018

Once you break the 25,000 plateau, you should have three administrators, one being super admin. And at the same time, they will need to be able to provide specifics, details if needed to the LMS vendor’s customer support, if an issue arises. 10,001 to 50,000 employees – Two to three full-time administrators.

Association LMS 45

Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS Budget 45

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

These are being reported out of the larger eLearningGuild population and I would claim that they are likely more accurate than survey research that goes through the vendors themselves. Several of the LMS vendors appear more than once, such as Oracle. They can be used to see how LMS vendors stack up against particular features.

LMS 157

LMS Cornerstone OnDemand Oracle Saba 157

Absorb LMS

DECEMBER 6, 2012

We’re likely now approaching the Plateau of Productivity for performance support. Contact your vendor for details on how to deep link within your platform. Intuitive design became a higher priority. A software application or gadget shipped with a user guide suggested a failure of design. The best designed stuff was self-explanatory.

LMS 184

LMS Performance Support Learning Management System Support 184