For the past several years during selection I've found that they trail Saba and SumTotal on needed capabilities and they were hard to use for particular tasks that were important to the clients involved. As these systems catch up, this will make the market really hard for Saba and SumTotal. Saba Learning Suite Saba 9 •::: 6.37 Saba Enterprise Saba 23 5.97 KnowledgeNet Platform LMS Thomson NETg 2 4.10 Update, Nov. You can get the abstract for the report and sign-up for a webinar on Sept. 26th on that same page. Some notes on these numbers. MORE >>

It’s no secret the SAP LMS system needs a fair bit of TLC and I fully expect the SF product stack to find its way into a new and improved SAP LMS, although I suspect it will become more of a true social collaboration platform (on the cloud) for SAP customers. One of the dark horse social learning platforms out there is SkillSoft and its SkillPort cloud-based LMS. Saba, the “people cloud” company, upgrades and acquires. Not to be outdone in the acquisition frenzy, Saba CEO Bobby Yazdani recently  purchased HumanConcepts, an organizational modeling and visualization company. MORE >>

This was accomplished using Bupa’s Saba Centra virtual classroom platform. Community and collaboration Working alongside the new blended learning offering sits a powerful community, collaboration and social media platform called Bupa Live, which is based on Jive SBS software. Bupa Live also acts as a first port of call in Tiina’s strategy for on-demand learning: “We like employees to use this platform, perhaps posing a question to one of the forums. Rethinking formal ICT training Working alongside colleague Kerry Baker, Tiina has transformed ICT training at Bupa. MORE >>

With a flurry of acquisitions and many new technologies now available for learning, it is increasingly difficult for a corporate training manager to develop an integrated learning platform. In the late 1980s a few pioneering companies (Saba, Docent, and Pathlore) set out to build a new generation of systems to manage not only formal training, but also e-learning and other forms of digital content. These companies set in place an explosion of innovation to build e-learning platforms. More and more of the standard learning platforms support mobile learning as well. MORE >>

Video learning platforms. The ability to shoot video with your smartphone/tablet, webcam or another device and then upload it into a platform is revolutionary, especially when the end user can type in “dog” for example and the video will go to each point “dog” is said. 20 Saba Learning Suite. While the pricing is outrageous and the Saba as a whole seems better suited as a HCM, their learning suite is a better alternative than those who want Cornerstone OnDemand. Next week, 12-12-12, will be #10 to #1 learning management systems for 2012. MORE >>