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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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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

Anyway, to stop that “traditional” spin, they need a re-brand, something fresh, modern, new attitude approach – I just mean related to the learning system and so forth, not their name for example, rather the product/LOB. Strategic blunder of major proportions in the acquisition of SumTotal has continued to hurt them (i.e.,

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2010 LMS Products of the Year

eLearning 24-7

LMS Products of the Year 2010. A lot of great products out there this year, new updates and latest versions; new companies, new services and just some real innovation. Big Dog (Saba, SumTotal, Plateau, Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com). The product is Flash based, which is nice, but lack of mobile optimization for the iPad.

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Going to LTUK2022? My Guide on Which vendors to check out

eLearning 24-7

SumTotal – you buy every mod – HCM. They have a weakness though, the UI/UX needs an upgrade/enhancement, but if you can handle the “work in progress” on that side, this is a very robust system. Some good, some UI upgrades needed. UI/UX is getting an upgrade, which will be nice. Customer Ed?

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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. Costly, labor-intensive upgrades and maintenance fees. Nearly overnight, the LMS industry morphed into the talent management industry.

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2015 Talented Learning LMS Vendor Award Recipients

Talented Learning

They were expensive to purchase, implement, maintain, host, upgrade and replace. The cloud enables new LMS vendors to create and support one product that all customers use providing economies of scale in research, customer support and required investment capital. eLogic Learning. Cornerstone. . Honorable Mentions. Blackboard.

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Top 10 LMSs for 2013

eLearning 24-7

On the home page the product is able to recommend courses based on what courses have been started and completed – per user. While the UI is vastly improved, on the admin side it needs a slight touch – but don’t get wrong the product is doable and nice. Feature wise this product is fantastic. on the net. .