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Docebo: Surprising Leader In Learning Management Platforms

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

The LMS market is often considered a red ocean : hundreds of vendors, highly complex user needs, and few vendors making a profit. For LMS buyers.

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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

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Vendors like Degreed, BetterUp, EdCast, and LinkedIn command billion-dollar valuations driven by this growth. Vendors like Saba (the pioneer), Plateau (fast follower), SumTotal (conglomerate), and hundreds of others have been acquired. And this, of course, lets new vendors reinvent the space. Enter Docebo.

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The Cornerstone Acquisition

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I bring this up, because after it was announced that Cornerstone will be acquiring SumTotal, the pundits went out and espoused some very interesting ideas. I never put innovation and SumTotal in the same sentence. SumTotal was never innovative. They were not the first ones with a mobile app. That is their core audience.

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Vegas and The Learning Conference Scene

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They are not the only vendor who goes against why WBT was established in the first place but having an impact (negatively) will ensure that your data – recommendations is misleading. For SumTotal clients and/or those considering SumTotal, rest assured that Cornerstone will continue to invest in the system, including learning.

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Want to be successful at e-Learning? Don’t make the mistakes experts make!

Challenge to Learn

You can buy a big system that does all (like Blackboard, Sumtotal, Saba, Cornerstone on demand, et cetera) or you can go for a bunch of specialized tools that will beat that big solution on every specialty. Be careful of Vendor lock in. You have the risk for a vendor lock in with almost all LMS (Learning Management Systems).

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Want to be successful at e-Learning? Don’t make the mistakes experts make!

Challenge to Learn

You can buy a big system that does all (like Blackboard, Sumtotal, Saba, Cornerstone on demand, et cetera) or you can go for a bunch of specialized tools that will beat that big solution on every specialty. Be careful of Vendor lock in. You have the risk for a vendor lock in with almost all LMS (Learning Management Systems).