The Extended Enterprise blog post and directory will be visible this weekend. Equally of interest, are the increase in open source systems that offer for a fee, hosting on their own servers, rather than on yours. In some cases it is merely opening up the browser window, after you click on the app – which is self defeating the purpose of an app. Open Source Systems. Plateau is now called SuccessFactors. MORE

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. There are other projects underway to solve it, including the MedBiquitous Activity Report standard and (in a sense) the Mozilla Open Badges project. When we open that can of worms, we’ll know we’ve reached the trough of disillusionment. Plateau of Productivity. MORE

Even open source systems. SuccessFactors – Just for those folks to remember, SF is owned by SAP and had acquired Plateau. They haven’t been Plateau for a few years, so stop calling them Plateau – a pet peeve of mine. I won’t tell you, not until the report is available for purchase then there is a blog post. Exclusive access to special video section on the blog. If I am open source – I’m free. . MORE

Within higher ed, Im sure well continue to see growth in online, but it is starting to plateau a bit. The K-12 market is pretty wide open though, so theres lots of opportunities for rapid growth there. I think I feel a blog post coming on. Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. MORE

Big Dog (Saba, SumTotal, Plateau, Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com). Open Source Systems – That have to be 100% free to be considered. 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). Open Source LMS of the Year. LMS Products of the Year 2010. MORE

Open Educational Resources Matures 4. Twitter, Yammer), wikis, blogs, discussion groups, etc. open up exciting opportunities for people to access relevant information where and when they require it. Corollary => Open Source Video Technologies I'm dealing right now with delivery of video on mobile devices. I expect to see a lot of activity around this especially with things like Kaltura Raises $20M for Open-Source Video Technologies. MORE

Top Three Open Source LMSs of 2013-14. Moodle - Whether you like it or not, the system still reigns supreme for free open source. But, as we all know, nothing is ever really free, so if you go open source make sure you have the resources to invest to make it robust. Open Elms – The first free open source LMS, geared specifically for business. MORE

Open Source LMSs are not on the list, you can find this information here. SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle and HRIS systems; thus if you have one of those systems you are now open to a greater number of vendors, rather then staying with your ERP or HRIS provider. Two vendors – Plateau and GeoLearning products will be reviewed and presented to you in the next three weeks. Vendors that have already been reviewed on this blog – are listed as such, by date. MORE

Plateau Talent Management System. In today’s market there is no reason to buy a product that requires you to do a full customization, either on the front end, back end or entire system, unless – you decided to go with an open source solution such as Moodle or Drupal, where you need that extensive customization. not free, or not 100% open source) and I have to do 100% customization to land a client, I would worry about my cash on hand and debt load. MORE