eLearning 24-7

JUNE 22, 2020

A behemoth, impressive and at the same time, seen in a “Evil Empire” perspective among other vendors in the mid 2000s. This is also about a vendor who lost their way. A vendor who made not only poor business decisions with the likes of Percipio, but also with the monumental blunder of acquiring SumTotal. .

SkillSoft 60

SkillSoft SumTotal SkillPort vendor 60

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. In 2000, I built my own LMS for a company, and was hired to create an e-learning program for customer training, as well as run a training division with ILT still in play (blended).

Compliance Training 81

Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Every LMS tried to be all things to all types of customers in all industries. A steady flurry of acquisitions disrupted customers’ lives but never the market as a whole. Innovation was stagnant and most vendor effort was invested in stealing customers from one another. Cloud to the Rescue.

Association Learning Management System 40

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS LMS 40

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 29, 2021

I personally think what has hurt them in the greater market is the push by so many vendors (some of which are legit competitors) to refer to them as “traditional”, citing how long they have been around. The Pathgather acquisition, was a total customer buy, despite what they may say. Never to be underestimated. Skillsoft).

Learning System 105

Learning System System Metrics Learn.com 105

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In years past, the same dozen or so vendors competed for all the LMS market share. Nearly every vendor earned its bread and butter by selling to employee-minded buyers in HR. We have spent the last three years meeting more than 125 vendors — learning who they are, what they do, why they are unique, and who their customers are.

Association Learning Management System 0

Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS LMS 0

eLearning 24-7

JULY 29, 2021

Why, would a system that pushes heavily around the customer education/partner training segment, acquire a vendor who does the complete opposite? If Valamis wanted to push heavy and truly commit to the CE segment, they would have acquired a vendor who has capabilities or features or even themselves plays in the CE side.

Learning System 115

Learning System Market System vendor 115

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 28, 2014

” Seriously though, a lot of people ask me what vendors to see or what vendors I look at, etc. If I find the product interesting, I ask for more info, see a demo, ask for a separate meeting, etc. The vendors that I list below in my guide, are across the board. If the vendor is not listed it could mean.

vendor 68

vendor Guide ASTD Association Learning Management System 68

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 12, 2021

For example, if a vendor says we will do this in X year, but in the previous years, their roadmap completion rate is 35%, then the probability they will do everything on their roadmap for the upcoming year, is remote. . Too many people focus on features now, and on top of that, what the vendor says is coming. . Takeaways .

Learning System 135

Learning System System Compliance Training Metrics 135

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 15, 2021

Many are affiliated marketing links – this is where a vendor sets up an affiliate program, and folks who are affiliates make money, when you click the link on their site to go to the vendor’s site. Not every vendor does it though, and you will eventually figure out who does it a lot, by checking out the sites.

Alternatives 105

Alternatives System Docebo SAP 105

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2018

To the 2018-19 Learning System Grid,identifying the Leaders, Risers, Steady and Slow vendors for NexGen functionality. . For this year’s grid, an additional vendor was added per group (last year it was five per grid). NexGen Functionality Tier 2 (Not every vendor has all of these items, just an fyi).

Learning System 80

Learning System System SumTotal Grovo 80

CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Of course, Tena Lyons, vice president for product marketing at SumTotal, works for a learning technology company, so she’d obviously have some pros to offer. How important is it for vendors to listen to customers? As a vendor, we can’t afford to guess what our customers need. What’s behind product updates?

vendor 32

vendor Learning Technologies Technology SumTotal 32

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 29, 2021

for customer education/training, partner training, B2B/B2C a TDP is not for you. If you hear your learning system vendor say “we are in the performance support” business or learning, they are a TDP. If the learning system vendor says their system is all about learning and training, then they are not a TDP.

Platform 105

Platform Develop Compliance Training SumTotal 105

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. There is a wide assumption that if a product sells a lot it means that it is better than anyone else. Think about it.

Saba 74

Saba SumTotal LMS Cornerstone 74

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Vendors saying “have you looked at XYZ” (which is their system). plus all the vendors will be found in FindAnLMS), I do have systems I can recommend based on various criteria. Folks seem fine with the vendor noting how awesome their support is, without extracting any metrics or verifiable data. . I know I have.

LMS 69

LMS Metrics SumTotal RFP 69

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. Another big-time player in the learning technology/system space is Vista Equity, a PE, who at one-time in the 2009-time frame owned SumTotal. In 2021, they invested in Schoox.

vendor 73

vendor Portfolio Learning System System 73

CLO Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2019

Many now sit behind consumer-like front ends built by companies such as Cornerstone, SumTotal and Instructure. Yes, many LMSs are very complex e-commerce, customer education and revenue-generating systems. I don’t predict the end of big systems like Saba, SumTotal, SAP or any other LMS vendor overnight.

Compliance Training 89

Compliance Training SumTotal LMS SAP 89

Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

At that time, interest in training customers, channel partners and others “outside the firewall” was on the rise, but many organizations either could not or would not use their internal employee-focused LMS to support external learning programs. In contrast, employees are forced to participate in training for compliance purposes.

LMS 78

LMS Virtual Classroom Management Diversity Training 78

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

And yeah there are vendors who will taut that they are in X list or Y rankings and thus should be included. This isn’t a beauty contest, nor a pay for play (I NEVER accept that, nor play that game, nor do I accept any referral fees or whatever some vendors offer for recommending them). Not everyone gets in. But I digress.

vendor 40

vendor Report Association LMS Association Learning Management System 40

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Vendors can’t buy their way onto these lists. In fact, there is no cost to participate and no way vendors can influence the outcome directly. We won’t even confirm if we’re considering a vendor for recognition. In-depth product demonstrations. Best Customer LMS. BEST CUSTOMER LMS.

Association Learning Management System 0

Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS Compliance Training 0

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 29, 2020

From a vendor perspective there was a huge impact, but what was odd, is that some vendors still are living in the past, as though, this is a minor blip, and in 2021, everything will go back as it was – corporate wise that is. If you are going this route for your customers, trust me, there are far better options. .

Compliance Training 117

Compliance Training vendor Trivantis Association LMS 117

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 17, 2019

They were about to launch a luxury vehicle in the 40K range, in the United States to attract the customers of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus (to name a few). They recognized though that these same customers were unlikely to buy because they would be unlikely to have a Hyundai in their driveway. Hyundai had a problem. Authoring Tools.

Virtual Classroom 53

Virtual Classroom vendor Metrics ILT 53

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 27, 2010

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.

LMS 66

LMS Productivity Product Plateau 66

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 9, 2020

Vendors who have a booth would need to have disinfectant, hand sanitizers and wipes with them at all time, and rub down anyplace that someone put their hand on, on a regular basis, and not say once a day. In past recessions, the e-learning market took a hit. Especially on the vendor side, whereas pricing for systems, dropped in cost.

Saba 60

Saba Cornerstone Microsoft vendor 60

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

Q : I am curious on why Cornerstone On Demand, Saba and SumTotal do not appear in your top twenty lists even though they appear on other sites as the best products in the market. My latest take on those three vendors (plus one) are: Cornerstone On Demand – I have seen the new UI and I like what I saw. Waste of money.

SumTotal 73

SumTotal Blogging vendor Saba 73

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

I spent the past year, seeing a lot of systems, products, tools; attended a few trade shows (that should be a future category), observed trends of this and that, and whalla, the list. . 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.

RFP 65

RFP Micro-Learning vendor SAP 65

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 17, 2020

Cutbacks in many L&D, Training and HR departments – along with sales, product and customer service (the latter three could also be buying a system for their specific departments for example – and tend to be the top three for outside the usual two – L&D and Training, with now HR making a run at it too.

Learning System 85

Learning System System vendor Metrics 85

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Several months ago I picked up on a few items other vendors would mention about other systems. ” In the LMS space, it has become the one term that if cast upon your platform is the sign of death, at least to many other vendors. What Traditional Means to a LMS vendor. I also picked up on statements made by consumers.

Cornerstone 69

Cornerstone Cornerstone OnDemand Effectiveness OnDemand 69

eLearning 24-7

JULY 17, 2014

Resellers who are part of your business learning network – maybe you provide them courses on how to sell your product. One vendor who isn’t on the list, for multitude of reasons, accepts over 25 payment gateways — that is enormous in size for this industry. My LMS Directory has over 600 vendors.

Association Learning Management System 82

Association Learning Management System Cornerstone OnDemand LMS SumTotal 82

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Seems to show a level of customer service we have all come to expect when testing something or trying it out before we buy it. Why are some vendors making it impossible? Why are some vendors treating you as a spy or something sinister when you just want to try out the product? Customer friendly – No.

Authoring 68

Authoring SCATE Tools Assima 68

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Some vendors have multiple systems, but generally speaking it is usually one to one, i.e. one vendor and one system. Open source systems are included, but not “customized shops or botique firms from customized Moodle per se that you pay” In the 2017 report, the number of vendors explored was 1,000.

Report 62

Report Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 62

Talented Learning

JANUARY 12, 2016

We have spent the last two years interviewing hundreds of global learning technology professionals on both the vendor and practitioner sides of the fence. Today, based on our recent survey of 75 LMS vendors, 37% of LMS vendors offer an instant free trial of their LMS directly from their website without speaking to a sales professional.

Predictions 70

Predictions Association Learning Management System Association LMS Market 70

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Vendors can move up, down or out of the rankings – after all it is on-going. I’m not a lead gen for the vendors listed – rather the goal is to provide you with vendors that meet numerous criteria including UI, features, support/service, mobile, feedback from current and past clients and future game plans. 100% independent.

SharePoint 95

SharePoint LMS vendor iPad 95

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 16, 2018

I could easily argue that a micro-learning platform can slide under a learning engagement platform and/or a learning platform in of itself. Plus there are vendors who say they are this and then when something gets hot the next year or the change their “spin”, they are now in this category. A link to my Scoop.it competitors).

Learning System 62

Learning System System vendor LCMS 62

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 20, 2011

They involved talent management, “hello and goodbye” with vendors, social learning, upswing in mobile learning, new feature sets in the authoring tool space, flat lining in web conferencing and standalone platforms. Expect a few commercial vendors to jump into the augmented reality space for e-learning. Brainstorming?

Blended Learning 94

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 16, 2012

SumTotal is calling their product a Human Capital Management system. Sure, they offer a separate LMS called SumTotal Maestro, but their TM has surprisingly (not really) been morphed into a HCM, will others follow? It is just another pitch to drive customers using a fear factor, that frankly is getting tiresome.

LMS 73

LMS SumTotal Oracle Plateau 73

eLearning 24-7

JUNE 1, 2017

Mini Takeaways on several products. Best Product. Trends at the show – vendor wise, some real surprises, some not. . As I hit the floor, I saw only a couple of vendors. . There were vendors on the video angle, but again it was not a “hot scene” vendor wise. How different you may inquire?

vendor 40

vendor Micro-Learning SkillSoft Courseware 40

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 7, 2019

There are some learning system vendors though, who are xAPI only and offer nothing else. Equally, I admit I was surprised to see the number of vendors in the learning system space building their own LRS, rather than going 3rd party and integrating it. . We believe they’re similar products with inherently different sensibilities.

xapi 70

xapi NetDimension vendor Adoption 70