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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

eLearning 24-7

The buy was a bad relationship in the making, one where the owner – “Skillsoft” and ownee “SumTotal” never seemed to get on track with one another. Layoffs meanwhile started at Skillsoft in November 2019, then again in February 2020. Skillsoft Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

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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

Docebo

Amazon’s web services business, which is more than $20 Billion in size, now offers an entire academy of training for AWS’s customers. Today the big players (Cornerstone, SAP, SkillSoft, and now Workday) have integrated these platforms into complex talent management systems, drifting away from this newly emerging learning market.

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Alternatives to (Enter System)

eLearning 24-7

I never listen to vendors who tell me, “oh we compete against so and so, because we get a lot of their customers.” Employees SAP Litmos – Similar in many ways. Employees and Customer education competitor. Employees and Customer education competitor. Overall though, a worthy consideration.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

The Pathgather acquisition, was a total customer buy, despite what they may say. SuccessFactors acquired the Plateau LMS (way before SF was acquired by SAP). SAP Litmos was originally Litmos, and Callidus Cloud acquired LMS out of New Zealand, and then a few years back, acquired by SAP. Skillsoft).

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Applauding our Fosway Group 9-Grid clients

Rustici Software

In this third part of our blog post series , we intend to celebrate our customers featured on the Fosway 9-Grid. SAP Litmos. SAP Litmos. Fosway Group is a leading European HR Analyst focused on Next Gen HR, Talent and Learning tech. Learning Systems clients include: Bridge by Instructure. D2L (Desire2Learn). Unicorn Training.

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Investing in Our Customers’ Success: Degreed Welcomes LinkedIn L&D Leader, Kelly Palmer, as New Chief Learning Officer

Degreed

We’ve already built a brilliant, diverse team of 120 designers, developers, engineers, product managers and customer success professionals to support our clients. And we’re just getting started. Bringing Kelly onboard is another meaningful investment in making sure Degreed’s talented team stays sharp and ready for more.