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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

That smartphones were the answer to mobile learning. Vendors were saying, lets “wait on those&# or “our customers are not requesting them, so we are holding off&#. Social learning? Apparently, the potential customers and even clients are speaking and those vendors are listening. 2 Mobile Learning.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Several vendors have left the space, a few have entered. Vendors are hearing us and are making changes. More multilingual options to their web sites, trials and social learning. Newest Version – LMS/Learning Portal Directory. Bolded Vendor Names – There are vendors whose names are bolded.

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News LMS vendor Brandon Hall 65

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Sure, other vendors will say you can do that too, but you have to open each object file to get it. Mashups, Google charts. Many vendors hyping PowerPoint to Flash angle as key feature. 57% offer a trial at various length, this is significantly higher than any other e-learning tool with over 40 vendors in the market.

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Authoring Innovation Social Networks Tools 66

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APRIL 28, 2010

Is it me or does it seem that most vendors in the LMS/LCMS market still believe that with some smoke and mirrors, you won’t realize that social media actually must be integrated into social learning for it to exist? Or do they just drop the word, “social media&# , and rather say, “social learning and web 2.0″?

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Social Media Social Learning Social Media 40

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Vendors such as Edmodo, enables teachers at various schools across the world to communicate with each other. If I am new to management, why only enable them to communicate and learn from within, when they can (and most likely do so via social media) communicate and learn from others, outside your company?

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Mashups Association LMS Association Learning Management System Social Media 73

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AUGUST 31, 2010

As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches. While some view themselves as “social learning&# savvy, incorporating various components, others seem to see themselves as just sitting on the sidelines. Time for these vendors to wake up, or see your audience share disappear.

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Social Media 73

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

For the past month, I have been conducting a survey on learning platforms and specifically learning management systems. . The data shows that what many vendors assume end users want is far from accurate. Too many vendors are focusing on talent/performance management as the next feature/component in their systems.

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Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Blended Learning 77

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Latest: 303 LMS & Learning Portal Vendors. 28 free open source vendors – on 2nd tab. Vendors are listed from all over the world. List includes Lite LMSs – which is a new trend and LMS vendors who enable you only to upload their course content i.e. content created in their products into their system.

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Learning Portal Portal Flash to HTML5 Conversion LMS 40

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JULY 27, 2011

Revenues across the board are up, profit margins are healthy and competition is on-going (always a good thing). While this is a great concept for party decorations, it is not for a learning platform. There are a plethora of vendors out there, with blinders on. . The LMS market is strong. The Negatives. Great stuff, for 1996.

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Association Learning Management System Market LMS Association LMS 78

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JANUARY 28, 2011

What I like about conferences is the ability to see the latest products and hear the pitches from the vendors. Yet, for all that do it, their are equal number of vendors who do not. Vendors who hand you a product (trial) and their business card or they just have their items in a bowl and you grab one. TK 11 Products.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Please remember for TM or as some vendors like to pitch as “performance management or knowledge management&# , the modules are extra and are not part of the system (at least for now). E-commerce is standard, multi-tenet off the main system, with each distributor/wholesaler/reseller/sales agent, etc. Saba does a good job as well.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Plateau LMS is a Talent Management System, made up of four modules. Plateau Learning. After logging into the system a pop up window appears with four option, under the title “How to Get the Most out of the Plateau TMS. You can click a check box, if you do not want the pop-up to appear the next time you log into the system.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

Other social media options, I mean there is over 2,400 social media sites on the net, and over 390 social networking sites – either come up with your own ideas – preferable, or look around and see what you can use. Extensive API and Mashup directors for you to pick and choose from. Bottom Line.

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Saba Social Networks Social Productivity 69

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MARCH 27, 2011

I mean ever&# , from a senior executive at a mid to large size vendor that has been in the market for several years. Across the board, a large number of vendors (from small to large) saw increases in their quarter numbers. Especially, when vendors released their 2010 final numbers and saw big increases from the previous year.

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Trends vendor Association Learning Management System LMS 75