Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Mzinga is a merger of KnowledgePlanet (an LMS provider and also the maker of the eLearning simulation tool - Firefly) and Shared Insights - a community / business social networking software company. The top execs at Mzinga are not the top execs from KnowledgePlanet. It makes me wonder what this says about the LMS and tools market.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

He pointed back to entry of various players in the market and particularly the enterprise vendors as opposed to pure-play vendors from articles five years ago. Sitting in a fun presentation by Kevin Oakes at DevLearn on the Rise and Fall of the LMS. • Learn.com is the worldwide leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity.

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KnowledgePlanet GeoLearning Learn.com Plateau 105

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MAY 11, 2007

In the last 12 months we have seen many mergers in the learning market take place: Oracle’s acquisition of Peoplesoft, SumTotal’s acquisition of Pathlore, Saba’s acquisition of Thinq, and KnowledgePlanet’s acquisition of KnowledgeImpact. In general the enterprise learning and LMS markets are maturing.

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

MAY 11, 2007

In the last 12 months we have seen many mergers in the learning market take place: Oracle’s acquisition of Peoplesoft, SumTotal’s acquisition of Pathlore, Saba’s acquisition of Thinq, and KnowledgePlanet’s acquisition of KnowledgeImpact. In general the enterprise learning and LMS markets are maturing.

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Janet Clarey

JANUARY 9, 2009

Mzinga is the result of a merger between KnowledgePlanet and Shared Insights at the end of 2007. My first encounter with them was when they were still known as KnowledgePlanet. This is the seventh featured system in my Friday series highlighting LMSs that are doing innovative, kick-ass things with social media.

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Mzinga Social Networks Compliance Training Brandon Hall 68

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

But it's not really an enterprise LMS and has some very serious deficiencies when it comes to many of the needs of corporate training departements. Oracle's ( Learning Management and PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management but less so it's iLearning ) and SAP Enterprise Learning score better than I would have expected.

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

This week I was on a panel at the Oracle Users Group discussing the needs of the multi-generational workforce. Most of the attendees (HR and training managers) were focused on identifying what their organizations need to do to attract, manage, and integrate younger workers into their organizations. .

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