Tony Karrer
MAY 15, 2007
Saw Thomson Corp exists Learning Market on Learning Reflections. Not only have they just completed the sale of their NETg subsidiary to SkillSoft for $270 million , but they have also announced they are selling Higher Education assets of Thomson Learning to a couple of venture funds for $7.75
eLearning 24-7
APRIL 11, 2024
It’s a bad idea before it even goes to market. The wonderful thing about acquisitions is that very few people publicly know who is on the market, who isn’t (but is open for acquisitions), and what the financial status is – unless the company is public, which is an outlier in our space. I chose the groupings route.
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eLearning 24-7
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Netscape showed up, and dominated the market. Who led the market? This is totally subjective because the market early on, had many vendors – but actual numbers vary. NetG ruined them). The Birth of Online Here comes the internet, Mosaic 2.1 Then comes along AOL (did you know folks still have an AOL e-mail account?
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. Learn.com – First a content aggregator, then jumped into the LMS market, acquired by Taleo, who promised to invest heavily.
eLearning 24-7
AUGUST 6, 2018
Who remembers NetG? NetG, was the evil empire of the days gone past – ok, in my mind. speed with no latency issues would be acquired by NetG and shoved into the Raiders of the Ark storage facility, next to the ark itself. Where is the market heading? It already exists in the market and will continue in 2019.
eLearning 24-7
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Sadly, one day I called, they were out of business, sold to the nefarious NetG – who likely placed them in a huge warehouse next to the remains of a famous pharaoh. Enterprise could be 1,000 or more learners (which is mid-market). Or It’s never the Fish Market of San Jose. The system itself for my audience?
The Learning Circuits
MARCH 24, 2006
full disclosure - As some of you may know, I joined Thomson NETg in January to run one of their strategic business units called Collaboration (essentially what was KnowledgeNet whom they acquired in late 2004). Very exciting (at least to me) but what I need is your feedback on a tool that Thomson NETg developed which I think is a hidden gem.
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