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Cornerstone Acquires SumTotal For $200 Million

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

Today was a pretty iconic announcement: after decades of investment, Skillsoft decided to give up on the LMS market and sell SumTotal Systems to Cornerstone for $200 Million. While I don’t have any details on the deal yet, this pretty much ends the innovative phase of the Learning Management Systems market, clearly marking a.

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OpenSesame and SumTotal Integration Improves Employee Learning, Upskilling, and Training Process

OpenSesame

OpenSesame, a market-leading SaaS global eLearning innovator, announced an integration with SumTotal—learning, talent, and workforce management company. The integration allows Learning & Development administrators to send OpenSesame content to their SumTotal LMS quickly and effortlessly. About SumTotal.

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SumTotal Acquires GeoLearning

Kapp Notes

Today, SumTotal announced the acquisition of GeoLearning. The combined company represents the largest and most complete talent management provider in the industry supporting every industry and every market segment. As of January 5, 2011, SumTotal and GeoLearning are now one integrated company with a unified strategy and vision.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

It’s a bad idea before it even goes to market. Then Cornerstone came along and bought SumTotal for peanuts, which was a good idea, and here we are with SumTotal. Then Cornerstone came along and bought SumTotal for peanuts, which was a good idea, and here we are with SumTotal. I chose the groupings route.

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Skillsoft buying SumTotal – My Take

eLearning 24-7

Like many of you, I was surprised to find out that Skillsoft is in the process of acquiring SumTotal. Combination of Skillsoft and SumTotal offers comprehensive, content-rich HR solutions. Getting back to Skillsoft and SumTotal. I have no problem with Skillsoft buying SumTotal. I doubt it.

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Docebo: Surprising Leader In Learning Management Platforms

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

The LMS market is often considered a red ocean : hundreds of vendors, highly complex user needs, and few vendors making a profit. Over the last decade almost every leading LMS vendor (Saba, Docent, Plateau, Learn.com, Litmos, Sumtotal) was acquired, largely because they couldn’t sustain their growth in a highly competitive market.

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SumTotal Acquires GeoLearning: LMS Market Consolidation Continues

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

Today another major shift takes place in the talent management systems market: SumTotal Systems announced the acquisition of GeoLearning. Background: SumTotal Systems is the largest provider of learning management systems today (and also a major provider of integrated talent management systems).