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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

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. Then there are providers such as Open Sesame. Open Sesame – B2B, partnerships.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

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. It wasn’t great or okay, good, but there were people who liked it.

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

eLearning 24-7

” This was due to the buying spree that Skillsoft conducted in the early to mid-2000s where they bought up quite a few 3rd party off the shelf vendors including NetG (a big player back then) and Element K (strong player back in the day). . Even though it could open up a new revenue channel for them. The Floodgates have opened.

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consolidation continues - BlackBoard + WebCT & more.

The Learning Circuits

It also doesn't bode well for WebCT's willingness to play with open source (sorry Harold!) The Resulting Big Five: (forecasted annual revenue) SkillSoft $200M+ NETg $150M-200M? And of course back in August we had WebEx buying Intranets.com and SumTotal (created out of Docent + Click2Learn) buying PathLore as I discussed in this post.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: eLearning Brand Name Recognition?

Learning Visions

Public listed Blackboard or Open source Moodle. I used to pitch up against some of the "big guys" -- NetG, SkillSoft -- who do some custom development, but the clients would choose our small shop because we provided better customer service. 8:53 AM Anol said. Funny thing is - none of the LMS players in the list.

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The Growing Role of Microlearning

CLO Magazine

This first generation e-learning was revolutionary, and companies like Skillsoft, NetG, Click2Learn, DigitalThink — my alma mater — and others were born. This opened the door to video-based learning, YouTube, expert-led MOOCs, and the millions of instructional videos we have today.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

General Electric opened the first corporate school. Management became recognized as a profession, Harvard Business School opened its doors, and the term “executive education” was first used. Remember Digital Think, SmartForce, Pensare, NETg, KnowledgeNet, UNext, Docent, One Touch, Centra, InterWise, and their brethren?