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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

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Instead, it was someone from Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is software for building websites. When they went course aggregator, I saw them as a nice alternative to Skillsoft who was off acquiring other course providers including NetG and then down the road, Element K.

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

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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. Back in the day, there were some big names out there. Real interactive stuff. But Office ruled. .

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Content – Change the Narrative

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Leadership, Business Skills, Safety, Compliance-related, Software, Coaching and Software skills. At one time, it was the biggest brand out there, and a vendor who bought up other well-known content providers such as NetG and ElementK. Content (formally known as courses as the main stay) follow the same suit.

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consolidation continues - BlackBoard + WebCT & more.

The Learning Circuits

Now this deal makes more sense as Saba continues evolve beyond its Learning Management Software (LMS) roots (Saba recently bought THINQ) by rounding out its services offering. The Resulting Big Five: (forecasted annual revenue) SkillSoft $200M+ NETg $150M-200M? This announcement comes on the heels of Saba acquiring Centra.

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SCORM: What you should be asking your LMS Vendor to be

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BTW, some LMS vendors do have a content management system integrated within their solution and identify themselves as a LMS, i.e. you can build content within their solution, without having to purchase a 3rd party software application, if you so choose. Of course, like many things there are limitations.

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SCORM: What you should be asking your LMS Vendor to be

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BTW, some LMS vendors do have a content management system integrated within their solution and identify themselves as a LMS, i.e. you can build content within their solution, without having to purchase a 3rd party software application, if you so choose. Of course, like many things there are limitations.

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LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers

Tony Karrer

KnowledgeNet Platform LMS Thomson NETg 2 4.10 IntraLearn Software Corporati. KnowledgePlanet Learning KnowledgePlanet 3 4.50 ViewCentral ViewCentral 3 4.43 GeoConnect GeoLearning 1 3.90 Enterprise Knowledge Man. Generation 21 Learning Syste. IntraLearn 5.0 Pinnacle Learning Manage. Learnframe, Inc. Enterprise Knowledge Asse.

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