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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

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The initial person who thought buying SumTotal was a great idea (initially it was) and then dumped it for a fortune to Skillsoft (another great idea), which in turn was someone at Skillsoft thinking this was a great idea, which turned out to be false and was a factor in Skillsoft going into bankruptcy due to the albatross known as SumTotal.

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

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A vendor who made not only poor business decisions with the likes of Percipio, but also with the monumental blunder of acquiring SumTotal. . The buy was a bad relationship in the making, one where the owner – “Skillsoft” and ownee “SumTotal” never seemed to get on track with one another. That’s it.

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History of the LMS

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CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. The LMS The player for online learning and WBT? WBT (Web-Based Training). People – Learners and Students. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn.

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Latest in the Learning System Market

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In another year, depending on the route they go, which clearly has changed with this recent buy (even if they say it won’t), might be a player in the TXP space (I could see that), because of what TWM brings to the table. Cornerstone used to do a great job at it, which is why many people have heard of them, SumTotal too.

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Learning Solutions Series: Top 10 Learning Management Systems

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About half (51.9%) of the organizations surveyed in the 2014 Learning Technology Solutions Forecast Study (report available here ) own a learning management system , most often referred to as an “LMS.” A learning management system is the most popular online learning tool, and the one with which people are most familiar.

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Interview with PeakSpan Capital, A Growth Equity Firm

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Another big-time player in the learning technology/system space is Vista Equity, a PE, who at one-time in the 2009-time frame owned SumTotal. Q: Refers to the question, it will be bolded in Green. Q: Refers to the question, it will be bolded in Green. In 2021, they invested in Schoox.

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Analysis of ASTD International Conference and Expo 2013

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Authoring tools – Usual players were there, and a couple of newbies – but hey it is a start. SumTotal is coming out with a new UI for their learning module in August. Speaking of SumTotal, whoever showed me the product should get a raise! Training Reinforcement Tools – Big! Did You Know?

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