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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

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

eLearning 24-7

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. Layoffs meanwhile started at Skillsoft in November 2019, then again in February 2020. Skillsoft Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

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Docebo: The hottest learning tech company in years

Docebo

Not only do companies buy learning tools to train and upskill employees, but many companies also sell learning as a product. In fact, for whatever product you sell there is likely an opportunity to sell training that helps make your product more useful, helpful, or valuable. Not only that, but the product and company can scale.

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Alternatives to (Enter System)

eLearning 24-7

Learn Amp – Very strong system, with lots to like, metrics vastly superior (Product Review later this week – i.e. March 18th – Think Post St.Patty’s). Employees SAP Litmos – Similar in many ways. Alternatives to SAP Litmos. I will exclude SAP SFL here, because, well, you can read the former.

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Applauding our Fosway Group 9-Grid clients

Rustici Software

The products represented in these categories are Rustici Engine, Rustici Engine’s Offline Mobile Player Extension , Rustici Cross Domain and the SCORM Cloud API. SAP Litmos. SAP Litmos. We’re excited to see many of our clients represented on the recently released 2019 Learning Systems and Digital Learning 9-Grids.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

Anyway, to stop that “traditional” spin, they need a re-brand, something fresh, modern, new attitude approach – I just mean related to the learning system and so forth, not their name for example, rather the product/LOB. SuccessFactors acquired the Plateau LMS (way before SF was acquired by SAP). Skillsoft).

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Learning System Award Winners 2019

eLearning 24-7

eLogic, Growth Engineering, Litmos by SAP, CrossKnowledge Learning Suite, MATRIX, Kokm, Roundtable Learning, SumTotal Learning Management, Cornerstone Learn, GyrusAim Learning Cloud, Tessello, Agylia. “And the winner is…” – Coorpacademy * Their site does not do the product justice. LEP/LXP market. Saba was #2.