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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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Going to LTUK2022? My Guide on Which vendors to check out

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The challenge with each of these events is that there are a lot of vendors pitching their systems, content, consulting firm, e-learning tool and other items, and you as the person walking the floor doesn’t necessarily know who to look at, who to seriously consider and who to avoid. The Guide of Me. Expert 101.

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Top 20 Enterprise Learning Systems 2022

eLearning 24-7

For this list, the vendors are those that are of your consideration, in the 5,000 to 9,999 range. UI and UX is HUGE, and when vendors update their learning systems, guess where they tend to focus last on? And yes, in 2022 – the end of it no less, there are vendors who lack mobile. The Vendors. Sure, why not?

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Vegas and The Learning Conference Scene

eLearning 24-7

Not an upgrade, included it. They are not the only vendor who goes against why WBT was established in the first place but having an impact (negatively) will ensure that your data – recommendations is misleading. My suggestion is simple – include it at no charge to the client, when they buy Cornerstone CSX.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

I personally think what has hurt them in the greater market is the push by so many vendors (some of which are legit competitors) to refer to them as “traditional”, citing how long they have been around. Strategic blunder of major proportions in the acquisition of SumTotal has continued to hurt them (i.e., Skillsoft).

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2015 Talented Learning LMS Vendor Award Recipients

Talented Learning

They were expensive to purchase, implement, maintain, host, upgrade and replace. Innovation was stagnant and most vendor effort was invested in stealing customers from one another. The LMS industry in 2015 now has hundreds and hundreds of viable vendor solutions. Starting around 2010, the market began changing again.

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The Augmented LMS: New Life for Talent Management Learning?

Talented Learning

Old-school LMS companies (like SumTotal , Plateau , Learn.com , GeoLearning and Certpoint ) were acquired by much larger talent and HR-suite providers like SAP/SuccessFactors , Infor , Oracle and IBM. Costly, labor-intensive upgrades and maintenance fees. Nearly overnight, the LMS industry morphed into the talent management industry.

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