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Skillsoft buying SumTotal – My Take

eLearning 24-7

Like many of you, I was surprised to find out that Skillsoft is in the process of acquiring SumTotal. Combination of Skillsoft and SumTotal offers comprehensive, content-rich HR solutions. Getting back to Skillsoft and SumTotal. I have no problem with Skillsoft buying SumTotal. I doubt it.

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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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Top 5 Learning Management Systems in 2022

Stratbeans

The web-based LMS platform is a simple and cost-efficient eLearning solution. The learners can acquire and update knowledge by accessing the modern LMS software on web browsers. Every organization has the option to choose from several editions of SumTotal according to its employee learning and development (EL&D) needs and budget.

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GeoLearning Acquired by SumTotal: The mLearning Impact?

mLearning Trends

The enterprise learning market witnessed another big consolidation event today as SumTotal Systems announced it acquired GeoLearning thus further positioning SumTotal as the largest platform provider for LMS and talent management solutions in the industry. SumTotal's ToolBook authoring tool, now in version 10.x,

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Top 5 Learning Management Systems (2022)

Stratbeans

The web-based LMS platform is a simple and cost-efficient eLearning solution. The learners can acquire and update knowledge by accessing the modern LMS software on web browsers. Every organization has the option to choose from several editions of SumTotal according to its employee learning and development (EL&D) needs and budget.

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SumTotal vs. Moodle vs. Inquisiq: One Non-Profit’s Quest for the Best LMS

Inquisiq

The most popular systems like SumTotal and Moodle may seem like a safe bet (nobody’s ever been fired for hiring IBM, right?), but that’s not always the case, as HP Freeman discovered shortly after deciding to move from SumTotal to Moodle. In mid-2013 they had decided to leave the SumTotal system and move to another LMS.

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Docebo: The hottest learning tech company in years

Docebo

Amazon’s web services business, which is more than $20 Billion in size, now offers an entire academy of training for AWS’s customers. Vendors like Saba (the pioneer), Plateau (fast follower), SumTotal (conglomerate), and hundreds of others have been acquired. Let me give you a few examples. In some ways, this market is quite mature.

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