Elearnity Knowledge Centre - Corporate learning research and e-learning research - Main document list Date Document ....................................................................... Type Topics Vendors Sectors 05/17/2012 Elearnity Notes: Understanding Candidate Behaviours and Social Recruitment (LinkedIn) Elearnity session notes from presentation by David Cohen of LinkedIn at the Kenexa World Conference - London - 17th March 2012. Thought these were worth sharing ... Format: In both 1 page mindmap and multipage document style format (DOC) version. Short link: Analysis Talent Acquisition Social Networking LinkedIn eLearnity 05/16/2012 eXact learning solutions LCMS platform chosen by Tribal to produce learning materials eXact learning solutions has been selected by Tribal, the UK-headquartered worldwide education technology and services provider, to produce online and mobile content for its training publications as well as customised learning content for its clients – which include large organisations in the healthcare, food and beverage as well as education sectors. The award-winning eXact LCMS and eXact Mobile platforms - currently installed in over 100 organisations worldwide - support the organisation-wid News LCMS eXact learning Higher Education 05/01/2012 SkillSoft Introduces SkillPort 8 SkillSoft introduced SkillPort 8, a cloud-based learning experience that contextually organizes relevant and aligned learning around the user instead of the traditional course-catalog approach of other Learning Management Systems (LMSs). News LMS SkillSoft 04/26/2012 Some headlines from Taleo on Critical Talent Elearnity notes (1 page mindmap PDF) from a research briefing today by Taleo on Critical Talent Pipelines. PDF document News Talent Management Talent Acquisition Taleo 04/24/2012 Lumesse adds new features, including Talent Management, to Learning Gateway Lumesse has announced the latest version of its award-winning SaaS learning management system, Lumesse Learning Gateway 5.7, with a wide range of new capabilities that include enhanced reporting, additional languages, improved navigation, and full integration with Lumesse ETWeb talent management. The integration with Lumesse ETWeb, delivered using the new Lumesse ETWeb Exchange service-oriented architecture, offers users fast and easy access to learning, from a wide range of e-learning vendors, News LMS Lumesse 04/23/2012 e2train welcomes new Head of Marketing e2train, the UK leader in learning and talent management software solutions, recently appointed Dave Iles as Head of Marketing. Dave brings 19 years of professional experience in marketing management, strategic planning, communications, product marketing, brand management and customer training to e2train.  Prior to joining e2train, Dave held senior marketing and management positions at global industrial steam experts, Spirax Sarco.  In this newly created position, Dave is responsible for implem News Appointments e2train 04/18/2012 Presentation: Moving beyond 70:20:10: Building a context-driven learning strategy David Perring's slides from the Learning & Skills Group on 19th April 2012. One of the most popular terms used in L&D today is 70:20:10. Talk to almost any L&D leader and they will say it’s the foundation for their Learning Strategy. But, how useful is the 70:20:10 model in really helping you build a practical learning strategy and architecture? How do you move beyond the numbers and start to build a context-driven approach to performance development? Based on Elearnity’s corporate research, Presentation Learning Communities Mobile learning Strategy eLearnity 04/12/2012 LMS remains a priority for corporate learning in 2012 At a recent Elearnity symposium event, leading organisations including Lloyds Banking Group, BT, Rolls Royce and Shell agreed that the Learning Management System (LMS) remains a priority for corporate learning in 2012. News Strategy Vendors LMS Authoring Tools Content Mobile learning Talent Management LCMS Technology eLearnity 04/12/2012 LMS remains a priority for corporate learning in 2012 At a recent Elearnity symposium event, leading organisations including Lloyds Banking Group, BT, Rolls Royce and Shell agreed that the Learning Management System (LMS) remains a priority for corporate learning in 2012. Press Release Strategy Vendors LMS Authoring Tools Content Mobile learning Talent Management LCMS Technology eLearnity 04/06/2012 Upside Learning & Naizak Global Engineering Systems, to jointly offer elearning solutions in Saudi Arabia Upside Learning announced today that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Naizak Global Engineering Systems, KSA. This new partnership, which is in line with both the organizations’ interest, will enable Upside Learning to bring innovative learning solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through NAIZAK’s strong foot prints. As a part of this partnership, Naizak and Upside Learning will work together to assist organizations in increasing their learning and training effectivene News Content LMS Upside Learning 04/01/2012 Eurostar selects e2train’s Kallidus LMS as its new performance management system e2train, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has been selected to deliver Kallidus Performance to Eurostar, the high-speed passenger service linking London and mainland Europe. Eurostar has selected e2train’s Kallidus performance management system to enhance the performance review process for its staff and to make it easier for managers and end-users to use and meet the specific needs of the business. e2train will provide a single sign on to Kallidus. The main acc News LMS e2train 03/27/2012 Upside Learning Signs Up Doctrina As A Reseller For UpsideLMS And Upside2Go In The UK Upside Learning continues to strengthen its global network of partners as it signs up Doctrina as a reseller for its products in the UK. Doctrina will resell Upside Learning’s award-winning, best value Learning Management System – UpsideLMS, and its revolutionary platform for Mobile Learning – Upside2Go, to its customers in the UK. Upside Learning, a leading name in Learning Management Systems, Mobile Learning Solutions, and Custom Learning Solutions, has announced that it has signed up Doct News LMS Upside Learning 03/21/2012 David Notes: Jim Collins fireside chat with Bobby Yazdani at #SabaSummit Mindmap notes of Jim Collins (Author of Good to Great, Built to Last etc) doing a "fireside chat" with Bobby Yazdani (CEO of Saba) at the Saba Summit in Miami. News Strategy 03/21/2012 David Notes: Discussion between Naomi Bloom and Jim Holincheck at #SabaSummit David's mindmap notes of an interesting discussion on HCM and Talent Management between Naomi Bloom (Blogger, In Bloom) and Jim Holincheck of Gartner at the Saba Summit in Miami. Presentation E-HR Human Capital Talent Management LMS Market Gartner 03/20/2012 Saba enhances its Talent Management Suite Saba (NASDAQ:SABA),announces significant enhancements to its Talent Management Suite. The latest release addresses market demand for executive talent visibility that gives insights into organizational health, builds strong leadership pipelines, creates bench strength in critical positions, and enables business agility by being able to quickly find the right talent to seize new market opportunities.  With the most advanced organization, workforce and succession planning capabilities available on News Talent Management Saba 03/20/2012 Saba announces new Enterprise Learning Management Suite Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) today introduced Saba Learning Management Suite, the industry's most advanced unified enterprise learning platform. Saba Learning Management Suite elevates the game by not just developing an organization's employees but also by rapidly enabling the entire extended value chain. The new offering seamlessly unifies learning management, social learning, virtual classroom, content authoring and management, testing and assessment, and mobile learning. The Saba Learning Management News LMS Saba 03/20/2012 Saba announces new Social Enterprise Platform To meet the demands of today's changing world of work, Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier provider of people-centric enterprise solutions, today announced the availability of its next generation social enterprise platform, Saba People Cloud. The platform combines social, real-time and mobile technologies with modern people processes to allow organizations to engage, develop and inspire all the people they work with - co-workers, partners, suppliers and customers. By creating a more transparent, be News LMS Saba 03/20/2012 Saba acquires Leading Organizational Planning Provider HumanConcepts Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier provider of people-centric enterprise solutions, today announced the acquisition of HumanConcepts, a leading organizational modeling and visualization provider. The transaction closed March 19, 2012. The acquisition signifies Saba's continued focus on the human capital management (HCM) market and complements its unified talent management offering. Saba plans to integrate HumanConcepts' unique Cloud technologies into its unified talent management suite to extend t News Human Capital LMS Mergers & Aquisition Talent Management Saba 03/19/2012 SumTotal Systems opens Munich Office SumTotal Systems announced the opening of its new office in Munich.  News Appointments LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems 03/15/2012 CrossKnowledge launches Mohive 12.1 CrossKnowledge, European leader in distance learning solutions, has announced a major update to Mohive, its collaborative content creation platform. This new version represents a major step forward for Mohive’s global client community and brings with it new advantages such as complete integration with the CrossKnowledge Learning Suite. Mohive: integrated with the CrossKnowledge Learning Suite Mohive 12.1 is totally integrated with the CrossKnowledge Learning Suite. Administrators or content cr News Authoring Tools CrossKnowledge 03/13/2012 Information Transfer expands its team to meet strong demand for award-winning learning solutions For Information Transfer 2011 was an exciting year, with the highest ever demand for their outstanding blended learning solutions. To meet this demand, the company has brought in three exceptional team members whose skills and experience further enrich the portfolio of solutions available to its clients. Glenn Mason brings 15 years' experience as a communication and client management professional; having worked for a large consultancy in London specialising in corporate change management, he is News Appointments Information Transfer 03/08/2012 Cornerstone OnDemand Signs Agreement to Acquire Sonar Limited Cornerstone OnDemand, a global leader in cloud-based talent management solutions, today announced that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Sonar Limited (“Sonar6”). Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Sonar6 is a leading provider of cloud-based talent management solutions serving small businesses globally. The acquisition will combine two of the talent management industry’s most innovative providers and allows Cornerstone to strengthen its ability to serve clients News Talent Management Cornerstone OnDemand 03/02/2012 LearnCreate tunes into Audiosocket for Music content LearnCreate has partnered with Audiosocket for their Music as a Service platform to power the LearnCreate Music Store, providing its users with a source to discover and legally license music for use in learning content. News Content Partnerships LearnCreate 03/01/2012 Social Learning platform, Curatr, releases version 2.0 Curatr, the platform to create Rich, Active and Social eLearning, has released version two of its award winning software. Combining a unique interface with game-like mechanics and a collaborative learning environment, Curatr leads the way in terms of design and innovation in the eLearning marketplace. Curatr encourages designers and developers of eLearning to take a different approach to the normal ‘click next to continue’ world of eLearning. “We went back to the drawing board, to imagine eL News Blended Learning Collaboration Mobile learning Curatr 03/01/2012 MindLeaders unveils new blended solution to deliver Functional Skills Today MindLeaders releases U-skills for Functional Skills, a new blended learning model to deliver the tougher basic skills qualifications in Maths and English. Already proven in pilots with workplace learners, the blended solution uses ePortfolios to introduce collaborative online learning to Functional Skills delivery for the first time. The government has confirmed that Functional Skills will replace Adult Basic Skills from 1st August and become a mandatory component of all Apprenticeship sc News E-Portfolios Mindleaders 03/01/2012 Kineo E-Learning announces Record Growth Kineo announces record revenues for its UK and US operations in 2011. Sales have increased by over 30% in these core markets and the establishment of operations in new markets such as China will lead to greater future growth opportunities. Kineo is pleased with the consistent and steady growth for the company in its core markets and the addition of new overseas offices. This represents seven straight years of revenue growth which has made Kineo one of the leading global e-learning companies. Du News Financial Announcements Kineo 02/29/2012 NetDimensions and UnYLeYa Partner to Deliver Portable Learning in Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde NetDimensions and UnYLeYa are collaborating to deliver innovative learning solutions, including NetDimensions’ mEKP portable LMS, in Africa, Brazil and Portugal. NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, and UnYLeYa are collaborating to deliver innovative learning solutions, including NetDimensions’ mEKP portable LMS, in Africa, Brazil and Portugal. UnYLeYa was established by LeYa and leading academic institutions in Lisbon, Portugal as a joi News Language LMS NetDimensions Training 02/28/2012 Totara LMS expands global reach with 13 languages Totara Learning Solutions, a leader in innovative learning software, continues to expand its global reach with 13 language versions of the software. Due to accelerating global demand for the open source Totara Learning Management System, the company has released the award winning system in 13 languages, with more planned. European languages include English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese and Swedish. Totara also comes in Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew and Japanese News LMS Kineo Totara 02/23/2012 Kineo E-Learning releases new Information Security Module Kineo has announced a further addition to its E-Learning Essentials range with the launch of a new Information Security module.It is increasingly important that sensitive information is handled and protected appropriately. Kineo’s new Information Security Essentials module covers the core principles of information security. The e-learning module also provides a fully tracked assessment to ensure that staff have understood and can apply these principles. The module builds awareness, provides in News Content Kineo Security 02/16/2012 SAP's Offer for SuccessFactors, Inc. Shares is Successful SAP AG and SuccessFactors, Inc. today announced the successful completion of SAP AG's cash tender offer, commenced through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary Saturn Expansion Corporation, for all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of SuccessFactors, Inc ("SuccessFactors"). The tender offer was made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase dated December 16, 2011 and in connection with an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 3, 2011. SAP and SuccessFactors first announced thi News Mergers & Aquisition SAP SuccessFactors 02/15/2012 MindLeaders launches online marketing training app for small and medium sized businesses on Facebook eLearning company MindLeaders today releases a new training app for businesses on Facebook. Developed in cooperation with Facebook, the app shows how to succeed in building brand awareness through word of mouth marketing on the social network. "We’re very excited to have cooperated with Facebook to release this new product," says Janet Garcia, director of MindLeaders International. "It’s the first time that an elearning company has applied proven instructional design principles to this kind o News Mobile learning Mindleaders Small Business 02/14/2012 Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Financial Results Learning and talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD) today announced results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.  Gross revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $22.4 million, representing a 59% increase compared to the same period in 2010. Gross revenue for the full fiscal year of 2011 was $75.5 million, representing a 62% increase compared to the full fiscal year of 2010. Bookings1, which the company defines as gross revenue plus t News Financial Announcements Cornerstone OnDemand 02/14/2012 Think Associates becomes Totara LMS Partner Think Associates, UK based performance and learning systems consultancy and implementation specialists, has become a Totara LMS Partner. Totara LMS, is an open source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle. Totara LMS has a range of enhancements over and above the wide-ranging functionality available in Moodle. These enhancements are designed specifically for corporate organisations and include: individual development plans, classroom management, team management, competency management, le News Partnerships Totara Think Associates 02/13/2012 Webanywhere moves into Canadian market with LMS for Get Ready Online Yorkshire-based Webanywhere have completed the development and implementation of a Totara based learning management system with integrated e-store for Canadian first aid training course provider, Get Ready Online. Canada-based Get Ready, Inc provides accredited training programs in First Aid, CPR and AED, to 'get you ready' in the event of a medical emergency. Within this market, they identified opportunities to offer a fun and realistic approach to training, and in so doing, reduce the impact News LMS 360training Webanywhere Health 02/10/2012 European Maritime Safety Agency awards eXact four year distance learning work plan The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has renewed its relationship with eXact learning solutions, the global vendor of online and mobile LCMS and digital repository solutions. EMSA has selected eXact learning solutions to deliver a new four year work plan to increase technological innovation in its distance learning program. EMSA, headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, is one of the 28 Agencies of the European Union. It was founded in 2002 with the aim of reducing the risk of maritime accident News Content LCMS eXact learning Government Maritime 02/09/2012 Assima announces the acquisition of Kaplan Learning Technologies Assima PLC today announces the acquisition of Kaplan Learning Technologies from Kaplan, Inc. The deal formally completed on February 9th 2012 and covers all assets and intellectual property associated with the STT Trainer and Atlantic-Link product lines but excludes the PerformIT product line. Kaplan Learning Technologies had business operations in Atlanta, GA, USA; Reading & Nottingham, UK and Cape Town, South Africa; these will join the Assima organisation. STT Trainer and Atlantic Link are w News Mergers & Aquisition ASSIMA Kaplan 02/09/2012 Oracle buys Taleo Oracle today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), a leading provider of cloud-based talent management for $46.00 per share or approximately $1.9 billion, net of Taleo's cash and debt. Taleo's Talent Management Cloud helps organizations attract, develop, motivate and retain human capital to improve performance and drive growth. Together, Oracle and Taleo expect to create a comprehensive cloud offering for organizations to manage their Human News Mergers & Aquisition Oracle Taleo 02/09/2012 Presentation: Fall and Rise of the Corporate Academy Here's a copy of David's slides from his January presentation at Learning Technologies in London focusing on the Fall and Rise of Corporate Academies. Presentation Academies Strategy Content LMS Competency Management eLearnity 02/08/2012 Upside2Go released for Android. Now available on all major Mobile Platforms Upside2Go, the revolutionary Mobile Learning platform from Upside Learning, is now available on the Android market. With this release, Upside2Go is now available for Android 2.2 (Froyo) and Gingerbread (2.3), BlackBerry OS 5 and OS 6, and iOS 3 and 4. Launched in 2011 for the iPhone (and iPad), Upside2Go is a unique solution that brings formal, informal, social and collaborative learning, and performance support to one central platform – mobile. For training departments, it is an ideal solutio News Mobile learning Upside Learning 02/08/2012 Presentation: Choosing the ideal Learning Systems Platform and Partner David Wilson will discuss some of the key reasons why companies sometimes choose the wrong solutions or partners, and how to avoid repeating their mistakes. Presentation Strategy Technology LMS LCMS Authoring Tools Content Mobile learning Social Networking eLearnity 02/06/2012 Kenexa agrees to acquire OutStart, a Leading Provider of Next Generation e-Learning Solutions Kenexa, a global provider of business solutions for human resources, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with privately-held OutStart, a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) e-learning solutions and services. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions, including the receipt of stockholder consent. Kenexa expects to close the transaction shortly. This acquisition, when consummated, will expand Kenexa’s reach into the e-learni News Mergers & Aquisition Kenexa Outstart 02/02/2012 Kineo E-Learning appoints Senior Solution Consultant in New York Kineo US announced today that Karen Balcomb has been appointed as Senior Solution Consultant. Karen will be based in New York and will lead Kineo’s East Coast sales.Karen joins Kineo from Brandon Hall, where she was a Senior Account Executive. Karen has extensive experience of evaluating and developing elearning solutions for clients. Kineo's US CEO Steve Lowenthal commented: "I am delighted that Karen is joining us at this exciting time. We are seeing significant growth in demand for Kineo's News Appointments Kineo 02/01/2012 REDTRAY expands to Nordic Region After observing increasing demand in cloud-based learning solutions in northern Europe, the UK training provider REDTRAY is expanding its services to Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, Sweden, Norway and Finland from early February 2012. The decision to expand to the Nordic region came after REDTRAY observed rising interest in its virtual classroom solution CloudRooms from learners in these European countries. The new REDTRAY team will initially operate from offices in the Danish cities of Randers an News Content Organisation Virtual Classroom RedTRAY 01/31/2012 SkillSoft introduces Professional Advantage - A Flexible, Engaging Competency Based Learning Solution SkillSoft, a leading SaaS provider of e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government, education and small to medium-sized businesses, today announced SkillSoft Professional Advantage, a new technology enabled learning solution focused on key workplace competencies and designed to meet the demand for shorter, more flexible learning alternatives for busy professionals. The SkillSoft Professional Advantage series leverages the popular design of the SkillSoft Leader News Content SkillSoft 01/27/2012 CrossKnowledge presents the results of the first e-learning barometer in Europe The results of the first barometer on the use of e-learning in Europe*, conducted by CrossKnowledge, number one in distance learning solutions in Europe, and Ipsos a leader in global market research, were presented as part of the Learning Technologies conference in London. An unprecedented initiative, the results confirm the growing use of e-learning in the countries studied. How is e-learning used across Europe today? In the UK, Spain and Benelux nearly 40% of companies train more than 50% of News Content Surveys CrossKnowledge 01/27/2012 Lectora releases New Talent Management Solution Lectora e-Learning releases Lectora Talent Management, the new talent management software that provides the link between course management and true talent development for companies and organizations. Lectora Talent Management works together with all major learning management systems (LMS) to provide a fully comprehensive solution for the cultivation and success of employees. “Lectora Talent Management empowers employees to bridge the gaps between where they are in their profession and the oppo News Authoring Tools Talent Management Trivantis 01/27/2012 Record growth for LINE LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, announces record growth for 2011. In a difficult and unpredictable global market, LINE has achieved a 50% increase in turnover compared with 2010. Sales for the Group were more than 100% higher than sales for 2010. Throughout the year, LINE invested in new market offerings, in particular a comprehensive suite of mobile learning solutions to support their multi-award winning mobile learning capabilities. In a News Financial Announcements LINE Communications 01/23/2012 Upside Learning releases UpsideLMS Version 5.0 As a part of its continuous improvement process for all its solutions and services, Upside Learning has revamped its multi award-winning Best Value Learning Management System, UpsideLMS, and has announced the release of its latest version, version 5.0. Focused on providing an exceptional user experience to all the users, including learners, administrators, managers, etc., Upside Learning has made UpsideLMS more intuitive and accessible. From the background visual to the color palette, the logo News LMS Upside Learning 01/23/2012 Honda Motor Europe goes for Global SaaS learning platform with CERTPOINT Systems Honda Motor Europe announced today it is adopting CERTPOINT Systems’ software-as-a-service (SaaS) learning platform. The implementation will initially cover 26,000 users in over 20 European countries and in multiple languages. The cloud-based learning solution will be used by employees of both Honda and of its partner operations, covering Honda cars, motorcycles and power equipment. “We chose CERTPOINT because it offers a cost-effective, comprehensive learning platform,” said Neil Fletcher, News LMS CERTPOINT Cars 01/23/2012 Kineo E-Learning appoints Senior Learning Technology Consultant Kineo announced today that Andy Wooler has been appointed as a senior Learning Technology Consultant to lead Kineo’s Totara LMS consultancy projects. Andy’s appointment adds to Kineo’s growing Totara LMS team, whose LMS clients include Vodafone Ireland, Logica, Tesco, NHS Trusts and Pearson. Andy joins Kineo from Legal and General where he was HR Technology Manager. Andy has over 12 years experience in implementing LMS systems in large corporates including Royal and Sun Alliance, and Legal a News Appointments LMS Kineo 01/23/2012 Redware expands mobile learning portfolio Specialist learning solutions provider Redware is expanding its mobile learning portfolio by diversifying into mobile device app creation and delivery with the launch of a ground-breaking integrated app content and distribution service designed specifically for business.To be unveiled at the Learning Technologies exhibition at Olympia 2 (January 25-26), Redware Mobile provides the ultimate solution for any organisation looking to harness the power of smartphone and tablet devices for applicatio News Mobile learning Redware 01/23/2012 Omniplex adds Rapid Course to its expanding product portfolio Omniplex, a leading provider of e-learning solutions, is to distribute Rapid Course – an online shop of e-learning materials - in the UK and Continental Europe. Developed by Yukon and launched at DevLearn in Las Vagas last November, Rapid Course is an e-learning service which allows e-learning developers to view an online library of courses and when ready, ‘Buy the Course and Get the Source’.All the Rapid Course programmes can be used for an unlimited number of learners for an unlimited amou News Content Rapid e-learning Omniplex 01/23/2012 Elearnity provides fresh perspective on learning and talent solutions Elearnity, Europe’s leading learning analyst, is publishing its first series of Vendor Perspectives. These new reports provide the only in-depth, independent analysis of learning technology vendors with a UK/European focus. News Strategy Vendors LMS Authoring Tools Content Mobile learning Talent Management LCMS Technology eLearnity 01/23/2012 Elearnity provides fresh perspective on learning and talent solutions Elearnity, Europe’s leading learning analyst, is publishing its first series of Vendor Perspectives. These new reports provide the only in-depth, independent analysis of learning technology vendors with a UK/European focus. Press Release Strategy Vendors LMS Authoring Tools Content Mobile learning Talent Management LCMS Technology eLearnity 01/16/2012 Community-driven content sourcing launched LearnCreate, the community-driven portal that provides organisations with the ability to create and purchase top-quality learning content at a fraction of the current cost will be showcased at the Learning & Skills 2012 exhibition on 25 and 26 January at Olympia 2 in London. News Content LearnCreate 01/13/2012 Xyleme launches LCMS 3.5 with new features for Corporate, Publishing and Academic markets Xyleme, Inc., the leading provider of 100% XML and standards-based learning content management and mobile learning solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Xyleme LCMS 3.5. Driven from Xyleme’s adoption of the Agile Development model, the full release, from coding to QA through to delivery, was executed in approximately 90 days and supports key customer requirements including:  Support for Common Cartridge 1.1, the latest IMS academic standard. Enhanced Performance Support outp News LCMS Xyleme 01/06/2012 Kineo appoints new UK Solutions Consultant Kineo announced today that Darren Gray has been appointed as a Solutions Consultant with the UK team. Darren’s appointment is part of Kineo’s strategy of strengthening of its senior consultancy team. Darren was previously Head of Learning Technology Strategy at Hemsley Fraser. Darren has over 16 years experience in the e-learning sector in roles that include: Head of Technology Enhanced Learning at Hemsley Fraser Senior Producer at BBC Worldwide Head of Instructional Design at Wide Learning News Appointments Kineo 01/05/2012 Saba announces second quarter fiscal year 2012 results Saba, the premier People Cloud provider, today reported financial results for its second quarter ended November 30, 2011. "With cloud billings growing over 80% for the second straight quarter, we believe we have emerged as one of the fastest growing public cloud businesses," said Bobby Yazdani, Founder and CEO, Saba. "We signed twice as many one million dollar deals this quarter as we did last quarter, and in the second quarter alone, we added over one million subscribers to the Saba People Clo News Financial Announcements Saba 01/05/2012 Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) launches 4G LTE TOPSIM Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a pioneer and global leader in customised learning solutions, today launched “4G LTE TOPSIM” – an online multi-player simulation training programme in the UK to help develop leadership and decision-making skills specifically within mobile telecommunications companies. A world-first, the innovative training solution addresses the critical topics that executives need to consider - such as the “where, when and how” decisions - when rolling out 4G LTE mobile tel News Simulation TaTA Interactive Systems Telecommunications 12/19/2011 Well-known names buy e-learning products from Omniplex A number of well-known organisations have become customers of Omniplex, the e-learning solutions provider which distributes corporate e-learning products in Europe and the Americas. As part of its comprehensive end-to-end portfolio of e-learning solutions, Omniplex distributes products from the Canada-based Blatant Media Corporation – notably the Absorb Learning Management System (LMS) – along with the Articulate Suite of products from the New York-based company of the same name. Omniplex als News Authoring Tools LMS Omniplex 12/19/2011 Atlas wins over £3.6 million of export orders in last 12 months Atlas has capped an exciting period of international growth over the last 12 months, winning over £3.6million of new e-learning contracts, focussed on safety, skills and competency training in the oil and gas sector, with a resultant 80% increase in new jobs within the UK. The oil and gas learning and skills specialist had already seen exports account for over 40% of the company’s sales, driven by the increasing demand for technology led safety and competency training from the oil and gas indu News Content Managed Service Atlas Interactive Oil and Gas 12/19/2011 e2train helps OEE take classroom training online through Kallidus LMS e2train, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has been selected to deliver its Kallidus Learning Management System (LMS) and bespoke learning content to operational effectiveness consultancy, OEE (http://www.oee-training.com). Through the new arrangement, OEE clients will purchase content on OEE’s web site and then be seamlessly transferred to the Kallidus LMS platform on which the online training modules are run. OEE (which stands for Operational Effectiveness and News Content LMS e2train Consultancies 12/16/2011 Lumesse announces new version of SaaS-based e-learning authoring platform, CourseBuilder v6.1 Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, is pleased to announce the latest version of its SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) e-learning authoring platform, CourseBuilder 6.1. This version features a new software architecture that brings customers greater speed, availability and an enhanced user experience through CourseBuilder's cloud-based technology. This is the first product release of the award-winning CourseBuilder authoring platform following the acquisition of Edvant News Authoring Tools Lumesse 12/15/2011 The fall and rise of the corporate academy L&D market analyst David Wilson and Nuffield Health’s Group L&D manager Harvey M Seale will review the infrastructure of corporate learning at January’s Learning Technologies Conference in London. Conference Chair, Donald Taylor, questions: "For years corporate academies were all the rage - until it was discovered that they didn't work terribly well. Now they are resurgent, but in a very different form - so what are the right systems to support learning in organisations?" Learning Technologie News Academies Learning Technologies 12/14/2011 Elearnity Insights paper explores realities of Mobile Learning Elearnity, Europe’s leading independent learning industry analyst, announced an Insights paper on the realities of Mobile Learning. Press Release Mobile learning Strategy Technology Content Assessment eLearnity 12/14/2011 CrossKnowledge gains ground in the UK market CrossKnowledge, European leader in distance learning solutions, has held its first ever Customer Day for British clients. Following the group’s acquisition of Mohive in 2010, CrossKnowledge has gone from strength to strength in the UK, growing by 25 % in the last year.Keith Smith, UK Director of CrossKnowledge, is delighted with the advances that the company has made: “Over the past year we have seen fantastic growth and significantly expanded our client base in the UK. We are positive that C News Content CrossKnowledge 12/14/2011 Elearnity Insights Paper - Mobile Learning: All Talk? What is the reality of mobile learning in corporate organisations? At the start of 2011, it was widely thought that this would be the year when mobile learning, or m-learning, would reach a tipping point and become part of mainstream learning solutions. So, surrounded by all the hype, what actually is the reality at the end of the year? What is its role in the learning mix? What are the key opportunities and challenges in the adoption of mobile learning technologies? Click on the image below to Report Mobile learning Content Strategy LMS eLearnity 12/13/2011 Omniplex maintains impressive growth Omniplex, the e-learning solutions provider which distributes corporate e-learning products in Europe and the Americas, has announced growth – in revenue terms – of some 38 per cent compared with last year. Omniplex, established over 20 years ago, has revealed that its turnover in the year from July 2010 to the end of June 2011 had risen by 38 per cent compared with the previous year's turnover. That year's turnover (in 2009/10) had represented a rise of some 35 per cent over the previous yea News Financial Announcements Omniplex 12/07/2011 LiveTime Learning answers global graduate training need for BP BP has joined a growing number of organisations, including BT and Tata Steel, which are using LiveTime Learning to train their graduates. LiveTime Learning, the innovative live online training service from Brightwave, uses virtual classroom technology to deliver key business skills in 20 minute digestible chunks. BP has chosen the award-winning service for a specific purpose, which is to deliver essential business skills to over 1000 new graduates worldwide, in line with the organisation's core News Virtual Classroom BrightWave Oil and Gas 12/07/2011 Omniplex enlarges its operations on two continents Omniplex, the e-learning solutions provider which distributes corporate e-learning products in Europe and the Americas, is expanding its workforce on both sides of the Atlantic. Among those who have joined Omniplex in the UK recently are: • Helen Smirthwaite, who is Omniplex's Community Manager, with special responsibility for the company's social media presence via Twitter, blogs and so on • Georgina Hamblin, who has become one of the company's Business Development Managers Omniplex's opera News Appointments Omniplex 12/03/2011 SAP to Accelerate Cloud Strategy with Acquisition of SuccessFactors SAP AG and SuccessFactors, Inc. today announced that SAP’s subsidiary, SAP America., Inc., has entered into a definitive merger agreement with SuccessFactors, the market-leading provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions, pursuant to which a subsidiary of SAP would offer to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of SuccessFactors for $40.00/per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of approximately $3.4 billion. The acquisition will add SuccessFactors’ News LMS Mergers & Aquisition Performance SAP SuccessFactors 12/01/2011 Omniplex reveals LMS gamekeeper turns poacher The e-learning solutions provider and distributor, Omniplex, has revealed that Blatant Media Corporation, whose products Omniplex distributes, has appointed Richard Nantel, the former CEO of Brandon Hall Group, to a senior position in the company.Blatant Media Corporation, creator of the award-winning e-learning software, Absorb LMS, has announced the appointment of Richard Nantel as its Vice President, Enterprise Learning Solutions. In this position, Nantel is responsible for the growth and de News Appointments LMS Omniplex 11/29/2011 UK’s leading jewellers go for e-learning gold from Omniplex Omniplex has provided a learning management system (LMS), rapid e-learning authoring tools and training in how to use all these products to Aurum Holdings Ltd, the largest prestige and luxury jewellers in the UK. Aurum includes the Watches of Switzerland, Mappin & Webb and Goldsmiths brands within its portfolio and is the UK's largest stockist of Rolex, Cartier, Breitling and TAG Heuer. Earlier this year Aurum replaced their existing LMS and authoring tools with the Absorb LMS and Articulate e- News Authoring Tools Content LMS Omniplex Retail 11/15/2011 e2train announces strong growth across its portfolio of solutions Leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, e2train, today announced that its financial year Q1 (July-September 2011) revenues are up by 62% on the same quarter last year. This strong growth looks set to continue and builds on a successful financial year ending June 2011 which saw double digit year-on-year growth, despite tough market conditions. A significant portion of growth this quarter is due to e2train's new talent management offerings. Through its strengthened portfolio News Financial Announcements e2train 11/10/2011 New features released for collaborative e-Learning software Lectora Online Lectora e-Learning software releases new features and updates for Lectora Online e-Learning collaboration software. The new features in Lectora 1.6 include brand new real-life characters, 11 new Flash games, and collaborative and customization updates to make creating and deploying online computer-based training easier and more engaging. “The Lectora Online 1.6 release is packed with new features to enhance both the collaborative development process and the e-Learning content itself,” said J News Product Announcements Trivantis 11/04/2011 Mobile Learning and native PowerPoint Content Contribution now supported by OutStart LCMS – Evolution 2012 Module OutStart announces the immediate availability of OutStart LCMS - Evolution 2012 Module, the latest version of its leading learning content management system (LCMS) for automating the development, management, maintenance, delivery, and publishing of modular and personalized learning. This new release provides mobile capabilities that allow you to deliver your LCMS content, including video, to any basic cell phone, Smartphone, or tablet. It also includes a PowerPoint plug-in that enables develope News LCMS Product Announcements Outstart 10/31/2011 Kineo China Grows E-Learning team Kineo China is moving to new offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou to support the growth of its Chinese e-learning operation. Since its launch earlier this year Kineo China has won contracts with companies such as China Mobile, Huawei, Lenovo, Michelin, Philips, Daimler, Tesco, Walmart, China Telecom and China Construction Bank. Kineo China provides clients with a full range of e-learning services including tools, custom courseware development, mobile learning, Totara LMS and consulting. Kineo Chin News Organisation Kineo 10/31/2011 Lumesse closes acquisition of SaaS-based learning experts Edvantage Group Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of SaaS-based e-learning experts Edvantage Group (www.edvantagegroup.com). Edvantage Group brings Lumesse world-class capabilities in learning management, content development and management, online content delivery, and custom course development. The combined business will have close to 2,000 customers worldwide and around two million active users of its technology. S News Mergers & Aquisition Edvantage Lumesse 10/28/2011 Line Communications announces major new expansion in Europe LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications solutions is proud to announce the commencement of a new German division, with effect from 1st October 2011. The new division will be headed up by two well known and experienced learning professionals. Klaus Löper and Robert Hohmann will open up opportunities for clients to benefit from the unique range of LINE services directly in Germany. Their particular focus will be on the German corporate market. Löper News Europe LINE Communications 10/27/2011 Bauhaus embraces Edvantage Group e-learning in its fast-paced retail world Edvantage Group, Europe’s leading provider of cloud-based learning solutions, which was recently acquired by Lumesse, is pleased to announce that the home improvements retailer BAUHAUS has selected Edvantage Group Learning Gateway (learning management system) and CourseBuilder (content development platform) to improve employee training programmes. With 220 locations in Europe and approximately 120,000 products in each store covering everything for home, house and garden, BAUHAUS needs knowledg News SaaS Edvantage Lumesse Retail 10/26/2011 Saba partners with Workday to bring Cloud Learning and Human Capital Management Solutions to Customers Saba , the premier People Cloud provider,announces at Workday Rising 2011 that it has established a new partnership with Workday, a leader in SaaS-based enterprise solutions for global human capital, payroll and financial management, to provide enterprise-class learning and human capital management (HCM) solutions to joint customers in the cloud. Saba's leading learning management solutions, delivered via the Saba People Cloud, will be tightly integrated with Workday HCM. The two organizations' News Partnerships Saba Workday 10/25/2011 New partnership between Kaplan Learning Technologies and Net Dimensions NetDimensions and Kaplan Learning Technologies, a leader in collaborative eLearning solutions, announces that they will join forces as part of NetDimensions' global reseller network. Kaplan Learning Technologies is now a certified reseller of NetDimensions’ award-winning learning, performance, and talent management products. “NetDimensions and Kaplan Learning Technologies share a common goal,” said Jay Shaw, Managing Director and CEO of NetDimensions. “We both aim to deliver truly global News Partnerships Kaplan NetDimensions 10/14/2011 SkillSoft announces acquisition of Element K SSI Investments II Limited, a parent company of SkillSoft Limited, announces that its indirect subsidiaries, SkillSoft Corporation and SkillSoft Ireland Limitedhave acquired the Element K business from NIIT Ventures, Inc., a subsidiary of NIIT Limited. Under the terms of the agreement, pursuant to which the transactions contemplated by the agreement closed effective today, the Element K business was acquired for $110 million in cash, subject to adjustments. The acquisition adds to SkillSoft’s News Mergers & Aquisition eLement K NiIT SkillSoft 10/14/2011 UK’s Ministry of Justice selects Edvantage's CourseBuilder to provide shared services across government Edvantage Group, which was recently acquired by Lumesse, has been selected by the UK’s Ministry of Justice to provide CourseBuilder, its SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) content authoring platform. CourseBuilder will enable the Ministry of Justice Learning Services team to create quality, business specific e-learning programmes for a range of internal clients. The Ministry of Justice, one of the UK’s largest government departments, implemented a shared service model to facilitate collaboration ac News Authoring Tools Edvantage Lumesse Government 10/13/2011 Brightwave announces double digit growth Hot on the heels of key industry award nominations, Brightwave reports further success with the announcement of 40% growth in the current financial year and expansion to its client portfolio. With a reputation for delivering quality, high-impact e-learning solutions, Brightwave's recent financial performance is evidence of its commitment to using e-learning as a business strategy. This approach has delivered impressive results for Brightwave's clients, including Sky and Bupa, with whom they wo News Financial Announcements BrightWave 10/13/2011 Harbinger Knowledge releases update for Raptivity Software with more HTML5 Interactions Harbinger Knowledge Products releases a major update of its award-winning eLearning software, Raptivity, that offers significantly more interactivity and creativity tools for presenters. The new 6.6 version of Raptivity brings a host of technological advances, including an expanded library of HTML5 interactions, a much-awaited feature. With the release of the HTML5 Starter Pack in the new version, Raptivity now offers a selection of more than 15 HTML5 interactions - all of which can be played o News Authoring Tools Harbinger Knowledge Products 10/10/2011 Global elearning provider to launch new brand identity and vision at Learning Technologies 2012 MindLeaders ThirdForce will be officially known as MindLeaders from January. The rebrand is part of a bold new vision for the elearning and talent management company: 'changing lives through learning'. "It's a name that quite simply stands for world-class elearning solutions" says Brendan O'Sullivan, Group CEO. "I'm very proud of a brand and a vision that encapsulate our core values of thought-leadership, innovation and a passion for what we do. We've now established offices in the US, UK, Irel News Content Mindleaders 10/04/2011 Upside2Go Mobile Learning Platform now on Blackberry After the huge success of its platform for mobile learning - Upside2Go, Upside Learning is thrilled to introduce Upside2Go for BlackBerry. With this release, Upside2Go is now available for BlackBerry OS 5 and OS 6, and iPhone 3 and 4, and the iPad. Launched earlier this year for the iPhone (and iPad), Upside2Go is a unique solution that brings formal, informal, social and collaborative learning, and performance support to one central platform - mobile. Having won appreciation from some of the b News Mobile learning Upside Learning 10/03/2011 Lumesse acquires SaaS-based learning experts Edvantage Group Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire Edvantage Group. Over 500,000 users across hundreds of organizations use Edvantage Group’s SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) learning solutions to develop employee skills and competencies. Edvantage Group brings Lumesse world-class capabilities in learning management, content development and management, online content delivery, and custom course development. T News Mergers & Aquisition Edvantage Lumesse 09/30/2011 Balance Learning launches new range of eBooks Balance Learning has just launched the first in a range of interactive eBooks to complement its off the shelf eLearning programmes. Chris Horseman, MD of Balance Learning, said: "As learning events are becoming shorter and more focused, there is an increased chance of information being forgotten. Our Interactive eBooks provide learners with a customisable resource that can be accessed from anywhere just before applying the new skill. Learners can save their notes alongside the information provi News Mobile learning Balance Learning 09/29/2011 Kenexa and SkillSoft announce alliance to integrate Talent Management solution with leading Learning Content Kenexa, a global provider of business solutions for human resources, and SkillSoft, a leading SaaS provider of e-learning content, technology and services, today announced a strategic alliance to integrate and market Kenexa's Global Talent Management solutions with SkillSoft's learning content and platform technology. This collaboration uses SkillSoft's Open Learning Services Architecture (OLSA), which utilizes web services technology, to provide richer content and user experiences for the ente News Alliances SkillSoft Kenexa 09/29/2011 Video Arts selects JLMS Enterprise as the LMS to deliver their one-stop-shop learning library Video Arts, the learning content specialist, has selected JLMS Enterprise from JZero Solutions as the Learning Management System (LMS) to host and deliver their 'one-stop-shop' learning library to its clients. The new platform, called iLearn, will provide clients with a sophisticated LMS that makes it easy and intuitive for learners to access their training. The administration portal provides snapshot data and a suite of reports that are quick and easy to use, giving L&D professionals more time News LMS Video Arts JZero Solutions Training 09/27/2011 Saba announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Results Saba, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended August 31, 2011. Total quarterly billings up 18% with cloud billings growing 81% year-over-year Cloud revenue grew 59% year-over-year Subscription revenue up 26% year-over-year; representing 61% of total revenues Subscription revenue gross margin expanded to 77% Total deferred revenue increased 29% year-over-year to $43.9 million "We started fiscal year 2012 with strong quarterly performance in billings and revenue growth, a News Financial Announcements Saba 09/27/2011 CM Group announces Luminosity Lightshow Luminosity Lightshow is the new HTML5 based tool for creating interactive simulations, for training users to perform particular tasks and activities within software applications. It is aimed at all organisations and software companies which need to teach users or customers how to use a software application and who want to enable users to try your application in a completely safe, controlled environment. Screen-capture-based simulations are a proven technique for reducing the amount of time that News Authoring Tools CM Group 09/21/2011 Line Communications appoints head of mobile LINE Communications one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, has appointed Dominic Mason as Head of Mobile. LINE has been developing mobile learning solutions since 2001. Mobile learning and mobile apps are becoming an increasingly important element of LINE’s work both in the UK and across Europe. Dominic will head up LINE’s existing team of mobile developers and mobile architects. Dominic will support the mobile sales operation at LINE and will also be responsible f News Appointments Mobile learning LINE Communications 09/15/2011 Taleo and DDI Partner to deliver integrated Talent Solution Development Dimensions International (DDI), announced today an integrated solution with Taleo Corporation that will stretch across the talent continuum. DDI and Taleo have extended their partnership to offer a fully-integrated and wide reaching talent solution. The enhanced offering includes integrated selection, assessment and development solutions that are all built on a foundation of DDI’s competency library. It includes pre-employment tests and assessments, Leadership Mirror®, a web-based News Partnerships Talent Management DDI Taleo 09/14/2011 Saba announces Content Connect Program Saba announces the Saba Content Connect Program, an innovative program that brings Saba partners and customers together in an interactive online community. Hosted within the Saba Online Community, the program facilitates customers' discovery and connections with content partners in a social and real-time collaborative environment. "Organizations around the globe are using the Saba People Cloud to build a transformative workplace that accelerates innovation and learning by tapping into social c News Content Content Management LMS Saba 09/14/2011 Totara LMS launches new version of open source learning platform Totara LMS, the custom distribution of Moodle for corporates, is releasing the latest version of their commercial open source learning management system on 3 October 2011. Totara 1.1 builds upon the success of the initial Totara LMS release which was launched in January this year. Totara LMS provides a range of enhancements to Moodle designed to make this popular platform meet the needs of corporate enterprises. The enhancements include competency frameworks, learning plans, classroom managemen News LMS Kineo 09/08/2011 Totara LMS announces appointment of Channel Manager for Europe Totara Learning Solutions announced today that Andy Kirk has been appointed as Totara Channel Manager for Europe. Andy will lead on providing support for Totara's growing network of partners and Totara clients in the UK and mainland Europe.Totara LMS is the distribution of Moodle for corporate clients. Launched earlier this year, over 50 organizations have already selected Totara LMS. Andy has extensive experience in developing training and providing practical and strategic support for the use News Appointments LMS Kineo 09/06/2011 Totara LMS announces appointment of a Vice President - Partner Solutions for North America Totara Learning Solutions, announces that Willem Boom has been appointed as Vice President - Partner Solutions for Totara Learning Solutions in North America. Willem will lead on providing support for Totara's growing network of partners and Totara clients.Totara LMS, is the distribution of Moodle for corporate clients. Launched earlier this year over 50 organizations have already selected Totara LMS. Willem has over eleven years of experience in the Learning & Development field in multiple sal News Appointments Kineo 09/06/2011 Edvantage group announces record growth in first half of 2011 Edvantage group announces double-digit revenue growth and record profitability growth in the first half of 2011, increasing EBITA by 168% to 5,9 million NOK compared to 2,2 million NOK in the first half of 2010. During the first six months of 2011, Edvantage group aggressively drove product development, announcing new versions of its SaaS-based solutions and strengthening its channel partner programme across Europe. The company was also recognised by industry analyst, Brandon Hall, for excelle News Financial Announcements Edvantage 08/26/2011 Learning on the Go- Tata Interactive Systems launches TrackMoBL Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a division of Tata Industries Limited, announces the release of TrackMoBL™, a mobile application to help organizations track training data from mobile devices and tablets. The device could either be an Android-based phone or tablet, or iOS-based iPhone or iPad. TrackMoBL™ supports SCORM 1.2-compliant courses which can be downloaded, launched, and tracked. Users can download the TrackMoBL™ native application from the Apple app store, the Android Market, or an e News Mobile learning TaTA Interactive Systems 08/23/2011 Leading law firm Hill Dickinson partners with Redtray From July 2011 the blended learning provider, REDTRAY, has joined with law firm Hill Dickinson to support the delivery of IT training, in a partnership that will last for the next three years. The strategic partnership aims to improve work efficiency at Hill Dickinson through the development of IT skills and an enhanced employee training experience, tailored around specific roles within the firm. Keith Feeny, IT & Operations Director at Hill Dickinson explains, "We want to become a market-leade News Managed Service RedTRAY Legal 08/18/2011 New owner for Balance Learning Balance Learning, publisher of award winning and innovative off-the-shelf and customised eLearning since 2003, was acquired earlier this year by Chris Horseman, as part of his new company Hot Learning. Chris Horseman said: "I was involved with the creation of the Balance Learning products and always felt that they offered learners a more engaging experience than most off-the-shelf eLearning available. Over the last year I have been developing a strategy for providing learning on devices such as News Mergers & Aquisition Balance Learning 08/18/2011 Upside Learning augments its Partnership Program; Opens Channel Partnership After the success of its Partnership Program for Authorized Resellers and Referral Partners, Upside Learning has further extended it to include channel partners. This program has been designed to help channel partners capitalize on the rapidly expanding eLearning market opportunities with the company's award-winning and increasingly popular offerings - UpsideLMS and Upside2Go. Less than two months after introducing a comprehensive partnership program for its two-time Brandon Hall award-winning News Partnerships Upside Learning 08/18/2011 Edvantage group provides Yara with cloud-based learning to support zero accident target Edvantage group announces today that it has been selected to provide Yara International with e-learning solutions in the safety training area. Yara International, a global supplier of mineral fertilizers, has set as one of its goals to be the leading performer in the area of worker safety, with a targeted accident rate as close to zero as possible. Edvantage group will provide seven interactive e-learning courses covering a range of topics including risk assessment, process safety and chemical News Content Edvantage Chemicals 08/18/2011 Xyleme appoints Greg Schottland as Vice President of Operations Xyleme, the leading provider of 100% XML, open and standards-based learning content management solutions, today announced that Greg Schottland has been named Vice President of Operations. A seasoned technology executive, Greg will oversee engineering and operations as Xyleme continues its fast-paced growth trajectory. Greg comes to Xyleme with over 25 years of experience in starting and growing software companies in evolving markets. He has both created and run startups, as well as large public News Appointments Xyleme 08/18/2011 Saba partners with BT Global Services to provide complete People Management Solution Saba announces a global partnership with BT Global Services, a division of BT Group, which will enable BT Global Services to provide a fully-managed people management solution as part of BT Learning Solutions. This offering will include Saba's learning management, talent management, online collaboration and enterprise social networking applications. BT is one of the few organizations to have implemented e-learning on a large scale, delivering more than 85 percent of its training online to more News Partnerships Saba Telecommunications 08/16/2011 Intea join Edvantage group Channel Partner programme Edvantage group announces that INTEA, an integrated e-learning services provider in Latvia, has joined the Edvantage group Channel Partner programme as a Learning Partner. The partnership agreement provides INTEA with the opportunity to promote and resell Edvantage group’s cloud and SaaS-based products and supporting services, including the Brandon Hall award-winning collaborative authoring tool, CourseBuilder. The two companies have been working together since 2010 with INTEA using CourseBuil News Partnerships Edvantage 08/11/2011 Kineo E-Learning announces 360 Appraisal and Training Diary Modules for Moodle Kineo has announced the availability of a new 360 appraisal and training diary modules for Moodle, the leading open-source learning management system. This module was developed with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and is being shared as part of the commitment to promote an 'open source' culture of sharing, reuse and collaborative development across Government and its suppliers. This new plug-in module allows organisations to run 360 appraisals directly within Moodle. The functionality of News LMS Product Announcements Kineo Government 08/11/2011 Line Communications announces contract to deliver class leading Training Management System LINE Communications, has delivered a class leading Training Management Information System (TMIS) for VT Flagship, a leading provider of military and maritime training solutions who are part of the Babcock International Group, the UK's leading engineering support services company. The Astute TMIS integrates all the major functions of VT's training facility for the Astute Class submarine fleet in Faslane, Scotland. VT provides the service under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) for the Royal Na News LMS LINE Communications Defence 08/11/2011 CourseMill Version 6.5 Release - Learning Management System Now Easier and More User-Friendly Than Ever CourseMill Learning Management System (LMS) announces the latest features and upgrades in Version 6.5. The new enhancements enable learners, administrators and instructors to meet training goals, and ensure focused and customizable functionality for serving and managing online training. CourseMill Version 6.5 offers a convenient learning management system with valuable advantages for every user that increase significantly with the latest release: Additional System Properties – New system prope News LMS Trivantis 08/10/2011 Blue Eskimo announces recruitment partnership with Institute of IT Training Blue Eskimo has entered into an exclusive partnership with the Institute of IT Training, delivering training and e-learning jobs to the IITT website directly. News E-learning Skills Trainers Blue Eskimo IITT Institutes 08/05/2011 Trivantis launches latest version of Snap! rapid e-learning software After its debut on May 11, Snap! by Lectora steps back into the ring with Version 1.1, packed with new rapid e-Learning software features and capabilities. As part of the ongoing commitment to give users of this masterful tool the best experience possible, Snap! by Lectora Version 1.1 provides the ability to create engaging, interactive and powerful e-Learning material with useful upgrades such as branching, additional Flash media support (FLV) and more. “Our mission is to make e-Learning acc News Rapid e-learning Trivantis 07/25/2011 Apollo-Optik selects Saba People Cloud Applications to improve Employee Motivation and increase Company Success Saba announces that Germany's biggest optician, Apollo-Optik, is leveraging Saba People Cloud Applications to accelerate employee performance. Through goal-orientated training Apollo-Optik aims to create a more efficient learning system that improves succession planning and employee retention. By using Saba's effective succession planning and training tools Apollo-Optik hopes to extend its lead as the biggest optician in Germany. Saba's Learning and Talent Applications will be rapidly deployed News LMS Talent Management Saba Retail 07/22/2011 Epic announces fourth E-learning Debate now online Epic’s third E-learning Debate ended in a defeat for the motion ‘This house believes that technology-based informal learning is more style than substance’. Despite some strong arguments that informal learning lacks rigour, only 33% of participants at elearningdebate.com voted for style over substance. Just as in the live event hosted last October at the Oxford Union, there was clearly a strong belief that informal learning has an important role to play in training and education. And technolo News Social Networking ePic 07/21/2011 Saba announces Fourth Quarter and Record Fiscal Year 2011 Results Saba reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended May 31, 2011. "We grew our SaaS bookings 276% and SaaS revenue 59% in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011. We now have one of the fastest growing SaaS businesses among public companies," said Bobby Yazdani, Chairman and CEO of Saba. "We signed four of the five largest transactions in our history during the fiscal year, with all four customers selecting Saba People Cloud Applications. The transformation of our busine News Financial Announcements LMS SaaS Talent Management Saba 07/21/2011 e2train and Solics become Partners e2train is now working with Solics, to enhance market presence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Solics is a leading German consulting company, focused on information and communication technology, specialising in meeting business requirements with customised IT solutions. The partnership will mean e2train products have a significant brand presence in Germany as well as exhibiting products at important events such as Learntec and Personal. Solics will incorporate e2train product knowledge int News Partnerships e2train 07/19/2011 Kineo e-learning and LMS business expands into South Africa Kineo, is delighted to announce the opening of the latest in a growing number of global offices with the addition of Kineo South Africa. 2011 is proving an outstanding year for Kineo who have already expanded their global reach with the opening of offices in Sweden and across China, enabling them to better service their clients' needs locally. Kineo South Africa is led by Mike Cawood. Mike Cawood is a long time friend and former client of Kineo and brings a wealth of experience with him in e-l News Content LMS Organisation Kineo 06/08/2011 Media-Saturn Leverages Saba People Cloud Applications to Increase People and Organizational Performance Saba announces that the leading European consumer electronics retailer, Media-Saturn is leveraging Saba People Cloud Applications to support and enable people performance with the right training, improve succession planning, and increase employee retention. In addition, Saba's multilingual capabilities enabled Media-Saturn to use the system in markets throughout Europe and Asia. Media-Saturn now has 70,000 people profiles and the system has been rolled out to 13 countries and 800 store location News LMS Performance Support SaaS Saba Retail 06/07/2011 Upside Learning announces New Partnership Program for UpsideLMS And Upside2Go Upside Learning announced today its new comprehensive partnership program intended to accelerate partner growth and profitability for its multi award-winning, best value Learning Management System - UpsideLMS and its revolutionary platform for mobile learning - Upside2Go. With a view to making its vision of providing solutions and services to the global community a reality, and to accelerate partner growth and profitability, Upside Learning announced today its new partnership program. This prog News LMS Partnerships Upside Learning 06/06/2011 Edvantage group announces new release of CourseBuilder Content Authoring Platform In its continuing work to deliver innovative SaaS and cloud-based learning solutions, Edvantage group announced today the release of CourseBuilder Version 6, the collaborative content authoring platform. CourseBuilder Version 6 enables organisations to rapidly and effectively develop and manage quality e-learning content including online courses, simulations, tests and assessments. The latest release includes an enhanced system architecture designed to reduce the time it takes to produce rich, News Authoring Tools Edvantage 06/01/2011 Xyleme unveils Pastiche Xyleme announced the immediate availability of Pastiche™, an application that allows organizations to offer a complete blended learning environment on a single tablet, quickly and cost-effectively. News Content LCMS Mobile learning Xyleme 05/26/2011 NetDimensions and Training Partners expand market reach with Reseller Agreement in Asia Pacific NetDimensions , a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems; and Training Partners, Asia Pacific's leader in networking, project management and data communications training, announces that Training Partners has joined NetDimensions' global reseller network as a certified reseller for NetDimensions' award-winning learning and talent management products. "We are extremely happy we are working together with Training Partners as part of our official reseller program, News Alliances NetDimensions 05/25/2011 Line Communications relaunches website to reflect new sector focus LINE Communications announces the launch of its redesigned website at www.line.co.uk, reflecting a refocusing of operating capability prompted by the growth and development of its business. For over twenty years, LINE has enjoyed an enviable reputation for excellence in the design and delivery of learning and communications solutions across a broad variety of business sectors, both private and public. While continuing to provide full service across this wide range of industries, LINE has moved News Vendors LINE Communications 05/16/2011 Kineo join Edvantage group Channel Partner programme Edvantage group, is pleased to announce that Kineo, a leading e-learning solutions company, has joined the Edvantage group Channel Partner programme as a Strategic Learning Partner. The partnership agreement provides Kineo with the opportunity to promote and resell CourseBuilder - Edvantage group’s award-winning collaborative authoring tool. This strategic partnership provides both organisations with new business opportunities in Kineo’s existing sales territories and beyond. Kineo will intro News Authoring Tools Edvantage Kineo 05/16/2011 CM Group announces low cost approach for Luminosity ownership Previously Luminosity Studio has been provided as an enterprise level system for the largest and most demanding leading organisations; those clients who want the total security and control that a locally installed server can provide can install their own local Luminosity server behind their firewall on their own LAN. Now a new rental model is available for smaller producers. The new annual rental model is just £895 per author pa with full access to a secure cloud based server to facilitate full News Authoring Tools CM Group 05/05/2011 Kaplan Learning Technologies increases client list Kaplan Learning Technologies have announced more names to add to their growing list of customers using their award winning authoring software solutions, Atlantic Link and STT Trainer. Names recently added to the established client list include Virgin Active Health Clubs, Dubai Aluminium, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, The City of Trondheim, Curve Learning, MacIntyre Charity, Manchester Airport and A4e STT Trainer is being used to create training for bespoke or enterprise applications including SA News Authoring Tools Kaplan 05/05/2011 Kaplan Learning Technologies launches STT Trainer 6.0 Authoring tool STT Trainer 6.0 from Kaplan Learning Technologies creates software simulations that feature a brand-new lesson player, facilitate easy multi-lingual eLearning, and can be developed for multiple browsers and platforms including the iPad and Android mobile handsets. STT Trainer is an award-winning authoring tool for creating software simulations and documentation of business software applications to help companies achieve a rapid return on their enterprise application investments. News Authoring Tools Kaplan 05/05/2011 New contract with Edvantage group gives Danish government employees access to more e-learning Edvantage group has been awarded a contract to provide e-learning courses to the Danish State Employer’s Authority within the Danish Ministry of Finance.  As a result, over 40 courses designed to increase proficiency with software, including Microsoft, Open Office and Adobe, will be made available to up to 90,000 employees across Denmark’s government agencies. The courses will be part of Campus, the Danish state sector’s unified learning solution. Campus is designed to make competence develo News Content Edvantage Government 04/29/2011 Aurion Learning joins NetDimensions’ Certified Global Reseller Network NetDimensions , a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, and Aurion Learning, an award winning e-learning solutions provider, announces that Aurion Learning has joined NetDimensions' global reseller network as a certified reseller for NetDimensions award-wining learning & talent management products in Ireland and the United Kingdom. "We are very happy that Aurion Learning is now part of our official reseller program," said Liam Butler, EMEA General Manager of News LMS Aurion NetDimensions 04/27/2011 Questionmark adds New Analytics to On Demand Assessment Solutions New tools for analyzing and reporting on assessment results top the list of new features in the latest release of Questionmark On Demand assessment management solutions. Questionmark Analytics, a new module within Questionmark® Perception®, enables users to generate reports on assessment items and results. In addition to browser and print distribution, reports generated in Questionmark Analytics include publish-to-PDF and publish-to-CSV options. Other new features in the latest release include News Assessment Questionmark 04/26/2011 SuccessFactors to acquire Plateau SuccessFactors, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Plateau, the leading learning management system (LMS), a Next Generation Portal technology, and CaaS - Content as a Service. This acquisition forms a symbiotic combination with SuccessFactors’ acquisition of social video mobile learning provider Jambok.Customers will now have the ability to further increase employee development and business execution by implementing a comprehensive social and traditional learning strategy News LMS Mergers & Aquisition Plateau SuccessFactors 04/26/2011 International road transport training uses Absorb LMS The IRU Academy - the educational arm of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) – is using the Absorb learning management system, supplied by Omniplex, to help it satisfy road transport training needs around the world. News LMS Omniplex Transport 04/20/2011 Totara LMS Announces Roadmap for New Features Totara LMS, the open source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle has announced a development roadmap. The roadmap, which is out for consultation with partners and subscribers, includes new talent management modules to manage appraisals and 360 feedback and an exciting new program management feature to create learning paths, mandatory learning and recurring learning requirements. The new features include: • Program management to build complex learning paths • Improved classroom manage News LMS Open-Source Kineo 04/06/2011 Bizmedia and Towards Maturity partner to further good practice in learning innovation Two leading players in the learning community have extended their co-operation in an alliance which will bring benefits to both users and providers of innovative learning. Bizmedia Ltd - publisher of e.learning age and organiser of the E-Learning Awards - has entered into a new partnership with Towards Maturity, the internationally recognised benchmarking practice. Towards Maturity, which recently launched its online Benchmark Centre http://mybenchmark.towardsmaturity.org for learning and devel News Partnerships Towards Maturity 03/28/2011 81Boxes takes pride in Fullers contract Fuller's, renowned brewers of London Pride, has subscribed to the 81Boxes talent management and succession planning software to help it identify and develop crucial abilities within its key staff. Fuller's is renowned for its commitment to the principle of developing the knowledge, skills and competencies of its teams. The company has a strong ethic of promotion from within and proudly states that there is genuinely no limit to how employees can progress within the organisation. 81Boxes will en News Talent Management e2train Hospitality 03/26/2011 Autoglass, JD Williams, Virgin Trains and 3 Mobile choose CM Group’s Luminosity eLearning authoring software CM Group have announced another diverse set of customers for Luminosity, its rapid eLearning authoring software. The Companies join a growing list of leading innovative organisations using Luminosity to develop and deliver online training courses to their staff. An increasing number of organisations are recognising the cost and educational benefits of delivering eLearning as part of their blended learning strategies. The Luminosity range of products enables organisations to develop their own eL News Development Tools CM Group Retail Telecommunications Transport 03/24/2011 Upside2Go - Upside Learning's Revolutionary Mobile Learning Solution - To Make Its Debut In The UK Upside Learning announced that it will be launching Upside2Go, its latest offering in mobile learning, in the UK. After garnering a strong response in the US, where it was unveiled at the ASTD Techknowledge 2011 expo, Upside2Go is now set to make its debut in the UK market. Upside Learning has announced its decision to launch Upside2Go at the CIPD HRD 2011. Upside2Go makes the delivery and management of training for the mobile workforce easy and effective. It is a solution that will not only he News Mobile learning Upside Learning 03/18/2011 Brightwave and City of Edinburgh Council deliver more for less with e-learning As the Comprehensive Spending Review cuts begin to bite and the public sector braces itself one Scottish council has shown it is possible to do more with less and win awards in the process. The City of Edinburgh Council Interactive Learning (CECil) project - providing a wide range of courses for the council's 18,000 employees - has so far achieved savings of £1.18m and transformed the delivery of workplace training in the municipality. The CECil modules - in a diverse range of subjects includin News Content BrightWave Local Government 03/18/2011 Saffron Interactive launches anti-bribery and corruption e-learning course Saffron Interactive, has launched a range of anti-bribery and corruption e-learning packages to help businesses stay within the law. Once the Bribery Act 2010 comes into effect this year, it will be far easier to commit an offence and the repercussions of doing so are severe, from reputational damage for the organisation to fines and prison sentences for individuals. Simply asking employees to confirm they have understood the guidelines is not enough, yet 50% of companies don't have an anti-bri News Content Saffron Interactive 03/15/2011 81Boxes adds team analysis to talent management A new version of 81Boxes, the easy-to-use SaaS based talent management and succession planning software from e2train, now includes some powerful new team analysis tools and simple user-driven branding functions.The 81Boxes software service has a broad set of tools to manage and identify key talent and maintain critical succession planning in a business. It also provides smart analytical tools to illustrate skills and potentials. It is particularly renowned for being easy to implement and popula News Talent Management e2train 03/14/2011 Kineo expands global e-learning presence with office in Sweden Kineo is delighted to announce the opening of Kineo Sweden, which will offer the full range of Kineo e-learning services in Sweden. Expanding into the Swedish e-learning market is a natural step for Kineo in its continued international growth. Kineo's fresh approach to e-learning and open source LMS solutions has delivered award winning results for its clients, who include McDonalds, HSBC, O2, Tesco and many others. Now Kineo can offer its services through a great team in Kineo Sweden. Kineo Sw News Europe Organisation Rapid e-learning Vendors Kineo 03/14/2011 Edvantage group signs a three-year contract with SATS Health and Fitness Centres Edvantage group, a European provider of cloud-based learning and performance solutions, has signed a three-year contract with SATS health and fitness centres to provide a complete e-learning solution involving over 4,000 staff. The agreement will enable SATS to provide employees with online learning and access to knowledge and skills from any location at anytime. The e-learning solution will include software to create e-learning courses, a custom made e-learning course, “Welcome to SATS”, onl News Content LMS Edvantage 03/11/2011 eXact LCMS SCORM 2004 Third Edition Certified eXact Learning Solutions, announces that the latest version of its LCMS - eXact LCMS version 7 - has been certified as conforming to the latest SCORM standard: SCORM 2004 Third Edition. The Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) is a collection of standards and specifications adapted from multiple sources to provide a suite of e-learning capabilities that enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of web-based learning content. SCORM 2004 is currently the 'de facto' e-lear News LCMS Standards eXact learning 03/11/2011 Totara LMS Partner Network Grows Totara LMS is pleased to announce that the Totara Partner network is growing with the addition of new partners in Europe, America and Asia. Totara LMS, is the open source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle. In the last month new partners have joined the Totara LMS Partner network across the globe. New partners include: • Classroom Revolution and Ostiary in America • ACP Computer Training in Singapore • Synergy Learning and Learning Pool in Europe These are in addition to current News LMS Open-Source Kineo 03/01/2011 Delphi Automotive uses NetDimensions NetDimensions announced that Delphi Automotive LLP has successfully implemented the Enterprise Knowledge Platform LMS to deliver technical training and knowledge to its global network of workshops and garages, as well as to assess their quality and technical competence. News LMS NetDimensions Cars Engineering 03/01/2011 Learning Light adds Becta content Learning Light has redeveloped its E-learning Centre website to include much of the intellectual property of Becta, whose website has closed in the public sector cutbacks. News Online Resources Learning Light Higher Education Further Education Public Services Government 02/27/2011 ISO 9001 award for e2train e2train has been awarded ISO 9001: 2008, the international standard for quality management. The accreditation is seen by e2train as a significant step in its ongoing rigorous commitment to better customer service and support. News Quality LMS Talent Management e2train 02/24/2011 élogos Partners with OutStart OutStart announced that élogos has selected OutStart LCMS to resell to its market in Spain and Latin America. élogos will also utilize OutStart LCMS as a core component in its new lifelong learning approach. OutStart LCMS is a learning content management system (LCMS) for automating the development, management, maintenance and delivery of modular and personalized learning content - including online, instructor guides, mobile, assessments and the ability to deliver training in different language News LCMS Partnerships élogos Outstart 02/21/2011 Upside Learning Expands Its Europe Operations; Appoints Sales Director In London Upside Learning announced the appointment of Simon Meager as its Sales Director for Europe region. He will be based out of London. News Appointments LMS Content Upside Learning 02/18/2011 Elearnity announces viewpoint on Corporate Academies Elearnity, Europe’s leading independent learning industry analyst, announced a new viewpoint paper on the rise and fall of Corporate Academies. Press Release Strategy Academies Corporate University eLearnity 02/18/2011 The Fall and Rise of Corporate Academies: Elearnity Viewpoint What lessons can be learn from the ongoing trend of corporate academies in enterprise learning? An Elearnity ViewPoint paper. Report Strategy Learning 2.0 Academies Corporate University eLearnity 02/17/2011 Webanywhere becomes Totara LMS Partner Webanywhere has become a Totara LMS Partner. News Partnerships LMS Open-Source Webanywhere Kineo Totara 02/15/2011 SkillSoft acquires assets of 50 Lessons SkillSoft announced the acquisition of the assets of 50 Lessons Limited, a provider of leadership video content that helps organizations around the world develop their employees by leveraging the power of story-based lessons. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. News Content Mergers & Aquisition Leadership SkillSoft 50 Lessons 02/14/2011 Kineo and Royal Yachting Association plot course for e-learning success Kineo and Royal Yachting Association have worked closely together to create a suite of bespoke e-learning modules on navigation and water safety. News Content Kineo Associations 02/11/2011 EssentialSkillz adds North West office EssentialSkillz have opened their second new office in less than a year giving them bases in Galway, Milton Keynes and North Wales. News Appointments Content LMS Authoring Tools EssentialSkillz 02/10/2011 Taleo sees growth with small and mid-sized companies Taleo announced significant momentum in the small and mid-sized business markets with the success of Taleo Business Edition, reported over 900 new customers, a greater than 50 percent increase over the previous year. News Recruitment Talent Management Taleo Small Business 02/10/2011 Blackboard Launches CourseSites Blackboard announced the launch of CourseSites, a free, fully hosted and supported online course system featuring their latest teaching and learning technologies. There is no license fee, no hosting fee and no additional setup required for instructors to get started. News Virtual Learning Environments LMS Blackboard Inc. Higher Education Further Education 02/10/2011 LINE launches YouTube channel and Facebook page LINE Communications unveiled its latest social media sites, a YouTube channel and Facebook page, enabling members and subscribers to the networks can view the latest at LINE; from viewpoints, presentations and interviews to highly engaging examples of its work. News Social Networking Content LINE Communications 02/10/2011 Edvantage integrates LMS with Skillsoft Open Learning Services Architecture Edvantage group announced that it has integrated Learning Gateway with SkillSoft e-learning solutions, using Open Learning Services Architecture. The OLSA integration, based on Web-Services, automates the first time installation and updating of SkillSoft hosted content. News LMS Hosted SaaS Integration Content Standards Edvantage SkillSoft 02/09/2011 TDM becomes Totara LMS Partner TDM, UK specialists in helping organisations to leverage open source software solutions, has become a Totara LMS Partner. News Partnerships LMS Open-Source Totara Kineo 02/07/2011 eCom begins contract with NHS Health Scotland eCom has been selected as the eLearning developer for a NHS Health Scotland project for Improving Health: Developing Effective Practice. The course will be aimed at a wide variety of staff in Scotland involved in health improvement and tackling health inequalities, from hospital nurses, staff in private nursing homes, teachers, and other allied health workers. News Content eCom Scotland Health Public Services 02/07/2011 Online Benchmark Centre launched by Towards Maturity The benchmarking practice Towards Maturity has launched its online Benchmark Centre for learning and development professionals who need to accelerate their organisational performance through effective use of learning technology. News Online Resources Best Practice Towards Maturity 02/07/2011 Edvantage group announces new version of its SaaS and cloud-based Learning Management System Edvantage group announces the latest version of its SaaS and cloud-based Learning Gateway, learning management system (LMS) version 5.6.This release focuses on helping large and small organisations gain more effect from their blended learning programmes with less administrative effort. A new resource repository will enable learning assets to be centralised, reused and shared more efficiently, while a host of new functions will help organisations deploy, track and share their learning assets wit News LMS Edvantage 02/03/2011 Elearnity announces Vendor Perspectives Elearnity announced Perspectives, a new tool for assessing learning technology vendor options and suitability for corporate needs including Which? style ratings and independent analyst commentary from Elearnity. News Authoring Tools LMS Talent Management Performance LCMS Content eLearnity 02/03/2011 Elearnity announces Vendor Perspectives Elearnity announced Perspectives, a new tool for assessing learning technology vendor options and suitability for corporate needs including Which? style ratings and independent analyst commentary from Elearnity. Press Release Content LMS Talent Management Performance Authoring Tools Market eLearnity 02/02/2011 Save the Children uses Cornerstone OnDemand to better engage employees Cornerstone OnDemand announced that global non-profit Save the Children is using the Cornerstone talent management software solution to better engage its employees – and, in turn, further its mission of achieving breakthroughs in how the world treats children.  News Talent Management LMS Cornerstone OnDemand Charities 01/31/2011 Transition launch Coursemill for IBM WebSphere Portal Transition has brought together the power of Trivantis' CourseMill and IBM's WebSphere Portal into CourseMill for IBM WebSphere Portal - which delivers high-end learning management features at a far lower price. CourseMill is a flexible, powerful Learning Management System from Trivantis, the same company which created the Lectora e-learning authoring tool. CourseMill for WebSphere Portal has been specially produced to integrate tightly into IBM WebSphere Portal - making it an ideal learning ma News LMS Transition Associates 01/26/2011 The Changing Learning Technology Landscape - David's presentation from #LT11UK David's slide deck from the Learning Technologies 2011 conference at Olympia. Session Outline: P1: The changing learning technologies landscape David Wilson, Managing Director, eLearnity Is the learning management system (LMS) dead? What impact will the recent explosion of interest in web 2.0, social media and informal learning have on corporate learning systems? In this wide-ranging analysis of the current environment for learning systems, Europe’s leading analyst in the field, David Wilson d Presentation Shows/Conferences Strategy LMS Talent Management E-HR Technology Portals eLearnity 01/24/2011 Functionality Is Not Everything: Elearnity ViewPoint Why functionality alone never delivers successful Learning Technology deployments. An Elearnity ViewPoint paper. Report Strategy SaaS Technology Authoring Tools LMS Portals eLearnity 01/24/2011 Rethinking Learning Systems in 2011: Elearnity ViewPoint What are the emerging trends in learning technology in 2011? An Elearnity ViewPoint paper. Report Strategy LMS Technology Open-Source Portals eLearnity 01/18/2011 Saffron Interactive looks to the future as former CTO re-joins Saffron Interactive is delighted to welcome back Nick Simons, who returns to the company in a strategic role after two years away. Nick has spent some of that time at Blackboard, where he applied his experience in the corporate world to the social learning capability of the Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment. As part of Saffron's strategy for 2011, Nick will be leading the company's expanding technology development office in Pune, India, in the support of new e-learning media, specialising News Appointments Saffron Interactive 01/17/2011 Edvantage group launch Channel Partner Programme Edvantage group will formally launch its Channel Partner Programme at Learning Technologies Conference & Exhibition, London, January 2011. The new Channel Partner Programme will initially focus upon establishing partners headquartered in the UK, as well as working with SuccessFactors partners located throughout Europe.  News Content LMS Partnerships Edvantage 01/15/2011 Content Master announces partnership for localisation of e-learning Content Master and Jonckers Translation & Engineering have announced a new strategic partnership to provide eLearning and other education, training and reference materials for clients who create and deploy eLearning programs worldwide. News Content Partnerships Language CM Group Jonckers Translation & Engineering 01/13/2011 Kineo E-Learning expands into China Kineo is pleased to announce that E-Learn Consult, a privately owned e-learning company in China, will join the Kineo Group and become Kineo China. They will offer Kineo's full range of e-learning and LMS services in China. E-Learn Consult is a fast growing e-learning company headquartered in Shanghai, China and with offices in Guangzhou, Shenzen and Beijing. E-Learn Consult is a provider of consultancy, courseware and tools. E-Learn Consult is a reseller of e-learning tools including Articulat News Content LMS Mergers & Aquisition Kineo 01/13/2011 Edvantage group creates Nordic E-learning Production Centre Edvantage group announced that it will create a Nordic E-learning Production Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. Starting March 2011, the centre will bring together the know-how of graphic and multimedia designers, programmers and other experts from within Edvantage group, as well as top qualified professionals in the industry. News Content Authoring Tools Edvantage 01/12/2011 Saba releases Saba Publisher 10.0 Saba, the premier provider of people systems announces the availability of Saba Publisher 10.0, the latest version of Saba's content creation and publishing tool. Saba Publisher 10.0 includes new capabilities that let any author create and publish compelling, media-rich content, particularly content focused on video and gaming. New features in Saba Publisher 10.0 include: - A new "launch pad" starting screen for creating and opening content titles - New video help agents found on the "Video To News LMS Saba 01/10/2011 e2train acquires Intraventure e2train announced that it has acquired Intraventure, a provider of succession planning, talent and performance management software and services, whose web-based technology systems include 81Boxes (www.81Boxes.com), a SaaS based succession planning and talent management application. News Mergers & Aquisition LMS Talent Management e2train Intraventure 01/07/2011 The Phone House selects Edvantage group’s SaaS Learning Technologies for Sales and Product Training Edvantage group announced that the Phone House, Sweden's largest mobile phone retailer, has selected Learning Gateway, Learning Management System (LMS) and CourseBuilder, content authoring tool, to develop and deliver online sales and product training. Under the new agreement with Edvantage group, The Phone House will provide not only traditional training but also e-learning for 400 employees at 112 stores, as well as an additional 400 people in other sales channels. Sales representatives will News Authoring Tools LMS Edvantage Telecommunications 01/07/2011 Saba announces Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Results Saba reported financial results for its for its second fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2010. "Strong bookings growth of 14% in the quarter, supported by over 125% growth in new SaaS annual contract value, reflects our customers' accelerating preference toward our SaaS offerings," said Bobby Yazdani, Chairman and CEO of Saba. "In the quarter, our SaaS offerings were purchased in nine of our 12 largest new deals and for the second quarter in a row the number of new SaaS transactions over $50,0 News Financial Announcements LMS Saba 01/06/2011 Omniplex denies Stock Exchange floatation speculation Omniplex, established 20 years ago, has revealed that its sales in the quarter to the end of December 2010 were nearly double those of its previous best similar quarter. Among the deals which Omniplex completed in the most recent quarter's trading were the sale of a learning management system (LMS) to a major publisher in the United States of America and the sale of an email-based learning reinforcement tool to a Europe-based world player in the communications industry. In July last year, Ominp News Financial Announcements Omniplex 01/05/2011 SumTotal Systems acquires GeoLearning SumTotal Systems announced that it has acquired GeoLearning. This strategic acquisition expands on the company’s significant growth and momentum and further solidifies SumTotal’s market leadership position by adding proven go-to-market capabilities in mid-market, government, and extended enterprise market segments. The combined footprint provides capabilities that cover the complete spectrum of Talent Management business needs.  “With the acquisition of GeoLearning, SumTotal has snapped up o News LMS Mergers & Aquisition GeoLearning SumTotal Systems 01/04/2011 Edvantage group completes Single-Sign-On project for Telenor Edvantage group, announced that it has completed a Learning Gateway SAML (Security Assertions Markup Language) Single-Sign-On (SSO) project with their client, Telenor, the global provider of telecommunications services. The SAML SSO service improves user experience for over 34,000 employees who use Learning Gateway, Learning Management System (LMS), to develop skills and share knowledge while accelerating performance and corporate growth. The project is the first within Telenor to use SAML, an News LMS Edvantage Telecommunications 12/19/2010 Social Responsibilty e-learning at Bacardi Bacardi and Kineo have collaborated to create an innovative approach to social responsibility training using e-learning. News Content Kineo Food & Drink 12/17/2010 Kallidus 8.4 simplifies sign on to Cloud learning e2train has launched a new version of Kallidus 8 with a new state-of-the-art authentication tool. This enables learners to use single sign on protocols on externally hosted systems. They can even sign in remotely using fingerprint or retina scanning. News LMS Performance e2train 12/16/2010 How are learning technologies changing? David Wilson will discuss how technology in learning is changing in a presentation at the Learning Technologies conference in January, starting with asking is the LMS dead?. News LMS Strategy Technology Shows/Conferences eLearnity 12/13/2010 Kaplan rebadges learning tools Kaplan IT Learning announced they will be operating under the new company name of Kaplan Learning Technologies. News Appointments Financial Announcements Authoring Tools Kaplan Atlantic Link 12/13/2010 Dutch construction industry trainers opt for eXact learning Fundeon, a consultancy centre for the building and construction industry in the Netherlands, is providing focused training to keep industry professionals aligned with new working methods and technologies using tools from eXact learning solutions. News Authoring Tools LCMS Content eXact learning Giunti Labs Construction Training 12/09/2010 NetDimensions asks if the LMS is Dead and how it needs to evolve NetDimensions recently hosted a well-attended webinar on the role of the LMS in today's organizations that rely more heavily on a global market presence, have increasingly mobile workforces, and are starting to embrace social media. Expert panelists included David Wilson of Elearnity. News LMS Social Networking Mobile learning NetDimensions eLearnity Brandon-Hall 12/09/2010 Transition helps organisations in the shift towards mobile learning Transition unveiled a mobile learning package, enabling organisations to adopt learning on the go - with a 50% discount until the end of December. News Content Mobile learning Authoring Tools Transition Associates 12/08/2010 Saba Live Connector for Microsoft SharePoint Saba announced the Saba Live Connector for Microsoft SharePoint, a configurable connection to the SharePoint document management system. News Virtual Classroom Integration Portals Saba Microsoft 11/29/2010 Totara LMS announces Partner Program Totara LMS, the open source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle, has announced its new Partner Program. News Open-Source LMS Partnerships Kineo Totara 11/25/2010 Blue Eskimo acquires assets of Abbey Recruitment Blue Eskimo has acquired assets and goodwill of the e-learning recruitment services business, Abbey Recruitment. News Appointments Blue Eskimo 11/19/2010 LINE launches text translation tool LINE Communications announced the launch of its proprietary text translation tool, OTTR (Online Text Translation Review), a multi-language editing and reviewing tool allowing e-learning courses to be easily translated and localised. News Content Language LINE Communications 11/19/2010 Learning Light publishes report on the corporate e-learning market Learning Light has published its third report in four years on the state of the e-learning sector in the UK - and, this year, provides analysis on e-learning in 19 other countries. The report suggests that in the next 12 months, the UK market will grow by no more that 4.76% on the 2009 figure. News Resources Market Learning Light 11/18/2010 Prep notes for webinar - Is the LMS Dead? David's prep notes for the webinar on the "death of LMS" hosted by Netdimensions today. Presentation LMS Strategy Social Networking Mobile learning eLearnity NetDimensions 11/17/2010 AVEVA collaborate with Edvantage for e-induction Edvantage has worked collaboratively with engineering company AVEVA Group to launch a new e-learning induction programme for all AVEVA employees across over 40 countries. News Content Authoring Tools SaaS Edvantage Engineering Information Technology 11/16/2010 Kineo announces Moodle & Totara Solutions Director in US Kineo announced that Jonathan Newman has been appointed as Director of Moodle & Totara Solutions in the US. Jonathan was previously an Account Manager, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Developer, and Development Team Leader at Catalyst IT in New Zealand. News Appointments Content LMS Virtual Learning Environments Open-Source Kineo Totara 11/16/2010 SilkRoad raises $40 Million SilkRoad technology announced today that it has closed on a $40 million equity round of capital. The investment was led by new investors Intel Capital and Tenaya Capital and includes existing investors Foundation Capital, Azure Capital and SilkRoad Equity. News Financial Announcements E-HR Talent Management SilkRoad 11/11/2010 NetDimensions asks if the LMS is dead? NetDimensions will be hosting a free webinar on the health of the LMS industry provocatively titled -- Is the LMS Dead? Panel members for the discussion will include David Wilson of Elearnity, as well as Richard Nantel, Charles Jennings and Craig Weiss. News LMS Social Networking Strategy NetDimensions eLearnity Brandon-Hall 11/10/2010 Adaptive e-learning platform focuses retention A New Spring integrates Hermann Ebbinghaus theory of retention as a function of repeated learning in an online learning solution for professional educators. The A New Spring platform trains each student in a personalised way resulting in improved business cases for all courses. This functionality is called MemoTraining. News Content LMS Virtual Learning Environments A New Spring 11/08/2010 League Football Education previews Olympic themed e-learning Kineo, working with League Football Education and Sportiv8, have produced a set of re-usable e-learning resources on Functional Skills for apprentices and learners within traditional school and college programmes. The Fit for the Future modules will be used to support NVQs, 14-19 Diplomas, Technical Certificates and programmes designed for disengaged and hard to reach learners. News Content Kineo 11/04/2010 LINE helps pilot iPhone and iPod App for Ford LINE Communications is helping Ford of Britain to pilot an innovative application for iPhones and iPods designed to help sales executives explain some of the features on the C-MAX and Grand C-MAX. The application contains a series of high quality 3D movies that explain how new technologies, such as Blind Spot Information System and Speed Limiter, work. News Mobile learning LINE Communications Cars 11/04/2010 Plateau Systems delivers mobile talent management with Plateau Anywhere Plateau Systems has introduced Plateau Anywhere, a set of capabilities for the mobile workforce that deliver talent management systems to employees and managers on their smartphone or disconnected laptop. Using Plateau Anywhere, an employee will be able to access their to-do list, search their learning catalog and view mobile-ready learning content from virtually anywhere using a mobile browser. Managers will have the ability to manage approvals and track employees' performance objectives on-the News Talent Management Mobile learning LMS Plateau 11/04/2010 Edvantage joins SuccessFactors partner program Edvantage and SuccessFactors announced that they have entered into a relationship to serve clients in Europe by encouraging businesses to improve people performance using a suite of on-demand products and learning content. Edvantage group joins the SuccessFactors Partner Program as a SuccessSales partner to resell SuccessFactors complete portfolio of Business Execution (BizX) Software. News Partnerships Content Performance Talent Management LMS Edvantage SuccessFactors 11/01/2010 Xyleme introduces Mobile Learning on iPad Xyleme announced the release of their new mobile learning product for the iPad, built on Xyleme LCMS, allowing users to deploy a range of course materials which are fully navigable by the student/learner. News Mobile learning LCMS Shows/Conferences Xyleme 11/01/2010 Learning Technologies conference programme announced Learning Technologies and Learning and Skills 2011 announced their conference programme for 26-27 January with over 40 sessions from some of the leading thinkers and keynote addresses from Roger Schank, Jonathan Margolis and Professor Mike Campbell OBE. News Shows/Conferences 10/31/2010 Kineo expands global presence with Kineo Pacific office Kineo has announced that Flexible Learning Network, a privately owned e-learning company in New Zealand, will join the Kineo group and become Kineo Pacific. They are also partners with Kineo UK and Catalyst IT in the development of the new Totara LMS, a distribution of Moodle specifically for corporate enterprises News Content LMS Mergers & Aquisition Open-Source Kineo 10/27/2010 Conzentrate launches a Web Shop software for LCMS Danish developer of HR software solutions, Conzentrate, has launched a Web Shop System as an extension to its Learning Content Management System, Learning Arena, allowing customers to produce and sell e-learning courses directly from their own learning management system. News LCMS Content Conzentrate 10/27/2010 Mace and NetDimensions collaborate to streamline performance appraisal with EKP NetDimensions has successfully delivered a solution that will enable Mace to effectively and efficiently manage performance appraisals for thousands of employees around the world. Mace, a leading international consultancy and construction company, worked closely with NetDimensions over the last few months to enhance the performance appraisal functionality of the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) learning and performance management system. News LMS Performance NetDimensions Construction Consultancies 10/27/2010 Edvantage group signs a three year managed learning service contract with Rieber & Søn Edvantage group has signed a three year contract with Rieber & Søn, a leading supplier of consumer food products, to provide Managed Learning Services including Learning Gateway, SaaS Learning Management System, e-learning courses from SkillSoft, Microsoft Office 2007 courses and an employee induction course. News Managed Service Edvantage Food & Drink 10/26/2010 HarperCollins launch Epic developed GCSE revision apps on iTunes HarperCollins, the leading educational publishers, have launched a set of GCSE maths revision apps, produced by Epic and available through Apple iTunes. A total of four apps have been produced covering: Number, Statistics, Algebra and Geometry. Each one includes revision cards, practice questions and supporting video clips that provide explanation through ‘visual hooks’ and offer learning on the move, allowing users to revise any time and anywhere. News Content Mobile learning ePic Schools 10/19/2010 SumTotal shows international momentum SumTotal Systems announced market growth in its international business with new international organizations, including Murray Metals Group, HDFC Standard Life, and Tenaris. News LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems 10/19/2010 Edvantage group awarded SkillSoft EMEA Partner of the Year Edvantage group announced that it received the SkillSoft EMEA Channel Partner of the Year Award during the SkillSoft Channel Partner Event held October 11-12 in Rome, Italy. News Content Partnerships Awards Edvantage SkillSoft 10/18/2010 Kineo and partners target new Moodle Distribution for corporate market Kineo, Catalyst IT and Flexible Learning Network have formed a joint venture company to develop and distribute a version of the Moodle Learning Management System for the corporate sector called Totara. News LMS Open-Source Partnerships Kineo Totara 10/13/2010 Atlantic Link available as SaaS to Education and selected countries Kaplan IT Learning announced a new Software as a Service offering for their recently acquired Atlantic Link software, available to all education institutes in Europe and to all companies in Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia. News Authoring Tools SaaS Kaplan Atlantic Link Higher Education Further Education 10/13/2010 New General Manager for Saba People Learning Systems business unit Saba announced that Laurent Pacalin has joined the company as Senior Vice President and General Manager of People Learning. Most recently, Pacalin served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at FICO. News Appointments LMS Talent Management E-HR Saba 10/12/2010 OutStart adds mobile to TrainingEdge.com OutStart introduced the new version of its corporate learning system, OutStart TrainingEdge.com, which now includes capabilities for mobile learning enabling organizations to reach their remote and on-the-go workforce.  News Content Authoring Tools Mobile learning SaaS LMS Outstart 10/12/2010 Police forces 360 collaboration Head Light Communications announced that Talent 360 has been jointly selected as the 360-degree feedback tool of choice by the East Midlands Police Collaboration. News Assessment Talent Management Head Light Communications Police 10/11/2010 Epic strengthens its management team As part of a long term growth strategy, Epic welcomed three new members of our management team – Helen Wilshaw, Commercial Director, Lars Hyland, Strategic Development Director and Chris Tedd, Head of Production. News Appointments Content ePic 10/08/2010 Edvantage helps Legal & General make a difference to the environment Edvantage group has provided an informative course for Legal & General on environmental awareness as part of their CSR strategy. The e-learning is a mandatory requirement for all 7,000 of Legal & General’s employees in the UK. News Content Edvantage Insurance Financial Services 10/07/2010 David prep notes for E-learning Debate on Informal Learning David Wilson prep notes for the e-learning debate at the Oxford Union - This house believes that technology-based informal learning is more style than substance. Article Informal learning Shows/Conferences eLearnity 10/04/2010 IITT certification for Live Online Event Facilitators The IITT has launched a brand new certification programme for everyone who will be delivering live online learning events, meetings and webinars. This certification workshop aims to provide essential online training environment skills, providing 14 hours of live online instruction, together with self study assignments, and culminating with an assessment of those skills in a live environment. News Virtual Classroom Certification IITT 10/04/2010 New sales director appointed at Brightwave Brightwave welcomed Ashley Wheaton to its management team as group sales director. Ashley brings a wealth of technology based training expertise having previously run InfoBasis (sold to Salary.com) and before that as director of global learning services at Microsoft. News Appointments Content BrightWave 10/03/2010 Optimising new wave learning and performance systems e2train has released a new white paper which will help learning and HR professionals realise the best possible value when they implement one of the new wave systems that manage the learning, performance and talent functions. News LMS Performance e2train 09/29/2010 Cornerstone OnDemand files registration for proposed IPO Cornerstone OnDemand announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.  The number of shares to be offered, the date the registration statement will become effective and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.  News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management SaaS Cornerstone OnDemand 09/29/2010 Saba announces Saba People Systems Saba announced Saba People Systems, a unified suite of powerful collaboration, learning, and performance applications News LMS Talent Management Human Capital E-HR Saba 09/29/2010 Plateau Systems reports record results for the 1H 2010 Plateau Systems announced that the company achieved record results for its fiscal first half of 2010, which ended August 31, 2010. During this period, Plateau’s platform bookings grew by 38% compared to the same period in 2009, and the revenue mix continued to shift, with SaaS bookings now comprising more than 80% of Plateau’s total platform bookings. News LMS Talent Management Financial Announcements SaaS Plateau 09/28/2010 Questionmark Perception adds French, Spanish browser-based interfaces Questionmark has added French and Spanish browser based interfaces to the Questionmark Perception assessment management system. This adds to the administrative, scheduling, browser-based authoring and reporting interfaces that were already available in English, German and Dutch. News Assessment Language Questionmark 09/28/2010 New version of CERTPOINT VLS platform CERTPOINT Systems released the latest version of its learning platform, CERTPOINTVLS v 7.0, offering of a learning single platform which seamlessly integrates content creation, learning management and content delivery over a full range of devices, including m-learning. News LMS LCMS Authoring Tools Mobile learning CERTPOINT 09/27/2010 Tracy Capaldi-Drewett joins REDTRAY REDTRAY announced the appointment of Tracy Capaldi-Drewett as Sales Director of its ALTO Managed Services Division. Capaldi-Drewett has more than 20 years experience in the training industry in both sales and operational roles, joining REDTRAY from Epic where he was Commercial Director. News Appointments LMS Content RedTRAY 09/23/2010 Saba announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Results Saba reported financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2010 with total revenues increased 3.9% to $26.8 million over the same period of the prior year. Subscription revenue was $14.9 million, an increase of 6.6%, whilst license revenue declined 22.1% to $4.5m. First quarter GAAP net loss per share of $0.06 compares to fully diluted earnings per share of $0.03 in the same period of the prior year. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Saba 09/22/2010 Kaplan unveil Atlantic Link v2.0 Kaplan IT Learning announced they will be unveiling their new Version 2.0 of the Atlantic Link Content Point, Capture Point and Knowledge Point products at the WOLCE show on 28th and 29th September. The new product release, Atlantic Link 2.0, includes a range of new features and functionality that delivers powerful media suite editing capabilities without the need to use any third party editing software. News Authoring Tools Content Kaplan Atlantic Link 09/21/2010 SkillSoft announces One Hour Business Skills courses in 14 Languages SkillSoft announced the availability of over 730 newly localized one-hour business skills courses offered in 14 different languages including Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indian English, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. News Content Management Development Language SkillSoft 09/20/2010 SumTotal Systems acquires Softscape SumTotal announced that it has acquired Softscape enabling to deliver a complete talent management solution that covers all strategic HR functions including learning, performance, compensation, succession, social collaboration, hiring, planning, analytics, and a core HR system. News Mergers & Aquisition LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems Softscape 09/16/2010 Cornerstone observation evaluating real-time performance The ability to manage performance in industries such as healthcare, manufacturing and education can be a difficult task, especially when it comes to roles where employee performance is best monitored in real time and in relation to a very specific set of skills or competencies.  With this in mind, Cornerstone OnDemand is adding an innovative new feature set to its learning and talent management software solution: Observation Checklist.  News LMS Assessment SaaS Talent Management Cornerstone OnDemand 09/15/2010 Aurion Learning continues to grow Aurion Learning announced the appointment of a new Business Development manager to support the company's growth. Dan Devlin has over 15 years experience of working in the IT and training industry. News Content Appointments Aurion 09/12/2010 O2 and Kineo e-learning partnership wins two award nominations The O2 and Kineo e-learning partnership has created a rapid design and delivery model to address critical business deadlines and deliver quality at speed. It has now been recognised as award-worthy, being shortlisted in two categories for the e-learning age awards. News Content Rapid e-learning Kineo Telecommunications 09/11/2010 CM Group to launch SaaS LMS CM Group is launching Luminosity Reach, a SaaS LMS, and Luminosity Synergy, a SaaS based online review portal for SCORM compliant eLearning courses. News LMS CM Group 09/08/2010 Saffron Interactive opens new R&D office in Pune, India Saffron Interactive, announces the opening of a new R&D office in Pune, India. The increase in demand for mobile learning in Europe has led Saffron to invest in a new centre of excellence focussed on the use of iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry devices for training. News Content Saffron Interactive 09/01/2010 Taleo to acquire Learn.com Taleo Corporation announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire strategic partner Learn.com for approximately $125 million in cash. News LMS Mergers & Aquisition Talent Management Learn.com 08/27/2010 Edvantage LMS selected by over 200 organisations Edvantage group announced that G4S is the 200th organisation to select Learning Gateway, its SaaS based LMS. Edvantage group will provide over 7,000 employees at G4S Secure Solution AS and G4S Aviation Security AS in Norway and Sweden with Learning Gateway and other managed learning services including content on-demand and CourseBuilder, authoring tool. News LMS SaaS Edvantage Security 08/20/2010 Kaplan IT Learning Partners with Larmer Brown Larmer Brown and Kaplan IT Learning have joined forces to offer business transformation, content development and training services for STT and Atlantic Link products including STT Trainer, STT InfoShare, Content Point, Capture Point and Knowledge Point. News Development Tools Kaplan 08/11/2010 Epic to develop online modules for the BBC Editorial Guidelines Epic has been appointed to develop a range of online modules to complement the release of the revised BBC Editorial Guidelines. The modules will be available for BBC staff as well as the entire UK independent media production sector. News Content ePic Media 08/10/2010 SumTotal doubles EMEA support team SumTotal announced that it has more than doubled the size of its EMEA support team, significantly consolidating all EMEA Support Operations in Windsor, Berkshire, UK. In addition, SumTotal Systems has moved its UK headquarters from Datchet to Windsor. News LMS Talent Management Appointments SumTotal Systems 08/09/2010 LINE army app for iPad An iPad app, designed by LINE Communications to train soldiers for Afghan operations, has been creating headlines on BBC Radio 1. News Content Mobile learning LINE Communications Defence 08/09/2010 Intellego adds new libraries to online shop Following the launch of its online learning shop last month, Intellego has added a further 2 course libraries specifically aimed at Pharmaceutical and Healthcare professionals. News Content Intellego Systems Pharmaceutical Health 08/05/2010 SumTotal gains corporate momentum in Q2 2010 SumTotal announced the company achieved extremely strong results in the second quarter of 2010 with growth among both new and existing customers. New EMEA customers included: AIRBUS SAS, Capgemini, and Stranix Co. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems 08/04/2010 Halogen shows strong growth Halogen Software announced the close of their second quarter 2010 showing a 42% increase annual recurring revenue year-over-year. News Talent Management Financial Announcements Halogen Software 08/03/2010 Blackboard Mobile now available in Europe, Middle East & Africa Blackboard announced the availability of Blackboard Mobile™ Learn for Blackberry, Android and iPhone OS powered devices across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, bringing two-way teaching and learning to mobile devices and giving millions of students full access to their course information directly from their smartphones. News Virtual Learning Environments Mobile learning Blackboard Inc. 08/03/2010 Harbinger adds mobile support to Raptivity Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced a major update release of Raptivity. Raptivity 6.0 has several new enhancements, including support for publishing via mobile devices, an image editor, a newer set of asset libraries and several user interface changes. News Authoring Tools Mobile learning Assessment Harbinger Knowledge Products 08/03/2010 e2train announces on target profitable year end results e2train has announced substantial year-on-year growth of 26 per cent for the year ending June 2010. The company has seen a significant increase in demand of 43 per cent for Kallidus 8, its learning and performance management system software. News LMS Authoring Tools Financial Announcements e2train 08/02/2010 MrTed acquired by StepStone StepStone Solutions has signed a binding agreement to acquire privately-owned e-recruitment software provider MrTed. The acquisition accelerates StepStone Solutions’ global growth, extends its product set and strengthens its SaaS capability. News Talent Management Mergers & Aquisition MrTed StepStone 08/02/2010 Giunti Labs rebrands to eXact learning solutions after MBO Giunti Labs announced that it is undergoing a management buy-out by the management which started its activities within Giunti Editore Publishing Group during the ’90s. At the same time Giunti Labs has rebranded to eXact learning solutions from 1st August. The new management team, which acquires the company with the financial support of private capital investors, confirmed Fabrizio Cardinali, the former Giunti Labs’ CEO and, currently, the chair of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), News LCMS Financial Announcements Appointments Giunti Labs eXact learning 08/01/2010 Caspian Learning adds Java option Caspian Learning announced that simulations created with their Thinking Worlds technology to be deployed to the web not only in Shockwave, but now in Java too. News Virtual Worlds Caspian Learning 07/30/2010 Virtual world conference follows the sun The use of virtual worlds for learning, collaborative work and business ventures will be explored in a conference on 15 September 2010. The Virtual World Conference 2010 will follow the sun and is hosted over a 24-hour period entirely in Second Life - a three-dimensional space where millions of users can create their own worlds and interact with others from around the globe. News Virtual Worlds Shows/Conferences Open University 07/29/2010 NetDimensions User Conferences in October NetDimensions announced that it is all systems go for Next Steps 2010, its annual global user conferences to be held in two centers of global business and learning: New York (Oct. 14 - 15) at the Sheraton Lincoln Harbor Hotel and London (Oct. 19 - 20) at One Whitehall Place. News Shows/Conferences LMS NetDimensions 07/27/2010 NetDimensions launches mobile EKP NetDimensions announced the commercial release of a revolutionary new product, mobile EKP (mEKP). News LMS Mobile learning NetDimensions 07/27/2010 Aurion Learning launches online CPD tool for dentists Aurion Learning announced that it has launched an online continuing professional development (CPD) tool for dentists. The Belfast based company was contracted by the Irish Dental Association to develop a software tool to allow dentists to manage their continuing professional development online. News CPD Content Aurion Health 07/22/2010 LINE sows the seeds of tech-based learning at Syngenta LINE Communications has helped leading agri-business company, Syngenta, take its first steps into technology-based e-learning for 20,000 of its global employees. News Content LINE Communications Agriculture 07/20/2010 Saba announces record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 results Saba reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended May 31, 2010. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $29.6 million, a 15.9% increase from the previous year. For fiscal year 2010, total revenues increased 6.6% to $109.6 million from $102.8 million. Subscription revenue was $57.3 million, an increase of 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. License increased of 62.1% and professional services revenue decreased 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. Fiscal year GAAP diluted earnings in News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Saba 07/15/2010 Learn.com appoints Polish distributor Learn.com has certified BMSS  (Business Media Software Solutions), headquartered in Poznan, Poland, as an official distribution and implementation partner. News LMS Talent Management SaaS Partnerships Learn.com BMSS 07/15/2010 EAGA chooses e2train to create deliver international induction programme EAGA has chosen e2train’s Kallidus Learning Management System (LMS) to deliver its international induction programme and other training initiatives. e2train’s Kallidus LMS has been implemented to deliver e-learning for induction customer service training, change management and a wide range of general IT skills across the organisation. News LMS e2train Energy 07/13/2010 Outplacement specialist uses REDTRAY Online outplacement specialists MyWorkSearch has selected REDTRAY to deliver e-learning content for the launch of its new online service. REDTRAY has created over seven hours of e-learning content that is delivered as bite-sized modules as appropriate to each individual’s journey through MyWorkSearch. News Content RedTRAY HR Outsourcing 07/08/2010 Blackboard to acquire Elluminate and Wimba Blackboard announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire both Elluminate, Inc. and Wimba, Inc., two of the leading providers of synchronous learning and collaboration technology to the education markets, for a total of approximately $116 million in cash, excluding transaction costs and subject to certain adjustments. News Mergers & Aquisition LMS Virtual Classroom Virtual Learning Environments Blackboard Inc. Elluminate Wimba Higher Education 07/06/2010 SkillSet partners with Cobent SkillSet has entered into a strategic agreement with Cobent Limited to provide its customers with compliance and learning management solutions. News LMS Partnerships Compliance Cobent Group Training 06/30/2010 Questionmark adds multilingual admin interface Questionmark has announced that the latest version of its Perception assessment management system, which features new multilingual administrative, scheduling, browser-based authoring and reporting interfaces available in English, German and Dutch. News Assessment Language Questionmark 06/29/2010 SkillSoft and Pearson partner to offer Cisco Press books 24x7 SkillSoft announced a new agreement with Pearson Technology Group, publisher of Cisco Press, to deliver selected Cisco Press titles to Books24x7 customers, within the ITPro collection. News Content IT Skills Online Resources Partnerships SkillSoft Pearson Information Technology 06/29/2010 Kineo US celebrates first year success Kineo marked its one year anniversary in the U.S. It now has offices in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York and a number of major clients. News Content Open-Source Kineo 06/28/2010 Mobile learning debate – final votes counted Epic closed its mobile learning debate this week with 54% supporting for the motion that learning on smart phones is less about new technology than it is about a new approach to pedagogy. News Content Mobile learning ePic 06/24/2010 SumTotal ToolBook 10.5 increases mobile content access SumTotal Systems announced the ToolBook 10.5 allowing content developers and learning professionals can more readily engage employees with rich learning content through the convenience of increased on-demand and mobile accessibility. In addition to launching its latest version, ToolBook is also celebrating its twentieth anniversary. News Content Authoring Tools Mobile learning SumTotal Systems 06/24/2010 Diversity trainer selects upside LMS Upside Learning announced that Marshall ACM has selected UpsideLMS to provide and manage training programmes for its clients around the globe. News LMS Content Upside Learning Marshall ACM Training 06/24/2010 Cegos Group and Cornerstone OnDemand strategic partnership The Cegos Group announced that it is partnering with Cornerstone OnDemand to distribute off-the-shelf e-Learning modules and course bundles to Cornerstone clients. The e-Learning content will be available to organisations in Germany, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy and the United States. News Partnerships Content LMS Talent Management SaaS Cegos Group Cornerstone OnDemand 06/23/2010 LearningGuide Solutions introduces collaborative community LearningGuide Solutions has launched an online collaborative site, LearningGuide Manager Community, using the Ning social media platform. News Performance Support Collaboration Social Networking LearningGuide 06/22/2010 Edvantage UK targets authoring tool switchers Edvantage is now making it even easier for organisations in the UK to switch from their existing content authoring tool to the SaaS-based tool, CourseBuilder, with the launch of CBswitch. News Authoring Tools Content SaaS Edvantage 06/18/2010 Omniplex partners with Bloomfire Omniplex has signed a reseller agreement with Bloomfire to become its first certified partner. Bloomfire is a social media tool which provides a way to share knowledge within an organisation or group. News Rapid e-learning Social Networking Collaboration Omniplex Bloomfire 06/16/2010 Edvantage group launch Interactive pdf functionality with CourseBuilder v5.6 Edvantage group announced the latest release of the SaaS-based content authoring tool CourseBuilder, v5.6. The release includes new audio and visual functionality as well as the launch of Interactive pdfs. News Authoring Tools Content SaaS Edvantage 06/15/2010 Kineo Sheffield continues to grow Kineo growth in the e-learning and Moodle LMS space has been reflected in growth in its Sheffield office. Building on this success, this week Kineo announces further new staff appointments in the Sheffield Team and an expansion into a new office space. News Appointments Content LMS Open-Source Kineo 06/14/2010 Plateau adds authoring to iContent Plateau Systems has expanded its iContent solution to include content authoring and publishing capabilities by bundling Lectora Online from Trivantis. News Authoring Tools Content SaaS LMS Talent Management Plateau Trivantis 06/14/2010 Saba announces Saba Collaboration Suite Saba announced Saba Collaboration Suite, a real-time collaboration and enterprise business networking solution designed to enable social learning and collaborative performance management. News Collaboration Virtual Classroom Social Networking LMS Talent Management Saba 06/12/2010 Rapid translation into multiple languages with Luminosity CM Luminosity have announced a new rapid translation support module for Luminosity customers. The module automatically outputs XLIFF documents ready for translation by the chosen translation method. News Authoring Tools Language CM Group 06/10/2010 Plateau Systems delivers platform-as-a-service Plateau Systems has announced Plateau Foundation, a platform-as-a-service solution allowing customers to implement specific extensions to the Plateau Talent Management Suite to address their specific business requirements. News SaaS LMS Talent Management Technology Plateau 06/10/2010 Learning and talent experts at Cornerstone EMEA client event Cornerstone OnDemand is hosting a thought-leader roundtable at their annual EMEA client event. The session will be moderated by Donald H. Taylor and includes David Wilson, founder and Managing Director of Elearnity; Michel Diaz, owner and Associate Director of Fefaur; and Prof. Dr. Armin Trost of the Hochschule Furtwangen University (Business School, Baden-Württemberg). News Shows/Conferences Talent Management Cornerstone OnDemand eLearnity 06/09/2010 AAT phases out paper based exams The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has announced that computer based assessments will be central to its revised qualification, due to be launched in July 2010. News Assessment BTL Accounting 06/09/2010 Raptivity announces support for Section 508 Guidelines Harbinger Knowledge Products has recently revamped Raptivity learning interactions for supporting Section 508 guidelines. The new release 5.6 provides accessibility support for all the interactions in Raptivity Essential Pack. News Standards Accessibility Harbinger Knowledge Products 06/08/2010 Saffron Interactive and Bovis Lend Lease promote sustainability Saffron Interactive announced the development of a bespoke sustainability e-learning course at Bovis Lend Lease UK, a leading project management and construction company. News Content Saffron Interactive Construction 06/08/2010 Rethinking access to Learning - LSG 2010 presentation David's slides from the LSG 2010 event in London. Historically, investment in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and similar technology has focused on meeting the needs of the learning function: delivering e-learning, simplifying administration and automating reporting. Now the focus for these systems is shifting heavily to the learners themselves – and this is about more than just a prettier interface. Presentation LMS Learning 2.0 Virtual Classroom Portals Virtual Learning Environments Technology eLearnity 06/07/2010 Plateau Systems delivers Talent Management Suite version 6 Plateau Systems has published the Spring 2010 release of Plateau Talent Management Suite version 6. The Spring 2010 release of the Plateau TMS V6 addresses user requirements for a flexible, comprehensive talent management solution that allows customers to manage employees more effectively, improve and align employee performance with compensation, and support strategic decision-making and planning. News Talent Management LMS SaaS Plateau 06/04/2010 David Wilson on how learning systems are changing Rethinking access to learning - how learning systems are changing, by David Wilson, is one of the conference sessions arranged for L&D professionals at the upcoming Learning and Skills Group Conference on 8 June in London. News LMS Virtual Learning Environments Learning 2.0 Shows/Conferences eLearnity Learning and Skills Group 06/03/2010 Learn.com increases its Global distribution network Learn.com announced the signing of several strategic partner agreements in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America as part of their expansion plans. New partners include Voyager Solutions in the UK, BMSS of Poland, Spemsa of Brazil, LatinEd of Columbia, Learn Venezuela and Learn Mexico News Partnerships LMS Talent Management SaaS Learn.com 06/02/2010 Saffron Interactive announces social learning in a box Saffron Interactive announced Social Learning in a box, a fully functioning social learning solution that allows customers to quickly and easily deliver a branded solution for internal use. News Social Networking Informal learning Content Saffron Interactive 06/01/2010 Hospital launches new learning hub Aurion Learning and St. James Hospital have launched a new online learning resource to support healthcare staff in their continuing professional development. News Portals Content Aurion Health 06/01/2010 Edvantage partners with KESDEE for financial e-learning Edvantage has entered into a reseller agreement with KESDEE to provide specialised learning resources and on-demand e-learning content for the financial services industry. News Partnerships Content LMS SaaS Edvantage KESDEE Financial Services 05/28/2010 Questionmark On-Demand update On-demand assessment solutions from Questionmark have been updated to offer the accessibility, scalability and expanded delivery features of Questionmark Perception version 5, designed for easier deployment of surveys, quizzes, tests and exams to an increasingly mobile, global and diverse audience. News Assessment Questionmark 05/28/2010 LINE delivers nuggets to Credit Suisse LINE Communications is delivering a series of short, high-quality learning nuggets to the global workforce of Credit Suisse. News Content LINE Communications Financial Services Banking 05/27/2010 BTL delivers multiple e-Assessment delivery options BTL announced that in the latest release of its Surpass e-Assessment solution, they have added additional exam delivery options. News Assessment BTL 05/26/2010 Acquisition of SkillSoft closes SkillSoft announced that the acquisition of the Company by SSI Investments III Limited, a company formed by funds sponsored by each of Berkshire Partners LLC, Advent International Corporation and Bain Capital Partners, LLC was completed. News Mergers & Aquisition Content SkillSoft 05/26/2010 Northern Grid for Learning chooses Blackboard Blackboard announced it has been selected as a supplier by the Northern Grid for Learning for its learning platform framework. News Academia Virtual Learning Environments Blackboard Inc. Further Education Schools 05/26/2010 SumTotal selects Akamai to enhance ResultsOnDemand SumTotal Systems announced that it has selected the Akamai Web Application Accelerator to enhance the SumTotal ResultsOnDemand offering and allow for significant performance improvement through greater Web acceleration solutions. News LMS Talent Management SaaS Content SumTotal Systems 05/25/2010 Plateau holds first European user conference Led by speakers including Charles Jennings and Derek Daly, the former Formula One racing car driver, delegates at Plateau first European user conference – held in Barcelona – discussed current talent management trends, technology and best practices in Europe. News Shows/Conferences LMS Talent Management Plateau 05/25/2010 Cobent partners in China Cobent announced a partnership with ELC, headquartered in Shanghai, to supply Cobent learning technology in China. News Partnerships LMS Compliance Cobent Group 05/24/2010 Eukleia Training becomes accredited by CISI Eukleia Training announced that it has become accredited by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) as a CPD provider. Eukleia will be included as a provider within the CISI CPD logging system and Eukleia’s own learning management platform and logging system will shortly be amended to reflect the accreditation. News Content CPD Eukleia Training Insurance Financial Services 05/24/2010 Hosted Learning Management System service from CM Group CM Group is now offering its Luminosity Content Server as a run-time Learning Management System (LMS) available to clients and their staff over the web. News LMS Content Authoring Tools Hosted CM Group 05/20/2010 Questionmark achieves SAP Certified Integration Questionmark announced that the Questionmark Perception 5.2 assessment management system has achieved certified integration with SAP applications. News Assessment Integration Questionmark SAP 05/20/2010 Skillsoft Q1 Fiscal 2011 results SkillSoft announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2011 reporting total revenue of $76.9 million, a 1% increase over the same period in 2009. On a US GAAP basis, net income was $12.6 million, or $0.13 per basic and diluted share, down from $18.8m for the same period last year. News Financial Announcements Content Skill-Pill Mobile Learning 05/20/2010 REDTRAY announces Alto v2.0 portal REDTRAY launched ALTO v2.0, a new online portal that enables compliance managers to reduce the financial and regulatory compliance risk through comprehensive tracking and detailed reporting of training programmes. News Portals LMS Compliance RedTRAY 05/18/2010 Ambient Performance joins resellers for NGRAIN NGRAIN announced that Ambient Performance has joined its international network of resellers. Ambient Performance will provide the NGRAIN Producer and Virtual Task Refresher solutions to military, energy, aerospace and healthcare education organizations across Europe. News Virtual Worlds Games Ambient Performance NGRAIN Defence Aerospace 05/18/2010 Kineo collaborates on Olympics-themed e-learning Kineo, Sportiv8 and League Football Education have announced a partnership to work together to produce re-usable e-learning resources on functional skills for apprentices and learners within traditional school and college programmes. The project is funded by a Learning Innovation Grant from the Association of Learning Providers and will use scenarios based around the 2012 Olympics. News Partnerships Content Kineo Schools Further Education 05/18/2010 Bohemia Interactive and Caspian Learning partnership Bohemia Interactive and Caspian Learning are forging a formal partnership that will bring new offerings to military markets around the world. News Partnerships Games Content Virtual Worlds Caspian Learning Bohemia Interactive Defence 05/14/2010 Bray Leino BroadSkill appointed as supplier by Northern Ireland Assembly Bray Leino BroadSkill has been selected by The Northern Ireland Assembly Secretariat to supply a fully managed learning and development service. News Managed Service Bray Leino BroadSkill Government 05/14/2010 LINE to launch i-Pad learning LINE Communications will be showcasing a range of defence based projects and launching an exciting new i-Pad multi-user interaction programme at ITEC Defence Exhibition and Conference at Excel News Mobile learning Content LINE Communications Defence 05/13/2010 Intellego issues trading update and enters into CVA Intellego issues its latest market update with sales of £2.0 million for the year to end March 2010, but also confirmed a significant cost reduction programme, and that it had implemented a company voluntary arrangement to deal with circa £1m of outstanding liabilities. News Financial Announcements Content LMS Intellego Systems 05/13/2010 Harbinger Releases Elicitus Studio Harbinger Knowledge Products has released Elicitus Studio, a rapid authoring and interactivity building solution that includes the ability to import existing PowerPoint presentations, WYSIWYG course creation editors, pre-built library of a dozen Raptivity learning interactions and SCORM publishing options. News Authoring Tools Harbinger Knowledge Products 05/13/2010 Ambient Performance collaboration brings the TRAF*MAN Ambient Performance, MASA Group and Coram UK are nearing completion of a 6 month project to explore the use of synthetic environments applied to transport, in this case, modelling and managing complex traffic situations on motorways. News Simulation Virtual Worlds Ambient Performance 05/13/2010 NetDimensions launches portable LMS NetDimensions is launching a groundbreaking portable LMS solution called Mobile EKP (mEKP) which will enable users to review course materials, run courses, take exams and review documents, as well as review exam and training history information from any computer with a USB port at their convenience. News LMS Mobile learning NetDimensions 05/12/2010 Kineo uses Moodle for Tesco learning academy Kineo was chosen by Tesco to design and develop the portal solution of newly launched Academy Online using Moodle and Joomla. News LMS Virtual Learning Environments Open-Source Portals Kineo Moodle Retail 05/11/2010 ILX Group e-learning for drilling contractor ILX Group wins global contract with international drilling contractor KCA DEUTAG to provide e-learning in project management across 22 countries. News Content Project management ILX Energy Engineering 05/11/2010 Questionmark connector for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Questionmark announced the release of a new Questionmark Connector software, integrating the latest version of Questionmark Perception with Microsoft SharePoint. News Assessment Portals Questionmark Microsoft 05/11/2010 Saffron Interactive announces LMS in a box Saffron Interactive announced LMS in a box, a Moodle based solution that allows customers to quickly and easily make a branded Learning Management System available to their learners. News LMS Virtual Learning Environments Portals Open-Source Saffron Interactive 05/10/2010 e2train announces significant third quarter growth e2train has announced substantial year-on-year organic growth of 47 per cent at the close of its third quarter, ending 31 March 2010. News Financial Announcements LMS Performance Talent Management Authoring Tools e2train 05/08/2010 CM Luminosity announces Lightshow, a software application training tool CM Luminosity, part of CM Group, has announced the availability of Lightshow, an easy to use tool built on Microsoft Silverlight that creates simulations and demonstrations. News Authoring Tools IT Skills Simulation CM Group 05/06/2010 NetDimensions acquires 13.7% of Intellego Intellego announced that NetDimensions has made a strategic investment of £100,000 in Ordinary shares of the Company @ 0.3pence per share, representing 13.7% of the Ordinary shares in issue. In addition, Intellego is also placing 2,500,000 Ordinary shares of 0.05p @ 0.3p per share. News Financial Announcements Content LMS Intellego Systems NetDimensions 05/06/2010 Edvantage group enhance reporting functionality with Learning Gateway v5.5 Edvantage group announced the latest update to the SaaS-based Learning Management System, Learning Gateway v5.5, featuring advanced reporting functionality. News LMS SaaS Edvantage 05/04/2010 Saffron and Home Group launch two crucial e-learning programmes Saffron Interactive announced the launch of two online programmes for Home Group, one of the largest housing, care and support providers in the country. News Content Saffron Interactive Housing Public Services 05/04/2010 SumTotal introduces Project-Based performance reviews SumTotal Systems announced the launch of Project-Based Reviews, a new module for the ResultsOnDemand Performance Management solution. News Performance LMS Talent Management SaaS Hosted SumTotal Systems 05/04/2010 Kaplan IT Learning announces Capture Point 2010 Kaplan IT Learning announced the launch of its newest version of Capture Point, the award winning software solution that Kaplan attained from the recent acquisition of Atlantic Link, LTD. News Authoring Tools IT Skills Kaplan Atlantic Link 05/03/2010 SuccessFactors announces First Quarter Fiscal 2010 results SuccessFactors announced results for its first quarter fiscal 2010 which ended March 31, 2010. Q1 Revenue was $43.8 million, compared to $35.2 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2009, an increase of approximately 24% year-over-year. On a GAAP basis, the net loss per common share, basic and diluted, was $(0.06). News Financial Announcements Performance SaaS SuccessFactors 05/03/2010 SuccessFactors to acquire CubeTree SuccessFactors announced a definitive agreement to acquire CubeTree, Inc. a leader in the rapidly growing social business software category, for $20m in stock plus a contingent cash payment in 3 years. News Mergers & Aquisition Performance Social Networking SuccessFactors 04/30/2010 Brightwave launches LiveTime Learning Channel Brightwave launched its new LiveTime Learning service, an interactive learning channel delivering a full programme of live, webinar-based, 20 minute business training sessions. News Online Resources Mobile learning PODCasts BrightWave 04/30/2010 LINE Helps Integrity Interactive Grow its Position Globally LINE Communications is to provide Integrity Interactive, a provider of ethics and compliance programmes for international businesses, with an online training curriculum specifically targeted towards European users. News Content Training Providers Soft Skills LINE Communications 04/29/2010 Saba emphasises Public Sector credibility Saba announced that over 80 public sector organizations around the world have selected Saba People Management offerings, serving millions of employees worldwide. Customers use a variety of Saba solutions including Saba Learning, Saba Performance, Saba Succession, and Saba Centra. Saba supports major government institutions in the United Kingdom and Australia, including U.K. Royal Mail, Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, Australian Defence Organisation, Queensland Rail, Sydney Water, and the Gover News LMS Talent Management Human Capital Saba Government Local Government Public Services Defence 04/29/2010 Learning and Skills Group Conference programme released The programme for the upcoming Learning and Skills Group Conference on 8 June in London has been released today and focuses on professional excellence in L&D. News Shows/Conferences Learning and Skills Group 04/27/2010 Saba work with US Army delivery to poor bandwidth environments Saba announced that the U.S. Army is testing a learning technology solution from Saba for mobile and low-bandwidth connectivity. News LMS Talent Management Mobile learning Saba Defence 04/27/2010 Charity meets learning and reporting demands with Kallidus LMS Learning and support care charity MacIntyre has turned to Kallidus LMS to deliver its blended learning and compliance programmes to 2000 field workers. This will enable them to concentrate on providing and improving their own core services rather than extending its own technology infrastructure. News LMS SaaS Hosted Blended Learning e2train Charities 04/22/2010 European Learning Industry Group establishes new Advisory Board The ELIG Advisory Board has been established in order to ensure that ELIG takes into account the views of the full ecosystem for knowledge and learning solutions. News Organisation ELIG Associations 04/22/2010 European Best Learning Game Competition A European wide competition organized in the context of project LUDUS (www.ludusproject.eu). News Games Content Awards Shows/Conferences LUDUS 04/20/2010 Raytheon Professional Services expands UK team Raytheon Professional Services has appointed Anita Douglas UK business development director. Prior to joining RPS, Ms. Douglas served as human resources director at Peter Vardy Ltd. News Appointments Consulting Firms Outsourcing Raytheon 04/20/2010 Cegos launches in the Dutch market Cegos Group is to launch its e-learning and blended learning solutions in the Netherlands, and has joined forces with Vergouwen Overduin, one of the major players in this market, which has also become the exclusive distributor in the Netherlands of e-Learning Solutions by Cegos and the blended learning solution, Global Learning by Cegos. News Content Blended Learning Partnerships Cegos Group Vergouwen Overduin 04/20/2010 Giunti Labs and Cegos extend partnership Giunti Labs and Cegos are further strengthening their on-going partnership and are collaborating to integrate Cegos catalogue of learning materials with Giunti Labs learn eXact LCMS. News Partnerships Content LCMS Giunti Labs Cegos Group 04/17/2010 Luminosity announces Microsoft Silverlight support CM Luminosity, part of CM Group, announced its Luminosity rapid eLearning authoring software product offers full support for Microsoft Silverlight. News Authoring Tools Content CM Group 04/16/2010 Caspian cuts cost of 3d simulation development Caspian Learning continues to reduce the development costs of 3d simulations for training, performance and engagement with the release of a new version of its Thinking Worlds rapid 3d authoring tool. News Simulation Virtual Worlds Authoring Tools Caspian Learning 04/16/2010 LINE seeing the light LINE Communications has announced record first quarter sales in 2010. With talk of a post recession era in the air and evidence that the green shoots of recovery are beginning to show; LINE has recorded significantly increased sales, up 10% on their previous best first quarter and exceeding their first quarter sales target. The vast majority of these sales have been made in the corporate sector. News Financial Announcements Content LINE Communications 04/16/2010 Epic to support new approach to e-learning at Thames Valley Police Epic announced they had been chosen by Thames Valley Police (TVP) to provide e-learning consultancy and development services. News Content ePic Police 04/15/2010 Blackboard Mobile Campus debuts in Europe Blackboard announced the launch of Blackboard Mobile in Europe, bringing students the ability to access campus services and content when and where they want, with their smartphone or Web-enabled mobile device. News Virtual Learning Environments LMS Blackboard Inc. Higher Education 04/15/2010 The Working Manager previews new portal The Working Manager announced D2, their new learning environment. News Portals Learning environments The Working Manager 04/15/2010 Kaplan partners with Mind Click Kaplan IT Learninghas announced a partnership with Mind Click, an e-learning development organisation formed by 3 ex-directors of Atlantic Link, following the recent acquisition of Atlantic Link by Kaplan. News Partnerships Content Authoring Tools Rapid e-learning Kaplan Mind Click 04/13/2010 Free assessment tool launched by Saffron Saffron Interactive announced the release of a free e-learning quiz tool allowing users to create SCORM compliant assessments quickly and easily using a variety of question types and a series of different instructional models. News Assessment Content Saffron Interactive 04/13/2010 Blackboard emphasises Social Learning Blackboard announced a major update for its flagship Blackboard Learn. Release 9.1 integrates a range of social learning tools. News LMS Virtual Learning Environments Blackboard Inc. 04/10/2010 CM Luminosity appoints Middle Eastern distributor. CM Luminosity appoints eSecure Solutions as Middle Eastern distributor for Luminosity eLearning software. News Authoring Tools Rapid e-learning CM Group 04/08/2010 General Physics acquires Marton House General Physics (UK) has acquired Marton House PLC, a provider of custom e-learning content development with expertise in leadership and sales product training. Marton House generated revenue in excess of $4 million for the year ending December 31, 2009. GP utilized cash-on-hand to fund the acquisition. News Mergers & Aquisition Content Consulting Firms General Physics Marton House 04/08/2010 Cornerstone OnDemand signs African reseller Cornerstone OnDemand announced that South African-based blended learning solutions provider Kalleo Learning will resell, implement and support their SaaS-based learning and talent management solutions. News LMS Talent Management SaaS Partnerships Cornerstone OnDemand 04/07/2010 Peopleclick Authoria appoints Senior Vice President of Sales Peopleclick Authoria announced the appointment of Tim Beaumont as Senior Vice President of Sales. Mr. Beaumont was previously the Vice President of Talent Management Sales at Kenexa. News Appointments Talent Management Peopleclick Authoria 04/07/2010 Saba adds mobility capabilities to Centra Saba announced a series of new product innovations that make it easy for mobile workers to meet at a moment's notice, attend online webinars, and learn on the go. These new solutions enable today's global workforce to easily work together on an iPhone or in any web browser, both online and offline across the extended enterprise of employees, partners, and customers. News Virtual Classroom Mobile learning Saba 04/07/2010 SkillSoft announces inGenius Social Learning layer SkillSoft announced the launch of inGenius, a social learning platform layer that enables customers to securely empower their employees to find, create and share knowledge assets and expertise with their colleagues as they leverage the SkillSoft library of on-demand learning assets. News LMS Content Social Networking SkillSoft 04/06/2010 Harbinger announces Raptivity Active Learning TurboPack Harbinger Knowledge Products announced the release of the Raptivity Active Learning TurboPack which includes a variety of interactions to achieve comprehension, application and analysis. News Authoring Tools Content Harbinger Knowledge Products 04/02/2010 New version of Luminosity CM Group announced the latest version of the Luminosity eLearning software product. News Authoring Tools Rapid e-learning CM Group 03/31/2010 Upside Learning partners to focus on Middle East Upside Learning announced a new partnership with a provider of knowledge solutions in Saudi Arabia- Image Systems. News Partnerships LMS Upside Learning 03/29/2010 Redtray launches ALTO v2.0 portal Redtray Ltd announced the launch of ALTO v2.0, a new online portal that can manage all aspects of training by automating and managing the administration, management, delivery and end user experience of blended learning programmes. The SaaS-based portal is unique in its ease-of-use and its ability to manage both structured and informal learning including on-line forums. News LMS RedTRAY 03/29/2010 Saffron compliance tool uses voice recognition Saffron Interactive announced that Assure, its innovative compliance tool now provides a voice recognition option. Many organisations need to train their people in key compliance topics like data protection and competition law every year or two, but finding the time to do this can be difficult. Saffron has developed an innovative solution to allow users to find out quickly and easily whether or not they need to take the training News Compliance Saffron Interactive 03/29/2010 Kallidus 8 adds Turkish to language options Kallidus 8 now includes language support for Turkish. Kallidus is now used in 26 different countries in a wide range of languages. e2train Managing Director, Rob Caul commented 'As a European organisation we are well aware of the importance of localised software and resources. So we have made a conscious effort to make sure Kallidus 8 is translated as widely as possible, both for Europe and across the rest of the world.' News LMS e2train 03/26/2010 CrossKnowledge acquires Mohive CrossKnowledge, the European expert in the remote development of leadership and management skills through new technologies, announces the acquisition of Mohive, provider of Learning Content Management System (LCMS) and enterprise rapid e-learning software. Thanks to this acquisition and to the solutions developed by Mohive, CrossKnowledge is strengthening its technological capabilities, while at the same time offering its new affiliate the opportunity to team up with a leading group in its domai News Content Content Management Mergers & Aquisition CrossKnowledge Mohive 03/25/2010 Saba announces Q3 2010 Results Saba reported financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2010. Total revenues for the quarter was $26.7 million, a 2.0% increase over the same period of the prior year, including a 16.7% in licence revenue. Saba Performance, Saba Succession, and Saba Workforce Planning product bookings accounted for 17% of total product bookings during the quarter. Net income was $430,000, compared to $1.3 million for the same period last year. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Saba 03/23/2010 Learning Light change of direction Learning Light has revised its mode of operations, aiming to foster collaboration and opportunities. It has also instigated a steering group comprising figures from the e-learning sector in the Yorkshire and Humberside region. News Resources Learning Light 03/17/2010 Saffron creates induction for British American Tobacco Saffron Interactive announced the launch of a bespoke e-learning induction at British American Tobacco. News Content Saffron Interactive 03/16/2010 CrossKnowledge sets the standard with BSI CrossKnowledge announced that BSI has recently joined its customer base. CrossKnowledge was awarded a three-year contract by BSI, with a view to enhancing their existing provision of management training in both breadth and depth. News Content Management Development CrossKnowledge Institutes 03/16/2010 LINE partners with digital media company LINE Communications announced a new partnership with 3D digital imaging and animation company, Crystal CG International. The partnership with Crystal CG allows LINE to offer its clients 3D solutions at scale with video quality rendering. Under the terms of the agreement, each party will be a preferred supplier to the other within its particular areas of specialism. News Content Partnerships LINE Communications 03/15/2010 Upside Learning ups its social presence Upside Learning now has its presence on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. News Social Networking Content Upside Learning 03/15/2010 Redware appoints new Test Analyst Redware has expanded its testing team with the appointment of Harpal Banger as Test Analyst. News Appointments LMS Quality Redware 03/11/2010 SkillSoft reports Fiscal 2010 results SkillSoft announced financial results for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2010. The Company reported revenue of $315.0 million, a 4% decrease over the $328.5 million reported the previous year. Net income for fiscal 2010 was $71.4 million, or $0.74 per basic share and $0.72 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $50.8 million, or $0.49 per basic share and $0.47 per diluted share, for fiscal 2009. News Financial Announcements Content SkillSoft 03/10/2010 Saffron compliance tool for the iPhone Saffron Interactive announce that Assure, its compliance tool is now available on the iPhone. News Compliance Mobile learning Content Saffron Interactive 03/10/2010 Academy unlocks training potential at Atmel Edvantage group has launched an e-learning academy for Atmel Corporation, using the Learning Gateway SaaS LMS to offer product courses for employees, distribution and sales representatives.  Internal product and sales training e-learning programs are also being developed using CourseBuilder. News Academies SaaS LMS Authoring Tools Edvantage Electrical 03/08/2010 Epic nominated for IVCA communication award A numeracy skills course delivered on Nintendo DS for new recruits into the British Army - has been nominated in the e-learning category at the 2010 IVCA awards. News Content Epic Defence 03/08/2010 Caspian Learning Serious Games Challenge Caspian Learning plans to launch their first Serious Games Challenge at the Game Based Learning Conference on 28th March 2010. The challenge will pit instructional designers of all experience levels against each other in a 30 day Serious Games Challenge to create the most innovative learning simulation using drag and drop Thinking Worlds technology. News Products Simulation Virtual Worlds Caspian Learning 03/04/2010 LV= Re-Engineers Staff Development with Cornerstone OnDemand The largest friendly society in the UK and leading mutual uses Cornerstone OnDemand SaaS-based solution to bolster the learning needs of 4,000 employees across 28 UK offices. News LMS Talent Management SaaS Cornerstone OnDemand Financial Services Insurance 03/04/2010 Kineo wows Hewlett Packard Kineo has just released a case study, highlighting recent work with Hewlett Packard to create a 15-minute learning experience on their Total Customer Experience program. News Content Rapid e-learning Kineo Information Technology 03/04/2010 CiRBA revamps certification with NetDimensions Assessment Engine NetDimensions announced that CiRBA, a leading provider of Data Center Intelligence software, successfully implemented the Enterprise Assessment Platform assessment engine to enhance the certification process for its global business partners. News Assessment LMS Certification NetDimensions Information Technology 03/04/2010 Spanish financial group chooses Giunti Labs Caja Madrid, the fourth largest financial group in Spain, has revolutionised its training systems through the use of an LCMS. News LCMS Giunti Labs Financial Services 03/04/2010 2009 record year for Cornerstone OnDemand Cornerstone OnDemand announced growth and strong performance in 2009 despite the global recession. Its global subscriber base has grown 83 percent in 2009. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management SaaS Cornerstone OnDemand 03/03/2010 New e-induction launched within the Insolvency Service Edvantage group, Managed Learning Service provider with the Insolvency Service, have launched a series of four e-learning modules which replaces the existing induction programme. News Content Managed Service LMS SaaS Edvantage Government 03/02/2010 Raytheon offers Price per Event Raytheon Professional Services announced a technology and services-based Price per Event package to provide European customers cost efficiency and flexibility when fulfilling training administration and records management needs. News Content Managed Service LMS Hosted Raytheon 03/02/2010 Kaplan IT Learning acquires Atlantic Link Kaplan IT Learning announced that it has completed the acquisition of Atlantic Link to add to its existing STT Trainer authoring tool, as well as STT InfoShare, and PerformIT. News Mergers & Aquisition Authoring Tools Content Atlantic Link Kaplan 03/01/2010 ELIG partnership aims to strengthen learning innovation in Europe The European Learning Industry Group and the MENON Network announced they signed a Document of Understanding with the objective of working closely together to foster innovation of European Education and Training. News Partnerships ELIG 03/01/2010 Saffron collaborates with defence consultancy 3SDL Saffron Interactive announced its ongoing e-learning development collaboration with defence consultancy 3SDL including a number of modules together to teach technical military communications techniques. News Partnerships Content Defence 03/01/2010 Access Intelligence acquires Cobent Cobent Limited announced the acquisition of Cobent by compliance SaaS specialists, Access Intelligence PLC. The deal values Cobent at £5.2 million including a mix of shares and £3.0 million in cash. News Mergers & Aquisition Compliance LMS Cobent Group 02/26/2010 Cobent expands into Asia-Pacific Cobent announced the appointment of Wai-Bin Lai as VP of Sales APAC. Prior to joining Cobent, Wai-Bin was the Regional Sales Manager of APAC at Assima PLC. News Appointments LMS Compliance Cobent Group 02/25/2010 Cobent creates dedicated R&D Division Cobent announced the appointment of Damian Clayton-Bull as Product Development Manager, managing the new R&D division to grow their LMS and related compliance training software offerings. News LMS Compliance Appointments Cobent Group 02/25/2010 Saffron Interactive announces Silverlight development team Saffron Interactive announced that it is putting together a Microsoft Silverlight development team for e-learning. News Content Saffron Interactive 02/24/2010 Edvantage group extends Hydro with five year contract Edvantage group has signed a five year contract with Hydro, a global supplier of aluminium and aluminium products, for Learning Gateway Enterprise and support services. News Managed Service LMS SaaS Edvantage Industrial 02/23/2010 Ferring Pharmaceuticals chooses Learn.com Learn.com announced that Ferring Pharmaceuticals has selected their LMS to centralize, deliver, track and manage compliance and product training initiatives. Ferring operates in 45 countries around the world and offers treatments in more than 70 countries. News LMS Talent Management SaaS Learn.com Pharmaceutical 02/23/2010 Get easier, get mobile concludes Omniplex Migrating to easier-to-use learning management systems, along with mobile learning are the two hottest topics in the learning technologies world at present, according to research by Omniplex. News LMS Mobile learning Shows/Conferences Omniplex 02/22/2010 Moodlerooms partners to provide Mobile Campus for Smart Phones Moodlerooms has announced a partnership with DubMeNow to integrate joule with the Higher Ed mobile platform. News Open-Source LMS Virtual Learning Environments Moodlerooms Moodle Higher Education 02/22/2010 LINE sustains growth despite recession LINE Communications announced record core sales figures for the period January to December 2009. Core sales results rose by almost 10% on 2008. News Content Financial Announcements LINE Communications 02/22/2010 Kineo recognised with ISO 9001: 2008 award The commitment to quality of Kineo in its e-learning and Moodle work has been recognised with the ISO 9001:2008 award, along with further environmental and CHAS accreditations. News Quality Content Kineo 02/22/2010 Saffron Interactive brings high speed training to Heathrow Express Saffron Interactive announced the development of a sub surface fire awareness e-learning course for Heathrow Express. News Content Saffron Interactive Transport 02/17/2010 Why e-learning projects go wrong - presentation David's slides from the e-learning Network/ALT webinar today. Presentation Content Strategy Best Practice eLearning Network eLearnity 02/17/2010 Edvantage signs managed learning service Edvantage group has signed a three year Managed Learning Service contract with a leading Nordic Financial institution with an initial value of 8.5 MSEK (£750,000). News Managed Service Content SaaS LMS Authoring Tools Edvantage Financial Services 02/16/2010 Lloyds to deliver new computer-based tests globally in 2010 Lloyds insurance market is commencing a new contract with Pearson VUE to deliver a new computer-based version of the Lloyds and London Market Introductory Test worldwide at over 5,000 test centres in 165 countries. News Assessment Pearson Insurance Financial Services 02/15/2010 Aurion Learning to develop new Food Safety e-learning The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health announced that it had appointed Aurion Learning to expand its portfolio of e-learning courses. lnitially Aurion will be working on a new Level 1 Food Safety Awareness e-learning qualification. News Content Aurion Institutes Health 02/15/2010 Saffron launches BlackBerry compliance tool Saffron Interactive announced the launch of Assure, its BlackBerry based compliance tool, including a range of compliance assessments that can be accessed any time, any where. News Assessment Mobile learning Content Saffron Interactive 02/12/2010 Brightwave appointed as public sector preferred supplier for e-learning Brightwave has been selected as an approved supplier for the public sector e-learning framework, Buying Solutions, which aims to improve value for money and efficiencies. News Content BrightWave Government Local Government 02/12/2010 Jaguar Land Rover quality citation for Redware The LMS used by Jaguar Land Rover was recently was Commended in the category of Best Marketing, Sales & Service Quality Improvement Project in the JLR annual Quality Awards. News LMS Awards Redware Cars 02/12/2010 SkillSoft to be acquired by Private Investor Group SkillSoft announced that it has reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition sponsored by Berkshire Partners LLC, Advent International Corporation and Bain Capital Partners, LLC. SkillSoft shareholders will receive $10.80 in cash for each share. The fully diluted equity value of the transaction is approximately $1.1 billion. News Content Mergers & Aquisition SkillSoft 02/11/2010 Use of Edvantage authoring tool soars The Edvantage SaaS-based content authoring tool, CourseBuilder, has produced over 2,000 courses in the last nine months and is the preferred e-learning authoring tool for many organisations including the MoD, Insolvency Service, Electrolux, Volvo and Jotun. News Authoring Tools Content Edvantage 02/10/2010 LINE pioneers mobile solutions for Army training LINE Communications has announced the imminent release of three major mobile learning solutions for the British Army. Two of the projects will be delivered using Apple iTouch. The third project delivers complex procedural training using touchscreen tablets. News Content Mobile learning LINE Communications Defence 02/08/2010 Aurion Learning creates CPD Centre for solicitors Aurion Learning is working with the Law Society of England and Wales to create a new online learning portal. News CPD Portals Aurion Legal 02/05/2010 eLandia chooses learn.com Learn.com announced that eLandia , a leading technology enabler of emerging markets, plans to utilize learning management software to manage human resource functions internally. News LMS SaaS ASP Learn.com Telecommunications 02/05/2010 Cobent appoints VP of Marketing Cobent announced it has appointed Albert Lilly as Vice President of Marketing, reporting to CEO Howard Sears. Prior to joining Cobent, Lilly served as Vice President of Marketing for 360training.com. News Appointments LMS Compliance Cobent Group 02/05/2010 Achievement in training celebrated at the IT Training Awards The Institute of IT Training's Training Awards 2010 were presented in London. News Awards Trainers Training Providers IITT Training 02/04/2010 LINE launches Web 2.0 learning portal LINE announced the launch of its Web 2.0 learning portal bringing together their LMS technology and content management platform to provide the creation of online learning environments that put the learner at the centre of their experience. News Portals Content LMS LINE Communications 02/02/2010 Saba Compensation changes Rewards Management Saba announced the general availability of Saba Compensation, an easy-to-use software solution that drives more informed compensation decision-making by providing a comprehensive view of employee success. News Talent Management LMS Compensation Saba 02/01/2010 SAIC acquires Forterra OLIVE product SAIC announced it has purchased Forterra Systems On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (OLIVE) product line, including all names, trademarks and licenses. News Virtual Worlds Mergers & Aquisition Simulation Forterra Systems SAIC 01/29/2010 Edvantage signs three year managed learning contract Edvantage group has signed a three year Managed Learning Service contract with Jotun, a leading manufacturer of paints, coatings and powder coatings. The new Managed Learning Service contract includes Learning Gateway LMS, CourseBuilder authoring tool, a course catalogue from SkillSoft and a bespoke e-learning course. News Managed Service LMS Authoring Tools Content Edvantage Manufacturing 01/28/2010 Online Health and Safety Training for Schools Three Spires Safety have launched Head-Safe, a new e-learning resource for safety in schools through Cobent LCS. News Content LMS Compliance Cobent Group Schools 01/28/2010 Netherlands Railways goes XML for learning content publishing Xyleme announced that the Netherlands Railways has selected Xyleme LCMS for development and delivery of rolling stock operating manuals and training materials. News LCMS Content Xyleme Transport 01/28/2010 New appointments at Aurion Learning Aurion Learning has appointed key new staff to deal with their expanding work load. Barry Kelly has been appointed as Research Development Manager and Noleen Turner is Aurion's new Marketing Officer. News Content Appointments Aurion 01/28/2010 OutStart announces Participate 2010 OutStart announced the availability of OutStart Participate 2010, including new workspaces, enhanced social networking and additional Web 2.0 and mobile features. News Social Networking Collaboration LCMS Outstart 01/27/2010 Cobent opens new office in the US Cobent announced the opening of its new office in the US to support growing North American operations. News Appointments LMS Compliance Cobent Group 01/27/2010 Elearnity research highlights seismic shift in e-learning authoring Elearnity announced new research and a series of white papers summarising independent analysis of corporate e-learning authoring strategies and tools. News Authoring Tools LCMS Strategy Content Best Practice eLearnity 01/27/2010 Elearnity announces new partnership with Towards Maturity Towards Maturity and Elearnity have created a strategic partnership to combine resources and capabilities to accelerate the transformation of large organisations through more effective application of learning technologies. News Partnerships Resources Best Practice eLearnity Towards Maturity 01/27/2010 Elearnity announces new partnership with Towards Maturity Towards Maturity and Elearnity have created a strategic partnership to combine resources and capabilities to accelerate the transformation of large organisations through more effective application of learning technologies. Press Release Partnerships Resources Best Practice eLearnity Towards Maturity 01/27/2010 Elearnity research highlights seismic shift in e-learning authoring Elearnity announced new research and a series of white papers summarising independent analysis of corporate e-learning authoring strategies and tools. Press Release Authoring Tools Content LCMS Strategy eLearnity 01/27/2010 Research Paper - E-learning Authoring: The Shifting Landscape The world of corporate e-learning content production is changing; companies are looking for faster and cheaper solutions, as well as greater impact in the workplace. The demand for custom e-learning has never been higher, but pressure on corporate budgets has also never been higher. First of a series of three papers, this Elearnity Core Insights paper examines the main drivers shifting the e-learning authoring landscape, and the impact this is having on the strategies and tools being adopted by Report Content Authoring Tools LCMS Strategy eLearnity 01/26/2010 Organisations waste £9.5bn on training, claims study UK organisations could be wasting an estimated £9.5bn on training each year, according to a new study from KnowledgePool which finds that a quarter of all training fails to yield a significant performance improvement. News Training Providers Surveys KnowledgePool 01/25/2010 Mediapharm teams up with Edvantage group for new CPD portal Pharmacy education company Mediapharm has entered into an exclusive partnership with Edvantage group to offer pharmaceutical companies a simple way of delivering training and communications directly to pharmacists through a new online portal, CPD Easy. News SaaS LMS Content CPD Partnerships Edvantage Pharmaceutical Training 01/25/2010 e2train launches one-stop-shop Kallidus OnDemand service e2train has released a new SaaS-based solution centred around its Kallidus 8 learning and performance software. The Kallidus OnDemand service includes content authoring, learning management and performance management through a single access portal. News LMS SaaS Hosted Performance e2train 01/22/2010 Epic alliance with Premier Partnership Epic and Premier Partnership announced a strategic alliance to provide blended solutions to the Government and Public Sector. News Alliances Content Blended Learning ePic Government Public Services 01/20/2010 XOR delivers Safeguarding Children Course for David Lloyd Leisure XOR has developed a Safeguarding Children Course for David Lloyd Leisure aimed at ensuring children and vulnerable people are protected while with team members and volunteers of the company. News Content XOR 01/20/2010 Plateau announces inaugural European user conference Plateau Systems announced that registration is now open for its inaugural Insights Europe 2010 user conference, to be held 26-27 April 2010 at The Majestic Hotel in Barcelona. News Shows/Conferences LMS Talent Management Plateau 01/19/2010 Edvantage group and KnowledgePool partner Edvantage group and KnowledgePool have brought their capabilities together to offer clients a range of blended learning solutions with a combined Managed Learning Service offering. News Partnerships Managed Service Blended Learning Content Edvantage KnowledgePool 01/18/2010 Key appointments for new year at Brightwave Brightwave announced three new appointments to support the expansion in their Brighton and Glasgow offices. Tim Hall joins Brightwave as business development manager and Kate Barker supports Tim as business development executive. Noel McKay joins the Glasgow office as e-learning consultant. News Appointments Content BrightWave 01/15/2010 REDTRAY acquires CareConnect Learning REDTRAY has purchased the business of CareConnect Learning, providers of NVQ provision and Skills for Life qualifications. News Mergers & Aquisition Content Training Providers RedTRAY 01/15/2010 Omniplex appointed sole UK certified Articulate trainer Omniplex has been appointed as the sole certified Articulate training provider in the UK and is offering both open-enrolment and custom, onsite training. News Authoring Tools Omniplex 01/12/2010 Jim Lundy joins Saba as VP of Collaboration Saba announced the appointment of Jim Lundy to the newly created position of Vice President and General Manager of Collaboration. Lundy was previously managing vice president for the Social Software and Collaboration team at Gartner. News Appointments LMS Talent Management Collaboration Saba 01/11/2010 Caspian Learning appoint President of US operations and opens first US office Caspian Learning announced the appointment of John Higgins as President of US Operations today. Prior to joining Caspian Learning, John served as the global Senior Director of Innovation Deployment for Accenture HR & Learning BPO Services. News Appointments Games Virtual Worlds Content Caspian Learning 01/07/2010 Saba Q2 2010 results Saba reported financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2009, showing total revenues for the quarter of $27.5 million, up 6.4% from the same period of the prior year. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Saba 01/07/2010 LINE and CERTPOINT form strategic partnership LINE Communications has announced a strategic partnership with CERTPOINT Systems and is currently involved in developing a number of bespoke programmes using CERTPOINTVLS Content Creator. News Partnerships Content LMS LCMS Authoring Tools LINE Communications CERTPOINT 01/05/2010 Authoria and Peopleclick combine Private equity firm Bedford Funding announced its $100 million acquisition of Peopleclick, which will be merged with Authoria, an existing Bedford Funding portfolio company. The combination of these two leading independent brands, which will now operate under the Peopleclick Authoria. News Financial Announcements Talent Management Authoria Peopleclick Authoria 01/05/2010 Diageo Learning Academy reaches 100 percent WBT Systems announced that adoption of the Diageo Academy has reached 100 percent. A continued focus on usability and a blended learning approach that accommodates all learner styles are believed to play a significant role in the successful adoption. News Portals LMS WBT Systems FMCG Food & Drink 12/23/2009 Jaguar Land Rover agrees strategic advisor role for LINE LINE Communications has concluded an agreement to assist with the development and implementation of Jaguar Land Rover global dealer learning strategy. News Content LMS LINE Communications Redware Mohive Cars 12/23/2009 Cyntergy delivers customer training via EKP NetDimensions announced that Cyntergy has implemented the Enterprise Knowledge Platform LMS to deliver its IT Training and e-learning services to customers. News LMS NetDimensions Information Technology 12/21/2009 Rise in contract positions at the expense of permanent roles Blue Eskim is reporting an increase in the proportion of temporary contract roles versus permanent roles in the UK's learning industry, placing 35% more contractors in 2009 than in 2008. News Appointments Blue Eskimo 12/21/2009 Edvantage group signs strategic agreement with Saba Edvantage has entered in to a strategic partnership with Saba Centra to its customer base to enhance e-learning across formal and informal learning environments. News Partnerships Virtual Classroom Content Edvantage Saba Centra 12/18/2009 Edvantage partners with Ossidian Technologies Edvantage group has entered into a partnership agreement with Ossidian Technologies, a provider of e-learning for the Telecom industry, to provide its clients with telecom related e-learning courses. News Content Partnerships Edvantage Telecommunications 12/17/2009 XOR attains recognised supplier status from Buying Solutions XOR LTD has been awarded recognised supplier status for delivering e-Learning services under Lot 5 of the Buying Solutions Learning & Development and eLearning Solutions framework agreement - the agency set up to help government deliver value for money from its spending. News Content XOR Government Public Services Local Government Defence 12/15/2009 Omniplex expands into North America Omniplex has expanded its operations by opening a North American office, in Montreal, Canada, headed up Susan Morin, Vice President of North American Operations. News Appointments Content LMS Omniplex 12/14/2009 Blackboard and Desire2Learn settle litigation Blackboard and Desire2Learn announced that the companies have reached an agreement to license each others worldwide e-learning patent portfolios and settle all outstanding litigation between them. News LMS Virtual Learning Environments Blackboard Inc. 12/12/2009 Atlantic Link announces new wins Atlantic Link announced multiple new client wins from organisations around the globe. News Authoring Tools Atlantic Link 12/10/2009 BAE Systems overhauls training With OutStart LCMS BAE Systems is taking a new, holistic approach to developing training for its Military Air Solutions customers using OutStart LCMS as the single-source hub for assembling, reusing, managing and deploying learning modules. News LCMS Authoring Tools Content Outstart Defence Aerospace 12/10/2009 Omniplex introduces Cameo to Europe Omniplex has announced a partnership with US-based Yukon Learning and is making Cameo, their solution for learning reinforcement and retention, available in Europe. News Content Partnerships Omniplex Yukon Learning 12/09/2009 SpacedEd delivers adaptive learning to the enterprise Spaced Education announced the Enterprise Version of its ground-breaking method of online learning that uses a simple question and answer format to complement their training strategy, adapting the content based on how the individual performs. News Content Mobile learning Spaced Education 12/08/2009 A & N Media continues to train workforce despite financial challenges Edvantage group announced that A & N Media IT Services had successfully completed the first stage of their new initiative to roll out Microsoft Office training online. News IT Skills Portals Managed Service Edvantage Media 12/07/2009 ALISON launches a new face ALISON launched its new-look website including new social networking features, faster registration, a more intuitive study area and new free tools. News Online Resources ALISON.com 12/07/2009 UK e-learning sector set to grow A report by Learning Light reveals that - despite the current recession - the UK e-learning and learning technology industry is flourishing News Market Content Learning Light 12/02/2009 Learn.com expands US presence Learn.com announced that the company has further expanded its U.S. domestic operations by opening a Silicon Valley office in Redwood Shores, California. News Appointments LMS Talent Management SaaS Learn.com 12/01/2009 Skills Assessments using e-Assessment BTL Group with partners AlphaPlus Consultancy has announced the release of a white paper exploreing the benefits and techniques of computerised skills assessment. News Assessment Skills Management BTL Group 11/30/2009 DSAT e-learning across Defence LINE Communications announced the roll-out of an e-learning programme for UK military personnel across all three services on the Defence Systems Approach to Training. The e-learning course has been deployed on the Defence Learning Portal. News Content LINE Communications Defence 11/27/2009 Elluminate expands Social Learning Network for Education Elluminate announced the continued growth of LearnCentral, the social learning network for education the company sponsors. News Social Networking Informal learning Virtual Classroom Elluminate Higher Education Further Education 11/26/2009 Cobent and Fairway Compliance focus on FSA regulatory requirements Cobent has partnered with financial consulting experts Fairway Compliance to offer training solutions specifically designed to reduce the administrative burden of meeting FSA regulatory requirements. News LMS Compliance Partnerships Cobent Group Financial Services Banking 11/26/2009 Virtual Learning key to cutting training costs eCom Scotland have launched eNetVROOM, Virtual Classrooms which offer an enhanced online learning experience. News Virtual Classroom eCom Scotland 11/25/2009 New CrossKnowledge HR Network CrossKnowledge announced the launch of its new CrossKnowledge HR Network,f a social networking community to enhance dialogue and to promote the sharing of experiences between HR professionals and experts across Europe. News Social Networking Collaboration Learning Communities CrossKnowledge 11/25/2009 Upside Learning and Skill-Pill bring mobile learning to India Upside Learning, in association with Skill-Pill, is offering mobile learning content to deliver expert advice from leading business organizations directly to mobile phones in India. News Mobile learning LMS Content Partnerships Upside Learning Skill-Pill Mobile Learning 11/24/2009 Xyleme extends open formats and standards support. Xyleme announced the latest release of their Xyleme LCMS, extending their commitment to open formats and standards support. News LCMS Xyleme 11/19/2009 SkillSoft reports Q3 2010 results and raises full year targets SkillSoft announced financial results with total revenue of $80.4 million for its third quarter ended October 31, 2009, a 3% decrease from the same period last year. They also now anticipate annual revenues to be in the range of $312.0 million to $314.0 million, higher than the target issued in August. News Financial Announcements Content SkillSoft 11/18/2009 Edvantage group passes 1 million course completions in 2009 Edvantage group announced their SaaS LMS, Learning Gateway, has passed 1m annual course completions in 2009. Approximately 2.8 million courses have been launched to date in 2009, a growth of 60% from 2008 figures. News LMS SaaS Content Edvantage 11/17/2009 TfL moves learning to Kallidus LMS Transport for London has chosen e2train Kallidus LMS to replace an existing system and extend the reach of their e-learning programmes. The system is currently used by 7,000 TfL employees but is ultimately scheduled to roll out across the whole of the TfL network. News LMS e2train Transport 11/12/2009 New version of TEDS gains Workforce Management TEDS released version 9.1 of its Talent Management Suite including a new module, Workforce Management enabling organizations to define corporate business initiatives and manage the progress toward initiative completion and track hiring for these initiatives. News Talent Management LMS TeDS 11/12/2009 Edvantage celebrates 10 year anniversary Edvantage group is celebrating its 10 year anniversary in 2009. It now has 10 offices in five countries and around 100 employees. News Content Edvantage 11/10/2009 Shortlist for IT Training Awards 2010 The Institute of IT Training announced the shortlisted entrants for its IT Training Awards 2010. The awards will take place on Thursday 4th February at The Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London. News Awards IT Skills IITT Training 11/09/2009 NetDimensions technology for e-Assessment NetDimensions will present the Enterprise Assessment Platform as the technology for delivering assessments in the aviation industry at the e-Assessment in Practice Symposium on November 12 at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. News Assessment LMS NetDimensions Aerospace Airlines 11/09/2009 e-Learning needs Tutoring - Tutoring needs competence In cooperation with the Austrian teacher training and the Danube University Krems, common sense eLearning & training consultants GmbH developed a practice-oriented education training program for Online Tutors. News Online Resources E-learning Skills Virtual Classroom Common sense eLearning & training consultants 11/09/2009 Learning Technologies 2010 Conference programme announced Learning Technologies 2010 on 27 and 28 January has announced its conference programme for 2010 with an exciting line up of speakers including keynote addresses from Lord David Puttnam, Josh Bersin and Professor Stephen Heppell. News Shows/Conferences Learning Technologies 11/06/2009 Global Knowledge appoints UK Managing Director Global Knowledge announced the appointment of Allan Pettman as the new UK Managing Director. Pettman was previously the Managing Director of Parity. News Content IT Skills Appointments Global Knowledge 11/06/2009 OfficeArrow uses Learn.com Learn.com announced that OfficeArrow, an online collaborative community developed specifically for administrative professionals, small businesses and entrepreneurs, has partnered with the company to provide on-demand job training to its 224,000+ members. News LMS SaaS Learn.com Business Services 11/02/2009 Learn.com establishes EMEA Headquarters in London Learn.com announced that the company has officially opened its EMEA headquarters in London to address the global demand for its award-winning Learning Management System. The company named Bob Ward, Executive Director of EMEA. News LMS Talent Management SaaS Appointments Learn.com 10/30/2009 BPP strategic LCMS solution with initial contract value of £400k Intellego announced that following a successful pilot, it had been awarded a contract by BPP for the implementation of the Xyleme LCMS. The total value of the first phases of the project will be approximately £400,000. News LCMS Intellego Systems Xyleme Training Financial Services 10/30/2009 Giunti Labs partners with Saffron Interactive Giunti Labs has signed a partner agreement with Saffron Interactive. Under the terms of the agreement, Saffron Interactive will market Giunti Labs' content management solutions. News LCMS Partnerships Content Giunti Labs Saffron Interactive 10/29/2009 Global Knowledge acquires Nexient Learning Global Knowledge announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Nexient Learning Inc., the largest corporate training provider in Canada. News Content IT Skills Mergers & Aquisition Training Providers Global Knowledge Training 10/27/2009 ikonami secures nine new NHS wins ikonami announced that nine NHS Trusts have signed up as new customers of their AT-Learning LMS. News LMS Hosted Ikonami Health Government 10/21/2009 CrossKnowledge announces Dialogues 2.0 CrossKnowledge has harnessed the potential of the web 2.0 to offer new services to its clients. Dialogues 2.0 is a dialogue and online contribution platform which places exchange at the heart of skill development programmes. News Content Collaboration Social Networking CrossKnowledge 10/21/2009 New e-learning provision unlocks people potential at AVEVA Edvantage group has launched a Managed Learning Services e-learning programme for leading engineering software provider, AVEVA News Portals LMS Managed Service Content Edvantage Engineering Information Technology 10/21/2009 Saba Cloud service uses Amazon platform Saba announced Saba People Management Cloud™, an edition of their people management solutions to be delivered on Amazon Web Services (AWS). News LMS Talent Management SaaS Technology Saba 10/20/2009 dominKnow announces LCMS workGroup Edition LCMS technology is now available to more organizations regardless of size with the release of the dominKnow LCMS workGroup Edition. News LCMS dominKnow 10/20/2009 Saba unveils unified people management platform Saba announced Saba 5.5 to help organizations actively manage change by unifying, engaging, and mobilizing their people assets. News LMS Talent Management Saba 10/20/2009 Cisco standardizes on Saba Saba announced that Cisco Systems has selected Saba as its enterprise-wide choice for learning, performance, workforce planning, and succession management for its more than 65,000 employees. News LMS Talent Management Performance Saba Information Technology 10/19/2009 New Learning Portal targets small to medium enterprises MyTrainingExpert.com, a new learning portal run by KnowledgePool, offers small-medium sized companies free training expertise and discounted prices on thousands of courses from the top training providers. News Portals Content Managed Service KnowledgePool Small Business 10/16/2009 NHS on course for e-learning Nearly 40 delegates from the NHS and private organisations heard at a Harrogate conference how the computer-based courses are an effective way to train employees in the wide range of skills classed as Statutory and Mandatory by the NHS. News Content Virtual College Health 10/13/2009 Cobent launches modular-self-service LMS Cobent Limited has announced the launch of LMS Select, a modular self-service LMS which allows organisations to choose from a variety of key features whilst only paying for the features they need. News LMS SaaS Cobent Group 10/09/2009 Epic forms strategic partnership with QA Epic announced it had joined forces with QA to offer blended learning services to government customers. The partnership has already started its first joint project, a major systems training solution for the FCO. News Partnerships Content IT Skills Blended Learning ePic QA-IQ QA Training Training Government 10/07/2009 Learn.com launches Global Edition Learn.com announced the launch of its Global Edition, a learning management platform that manages the entire employee lifecycle from pre-hire to retire and supports 24 languages out-of-the-box. News LMS Talent Management SaaS Learn.com 10/07/2009 Hot Lava Mobile boosts education for 150,000 African students A technology triumvirate consisting of ABJAD, a Jordan-based mobile information publisher; AD-CONNECT, a Nigerian high-tech consultancy; and OutStart Inc., maker of Hot Lava Mobile software, will launch a pilot project to turn the mobile devices carried by 150,000 Ghanaian and Nigerian students into a platform for publishing, delivering and tracking multimedia learning content. News Content Mobile learning LCMS Academia Outstart Higher Education 10/06/2009 Oxford Union e-learning debate continues online September 30th saw the inaugural e-learning debate at the Oxford Union, attended by over 250 learning technology professionals. Epic has set up www.elearningdebate.com where users can read a summary of the arguments, view the highlights and continue voting on the motion. News Shows/Conferences ePic 10/06/2009 Engineering company awards CERTPOINT new global contract CERTPOINT Systems announced that engineering company John Crane has signed a new worldwide contract for its CERTPOINT VLS learning platform. The agreement extends the existing three-year relationship between the two companies. John Crane has 6,600 employees in 53 countries, News LMS LCMS CERTPOINT Engineering 10/06/2009 David Wilson shortlisted for 2009 individual e-learning award Elearnity, Europe’s leading Corporate Learning Analyst, was pleased to announce that David Wilson, Elearnity’s founder and Managing Director has been shortlisted for the 2009 E-learning Industry Award for Outstanding Achievement – Individual. David Wilson founded Elearnity in 1996, and is one of the leading authorities on e-learning and learning innovation within Europe. A major commentator on the e-learning industry since its inception, David is a strategic advisor to many major corporate a News Awards eLearnity 10/06/2009 David Wilson shortlisted for 2009 individual e-learning award Elearnity, Europe’s leading Corporate Learning Analyst, was pleased to announce today that David Wilson, Elearnity’s founder and Managing Director has been shortlisted for the 2009 E-learning Industry Award for Outstanding Achievement – Individual. David Wilson founded Elearnity in 1996, and is one of the leading authorities on e-learning and learning innovation within Europe. A major commentator on the e-learning industry since its inception, David is a strategic advisor to many major corpo Press Release Awards eLearnity 10/05/2009 The E-learning Debate at the Oxford Union On the 30th September 2009, David took part in the E-learning Debate at the Oxford Union, alongside Professor Diana Laurillard, Marc Rosenberg and others. The motion: “This house believes that the elearning of today is essential for the important skills of tomorrow”. This event has generated quite a buzz in the e-learning industry. Here are David's thoughts on the debate and its implications. Article Shows/Conferences Strategy eLearnity 09/30/2009 Saba Enterprise 5.5 enhances usability Saba announced Saba Enterprise 5.5; the most extensible, configurable version of their people management platform to date. News Talent Management Human Capital LMS Saba 09/30/2009 REDTRAY acquires First Stop Training REDTRAY has purchased the business of First Stop Training Ltd, an authorised Microsoft training provider and Microsoft Office Specialist Authorised Testing Centre. Terms of the deal are not disclosed. News Mergers & Aquisition Training Providers IT Skills RedTRAY 09/30/2009 LINE pilots flying classrooms for Swiss Re LINE announced the global roll-out of an innovative new programme of sales refresher training developed for client managers at Swiss Re, following successful pilots in Switzerland and Hong Kong. News Content LINE Communications Insurance Financial Services 09/29/2009 XML-based learning solutions on EMC Documentum Xyleme and Flatirons Solutions announced an alliance to offer EMC Documentum services to training organizations. One of the first implementations of this joint collaboration, Informa Plc., is being rolled out to over 100,000 learners worldwide. News LCMS Alliances Integration Xyleme Publishing 09/29/2009 Kineo publishes new Compliance E-Learning Guide Kineo have published a new guide providing practical advice on the design of compliance e-learning including eight principles that will help ensure compliance e-learning is effective and engaging. News Compliance Content Rapid e-learning Kineo 09/28/2009 Giunti Labs wins Banca d'Italia e-learning project Giunti Labs has agreed a framework agreement with Italy's central bank, Banca d'Italia, to establish a catalogue of web based training (WBT) materials which the Bank's staff can access. Under the agreement, Giunti Labs will partner Banca d'Italia in managing the Bank's learning processes. Giunti Labs is providing Banca d'Italia with a catalogue of multimedia content, along with customised content production services. To produce some of the learning content, Giunti Labs is working with leading s News Content LCMS Giunti Labs Financial Services Banking 09/28/2009 Nikon gets the picture with Kineo product knowledge e-learning Kineo and Nikon have published a detailed case study on how they jointly developed an engaging suite of e-learning modules on Nikon's leading range of cameras, and delivered these via an online dealer learning platform using a custom version of Moodle LMS. Nikon, the leading camera manufacturer, have long provided training to a large audience of resellers, traditionally delivered via classroom based training sessions, store visits and product guides. Nikon decided to investigate an alternative News Content Learning environments LMS Extra-enterprise learning Kineo Electrical Retail 09/24/2009 Saba announces Q1 2010 results Saba reported financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2009. Revenue was $25.8 million, up 2%. GAAP net earnings increased to $1.0 million, from a net loss of $2.2 million for the same period of the prior year. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Saba 09/22/2009 Trainer1 connects to Social Learning Trainer1 announced the latest version of its CSL delivery tool with the ability to link Social Networking learning patterns with formalised learning repositories. News Social Networking Performance Support Trainer1 09/22/2009 The Change Group selects Cobent Cobent announced a contract win to supply The Change Group International Plc with its Learning Compliance Suite to deploy, track, manage and report on training across its global operations.  News LMS Cobent Group Financial Services 09/22/2009 Cornerstone OnDemand launches Career Center Cornerstone OnDemand announced the launch of the Career Center, a new suite of career management tools designed to help organizations better engage, motivate and retain talented people while also empowering employees to take a more active role in managing their career within a company. News Talent Management LMS SaaS Succession Planning Cornerstone OnDemand 09/21/2009 SUBWAY names SkillSoft Technology Vendor of the Year SkillSoft announced that the SUBWAY restaurant chain has named SkillSoft the Technology Vendor of the Year for 2009. News Content IT Skills Awards SkillSoft Food & Drink 09/20/2009 Intellego expands sales team Intellego announced the appointment of a new Sales Director (John Hammond) and two new Business Development Managers to the sales team. News Appointments Content Intellego Systems 09/19/2009 Announcing Learning Technologies 2010 Learning Technologies 2010, returning for its eleventh year, will be on 27 and 28 January at London Olympia 2. Learning Technologies is also now being co-located with a new Learning and Skills event taking place on the ground floor at Olympia. News Shows/Conferences Learning Technologies 09/18/2009 StepStone software sales accelerate in third quarter StepStone is recording an acceleration in sales of its SaaS offerings in the third quarter of 2009, partly driven by a number of new contracts with large enterprise customers. News Financial Announcements Talent Management SaaS StepStone 09/17/2009 Tata gets vertical in healthcare Tata Interactive Systems announced its first domain-specific learning and consulting solutions for healthcare. Candida Chandorkar has been appointed as Vice President - Global Healthcare Solutions, a move from her earlier position as Vice President - ANZ. News Content Appointments TaTA Interactive Systems Health 09/15/2009 TEDS celebrates 20th Anniversary TEDS celebrated the 20th Anniversary of its founding by Joe Ellis. News LMS Talent Management TEDS 09/15/2009 Giunti Labs opens North American office Giunti Labs has officially opened its newest office in Atlanta. News LCMS Giunti Labs 09/15/2009 Learn.com and Taleo alliance Learn.com announced it has been selected by Taleo as its premier LMS partner. This alliance will integrate with Taleo Development, a new development planning application which is part of the Taleo 10™ talent management solution. News LMS Talent Management Alliances Learn.com Taleo 09/14/2009 Upside Learning releases UpsideLMS Version 4.0 Upside Learning announced the release of version 4.0 of their flagship product UpsideLMS, now available in Professional and Enterprise editions, and with four new modules - Content Authoring, Virtual classroom, Social media and integrated hierarchy based management module to enable the workflow in the system. News LMS Product Announcements Social Networking Authoring Tools Upside Learning 09/14/2009 Saba appoints Chief Marketing Officer Saba announced that it has appointed Andrew Salzman as Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to CEO and Chairman, Bobby Yazdani. Salzman previously served as Chief Marketing Officer at E2open and at Information Resources, and Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Siebel Systems. News Appointments LMS Talent Management Saba 09/09/2009 e2train announces leading learning experts to keynote David Wilson of Elearnity, and Laura Overton of Towards Maturity will be revealing new research and ideas for users of learning technology at Uncovered 2009, e2train's annual user event. News Shows/Conferences LMS Talent Management e2train eLearnity Towards Maturity 09/08/2009 New on-demand learning evaluation service Zeroed-In Technologies introduced Impact Surveyor, a new on-demand service that allows organizations to outsource their learning evaluation, survey and assessment activities. News Measurement Assessment Zeroed-in Technologies 09/08/2009 Bray Leino BroadSkill appoints new Head of Digital Learning Bray Leino BroadSkill has appointed Kerry Pascall in the new role of head of digital learning. Kerry, who has been with the company for 3 years is a former head of e-learning development at BT Retail. News Appointments Content Training Providers BroadSkill Bray Leino BroadSkill 09/04/2009 Learning expert to keynote at Uncovered 2009 Following the announcement that e2train’s annual user event, Uncovered 2009, is to be held at the Celtic Manor Resort on 14 – 16 October, e2train confirms leading learning expert David Wilson will deliver a keynote session at the event.  News Shows/Conferences LMS Social Networking e2train eLearnity 09/03/2009 Plateau launches social learning and collaboration portal Plateau announced the availability of Plateau Talent Gateway, a set of flexible, portable web-based communication, social, and knowledge-sharing tools that customers can utilize to make talent management more accessible and available across the enterprise. News Talent Management LMS Portals Social Networking Plateau 09/03/2009 The eLN becomes Community Interest Company Full members of the eLN have unanimously approved of the transition from an unincorporated association to a community interest company. News Organisation eLearning Network Institutes 08/31/2009 Saba completes share repurchase Saba announced that it has repurchased approximately 4.7% of its outstanding shares of common stock for $4.85m. The repurchased shares have been retired and will resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of common stock. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Saba 08/24/2009 REDTRAY acquires PPi Learning Services REDTRAY has purchased the business of PPi Learning Services Ltd. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. News Mergers & Aquisition Content Training Providers RedTRAY 08/21/2009 ThirdForce launches new self-authoring solution ThirdForce announces the launch of its self-authoring e-learning solution, AIMS Content Manager,helping organisations to create and assess in-house developed online courses. News Authoring Tools Assessment Content ThIrdForce 08/20/2009 Questionmark streamlines selling tests online Professional associations, textbook companies, awarding bodies and other test publishers can streamline individual and bulk sales of online quizzes and tests using a new solution from Questionmark. News Assessment Questionmark 08/20/2009 UpsideLMS to deliver e-learning in Africa Bilyak Consulting, a technology consulting firm and e-learning provider in Africa has selected UpsideLMS to run their e-learning offering for their customers. News LMS Upside Learning 08/20/2009 SkillSoft reports Q2 2010 results and raises earnings targets SkillSoft announced financial results for its second quarter of fiscal 2010 with total revenue of $78.9 million, a 5% decrease over the same period last year. Net income on a US GAAP basis was $17.2 million. News Financial Announcements Content SkillSoft 08/20/2009 e-learning for Healthcare uses CLIX IMC CLIX has been chosen for one of most significant LMS projects in the UK in recent years by the e-Learning for Healthcare team at the Department for Health. News LMS Hosted IMC Health Government 08/20/2009 Atlantic Link becomes Blackboard partner Atlantic Link announced a 3 year partnership with Blackboard. Atlantic Link becomes a Blackboard Premier Partner to bring enhanced content delivery to Blackboard Learn clients worldwide. News Partnerships Content Authoring Tools LMS Learning environments Academia Blackboard Inc. Atlantic Link Higher Education 08/19/2009 Virtual College celebrates 250,000th user of its LMS When Firefighter Sam Wood, of the West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service, logged on to Enable, the learning management solution from Ilkleys Virtual College, she triggered an alert as the 250,000th registered learner on the system. News LMS Virtual College Further Education 08/19/2009 Atlantic Link announced multiple new client wins Atlantic Link announced multiple new client wins from organisations around the globe. News Content Authoring Tools Atlantic Link 08/18/2009 Pan-government e-learning – a success story Following several high profile cases of personal data loss within government, the Cabinet Office, National School of Government and Epic joined forces last year to create a pan-government e-learning programme, entitled Protecting Information. News Content Portals ePic Government 08/10/2009 Cobent grows in the first half of 2009 Cobent announced growth in the first half year of 2009, despite a difficult global trading environment, with sales for the first half of the year up by almost 30% on the first half of 2008. News Financial Announcements LMS Compliance Cobent Group 08/06/2009 Bray Leino BroadSkill grows despite tough economic times Bray Leino BroadSkill is bucking the market and difficult business climate by reporting 7% growth in the first six months of this year. News Financial Announcements Content Training Providers BroadSkill Bray Leino BroadSkill Training 08/05/2009 Eliesha and Kineo win FCO e-learning contract Eliesha and Kineo announced that they have been selected by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to develop an e-learning course on Crisis Management. News Content Training Providers Kineo Government 08/03/2009 Giunti Labs UK expands its operations Following its expansion within the UK market in 2008 and its continuing growth in revenue, Giunti Labs has appointed Dan Taylor as its Sales Manager in the UK. Taylor came to Giunti Labs from PPi Learning Services Ltd, where he had been client director. News Appointments LCMS Giunti Labs 07/30/2009 Airport group drives Performance Management with Cornerstone OnDemand Cornerstone OnDemand announced that Manchester Airport Group (MAG), the UKs second largest airport operator, is using their SaaS-based talent management solution to support its people strategy. About 2,700 MAG managers and colleagues will have access to the online solution for goal setting, performance reviews and development planning. News Performance Talent Management LMS SaaS Hosted Cornerstone OnDemand Airports Airlines 07/28/2009 Eliesha and Kineo partner to focus on Public Sector Eliesha and Kineo have announced that they have formed a partnership to offer a complete range of learning solutions to public sector organisations in the UK. News Partnerships Content Kineo Government Public Services 07/27/2009 Raptivity Visual enables language interactivity Harbinger Knowledge Products announced the release of Raptivity Visual, a selection of instructionally-sound, primarily visual interaction models that are ideal for users who wish to create interactions in international languages. News Content Authoring Tools Language Harbinger Knowledge Products 07/24/2009 EnlightKS acquires BdM Development EnlightKS announced the acquisition of BdM Development in an undisclosed deal, extends the EnlightKS team to close to 50 and providing an office base in Oxfordshire. News Mergers & Aquisition Content EnlightKS BdM Development 07/23/2009 Blackboard acquires for mobile platform Blackboard announced a major step forward in its efforts to support students mobile lifestyle with the acquisition of Terriblyclever Design, makers of MobilEdu, a suite of iPhone and mobile web applications for education. News Learning environments LMS Mergers & Aquisition Mobile learning Blackboard Inc. 07/22/2009 SumTotal Systems appoints President SumTotal Systems announced that Barbara Stinnett will assume the newly created position of President, responsible for leading the company and all its operations. Stinnett was most recently co-founder and managing partner with Timmaron Capital Advisors and previously held executive positions at Sybase and Hewlett-Packard. News Appointments LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems 07/21/2009 Vista Equity Partners acquires SumTotal SumTotal® Systems announced that approximately 99% of SumTotal’s stockholders present at a special meeting approved the proposed transaction with affiliates of Vista Equity Partners, and the transaction has been completed. SumTotal stock will cease to trade on the NASDAQ at market close today and will be delisted. News Mergers & Aquisition LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems 07/20/2009 Saba announces Fiscal Year 2009 results Saba reported financial results for its fourth quarter with revenue of $25.6 million compared to $28.2 million in the same quarter last year. Full year revenue for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2009 was $102.8 million compared to $107.8 million in the prior year. GAAP net loss for the year was $2.4 million, or $0.08 per share, compared to a net loss of $3.5 million, or $0.12 per share, for the prior year. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Saba 07/20/2009 VivaKi Nerve Center trains online Learn.com announced that the VivaKi Nerve Center, a core division of french Publicis Groupe, has selected the LearnCenter Platform to deliver online training to their global employees. News LMS SaaS Hosted Learn.com Marketing 07/20/2009 Chelsea Building Society implements e2train's Kallidus Performance Chelsea Building Society, the sixth largest building society in the UK, has implemented the Kallidus Performance Management System to complement its Kallidus LMS solution. The system will be used to record details of core and role-specific competencies and how individuals meet these as well as providing the opportunity for staff to log and review where they are in relation to the company competency matrix. News LMS Performance e2train Banking 07/17/2009 LINE gets immersive LINE Communications announced formal inclusion of full 3D simulations into its service offering, building on its previous partnership with Caspian Learning. News Content Simulation Virtual Worlds LINE Communications Caspian Learning 07/17/2009 News International outsources learning to QA An outsourced learning service implemented by QA for News International has successfully transitioned their Learning & Development to QA, and has created new opportunities for the in-house training team. News Outsourcing Managed Service QA-IQ QA Training Publishing 07/15/2009 Metropolitan Housing Partnership delivers blended learning NetDimensions announced that Metropolitan Housing Partnership (MHP) is implementing the EKP LMS to deliver blended learning programs. MHP will replace expensive classroom-based training with equally effective online training programs. News LMS Blended Learning NetDimensions Housing 07/10/2009 REDTRAY strengthens business development team REDTRAY is strengthening its business development team with the appointment of Phil Horton as a Senior Account Manager. He was previously at Epic where he held the role of Business Development Manager for the past three years. News Appointments Content RedTRAY 07/08/2009 OutStart unveils next generation LCMS OutStart announced the immediate availability of OutStart LCMS 2009, after more than two years in development. OutStart LCMS 2009 offers capabilities to address key functional areas of single-source development, management, maintenance and delivery. News LCMS Product Announcements Outstart 07/08/2009 Epic selected as a supplier to the public sector Epic has been selected by Buying Solutions under the Learning & Development and eLearning Solutions Framework for the Information Technology and Specialist Services lots. Epic will produce bespoke systems training simulations for public sector IT roll outs as well as blended solutions, floor walking, coaching, mentoring, secure content hosting and dedicated training support. News Blended Learning Content IT Skills ePic Government Public Services Local Government 06/29/2009 Atlantic Link announces new functionality Atlantic Link announced a range of new features and functionality with the release of Content Point Version 1.31 including an embedded flash asset library, multi-resolution support, enhanced tracking and support for Arabic. News Product Announcements Authoring Tools Atlantic Link 06/25/2009 Gilkron uses EKP to deliver legal content NetDimensions announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Gilkron Limited whose Novacourses website provides content for legal and other professionals, powered by EKP. News LMS Partnerships NetDimensions Legal 06/24/2009 UniServity announces strategic partnership with Microsoft UniServity announced a strategic partnership with Microsoftto integrate Microsoft Live@edu within UniServity cLc (connected Learning communities) Learning Platform. News Partnerships Academia Learning environments LMS Virtual Classroom UniServity Higher Education Local Government 06/24/2009 Learn.com appoints Executive Director of Product Marketing Learn.com announced that David Wilkins, former Senior Director of Product Strategy at Mzinga (formerly KnowledgePlanet) has been named their Executive Director of Product Marketing. News Appointments LMS Talent Management SaaS Learn.com 06/23/2009 SumTotal special meeting to discuss proposed merger SumTotal announced that it has scheduled a special meeting of stockholders in connection with its proposed transaction with affiliates of Vista Equity Partners Fund III, L.P., on July 21, 2009. News Mergers & Aquisition LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems 06/19/2009 New release of Saba Publisher Saba announced the latest release of its content creation and publishing tool Saba Publisher 9.0 with new features for rapid content creation and media-rich content for mobile devices, including iPhone and iPod Touch. News Authoring Tools LMS Talent Management Saba 06/18/2009 Galliford Try impressed by LearningGuide's support Galliford Try, a leading construction and house building group, has selected LearningGuide to provide learning and support to new staff across the UK in the use of their business control system. News Performance Support LearningGuide Construction 06/17/2009 Learning and Skills 2010 announced A new event for learning and development professionals is being launched. Learning and Skills 2010 will run alongside Learning Technologies 2010 on 27 and 28 January 2010. News Shows/Conferences Learning and Skills Group 06/17/2009 Edvantage group enhances Community Workspaces Edvantage announced the latest version of its Learning Gateway LMS, featuring enhanced community tools and user group functionality. News Collaboration LMS SaaS Edvantage 06/17/2009 e2train Launches Kallidus 8 e2train announced the launch of Kallidus 8. The new system offers an easy to use iGoogle style web gadget learner interface which will enable learning professionals to integrate formal and informal learning within a single solution. News LMS Product Announcements Performance e2train 06/17/2009 Giunti Labs launches ePortfolio solution Giunti Labs is launching a set of Portfolio and Skills management modules as part of its new learn eXact Enterprise LCMS Suite. The products – currently known as eXact Portfolio – are being unveiled for the first time at the ePortfolio conference in London. News Portfolio LCMS Giunti Labs 06/16/2009 Plateau unveils version 6.1 Plateau Systems announced the version 6.1 of their talent management suite, featuring organizational dashboards, enhanced performance review, and a streamlined user interface. News Talent Management LMS Performance Plateau 06/16/2009 InterContinental Hotels implements Saba globally Saba announced that InterContinental Hotels Group, the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms, has implemented Saba Learning as its global LMS. News LMS Talent Management Saba Hospitality 06/15/2009 Edvantage finds its CBVoice Edvantage group announced the launch of its voiceover function for CourseBuilder (content authoring tool), CBVoice, allowing users to automatically generate and add high-quality synthetic voiceover. News Content Authoring Tools Edvantage 06/11/2009 Creative Metier programme drives performance in 100 days Creative Metier has launched its Vivocco100 programme using remote coaching via an online portal to get staff focussed on what they need to deliver through critical company results. News Learning environments Simulation Performance Coaching Creative Metier 06/11/2009 UKS launches Cegos offering in the Middle East UKS and Cegos Group announced the launch of e-Learning solutions by Cegos and Global Learning by Cegos to support the long-term performance and growth of commercial and public sector organisations in the Middle East. News Partnerships Content Blended Learning Universal Knowledge Solutions Cegos Group 06/11/2009 Saba Centra adds one-click distribution and Linux client Saba announced the latest version of Saba Centra 7.6 SP2 with one-click capture and distribution of session materials, increased session interactivity and a new, full-featured Linux client. News Virtual Classroom Saba Centra 06/11/2009 London College of Beauty adopts Blackboard London College of Beauty Therapy has selected Blackboard to deliver its BTEC Beauty Retail Consultant Diploma online to reduce barriers for learners who might not otherwise have the time or opportunity for professional training. News Virtual Classroom LMS Learning environments Blackboard Inc. Further Education 06/09/2009 Capital City Bank adopts Atlantic Link Capital City Bank has made an internal decision to bring their e-learning development in-house using Atlantic Link to save time, money and resources. News Rapid e-learning Authoring Tools Atlantic Link Banking Financial Services 06/09/2009 European Content Production Project uses OutStart LCMS WEBACAD, an e-learning content development company, has chosen the OutStart LCMS to develop, manage, maintain and deliver e-learning content for an online training initiative known in Europe as the Certified European E-Learning Manager program. News LCMS E-learning Skills Outstart Training 06/09/2009 Onlignment to support effective web conferencing Onlignment, a new company formed by Phil Green, Clive Shepherd and Barry Sampson, has been launched to support organisations in the use of web conferencing and other real-time online technologies. News Virtual Classroom Onlignment 06/08/2009 SuccessFactors wins at Siemens AG for 420,000 users SuccessFactors announced that Siemens AG has purchased a global enterprise subscription of virtually all of SuccessFactors modules to link strategy to executed business results with its worldwide corporate talent management vision, for 420,000 users across 80 countries in 20 different languages. News Talent Management SaaS SuccessFactors Industrial Electrical 06/08/2009 AchieveGlobal launches single-source global content platform Xyleme announced that AchieveGlobal has implemented Xyleme LCMS for EMC Documentum to deliver personalized, multi-modal learning content to their worldwide audience. News LCMS Training Providers Xyleme AchieveGlobal Training 06/08/2009 OutStart gets Mobile OutStart has extended the reach of its solutions by merging with Hot Lava Software, a company with applications for reaching the world’s estimated 4.1 billion mobile cellular subscribers. The newly combined companies will conduct business as OutStart. News LCMS Mobile learning Mergers & Aquisition Outstart 06/05/2009 LearningGuide adds to National Extension College content LearningGuide Solutions is adding six new National Extension College soft skills titles to its content services library. At the same time this enables the College to add individualized just-in-time training packages to its portfolio. All titles are being created with the LearningGuide Manager authoring tool. News Content Performance Support LearningGuide Further Education 06/02/2009 ILX delivers e-Learning To COLT ILX Group is providing COLT, a European provider of business communications, with training support to enhance core skills. The course roll out involves a combination of four training programmes using online courses hosted on the COLT Learning Management System. News Content Project management ILX Telecommunications 06/01/2009 CMEurope partners with Cobent CMEurope, a specialist provider of recruitment and business consultancy services is expanding its training services through a partnership with Cobent, whose Learning Compliance Suitewas selected to provide clients with a way to manage training processes. News Partnerships LMS Cobent Group Business Services Recruitment 06/01/2009 Learn.com gets Personal Learn.com has launched Learn.com Personal Edition allowing members to achieve a Skill Score ranking reflecting their skill and knowledge for their selected Job Profile. News LMS Talent Management Skills Management Personalisation SaaS Learn.com 05/28/2009 Knowledge Solutions rebrand as EnlightKS Knowledge Solutions announced that it is rebranding as EnlightKS following its acquisition of Enlight AB. News Content IT Skills Mergers & Aquisition Knowledge Solutions Enlight EnlightKS 05/27/2009 Plateau grows for 12th year Plateau Systems announced that the company has again posted a double digit revenue gain for its fiscal 2008, with recurring revenues again comprising more than half of the company’s total revenues. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Performance Plateau 05/27/2009 Harbinger releases Raptivity Presenter Harbinger Knowledge Products announced the release of Raptivity Presenter, a library of rapidly-customizable interaction models, which help the presenter engage the audience through active participation. News Authoring Tools Content Harbinger Knowledge Products 05/27/2009 Two Learning Impact awards for Giunti Labs Giunti Labs has won a Gold and a Best in category award at the IMS Learning Impact Awards. The Gold Award was for building a Dynamic Management Skills Catalogue using its learn eXact learning content management system for the Cegos in France. News Awards LCMS Standards Giunti Labs IMS Global Learning Consortium 05/26/2009 Zeroed-In releases new impact dashboard Zeroed-In Technologies released Impact Dashboard, a unified measurement and reporting platform for learning and HR groups. Impact Dashboard combines CLO Dashboard and LMS Dashboard systems into a single dashboard offering. News Analytics LMS Measurement Zeroed-in Technologies 05/22/2009 Kineo shares free e-learning template for Articulate Kineo announced that it will give away a free version of a customized skin for use with Articulate. News Authoring Tools Rapid e-learning Kineo 05/21/2009 SkillSoft reports Q1 results SkillSoft announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2010 with total revenue of $76.4 million, a 6% decrease over the same quarter the previous year, with much of the reduction attributable to exchange rate changes. Net income on a GAAP basis was $18.8 million, or $0.19 per basic and diluted share, up from $7.1 million the same quarter the previous year. News Content Financial Announcements SkillSoft 05/21/2009 UKS rolls-out content development training to the Oman Ministry of Education UKS has been chosen by the Oman Ministry of education to deliver training on content development, as part of their strategy to transfer their curricula into digital format. News Content E-learning Skills Universal Knowledge Solutions Government 05/20/2009 LINE gain Buying Solutions recognised public sector supplier status LINE Communications has been awarded recognised supplier on the Buying Solutions (formerly OGC Buying Solutions) Learning & Development and e-learning Solutions framework agreement. News Content LINE Communications Government 05/20/2009 Nissan training for Australian dealerships uses TopClass LMS WBT Systems announced that Nissan Australia is using the TopClass Learning Management System to power its learning initiative for the Nissan network of almost 200 dealers across Australia. News LMS LCMS Extra-enterprise learning WBT Systems Cars 05/18/2009 Meridian Knowledge Solutions Sees Strong Q1 Results Meridian announced stronger than expected Q1 results, helping Meridian and its parent company, Visionary Integration Professionals, to hit revenue of $148.7 million for 2008, an increase of 31.5% over 2007. News Financial Announcements LMS Meridian Knowledge Systems 05/14/2009 Elearnity examines software-as-a-service impact on learning & talent systems Elearnity, Europe’s leading Corporate Learning Analyst, today announced its latest research on the impact of Software-as-a-Service on the Learning & Talent Systems market. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), the provision of software applications as an Internet service, has become a major force in the business applications market. This Elearnity Core Insights paper explores the growing impact of SaaS on applications for managing and delivering learning and talent processes within a corporate environ Press Release SaaS LMS Talent Management Technology Hosted eLearnity 05/14/2009 Mace Group centralizes training with help from EKP NetDimensions announced that Mace Group, a global consultancy and construction firm, has implemented the EKP LMS to provide development and knowledge opportunities to its employees. News LMS NetDimensions Consultancies Construction 05/14/2009 Research Paper - Software-as-a-Service: Impact on Learning & Talent Systems Evolving from roots in Internet-hosted software applications, from 2000 onwards, Software as a Service (SaaS) has emerged as one of the most significant trends in the business applications market, impacting new and existing providers alike, and increasingly figuring in corporate decisions on a range of business application decisions from Accounting, Customer Relationship Management through to Video Conferencing. The Learning & Talent Systems market has been no exception to the above trend, but Report SaaS Talent Management LMS Learning environments Hosted eLearnity 05/13/2009 Webinar featuring Elearnity research on SaaS-Based Talent Systems A Webinar featuring David Wilson, of Elearnity, will explore the significance of Software-as-a-Service for learning and talent management solutions. The session, sponsored by Cornerstone OnDemand, is scheduled for Thursday, 14th May from 3pm to 4pm GMT.   News SaaS LMS Talent Management Human Capital eLearnity Cornerstone OnDemand 05/12/2009 Saba expands relationship with IBM Saba and IBM announced that they are working together, combining expertise to offer organizations a threefold approach to people management: human capital management services from IBM and enterprise learning solutions from Saba. IBM will also offer a new Learning Accelerator for WebSphere Portal that is based on Saba Learning. News LMS Talent Management Human Capital Partnerships Saba IBM 05/12/2009 IMS consortium sponsors digital learning catalogue The IMS Global Learning Consortium has announced, at its annual Learning Impact conference, that several of its member organisations have committed to funding the development of a shared web catalogue of learning resources. News Content Standards Resources IMS Global Learning Consortium 05/11/2009 ADP partners with Cornerstone ADP Employer Services announced the launch of a comprehensive suite of talent management solutions to the marketplace through its relationship with Cornerstone OnDemand. News Partnerships LMS Talent Management SaaS Cornerstone OnDemand ADP Outsourcing 05/11/2009 Systems Integrator trains customers using Virtual World Technology Ambient Performance announced that the Finmeccanica Company, SELEX Systems Integration, will expand its use of the OLIVE virtual world platform to provide experiential learning solutions for customers. News Content Virtual Worlds Extra-enterprise learning Ambient Performance Forterra Systems Information Technology 05/11/2009 L’Oréal deploys CERTPOINT learning portal CERTPOINT Systems announced that L'Oréal has chosen CERTPOINTVLS to help deliver its new employee learning portal. It will be accessible through its corporate intranet and be deployed to its 60,000+ employees in 58 countries. News LMS Learning environments CERTPOINT FMCG 05/08/2009 Blackboard to acquire ANGEL Learning Blackboard announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held ANGEL Learning for approximately $95 million, net of cash acquired and excluding transaction costs. News Mergers & Aquisition Virtual Classroom Learning environments Blackboard Inc. ANGEL Learning Higher Education 05/05/2009 SkillSoft unveils SkillPort 7.0 LMS SkillSoft announced SkillPort 7.0, the LMS for SkillSoft's e-learning solution, with a complete redesign of the user interface to enhance usability for both end users and administrators, and new configuration options enable organizations to tailor the look and behavior of their system. News LMS SkillSoft 05/02/2009 Atlantic Link and Landmark target U.S. Government Atlantic Link announced that it has entered into an agreement with Landmark ASP Solutions. Landmark will become an Atlantic Link General Services Administration Distributor to promote, market and deliver e-learning applications to U.S. Federal, State and local branches of government. News Authoring Tools Partnerships Atlantic Link Government 04/28/2009 WBT Systems launches TopClass Version 8 WBT Systems announced version 8 of its TopClass e-Learning solution. The release, which is available immediately, delivers important improvements to Classroom Management and eCommerce. The new version also includes a much enhanced user interface. News LCMS LMS WBT Systems 04/27/2009 Kineo appoints Cammy Bean as US VP of Learning Design Kineo announced that Cammy Bean has been appointed as Vice President of Learning Design in the United States. Cammy was previously the lead learning designer at InVision Learning. This is the first in a series of appointments to establish Kineo operations in the US. News Appointments Content Rapid e-learning Kineo 04/27/2009 Gabrielle Gardner to head UK Training Operations for Aquinas Gabrielle Gardner has joined Aquinas as its new Head of UK Training Operations. Most recently Gabrielle was Head of Managed Learning at Epic, focusing on incorporating Managed Services into their client offering. Previously, she was founding partner of Star Consulting. News Trainers Managed Service Aquinas ePic STAR Consulting Training 04/21/2009 Giunti Labs reveals IRMOS Project preliminary results Fabrizio Cardinali, the CEO of Giunti Labs, will reveal the preliminary results of the Interactive Realtime Multimedia Applications on Service Oriented Infrastructures (IRMOS) Project at the Immersive Education Summit - being held at the London School of Economics in London on 23rd and 24th April. News LCMS Mobile learning Virtual Worlds Shows/Conferences Giunti Labs 04/21/2009 LearningGuide previews new content LearningGuide will present its latest courseware and new release of the LearningGuide Manager authoring tool for performance support solutions at the HRD 2009 exhibition and conference in London. News Performance Support Content LearningGuide 04/20/2009 ICWE and ELIG join forces to lobby for e-learning The Paris-based European Learning Industry Group, and the German agency ICWE, which specialises in organizing events in education, training and ICT, announced that they will work closely together to foster and implement innovative learning technologies. News Partnerships ICWE ELIG Training Associations 04/20/2009 Soldiers skill-up online for Civvy Street Blackboard announced that Westminster Kingsway College has selected Blackboard to deliver training to Army chefs serving with The Royal Logistics Corps in Europe as they prepare for careers in hospitality after the completion of their military service. News Learning environments LMS Blackboard Inc. Defence Further Education 04/20/2009 Edvantage SaaS LMS now available in two versions Edvantage announced that it has expanded its Software-as-a-Service LMS Learning Gateway to include two new versions, Enterprise and Professional.  News LMS SaaS Portals Edvantage 04/17/2009 Epic achieves ISO 14001 environmental standard Epic has achieved the ISO 14001: 2004 Environmental Management Standard, confirming its commitment to long-term environmental protection. The international standard requires procedures for managing environmental aspects of a business, with targets for waste reduction and energy efficiency. News Content ePic 04/15/2009 Kelly Services deploys Cornerstone OnDemand to 659,000 users Cornerstone OnDemand announced that Kelly Services, a provider of workforce management services and human resources solutions, is deploying Cornerstone’s integrated learning and talent management software suite to nearly 659,000 employees worldwide, including temporary professional employees and full-time employees.  News LMS Talent Management SaaS Hosted Cornerstone OnDemand Business Services 04/14/2009 MOD announces a social learning for its overseas service schools Service Children’s Education, an Agency of the MOD, has selected UniServity to provide the cLc (connected Learning communities) Learning Platform, to 40 schools located in Belize, Belgium, Brunei, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar, Netherlands and Italy. News Collaboration Social Networking UniServity Defence 04/14/2009 Learn.com names new Vice President of Client Success Learn.com announced that Bill D'Amico, former Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services at Pathlore Software has been named the companies new Vice President of Client Success, assuming the oversight of the Account Management and Client Support divisions at Learn.com. News Appointments LMS Talent Management SaaS Learn.com 04/14/2009 Edvantage provides Planet Wise with travel safety programmes Edvantage has been awarded the contract to provide travel safety experts, Planet Wise, with four bespoke e-learning modules focussing on UK travel safety, International travel safety, Data security and Car safety. News Content Edvantage Training 04/14/2009 OutStart appoints Vice President of European Sales OutStart has promoted Matthias Schulz to vice president of European Sales, a newly created position. In addition to leading European Sales, Mr. Schulz will continue as the managing director, or Geschäftsführer, of Berlin-based OutStart GmbH. News Appointments LCMS Outstart 04/07/2009 ThirdForce reports progress in 2008 ThirdForce has reported an 18% increase in revenue for the year ending 31st December 2008 despite weakness in the dollar and sterling impacting on returns throughout the year. Group Operating Profit (prior to non-cash adjustments) was €2.0 million for the year. News Financial Announcements Content ThIrdForce 04/06/2009 Vista Equity Partners looks to acquire SumTotal Systems Vista Equity Partners Fund III, L.P. ("Vista") , a private equity firm focused exclusively on equity transactions involving enterprise software businesses and technology-enabled solutions companies, has proposed to acquire SumTotal Systems, Inc. ("SumTotal" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: SUMT) for $3.25 per share in cash in a transaction that values the Company's outstanding equity at approximately $103 million. The proposal represents a 62% premium to the closing market price of SumTotal's Common News Mergers & Aquisition LMS Talent Management Human Capital SumTotal Systems 04/02/2009 SuccessFactors helps Kellogg manage European growth SuccessFactors announced that the European operations of Kellogg Company have implemented Succession Management module for 1,500 senior and middle managers across eight countries. News Performance Talent Management Succession Planning SuccessFactors FMCG 04/01/2009 Atlas Interactive lands world first for oil and gas safety Atlas Interactive will initiate a major contract to deliver new safety training to the offshore industry, the first time a single training provider has been tasked with delivering a solution to the entire UK oil and gas sector. The introduction of Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST) is estimated to yield a £10 million saving to industry, over alternative methods, over a four year period. News Content Atlas Interactive Petro-Chemical Oil and Gas 03/31/2009 Saba announces Q3 Results Saba reported financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2009 ended February 28, 2009. Total revenues were $26.1 million compared to $27.4 million in the same quarter last year. OnDemand revenue increased to $5.3 million whilst license revenue of $4.7 million was $1.3 million below the prior year. On a GAAP basis, net earnings increased to $1.3 million, or $0.05 per share. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Human Capital Saba 03/30/2009 Getronics develops new corporate university with Edvantage Edvantage group announced that Getronics, a leading ICT service-provider, is developing a new virtual learning platform to maximise workforce performance and provide employees with the skills and knowledge they need on-demand. The Getronics Virtual University will be developed, delivered and managed using Edvantage group's Managed Learning Services. News Corporate University Content Portals LMS Managed Service Edvantage Information Technology 03/30/2009 LINE on form during difficult times LINE Communications announced record results for its 2008 financial year end with revenues in excess of £7m (an increase of 40% on 2007). News Financial Announcements Content LINE Communications 03/24/2009 Saba Centra customers save money Saba announced that Saba Centra has helped leading organizations like the Internal Revenue Service, Mitel® and CCC Information Services, save millions of dollars and increase learning effectiveness across the enterprise. News Virtual Classroom Saba Centra Government Telecommunications 03/24/2009 Intellego partners for management development Intellego announced a new partnership venture with The Worldwide Centre for Organizational Development to market and distribute their wide range of e-learning programs within the UK and Ireland. News Content Partnerships Leadership Management Development Intellego Systems Training 03/23/2009 Healthcare e-Academy plugs gap in market A new standalone e-learning organisation for the healthcare sector has been launched. The Healthcare e-Academy is delivering clinical and non-clinical online training programmes, with strategic modules covering key topics such as data protection and information governance, infection prevention and control, blended or e-induction training, and statutory and mandatory training. News Content Portals Healthcare e-Academy Virtual College Health 03/17/2009 Irish Health Service gets EKP NetDimensions announced that Aurion Learning will be upgrading the Irish Health Service Executive Online Learning Center by integrating NetDimensions EKP. News LMS NetDimensions Aurion Health Government 03/17/2009 Red Bee Media signs up for e-Learning pilot with Cegos Cegos UK announced that it is to implement an e-learning pilot programme for leading UK content provider, Red Bee Media. Red Bee Media has signed up to a number of e-learning modules from Cegos and the pilot is split into two equal periods with different modules available in each period under the terms of a normal contract. News Content Cegos Group Media 03/16/2009 SkillSoft reports fiscal 2009 results SkillSoft announced financial results for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 and its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. The Company reported total revenue of $80.5 million for its fourth quarter and $328.5 million for the full year, a 17% increase over the previous year. Net income for fiscal 2009 was $50.8 million, or $0.49 per basic share and $0.47 per diluted share. News Financial Announcements Content SkillSoft 03/14/2009 Cornerstone OnDemand secures funding to accelerate growth Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. announced it has secured a new $12,700,000 round of financing led by Meritech Capital Partners. News LMS SaaS Cornerstone OnDemand 03/12/2009 Kineo opens office in Israel Kineo launched its first international office in Israel, expanding its e-learning service offerings to both Hebrew and English speaking organizations in the local market. News Appointments Content Rapid e-learning Kineo 03/11/2009 Intellego delivers online competence training tool Virtual Net, the Kent-based Independent Financial Adviser network, has delivered its latest online competence training programme to its members. The programme, CPDOnline supplied by Intellego Professional Training, (formerly the Professional Development Partnership) a division of the Intellego Group, helps Virtual Net members meet the obligations of the network's training and competency rules and guidance. It also provides an assessment tool, record-keeping and a knowledge base of regularly upda News Competency Management Compliance Intellego Systems 03/10/2009 Pearson and Raytheon announce content partnership Pearson Learning Solutions has formed a partnership with Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) through which Pearson will supply content, content development, and content licensing to Raytheon Professional Services (RPS) for their client training and courses throughout the world. News Alliances Content Content Management Pearson Raytheon 03/10/2009 New leadership team at Information Transfer Roger Mann has stepped down as Managing Partner of Information Transfer and the partners have appointed Owen Rose and Matthew Borg as the new joint leaders of the business. Matt and Owen have more than 20 years combined experience of working in communication and training. Each has been with Information Transfer for more than 8 years. News Appointments Information Transfer 03/09/2009 Saba OnDemand now used by 3 million users Saba OnDemand now serves more than three million users globally. Saba OnDemand continues to demonstrate superior scalability and today counts 15 global deployments with more than 50,000 users, seven of which have more than 100,000 users. News LCMS LMS Saba 03/04/2009 KnowledgePool in Growth Managed learning services company KnowledgePool announced strong financial results after another year of profitable growth through new business wins and the acquisition of BTP. The company reported growth on a turnover of £23m, a 60% increase in revenues over the previous year. News Managed Service Training Providers KnowledgePool 03/03/2009 Cornerstone OnDemand record Fourth Quarter Cornerstone OnDemand announced record performance for 2008, including a strong close to the year in Q4. Despite the economic climate, billings for Q4 2008 were up 90 percent from the previous year, the most profitable quarter in their history. Overall fiscal year 2008 billings were up 62 percent from last year. News LMS Talent Management Financial Announcements Cornerstone OnDemand 03/02/2009 Researcher picks Centra for own Webinars Saba announced that Brandon Hall Research has selected Saba Centra to deliver its public webinars as well as interactive, online analyst workshops. News Virtual Classroom Brandon-Hall Saba Centra Research 02/27/2009 LINE delivers RAF Air Power LINE Communications has developed and delivered the final part of the RAF's Air Power Study Pack. All three parts of the pack are soon to be launched on the Defence Learning Portal. News Content LINE Communications Defence 02/25/2009 NetDimensions enhances user experience NetDimensions announced the release of the EKP 5.6, including dashboard views and integration with an enterprise wiki. News LMS NetDimensions 02/24/2009 Cegos appoints Senior Consultant Cegos UK has appointed John McCann as senior consultant tol oversee the development and quality of training practices in key customers. John was previously senior business development manager at Spearhead Training in Dubai. News Appointments Training Providers Content Blended Learning Cegos Group 02/24/2009 Dixons shares its ROI achievements in implementing Cobent Dixons Store Group International shares its success in implementing the Cobent LCS learning management system having implemented it across the UK business. News LMS Cobent Group Retail 02/24/2009 Free online IT skills? ALISON.com announced they have now made learner group management free for groups of learners wishing to undertake their Web-based IT-skills course ALISON ABC IT. News IT Skills Content ALISON.com 02/23/2009 Danish car distributor adopts TopClass WBT Systems announced that Semler, the Danish importer and distributor of Audi, VW, Skoda and SEAT cars, has reported major improvements around the management, planning and administration of sales and technical training for some 4,500 staff, service partners and dealers in Denmark, since implementing the TopClass LMS. News LMS LCMS WBT Systems Cars 02/20/2009 NetDimensions delivers for ImageRight NetDimensions announced that ImageRight, a leading provider of specialized software solutions and information for the insurance industry, will implement NetDimensions EKP to deliver product training to their clients as a part of their extended enterprise training program. News LMS NetDimensions Insurance Information Technology 02/16/2009 REDTRAY acquires Academy Internet REDTRAY has expanded its e-learning capabilities through a merger with Academy Internet, the custom e-learning division of AI Digital Ltd based in Brighton. Terms of the deal are not disclosed. News Mergers & Aquisition Content RedTRAY Academy Internet 02/13/2009 Giunti Labs appoints UK Sales Director Giunti Labs has appointed JJ van Delsen as its Sales Director in the UK. JJ came to Giunti from Autodesk where he was EMEA channel development director. News Appointments LCMS Giunti Labs 02/12/2009 Giunti Labs partners with Stoas Learning Stoas Learning has become the exclusive supplier of Giunti Labs learn eXact suite of products in the Netherlands. News Partnerships LCMS Giunti Labs STOAS 02/11/2009 London Ambulance Service chooses Raptivity Harbinger Knowledge Products and Productivity4You (its UK partner) announced that London Ambulance Service has chosen Raptivity and Elicitus Interactive eLearning Suite as its platform for creation of training for its staff. News Authoring Tools Content Harbinger Knowledge Products Health Public Services 02/05/2009 Pharma company launches knowledge portal A product knowledge training portal designed by Information Transfer to support the launch of a break-through new drug in the UK was launched in January for the sales team of a global pharmaceutical company. News Portals Content Information Transfer Pharmaceutical 02/04/2009 Orange deploys SuccessFactors to 13,000 Employees in the UK SuccessFactors announced that Orange has deployed SuccessFactors to 13,000 employees in the UK. News Talent Management Performance SuccessFactors Telecommunications 02/02/2009 Banish boring e-Learning - with music CenREL has announced that it will provide free music on all client productions created until 21 June 2009. CenREL claims there are strong data that music can assist learning and help memory, but it seems rarely used in e-Learning. News Content CenREL 01/30/2009 Rapidly developed e-learning ensures compliance at Bupa Health insurer Bupa has delivered a competency assessment e-learning programme in collaboration with Brightwave who designed and delivered almost 20 hours of assessments in fewer than ten days. News Content Assessment BrightWave Health 01/30/2009 Virtual World Classroom to Transform Corporate Training Bray Leino BroadSkill has joined forces Ambient Performance to create a virtual world classroom training offer for the business community. The Virtual Instructor Led Training - similar in some ways to popular public virtual worlds such as Second Life, but created in a closed environment exclusively for use by corporates - replicates a real-world group training experience. News Virtual Worlds Collaboration Ambient Performance BroadSkill 01/29/2009 LMS2.0: Does the LMS have a place in a web 2.0 world? Presentation from Learning Technologies 2009 Conference Does the LMS have a place in a web 2.0 world? David Wilson, Managing Director eLearnity What is the future of LMS in the world of Learning 2.0, where learning is informal and collaborative, and content generated by learners themselves? What core processes would make an LMS valuable in this world? What would you track and report, and why? David Wilson will explore these questions based on Elearnity's corporate research and trends within the Presentation Collaboration LMS Strategy Learning 2.0 eLearnity 01/27/2009 Composica 4.0 gets social Composica have launched a new version of their authoring systems allowing e-Learning authors to collaboratively create highly rich, interactive content. Composica 4.0 now empowers authors to take advantage of social media tools to create a learning community around each course. News Authoring Tools Collaboration Social Networking Composica 01/23/2009 LINE introduces the Mailiens LINE Communications has introduced their new email best practice programme Mailiens, which the company is due to launch in the first quarter of this year. News Content LINE Communications 01/23/2009 LearningGuide launches version 6.0 of EPSS tool LearningGuide Solutions announced the release of version 6.0 of their LearningGuide Manager system which is more user friendly and with an integrated flowchart editor for workflow processes. News Performance Support Content LearningGuide 01/20/2009 Rapid launch of new e-Learning business New business, CenREL - the Centre for Rapid e-Learning, launches into what some see as the most hostile business period for 70 years. But according to CenREL, it is the perfect time to bring its budget priced e-Learning services to organisations where every cost is under scrutiny. News Rapid e-learning Content CenREL 01/20/2009 E-learning partnership heralds safer future for children Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board is taking the lead nationally in helping to make the county a much safer place for its children and young people using e-learning. They are delivering four e-learning modules - Basic Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Abuse, Integrated Working and HENRY, a new programme designed to improve the health of the nation's youngsters and reduce obesity levels in pre-school children. News Content Virtual College Public Services 01/18/2009 Kallidus LMS enables personal learning evidence e2train announced a new version of Kallidus LMS including new features to enable learners to record, store and retrieve their own personal learning evidence and template based assessments. News LMS e2train 01/16/2009 SAS Ground Services take off with ThirdForce e-learning ThirdForce celebrates this month with SAS Ground Services employee, Mireille Broussoux-Rose, winner of the General Security Awareness Training (GSAT) competition. She and her colleagues are completing the training to fully understand aviation security and the part that they can play in contributing to the security of the airport. News Content ThIrdForce Airlines 01/16/2009 Learn.com announces MyProfile module Learn.com announced that the company has released the MyProfile module for LearnCenter, introducing Pull Learning Technology. News LMS Talent Management SaaS Learn.com 01/13/2009 Volvo Construction gets the blend WBT Systems announced that Volvo Construction Equipments worldwide dealer sales and service staff have reported an increase in sales and technical competencies after incorporating online learning into its training initiatives. The course content and system implementation was carried out by WBT partner, Outsmart in Scandinavia. News Blended Learning Content LCMS LMS WBT Systems Outsmart Construction Manufacturing 01/13/2009 Xyleme plugs LCMS into Documentum Xyleme announced that it has integrated its Xyleme LCMS with the EMC Documentum platform. This combined solution eliminates the need for a stand-alone LCMS by providing learning content management as a native application on top of an enterprise content management platform. News LCMS Integration Xyleme 01/09/2009 Tenant training goes mobile InLiving, a tenant training package delivered as an interactive mobile phone game to young people having to deal with the realities and responsibilities of living independently for the first time is to be rolled out following the success of a pilot project. News Content Virtual College Creative North Housing Public Services 01/08/2009 Urquhart Partnership launches elearning modules The Urquhart Partnership has recently launched the first in a series of elearning modules. News Content Urquhart Partnership 01/08/2009 Saba announces Q2 2009 Results Saba reported financial results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2009 ended November 30, 2008. Total revenues were $25.8 million compared to $26.7 million in the same quarter last year. OnDemand revenue increased to $5.3 million from $4.5 million, and license revenue decreased to $3.0 million from $5.7 million in the same quarter last year. On a GAAP basis, net loss improved to $355,000, or $0.01 per share. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Saba 01/08/2009 Learn.com announces successful 2008 fiscal year Learn.com announced that the company turned in another record year in revenue, with its best ever fourth quarter and best sales booking month in December with 50% annual growth. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management SaaS Learn.com 01/06/2009 Composica partners with AccessPlanIt Composica announced a new partnership with AccessPlanIt to offer Composica 4.0 in the United Kingdom. News Authoring Tools LMS Composica AccessPlanIt 01/06/2009 Atlantic Link awarded federal supplier designation Atlantic Link, Inc, has been awarded the General Services Administration contract to provide key e-learning technologies and solutions through the various departments in the United States Federal Government. News Rapid e-learning Authoring Tools Atlantic Link Government 12/19/2008 Knowledge Solutions and Enlight Unveil New Management Structure Knowledge Solutions announced a new management structure after the recent acquisition of Enlight , a provider of certification management, knowledge assurance and ECDL/ICDL solutions. Erik Hult, former CEO of Enlight, becomes Chief Operating Officer of Knowledge Solutions Europe. Tim Cooper, previously Sales Director for Knowledge Solutions, becomes Chief Operating Officer for Knowledge Solutions UK. News Appointments Mergers & Aquisition Content IT Skills Knowledge Solutions Enlight 12/11/2008 EPSS specialist introduces performance suite datango announced the launch of the datango performance suite 2009. News Performance Support datango 12/11/2008 Canadian Air Force deploys OutStart LCMS OutStart plans to implement its LCMS as part of a global project to help the Canadian Air Force transform its training operations. News LCMS Outstart Defence 12/09/2008 Saba appoints Bill Slater as Chief Financial Officer Saba announced that it has appointed Bill Slater as its new Chief Financial Officer reporting to Bobby Yazdani. Prior to joining Saba, Slater served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Symmetricom, a provider of precise time and frequency technology. News Appointments LMS Talent Management Saba 12/04/2008 Caspian Learning develop Search and Seizure educational game Caspian Learning announced it has signed a contract with the Defence College of Policing and Guarding to develop a 3D simulation to assist in training. The simulation aims to broaden the learning experience for trainee police and will help students to learn about entry, search and seizure procedures. News Games Caspian Learning Defence 12/01/2008 SkillSoft bundles to target challenging times SkillSoft announced the release of two new learning solution packages designed to help organizations manage the challenges resulting from the current economic climate. The Career Transitions bundle provides resources for employees who are part of a layoff or workforce reduction. The Business Performance in a Challenging Economy bundle is tailored to managers and executives who are leading organizations through this period of intense change and uncertainty. News Content SkillSoft 11/26/2008 Historic contest for eLearning Network committee places For the first time in the 21-year history of the eLearning Network, there has been competition for places on the committee, with 19 candidates standing for the 12 available places. News Appointments eLearning Network Institutes Associations 11/24/2008 Intuition wins award for innovation in mobile learning Intuition announced it won an award for its work in delivering mobile learning for BlackBerry smartphones at the 2008 BlackBerry® EMEA Alliance Summit. News Content Mobile learning Intuition 11/24/2008 SkillSoft reports positive Q3 resuts SkillSoft reported total revenue of $83.1 million for its third quarter ended October 31 2008, an 11% increase over the third quarter last year. On a US GAAP basis, net income was $12.0 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the third quarter, compared to $5.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2008. News Financial Announcements Content SkillSoft 11/19/2008 Cegos unveils e-learning Cegos UK unveiled e-learning solutions by Cegos, 150 online training modules available for the UK, with a further 100 modules coming online during 2009. News Content Cegos Group 11/19/2008 LINE appoints Lead Consultant LINE Communications has appointed Steve Barden as Lead Consultant responsible for their UK Consulting Practice. News Content Appointments LINE Communications 11/18/2008 Brainvisa to resell KESDEE content KESDEE and Brainvisa have entered into a strategic partnership where Brainvisa will market the KESDEE e-learning solutions as a value added content reseller to the global market. News Partnerships Content Brainvisa KESDEE 11/17/2008 GeoLearning innovates for Extended Enterprise Training GeoLearning has introduced innovative functionality in the latest release of its GeoMaestro 5 Series learning management system for organizations that offer Extended Enterprise Training (training to external audiences such as partners, customers and channels). News LMS SaaS Extra-enterprise learning GeoLearning 11/17/2008 Fast Forward to a career in Health eOrigen has delivered a new e-learning programme designed to inform and attract potential new entrants by supporting them at the job application and interview stages. News Content eOrigen.com Health 11/14/2008 Lectora 9 boosts Rapid eLearning Trivantis announced the release of Lectora® Version 9 with a flash and games library, and the ability to publish iPhones. News Authoring Tools Trivantis 11/10/2008 Saba announces Hewlett-Packard relationship Saba Software announced a reseller partnership with the Hewlett-Packard Education Services group. News LMS Talent Management Human Capital Partnerships HP Saba 11/07/2008 LINE toolkit enhances service LINE Communications continued to expand its portfolio of software tools that enable fast development and distribution of blended and e-learning, with new localisation and review tools, as well as a CPD tool developed in conjuction with Capita. News Authoring Tools Language CPD LINE Communications 11/03/2008 SilkRoad acquires VTN Technologies SilkRoad Technology has acquired VTN Technologies , known for the Ole online learning environment. Financial terms were not disclosed. The VTN acquisition follows closing a $54 million round of equity financing in May 2008.  News Mergers & Aquisition LMS Talent Management SilkRoad VTN Technologies 10/31/2008 New members for The Charity Learning Consortium The Charity Learning Consortium, a membership organisation dedicated to providing cost effective eLearning into the charity and voluntary sectors, announced the addition of four new members. News Content Alliances Charities 10/30/2008 Starwood switches to Cornerstone OnDemand Cornerstone OnDemand announced that Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide will use Cornerstone Learning to train and develop its employees around the globe. The initial launch of Cornerstone Learning will include 75,000 users, representing nearly half of the 155,000 global employee base. News LMS Talent Management Cornerstone OnDemand Hospitality 10/30/2008 Buckle up at Easyjet EasyJet has partnered with Epic to develop their Buckle up! induction programme for all Cabin Crew new entrants. News Content Blended Learning ePic Airlines 10/30/2008 IKEA picks Giunti Labs as a preferred supplier Giunti Labs has been chosen as one of the limited number of official providers for e-learning content production services for the next two years to IKEA. News LCMS Content Giunti Labs FMCG 10/29/2008 Classic Residence by Hyatt adopts Learn.com Learn.com announced that Classic Residence by Hyatt has launched a new company-wide online university using LearnCenter for onboarding, tracking all learning events, custom content development and deployment, certifications, skill gap analysis, competencies, learning plans, and evaluation tools. News LMS SaaS Learn.com Hospitality 10/28/2008 SumTotal reports Third Quarter 2008 results SumTotal Systems announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Total revenue was $29.1 million on a GAAP basis compared to $29.3 million in the third quarter 2007. GAAP net loss was $0.9 million, or $0.03 per share on a basic and diluted basis. For the fourth quarter 2008, SumTotal estimates its revenue on both a will be between $30.0 million and $32.0 million. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems 10/28/2008 Focus Solutions partners with Cobent Focus Solution Group is making it easier for customers to automate their training programmes, through an exclusive partnership with Cobent. Focus is branding the Cobent Learning Compliance Suite to create, deploy, track and manage training and integrating it with Focus 360 ̊ as part of meeting FSA Training and Competence standards News Partnerships LMS Cobent Group Focus Solutions Financial Services 10/24/2008 ikonami announces partnership with MedSenses ikonami announced a partnership with MedSenses to offer specialised web based clinical content, in addition to existing management, technology and leadership titles. News Partnerships Content Ikonami MedSenses Health 10/21/2008 Saba unveils Social Networking platform Saba unveiled its enterprise social networking platform, Saba Socialcombining person profile and competency framework with real-time collaboration and social networking tools to capture knowledge and connect people with expertise. News LMS Talent Management Collaboration Social Networking Saba 10/21/2008 HealthELearning.net gets eCommerce HealthELearning.net is now e-commerce enabled. Anyone can register on the portal and get direct access to a wide variety of e-learning courses, simply by using a debit or credit card, so learners can start new courses almost immediately. News Portals Content Course-Source Health 10/20/2008 Atlantic Link gets external investment Atlantic Link has announced a significant investment deal with equity firm Catapult which has acquired 14% of the business. The investment will enable the company to further expand its new US-based operations. News Rapid e-learning Authoring Tools Financial Announcements Atlantic Link 10/20/2008 SumTotal gets new CEO SumTotal Systems announced that its board of directors has named Arun Chandra, 47, as the new chief executive officer effective November 1, 2008 following the retirement of Don Fowler. News LMS Talent Management Appointments SumTotal Systems 10/16/2008 Halogen enhances eLMS Halogen Software announced version 9.0 of their performance-based learning management system, Halogen eLMS, which integrates organizational learning activities with employee performance appraisals, succession planning and other key talent management functions. News LMS Product Announcements Talent Management Halogen Software 10/15/2008 Saba enhances core talent suite Saba announced the latest release of its unified people management platform, Saba Enterprise 5.4 SP3, which includes internal recruiting capabilities, a new module -- Saba Workforce Planning -- and enhancements to the Saba Content Integration Framework, as well as new collaboration and organizational charting capabilities. News LMS Talent Management Human Capital Product Announcements Saba 10/15/2008 SkillSoft offers OLSA to Talent Management vendors SkillSoft announced it will make its Open Learning Services Architecture framework available to talent management vendors, providing vendors with a tool to integrate their offerings with SkillSoft web services-based e-learning systems. News Content Talent Management Integration SkillSoft 10/15/2008 Click 4 Compliance uses EKP NetDimensions announces that online ethics & compliance training company, Click 4 Compliance LLC, has launched its new and improved hosting services utilizing NetDimensions EKP. News LMS Hosted Compliance Content NetDimensions 10/10/2008 Saba releases new version of Centra Saba announces the latest version of its web conferencing and collaboration solution, Saba Centra 7.6 SP1. The latest release makes it easy to access, capture, and share information anytime with RSS feeds and one-click knowledge capture, and furthers real-time learning with enhanced evaluation and learning event administration News Product Announcements Virtual Classroom Saba 10/10/2008 Saba announces Q1 2009 results Saba reported financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2009 ended August 31, 2008. Total GAAP revenues were $25.3 million compared to $25.5 million last year. OnDemand revenue increased to $4.9 million and license revenue was $3.0 million in the quarter. On a GAAP basis, net loss was $2.2 million, or $0.08 per share. News Financial Announcements 10/09/2008 Meridian partners with SkillSoft Meridian Knowledge Solutions has entered into a non-exclusive relationship with SkillSoft that boosts the online library to more than 15,000 e-learning courses. News 10/07/2008 Home loan company chooses Cornerstone The leading UK provider of outsourced third party mortgage administration services has chosen Cornerstone Learning for 2,250 users. News LMS Talent Management SaaS Hosted Cornerstone OnDemand Financial Services Business Services 10/05/2008 Rapid growth for Kineo Kineo announced that it than doubled its revenues in the year ending 30 September 2008. News Financial Announcements Content Rapid e-learning Kineo 10/02/2008 International Federation of Air Line Pilots chooses EKP NetDimensions announced that the IFALPA has chosen NetDimensions EKP as the technology for its new eLearning initiative. EKP will be used to manage pre-requisite courses for those nominated to attend IFALPA Training Courses, and educational and training materials for IFALPA members. News LMS Content NetDimensions Airlines Associations 09/30/2008 US Department of Education expands contract with GeoLearning GeoLearning announced that the U.S. Department of Education has extended its learning services contract with the company by two years. News LMS Hosted SaaS LCMS Analytics GeoLearning Government 09/30/2008 Luminosity courses are now available on your phone CM Group announced a mobile publication option for their Luminosity rapid eLearning course creation and management platform. News Authoring Tools Mobile learning Rapid e-learning CM Group 09/30/2008 Atlantic Link, expands presence in US Market Atlantic Link, is driving further expansion into the US market with the employment of 4 new key staff. These appointments will allow Atlantic Limk to better serve the US market. News Content Rapid e-learning Atlantic Link 09/30/2008 Saba helps Mitel Networks accelerate merger integration Mitel has leveraged Saba Learning to help accelerate a significant merger integration and support global learning following its acquisition of Inter-Tel. News LMS Human Capital Saba Telecommunications 09/25/2008 Edvantage Group acquires Futuremedia Learning Futuremedia announced that it has agreed to accept the acquisition bid on its e-learning division (FM Learning) by Edvantage Group. Andrea Miles, Managing Director, Futuremedia Learning has been named Managing Director, Edvantage group UK. News Content Mergers & Aquisition Edvantage Futuremedia 09/22/2008 Giunti Labs CEO joins IMS Global Learning Consortium Board Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of Giunti Labs, and co-chair of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), has been appointed to the Board of Directors of IMS Global Learning Consortium. IMS GLC is a global, non-profit, member organisation that encourages and enables the growth and impact of learning technology in the education and corporate learning sectors worldwide. News LCMS Giunti Labs 09/22/2008 QA-IQ Group aquires Xpertise Group QA-IQ Group has today announced that its offer to acquire Xpertise Group PLC has been declared wholly unconditional. As two of the leading companies in the delivery of training to technology departments, the combination of the strengths, experience and knowledge of the organisations will provide significant benefit for existing customers and new opportunities for future development. News QA-IQ Training 09/22/2008 Kineo delivers new blended programme for BP Kineo and BP have partnered to create a comprehensive and engaging blended learning programme for global safety and operations training. The programme, Operating Essentials, driven out of the Health, Safety and Operations team was designed to bring a consistent way for Operations and Maintenance Leaders to manage their part of the operations, wherever they were located in BP’s global business. News Blended Learning Rapid e-learning Kineo Petro-Chemical 09/20/2008 CM Group announces integration between Luminosity and SharePoint CM Group announces another major new component to complement the Luminosity rapid eLearning course creation and management platform. Using the SharePoint Connector, courses from the Luminosity Content Server (LCS) course catalogue can be hosted within a company's existing SharePoint site News Content Content Management CM Group 09/18/2008 GeoLearning awarded $11.6 Million contract by FEMA GeoLearning announced that the US Federal Emergency Management Agency has selected the GeoMaestro LMS to deliver and manage training regarding rules, policies and procedures. The platform and professional services contract will total $11.6 million over the next five years. News LMS Hosted SaaS GeoLearning Government 09/16/2008 Cegos appoints e-learning business development manager Cegos UK has appointed Barry Woolven to the newly created role of e-learning business development manager. He joins Cegos from Giunti Labs UK where he was sales manager prior to holding business development and account management positions at SkillSoft UK and MTI Technology. News Appointments Content Blended Learning Cegos Group 09/16/2008 LINE develops Disability Smart LINE Communications announced the launch of Disability Smart, an e-learning course developed to support business advisors and enterprise agencies as part of an initiative run by Leonard Cheshire Disability called Enabled 4 Enterprise. News Content LINE Communications Charities 09/16/2008 Edvantage develops management and leadership capabilities Edvantage group announced that they have been selected by Opera Software, developers of the Opera Web Browser, to help the company develop company-wide competence, creativity, culture and communications. News Content Management Development Portals Edvantage Information Technology 09/15/2008 Reducing the environmental impact of waste Futuremedia Learning announced the launch of an online learning programme designed to help waste-producing companies meet regulatory requirements and minimise the effect of the waste they produce on the environment. Produced on behalf of the Waste Facilities Audit Association the 40-minute learning programme is for companies of all sizes. News Content Futuremedia Public Services 09/09/2008 E.learning age 2008 awards shortlist announced The shortlist for the E-Learning Awards 2008 has just been announced with well over 50 organisations shortlisted in 13 categories. News Awards Content LMS e.learning age 09/09/2008 Survey highlights 39% failure in search Boost eLearning announced results of a new survey indicating 39 percent of all Google searches fail, leading to more than 40 hours – or one week – of lost productivity per user per year. News Content Search Boost eLearning 09/09/2008 eglue and Tata Interactive Systems partnership eglue and Tata Interactive Systems have signed a worldwide partnership agreement under which TIS will promote and distribute the eglue InterAct suite and also provide professional services around the product. News Partnerships Content Authoring Tools TaTA Interactive Systems eglue 09/04/2008 Connected talent management processes critical to long-term success Industry analyst David Wilson and executives from Barclays and Allied Irish Bank (AIB) shared insight into key trends and best practices for integrated talent management at Cornerstone OnDemand EMEA user group conference in London.  News Talent Management LMS Hosted ASP Cornerstone OnDemand eLearnity Financial Services Banking 09/04/2008 Trainer1 expands into US Trainer1 is developing its US-based operations with the appointment of former Procter & Gamble (P&G) executive, David Ringo, as chief operations officer (COO) and Richard Lopasky as senior executive of sales in the new Trainer1 (USA) Inc. News Appointments Content Authoring Tools Trainer1 09/03/2008 Norwich Union helps customers improve health and safety Norwich Union Risk Services is helping its customers improve the standard of health and safety in the workplace with a new online training portal using Cobent Learning Compliance Suite to create, sell and deploy easy-to-use online training for health and safety related topics to insurance brokers and insured business customers. News Portals LMS Compliance Content Cobent Group Insurance 09/01/2008 Echelon appoints Alistair Morrison as CEO Echelon Learning has appointedAlistair Morrison as its CEO. David Hill, who has headed up Echelon Learning since its inception in 1986, becomes Chairman, while retaining the role of Services Director to support key clients. Jenny Hill continues to lead the company’s consultancy division. News Appointments Resources Content echelon Learning 08/28/2008 Hertz learning services contract for ACS The Hertz Corporation has selected ACS to provide learning process outsourcing services to meet human resource transformational objectives globally. News Outsourcing ACS Cars Business Services 08/26/2008 Salary.com acquires InfoBasis Salary.com announced that it has acquired InfoBasis Limited for approximately $5 million.  The acquisition is expected to be neutral to Salary.com non-GAAP net income during fiscal 2009 and add approximately $1.6 to $2.0 million to fiscal year 2009 revenues. News Mergers & Aquisition InfoBasis Salary.com 08/22/2008 SkillSoft reports second quarter results SkillSoft announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter of fiscal 2009 reporting total revenue for the quarter of $83.3 million,a 17% increase over the same quarter last year. Total deferred revenue at July 31, 2008 was approximately $166.6 million, compared to approximately $143.7 million at the same time last year. On a US US GAAP basis, net income was $12.9 million, or $0.12 per diluted share. News Financial Announcements Content SkillSoft 08/22/2008 Trainer1 becomes Trivantis regional partner Trainer1 has been promoted in its relationship with publishing technologies and services producer, Trivantis, from reseller to regional partner. News Alliances Content LMS Authoring Tools Trainer1 Trivantis 08/20/2008 Ashridge launches talent management programme Ashridge Business School has launched a programme that helps managers to plan and implement talent management systems within an organisation. News Talent Management Ashridge Business Schools 08/19/2008 LINE emphasises the informal LINE Communications has conducted a survey of HR professionals that sites unstructured learning interventions as a crucial element for inspiring the curiosity to learn in their work force. News Informal learning Content LINE Communications 08/19/2008 NetDimensions release EKP LMS 5.5 NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems announces the release of the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) 5.5. This version has enhanced capabilities for managing catalogues, version control of courses and controlling virtual classrooms. News LMS NetDimensions 08/18/2008 Knowledge Solutions announces mulitple client wins Knowledge Solutions has announced key client wins with major organisations spanning logistics, the NHS, and manufacturing sectors. News Content Blended Learning Knowledge Solutions Industrial Transport Health 08/15/2008 Futuremedia Learning gets Climate Wise Futuremedia Learning announced that it has won the contract to provide an environmental training package on Corporate Social Responsibility for a leading financial services company, a member of ClimateWise. News Content Futuremedia Insurance 08/15/2008 ThirdForce contract with Accor Hotels ThirdForce announced to contract to provide e-learning based materials to 4,500 staff in Accor Hotels in UK and Ireland. Employees will further their expertise in Food Safety, Heath and Safety and the Disability Discrimination Act. News Content ThIrdForce Hospitality 08/14/2008 BTL assessment tools ranked No. 1 in recent study The University of Manchester UKCDR project team (UK Collaboration for a Digital Repository for High Stakes Exams) found that BTL e-Assessment solutions came out on top in their independent study analysing current e-Assessment tools. The study was conducted to determine which tools could potentially form part of an e-Assessment solution that would be sophisticated enough to support in house and national examinations. News Assessment BTL Higher Education 08/12/2008 Brainvisa announces services for rapid Mobile Learning Brainvisa unveiled its capabilities in mLearning including rapid eLearning authoring systems, custom mobile-based portals and custom content for Mobile phones. The new basket of mLearning services by Brainvisa aims at overcoming the challenges faced by corporate organizations and academic institutions in providing on-the-fly learning. News Mobile learning Rapid e-learning Brainvisa 08/10/2008 UKS joins the European Learning Industry Group UKS has become an affiliate member of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), an open consortium of leading providers in the field of innovative knowledge and learning solutions for the 21st century. UKS will be playing an active role in all ELIG’s international and regional initiatives and activities. News Vendors Universal Knowledge Solutions 08/07/2008 Virgin Atlantic receives aviation medicine Futuremedia Learning announced the successful launch of an online course in Aviation Medicine that it has created for Virgin Atlantic to train newly recruited cabin crew. News Content LMS Futuremedia Airlines 08/07/2008 Outstart links SellingEdge.com to Salesforce.com OutStart,has received Force.com AppExchange certification from salesforce.com for its OutStart SellingEdge.com product. The certification gives users access to SellingEdge.com through a tightly integrated connection in Salesforce CRM. News LCMS LMS Outstart 08/07/2008 QA-IQ appoints Director of Professional Best Practice QA-IQ has appointed its first Director of Professional Best Practice to lead and develop a new business unit. Jeff Payne, previously Head of the Service Management Practice at QA-IQ, will broaden his focus from August 2008 to include the Project and Programme Management and Business Analysis and Systems Development Practices. News Appointments QA-IQ Training 08/06/2008 PHM launches Blackberry performance support tool Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of the BlackBerry smartphone, and the London based consultancy PHM has developed ‘Activ8’ – an application that communicates with, supports and motivates sales teams. Activ8 is designed to help these teams generate increased sales. News Mobile learning Performance Support PHM 08/05/2008 Experian and Caspian Learning launch finance 3D Game Creditability, powered by Caspian Learning’s Thinking World’s technology, is aimed at children and young adults and provides a unique way for them to learn about managing their finances. Creditability allows players to engage with a range of online characters and to learn in an interactive 3D environment. It takes players on a journey through four separate environments where they learn, through a range of challenges, about different financial scenarios. News Games Simulation Caspian Learning Financial Services 07/31/2008 Oracle buys Global Knowledge Software Oracle announced that it has agreed to acquire Global Knowledge Software LLC (GKS), a division of Global Knowledge, Inc. News Mergers & Aquisition Content IT Skills Global Knowledge Oracle Information Technology 07/31/2008 Department for Work and Pensions deploys InfoBasis ESM The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has deployed the InfoBasis capability management platform as part of its drive to improve organisational capability. The DWP is using InfoBasis ESM for the present to manage the competencies of over 1,000 personnel. News Competency Management InfoBasis Government 07/30/2008 Virgin Atlantic targets back injury Virgin Atlantic has commissioned Brightwave to develop a Manual Handling e-learning programme for all staff to provide awareness on the causes of back injury in the workplace. News Content BrightWave Airlines 07/30/2008 Informa Selects Xyleme LCMS Xyleme announced that Informa plc has selected Xyleme LCMS for single source content development and multi-channel publishing of training content in several of its performance improvement companies. The recently completed proof-of-concept phase saw successful integration with Documentum eRoom and digital asset management technologies. News LCMS Content Xyleme Publishing 07/30/2008 SumTotal announces second quarter results for 2008 umTotal® Systems today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. On a GAAP basis total revenue for the second quarter 2008 increased to $31.9 million from $30.2 million in the second quarter 2007. Net loss was $1.0 million, or $0.03 per share on a basic and diluted basis, compared to a net loss of $1.5 million, or $0.05 per share in the second quarter 2007. Non-GAAP revenue for the second quarter 2008 increased to $32.0 million from $30.5 million in the second News Financial Announcements SumTotal Systems 07/30/2008 Kineo delivers over 30 hours of rapid e-learning for HSBC HSBC partnering with Kineo delivered over 30 hours of e-learning delivered in just two months, as a new case study explains. HSBC needed to accelerate e-learning development to meet the goals of the new onboarding programme. HSBC was highly experienced with traditional e-learning models, but the challenge was that a more traditional e-learning development approach would mean that the roll out of training would not meet the launch date requirements of the new programme. News Content Rapid e-learning Kineo Banking 07/29/2008 RapideL-i to now include offline authoring RapideL-i, online rapid eLearning tool developed by Brainvisa has recently added a new feature to enable offline authoring of courseware.In a bid to combine the advantages of offline and online authoring, Brainvisa recently added an MS Excel converter to the online rapid eLearning tool- RapideL-i. This new feature allows users to simply select the list of interactivities or templates required for a course from a given MS Excel sheet News Content Rapid e-learning Brainvisa 07/29/2008 LINE's Learning Design Academy opens its doors LINE Communications, launches the Learning Design Academy, a programme to develop the innovative Learning Designers of the future.Recent company growth has meant the need to develop a Learning Design faculty that can continue to deliver innovative and effective solutions. The programme has taken a year to develop, and it combines a carefully defined development and training plans with on-the-job mentoring and assessment. News Content E-learning Skills LINE Communications 07/28/2008 OnPoint licenses core Impatica Technologies for mobile content delivery OnPoint Digital, Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Impatica, Inc. The agreement grants OnPoint an exclusive license to use Impatica's proprietary technology to help convert standard Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into mobile-ready content for immediate playback on leading smartphones. The Impatica-designed technology set acquired under this Agreement has already been integrated into OnPoint's new CellCast Mobile Widget™ offering which supports content delivery and News Mobile learning Impatica 07/24/2008 Trainer1 expands its portfolio Trainer1 has expanded its portfolio of technology delivered learning products with the addition of distributing Platte Canyon Multimedia products in the UK. News Authoring Tools Content Trainer1 07/23/2008 Cegos launches new blended learning solution Cegos UK announced the launch of its new blended learning solution, Global Learning by Cegos®. In addition, Cegos has also launched e-learning solutions by Cegos® - a catalogue of over 250 online training modules, many of which will be included in its blended learning solutions or provided as standalone learning tools. The entire blended programme can be deployed internationally, is available in seven different languages, and can be tailored to a specific organisation. News Blended Learning Content Cegos Group 07/23/2008 Imparta and O2 win European Retail Solutions Award Communications company O2 and its training partner Imparta have picked up the prize for 'Best Use of Technology for Employee Training or Communication' at the 2008 European Retail Solutions Awards. Using the Retail computer-simulation, staff can first build their knowledge via animated tutorials, then apply the knowledge by interacting with 'virtual' customers in training modules replicating typical in-store scenarios News Awards Blended Learning Simulation Imparta Retail 07/22/2008 OutStart and Eedo to merge OutStart Inc. and Eedo Knowledgeware Corp. have combined their operations. The merged company, conducting business as OutStart, immediately becomes the largest vendor of learning content management systems (LCMS). The combined company has more than 300 customers with close to 40 percent of its business coming from international clients. News Mergers & Aquisition LCMS LMS Outstart eedo Knowledgeware 07/21/2008 InfoBasis adds test functionality InfoBasis has expanded its competency management platform, InfoBasis ESI v 5.0, by adding question-based testing. Users can now sit a short test of their knowledge and skills, and use the results to verify skills levels selected during self-assessment. News Skills Management Competency Management Assessment InfoBasis 07/17/2008 REDTRAY wins Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists Award Kerry Watts, lead nurse for medicines management at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, collected a Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists IT Award. The winning e-learning package, developed by REDTRAY, delivers mandatory medicines management training. News Content Awards RedTRAY Health 07/15/2008 RapideL-i converts PowerPoint RapideL-i has recently introduced an MS Power Point converter allowing users to import static Powerpoint presentations into RapideL-i and convert the presentation into a SCORM complaint eLearning course. News Authoring Tools Brainvisa 07/14/2008 Giunti Labs eases content migration issues HarvestRoad Hive from Giunti Labs is helping organisations, particularly those in the education sector, to save both time and manpower as they make information more readily available to users. News LCMS Repositories Giunti Labs Higher Education 07/12/2008 Kineo launches Open Source services company Kineo announced the launch of a new open source services company Kineo Open Source offering popular open source solutions for website development, customer relationship management and learning including SugarCRM, Moodle and Joomla. News Open-Source Technology LMS Kineo Moodle 07/10/2008 Intuition expanding in Asia-Pacific Intuition has expanded its Asia-Pacific operations with the opening of a new office in Sydney, Australia. News Content Mobile learning Intuition Financial Services 07/09/2008 CM Group launches new rapid development tool - Luminosity Luminosity is a new web-based rapid development eLearning platform. It enables the author to work either online or offline and to publish the content to users via websites, via a SCORM compliant LMS, to SharePoint or to other intranet sites, or to a mobile device. Once published, the content can be updated and re-published by the author themselves in minutes, a task which has historically been protracted and often costly. News Content Rapid e-learning CM Group 07/07/2008 Edvantage launches new version of Learning Gateway LMS Edvantage group has launched a new version of Learning Gateway, its fully-hosted Learning Management System. Learning Gateway 4.8 improves the learner experience and streamlines the administration process.The entirely new “My Space” feature of Learning Gateway 4.8 gives learners a personalised training map, helping them to access the right resources at the right time News LMS Edvantage 07/02/2008 Edvantage development tool for the Defence Learning Portal BT Global Services has selected the Edvantage CourseBuilder development tool and services for the UK Defence Learning Portal. News Authoring Tools Content BT Edvantage Defence Government 06/30/2008 Performance support helps construction rental business Developing effective training to support a major investment of £14 million in its new Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System led Hewden Stuart, a construction equipmental rental company, to work with LearningGuide to train its 1500 users. News Performance Support LearningGuide Construction 06/30/2008 LINE still expanding LINE Communications announced the expansion of its Sheffield operation. News Appointments Content LINE Communications 06/30/2008 Xyleme unveils LCMS 3.2 Xyleme announced the release of Xyleme LCMS 3.2 including enhanced collaboration for course design and development, greater ease-of-use for SMEs, and improved performance and security to meet enterprise-level requirements. News LCMS Product Announcements Xyleme 06/27/2008 Institute of IT Training award for Innovation The Institute of IT Training announced the launch of a new category at the IT Training Awards 2009; The Innovation in Training Services Award will celebrate the most effective implementation of the latest developments in learning technology and techniques in the IT Training industry. News Awards IT Skills IITT Institutes 06/25/2008 Edvantage enhances CourseBuilder Edvantage group announces the release of CourseBuilder 5.2, its interactive learning content development tool featuring new CourseBuilder Media Components. The new Flash components are integrated into the CourseBuilder architecture, enabling non-programmers to create high-level interactivity within e-learning programmes. CourseBuilder Media Components can also be customised, edited and re-used, offering a high degree of flexibilitywhile keeping development time to a minimum. News Content Rapid e-learning Edvantage 06/25/2008 BTL and AlphaPlus launch e-Assessment Development BTL Group has teamed up with AlphaPlus, a team of educational consultants, to launch a 2-day e-Assessment Development: Principles and Practice course, to be held on 24th and 25th September 2008 at the BTL headquarters in Shipley. News Assessment E-learning Skills BTL AlphaPlus 06/25/2008 Elearnity provides guide to Managing Rapid e-learning Elearnity announced its latest research on the different approaches and considerations to managing Rapid e-learning. Press Release Rapid e-learning Content Strategy Authoring Tools LCMS eLearnity 06/25/2008 Research Paper - Managing Rapid E-learning Rapid e-learning is being used by many large organisations including BP, Ufi, Virgin Media, M&S, HSBC Cable and Wireless and many more. But, why has it been adopted and how has it been used? In order to help you to review the importance Rapid e-learning for your organisation, Elearnity have created a suite of independent white papers that consider the high-level implications of Rapid e-learning. In this second Elearnity white paper, we explore the fundamentals of managing rapid e-learning. We r Report Rapid e-learning Content Strategy Authoring Tools LCMS eLearnity 06/24/2008 Kineo guide on marketing e-Learning Kineo have issued a free new guide on how to market and launch e-learning. News Acceptance Content Kineo 06/20/2008 SkillSoft extends Russian catalogue Further reinforcing its global reach, SkillSoft has negotiated a new partnership agreement in Russia with Noviy Disk, following on from its recent deal with Ambow in China. News Content Language SkillSoft 06/19/2008 IMC AG acquires Dynamic Media IMC has taken over Dynamic Media eLearning GmbH, eLearning specialists based in Graz/Austria. The new IMC subsidiary will operate under the name of IMC Information Multimedia Communication GmbH, and be managed by the founder, Wolfgang Raback. The 25 members of staff will continue to be employed in the IMC Group, bringing the total number of employees to 175. News Mergers & Aquisition LMS Authoring Tools IMC 06/19/2008 Redtray delivers mental health e-learning for NHS Working with Redtray seven NHS Trusts across the South East of England have developed new e-learning programmes based on the specific needs of mental health care. Three separate e-learning courses are now available: Managing Risk, Delivering CPA (Care Programme Approach) and Delivering Equality. The topics are aimed at all relevant Mental Health staff across the trusts (with a total of 16,000 potential users) and will give learners the opportunity to acquire knowledge and enhance skills within a News Blended Learning Content RedTRAY Health 06/19/2008 InfoBasis announces alliance with Salary.com InfoBasis, announced their collaboration with Salary.com. Salary.com offers offers access to one of the largest libraries of off-the-shelf, job-specific competency models whilst InfoBasis will provide a range of competency management software solutions designed to help the entire spectrum of the employee lifecycle from strategic workforce asset planning and resource deployment to learning management and delivery. News Alliances Competency Management InfoBasis Salary.com 06/19/2008 HealthELearning.net and Video Arts add humour Course-Source has just released twenty-two new Video Arts self-study interactive courses to its expanding online catalogue for the Health Sector via its HealthELearning.net website. This also means Video Arts courses are now available to the Health Sector online, rather than only on DVD. News Content Portals Course-Source Video Arts Health 06/19/2008 Training survey shows UK leads on innovation Corporate UK is leading the way in training practices, according to a pan-European survey Cegos Group. The survey found that UK organisations are training more staff and have embraced innovative practices - including e-learning, blended learning and mobile learning - to a greater extent than their European counterparts. News Surveys Training Providers Blended Learning Content Cegos Group 06/18/2008 Glasgow selects Brightwave Learning Suite Glasgow City Council has selected Brightwave to customise and implement a suite of e-learning tools as part of its new People Strategy commitment to Developing and Learning. News Authoring Tools Content BrightWave Local Government 06/18/2008 e2train seeks satisfaction e2train announced the results of its annual customer survey highlighting strong customer satisfaction scores from timely service and support. News LMS Performance e2train 06/17/2008 SkillSoft gets court approval of share capital reduction SkillSoft announced that it has received an Order of the High Court of Ireland pursuant to Section 74 of the Companies Act 1963 confirming the reduction of the share capital of SkillSoft PLC by the cancellation of the sum of $684,750,000 from its share premium account. News Financial Announcements Content Portals SkillSoft 06/16/2008 Cornerstone OnDemand Spring innovations Cornerstone OnDemand announced the availability of its Spring 2008 release, designed to help organizations of all sizes engage their workforce with strategic talent pooling, evolve their talent strategy with new certification functionality to drive up compliance rates, and empower organizations with self-service tools for talent data management. News LMS Talent Management ASP Hosted Cornerstone OnDemand 06/16/2008 Intellego acquisition of Zenosis Intellego announced the recent acquisition of Zenosis, a publisher of compliance and regulatory affairs e-learning courseware for the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences industry. Zenosis' training courses cover subject areas that are compulsory for those working in the pharmaceutical industry such as good clinical practice and regulatory affairs. News Mergers & Aquisition Content LMS Portals Intellego Systems 06/16/2008 KnowledgePool appoints Learning Consultancy Director KnowledgePool has appointed Al Bird to the newly-created role of Learning Consultancy Director. Al joins from Accenture, where he spent over 11 years, latterly as Business Development Director of Accenture Learning. Mark Swain has also been appointed as an Account Director responsible for building new client relationships in financial services, retail, the public sector, FMCG and business services. News Appointments Managed Service Training Providers Content KnowledgePool 06/13/2008 Epic acquired by private investor Huveaux announced that it has sold its e-Learning subsidiary Epic Group plc to a private investor, Andrew Brode, for £4.75m in cash. Jonathan Satchell who was appointed by Huveaux plc as Epic's MD in December 2007 will continue as Epic's CEO. News Mergers & Aquisition Content ePic Huveaux 06/12/2008 Application Lynx completes implementation of Oracle Human Capital Mgmt at Bradford and Bingley Application Lynx announces the successful implementation of the Oracle Human Capital Management solution, at Bradford & Bingley.The project involved the implementation of the Oracle E-Business Suite Human Capital Management HR Self Service, Learning Management, and Daily Business Intelligence functions. The project includes Oracle Learning Management - also part of the Oracle E-Business Suite - that went live in just 38 days. News Human Capital LMS Oracle Banking 06/12/2008 QA-IQ appoints new CEO QA-IQ has broadened its management team by appointing a new Chief Executive to lead the company and develop future opportunities for growth. William Macpherson joined QA-IQ on 9 June 2008. John Kauffman, previously Managing Director, will remain on the Board of QA-IQ Group as a Non-Executive Director. News Appointments IT Skills Training Providers QA-IQ QA Training Training 06/12/2008 Harbinger Knowledge Products announces new release of Elicitus authoring tool Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced the release of Version 7.0 of Elicitus, its rapid eLearning authoring tool. The highlights of this release is an embedded sound recorder as well as more options for global settings, enhanced score tracking mechanisms and support for more media formats. News Authoring Tools Harbinger Knowledge Products 06/11/2008 Plateau Systems appoints SVP of Marketing Plateau Systems announced that technology industry and marketing veteran Jeff Kristick has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Marketing. News Appointments LMS Performance Talent Management Plateau 06/11/2008 Bank gets mobile to prevent compliance failures A £6.3m fine for misconduct in its handling of share trades in two firms, has prompted a major UK financial services institution to use mobile performance support delivered to PDAs and BlackBerrys to provide regulatory and compliance-based information as well as key learning points related to data protection. The mobile delivery system is supplied by Giunti Labs, the content is being authored and by Eukleia Training Limited; and learners' test results are being sent and monitored in the learning News Mobile learning Content LMS ASP Giunti Labs Eukleia Training Cornerstone OnDemand Financial Services Banking 06/10/2008 Composica launches a French version Composica announced a new partnership with X-PERTeam to offer a fully localized version of Composica Enterprise in France. News Authoring Tools Composica X-PERTeam 06/10/2008 HeidelbergCement selects Cornerstone OnDemand HeidelbergCement has selected Cornerstone OnDemand to support the organisation's e-learning compliance training initiatives to a workforce of over 68,000 employees across 50 countries. In addition, HeidelbergCement was looking for a platform that could support future talent management initiatives such as performance management and succession planning. News LMS Talent Management Hosted ASP Performance Cornerstone OnDemand Industrial 06/10/2008 InfoBasis signs 3-year capability management contract with Ministry of Justice InfoBasis announced that it has signed a 3-year contract with the UK Ministry of Justice for the use of InfoBasis Enterprise Skills Manager. The Ministry will pilot the capability management platform across its eDelivery Group as part of a toolkit to develop the professionalism of staff under the Cabinet Office sponsored Government IT Profession. News Skills Management Competency Management IT Skills InfoBasis Government 06/06/2008 Kineo rapidly delivers at Cable&Wireless Kineo and Cable&Wireless have partnered to create a smart approach to Rapid E-learning that has delivered results to the business at speed. The approach has been described in a joint case study. News Rapid e-learning Kineo Telecommunications 06/05/2008 IMC releases LECTURNITY 3.0 IMC has released an updated version (3.0) of its interactive rapid authoring tool LECTURNITY, including a simplified one click publisher process for publishing content in various formats. News Authoring Tools Content Rapid e-learning IMC 06/03/2008 Knowledge Infusion announces Managed Talent Services Knowledge Infusion announced Knowledge Infusion Managed Talent Services, a portfolio of transformational offerings serving global 1000 companies, public sector organizations, and HR technology and service providers. Service include programme management, business process design and callibration, deployment excellence and configuration services. News Talent Management Managed Service Knowledge Infusion 06/03/2008 SkillSoft joins forces with Chinese e-Learning provider Skillsoft announced that Chinese e-learning technologies and education resources provider Ambow Education Group has signed a multi-million dollar agreement spanning several years with SkillSoft Asia Pacific (SkillSoft) as its exclusive distributor to the Chinese enterprise and government market. News Content Partnerships SkillSoft Ambow Education Group 06/02/2008 Edvantage announces Managed Learning Services Edvantage group announced the launch of Managed Learning Services to provide organisations with a flexible range of options using a team of experts to support and co-ordinate their training needs. These include learning and consulting, technology, content selection and content development services. News Managed Service Portals Content Edvantage 05/29/2008 Intuition and Merrill Lynch recognized for mobile learning Intuition announced that it was selected as a finalist in the 2008 Wireless Leadership Awardsfor its work with Merrill Lynch for its GoLearn project. The GoLearn project delivers mandated learning to BlackBerry smartphone users through an application developed by Intuition. This project enables employees to access learning materials during naturally occurring down time, such as, the daily commute or while travelling on business. News Awards Mobile learning Content Intuition Financial Services Banking 05/28/2008 Rapid e-learning - Collaborative Research Outline Rapid e-learning is one of the most significant developments in e-learning over the past few years. The adoption of this approach has grown phenomenally. Where projects once took months to deliver, they now take a matter of weeks, days or even hours. The costs are almost half that of traditional e-training, but at what price does that come to the learner? For all the hype, what is the reality of rapid e-learning in large corporates? Even for those already using Rapid e-learning, there are some News Rapid e-learning Content Authoring Tools Strategy eLearnity 05/27/2008 Volkswagen and Giunti win award Giunti Labs has won a Platinum Learning Impact Award for its learn eXact learning content management system for its application with Volkswagen Group Italia. During 2006, 18 training courses were deployed across different brands and training sectors in the Volkswagen Group Italia. Based on the positive results and the feedback, learn eXact has now been fully integrated in the dealer portal. News Awards LCMS Giunti Labs Cars 05/23/2008 SkillSoft reports Q1 2009 results SkillSoft announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2009 with total revenue of $81.6 million, a 43% increase over the $57.1 million reported last year. The increased revenue was primarily attributable to the NETg acquisition which closed in May 2007. On a US GAAP basis, the net income was $7.1 million, or $0.06 per diluted share compared with $7.5 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the previous year. News Content Financial Announcements Portals SkillSoft 05/23/2008 Epic at the Museum The Natural History Museum has commissioned Epic to produce bespoke e-learning for their Health and Safety and Fire Safety training to be rolled out to new starters within their first few weeks of employment. News Content ePic Museums 05/22/2008 Futuremedia Learning wins Network Rail contract Futuremedia Learning announced that it has been awarded a contract with Network Rail to produce an e-learning program on competition law. News Content Futuremedia Training 05/21/2008 Hawker Pacific Lands on SumTotal to Manage Job and Career Alignment SumTotal Systems announced that Hawker Pacific Aerospace, a leading independent landing gear overhaul and repair organization is using ResultsOnDemand to help increase employee engagement and improve organizational productivity and revenue. News LMS Hosted ASP SumTotal Systems Aerospace Engineering 05/21/2008 New Retail E-cademy launched Edvantage group announced a new initiative in conjunction with Upskill People to package Retail E-learning with a Learning Management System. Retailers can provide off the shelf or customised e-learning through a corporately branded Learning Management System to their workforce, wherever they are based, regardless of shift patterns. News Content Portals Edvantage Retail 05/20/2008 Rail fares e-learning for ATOC The Association of Train Operating Companies and Ptarmigan Transport Solutions have selected Brightwave to design and deliver a new, national, e-learning programme for ticket office retail staff to communicate the simplicity of a new ticketing system for rail fares. News Content BrightWave Transport 05/20/2008 Nottinghamshire targets Identity Theft Walkgrove has given Nottinghamshire County Council free access to its Identity Theft e-learning programme, which enables staff to understand the many ways information can be stolen and how to prevent them. The course, will be made available to 10,000 council employees via the internet and on CD-ROM. News Content Walkgrove Local Government 05/20/2008 Elearnity lifts the lid on Rapid e-learning 20 May 2008, Cirencester, UK. Elearnity, Europe’s leading Corporate Learning Analyst, today announced a comprehensive programme of research and white papers into Rapid e-learning, one of the most significant e-learning trends of recent years. With its focus on producing e-learning content in days or weeks rather than months, Rapid e-learning is a highly attractive proposition for corporate e-learning teams. It’s having a real impact on corporate e-learning and the e-learning suppliers. But Ra Press Release Rapid e-learning Content Authoring Tools LCMS Strategy eLearnity 05/20/2008 Rapid e-learning - Core Insights paper Based on its research into Rapid e-learning in leading corporates, Elearnity has produced a suite of free ‘Insight Papers’ to set out much needed structure to the Rapid e-learning debate; a debate that has historically been dominated by a focus on tools and the “good enough” nature of the content produced. The papers provide a high level analysis into what makes “Rapid e-learning” truly rapid and provides the models that put it into a clearer perspective. “The purpose of the research pap Report Rapid e-learning Content Strategy Authoring Tools LCMS eLearnity 05/20/2008 Rapid e-learning - Executive ViewPoint Fast route to the top, or a road to nowhere? With so much hype and scepticism around Rapid e-learning, what’s the reality? What should your approach be? Is Rapid worth your investment, should it be part of your journey? What will it mean to you, your team and your learning organisation? This document is an overview of Rapid e-learning targeted at senior management. To help you assess Rapid e-learning in more depth for your organisation, Elearnity have created a suite of white papers. They init Report Rapid e-learning Content eLearnity 05/19/2008 Induction programme chooses NetDimensions and Active Mind Solutions NetDimensions together with their affiliate partner Active Mind Solutions, has been selected by the Artemis Childrens Workforce Induction Project, supported by six local authority areas in the West Midlands: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Sandwell, Dudley, Herefordshire and Warwickshire. News LMS NetDimensions Active Mind Solutions Local Government Public Services 05/19/2008 Speed Learning changes every hour Happy Computers has introduced an innovative new way to learn. On a Speed Learning day every student chooses a different subject to learn every hour and creates their own course. With 14 different options every hour, there are over 750,000 different possible combinations. News Trainers IT Skills Happy Computers 05/14/2008 Kineo appoints Creative Director Kineo announced that Sharon Spencer has been appointed as its new Creative Director. Sharon is joining from her role as Head of Art Direction at Epic. News Appointments Content Rapid e-learning Kineo 05/14/2008 Edvantage group announces record results Edvantage group announced that its full-year results for 2007 were £7.89 million and operating margin of 6.7 percent. Year-on-year, the company experienced 48 percent increase in revenues, the 9th year of double-digit revenue growth. Operating profit was £0.54 million, an increase of 225 percent from 2006. News Financial Announcements Content Portals Edvantage 05/14/2008 Cornerstone OnDemand offers 24x7 support and full localisation Cornerstone OnDemand’s talent management suite is now available in 13 languages. It has also announced the availability of 24x7 support as part of its continued global expansion News LMS Talent Management Cornerstone OnDemand 05/13/2008 Trainer1 launches e-learning courses Trainer1 has added four entry level one-day training courses to its portfolio of e-learning and instructional design related courses. News E-learning Skills Trainer1 05/12/2008 Engineering institute upgrades CPD platform The Institution of Engineering and Technology has upgraded its professional development platform, Career Manager based on InfoBasis ESI, to give members greater control over their professional advancement. News Skills Management Competency Management InfoBasis Institutes Engineering 05/10/2008 Intelligo acquires Professional Development Partnership Intellego announces the acquisition of 'The Professional Development Partnership Limited (PDPL), a training company specialising in learning and development within the Retail Financial Services sector. The acquisition of PDPL will expand Intellego's resources, its content provision and skills mix, allowing the company to offer a wider range of services and generate more added value to both existing and potential customers News Mergers & Aquisition Intellego Systems 05/05/2008 Adobe Connect goes Pro Adobe Systems announced a new version of Adobe Acrobat Connect™ Pro including new functionality for online communication and collaboration. New features include options for archiving and editing recorded online meetings, new presence capabilities, and compliance and usage reporting tools, as well as break-out rooms and rapid authoring of video-based content. News Virtual Classroom Content Adobe 05/01/2008 OutStart announces Q1 profitability OutStart closed its first quarter on March 31 by posting another three months of healthy profitability and positive cash flow. The recent quarter marks the eighth consecutive time the company has recorded such results. News Financial Announcements LCMS Knowledge Management Outstart 05/01/2008 Expansion at Exscien Exscien has acquired the services of Dave Sharrock to enhance further its core capabilities in e-learning development, Competence Framework development and Training Needs Analysis. He has taken over the project management and development of an e-learning programme for the MoD. News Appointments Content Exscien Defence 04/30/2008 SkillSoft adds Live Learning to SkillPort SkillSoft announced the launch of Live Learning on the SkillPort Platform, with a schedule of live online classes taught by instructors in high-demand certification areas such as Project Management, Cisco, Microsoft and CompTIA. News LMS Content Portals Hosted ASP IT Skills SkillSoft Training 04/29/2008 SumTotal reports Q1 2008 results SumTotal Systems announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Total revenue on a GAAP basis was $36.0 million, an increase of 24% from 2007. GAAP net income was $1.5 million, or $0.05 per share on a diluted basis, compared to a net loss of $1.8 million in the first quarter 2007. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems 04/29/2008 Cornerstone hits one million active subscribers Cornerstone OnDemand announced that it has surpassed one million active subscribers who are using its suite in 141 countries around the world. Cornerstone recently announced the availability of 24x7 global support which accompanies localisation into 13 languages and support for currency conversion. News LMS Talent Management Hosted ASP Cornerstone OnDemand 04/29/2008 Brainvisa extends capabilities of RapideL-i RapideL-i, has been updated to include a host of a library of 50 Flash based and 50 HTML based templates. The new library of templates enables users to change the look of a learning screen by allowing them to create custom backgrounds or wallpapers. The blank template allows users to add free flowing text, copy images and layout the page as they like News Rapid e-learning Brainvisa 04/29/2008 IMC launches CLIX 8 LMS IMC, has released a considerably improved version of its learning management system CLIX.Learners benefit from clearer navigation whilst administrators benefit from additional settings that accelerate and simplify business processes News LMS IMC 04/28/2008 Brightwave selected for Unilever Open Innovation e-learning Brightwave has been commissioned by Unilever to create two new e-learning programmes for its global research and development employees focusing on Open Innovation and Awareness. News Content BrightWave FMCG 04/28/2008 Kineo into larger space Kineo announced that to provide a platform for its substantial growth, the company is moving into new head office premises in Brighton. News Content Rapid e-learning Appointments Financial Announcements Kineo 04/28/2008 LINE expands further LINE Communications announced that in addition to the opening of its Zurich office, the company has grown its staff by 20% since January 2008. News Content Financial Announcements Appointments LINE Communications 04/23/2008 BTL provides AAT with e-Assessment solution BTL Group announced that they will be assisting the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) with a three-year project to move from traditional paper based exams to On-Screen delivery. News Assessment BTL Accounting 04/23/2008 Course-Source appoints new Director of Sales and Marketing Course-Source have appointed Paul Higgins to the new role of Director of Sales and Marketing. He has worked previously with Wimba UK, Blackboard Inc., and Serco Group Plc. News Content Portals Course-Source 04/22/2008 Futuremedia Learning strengthens team Futuremedia Learning announced that it has strengthened its e-learning team with key new appointments. Craig Jarvis, previously with KnowledgePool and Reed, has joined in the capacity of Business Development Director. John Helmer has been retained to guide marketing strategy. Dorian Rogers and Andy Costello have joined from Epic. News Appointments Content Futuremedia 04/22/2008 Cornerstone eyes extended enterprise Cornerstone OnDemand announced growing demand for and enhancements to Cornerstone Extended Enterprise.  News LMS Talent Management ASP SaaS Hosted Extra-enterprise learning Cornerstone OnDemand 04/21/2008 Futuremedia Learning learning portal for Bupa Futuremedia Learning has launched Performance Zone, a personalised learning environment, for Bupa. News Portals Content Futuremedia Health 04/21/2008 NetDimensions joint venture in Bermuda NetDimensions announced that it had entered into a 50:50 joint venture agreement dated 31 March 2008 with Azeus Systems to develop, sell and provide maintenance services for LMS into Bermuda. News Partnerships Financial Announcements LMS LCMS NetDimensions 04/21/2008 Cadbury Schweppes deploys SuccessFactors SuccessFactors announced that Cadbury Schweppes has deployed its Performance Management and Goal Management solutions to 11,000 of its employees, across business units throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific, in 10 languages. News Performance Talent Management Hosted ASP SuccessFactors FMCG 04/16/2008 CERTPOINT releases VLS 6.0 CERTPOINT released the latest version of its learning management software suite, VLS Suite 6.0 including new capabilities such as enhanced e-Commerce, Collaboration and Informal Learning, Performance Management, Ad hoc Reporting, and new Data Import and Export Utilities. News LMS E-learning Suites CERTPOINT 04/16/2008 Richardson launches NanoSalesBooks Richardson has launched new sales training support tool, NanoSalesBooks, a series of engaging, 15-minute audio podcasts that focus on essential sales topics and can be listened to on most portable audio players, online, or downloaded to a computer. News Sales Training Content Mobile learning PODCasts Richardson 04/14/2008 Gold for LINE LINE Communications has won a European award for one of its bespoke communications programmes. At a ceremony held in London, LINE collected the International Video and Communication Association gold award for Internal Interactive Media for its Feel the difference programme developed for Ford of Europe. News Content Awards LINE Communications Cars 04/10/2008 Cummins Powers the exchange of Knowledge Cummins Power Generation has purchased OutStart TrainingEdge.com software to deliver on-demand training. News LCMS Knowledge Management Outstart Energy 04/08/2008 Zeroed-In LMS Dashboard Zeroed-In Technologies released its latest offering, LMS Dashboard that uses graphics and drill down technology and aggregates data from one or more learning databases to give learning managers and stakeholders the current status of programs and projects. News LMS Measurement Evaluation ROI Zeroed-in Technologies 04/08/2008 SkillSoft to repurchase shares SkillSoft announced that its shareholders have authorized the repurchase of up to 10 million ordinary shares (represented by American Depositary Shares). Under Irish law, the share repurchase authorization expires on October 7, 2009. News Financial Announcements Content SkillSoft 04/07/2008 SQA signs e-Assessment contract with BTL BTL Group announced that the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has selected BTL to provide an enterprise wide e-assessment development and delivery system. The initial 2 year contract is for the BTL Surpass Suite and hosting, training, support and project management services. News Assessment Schools 04/06/2008 UKS partners with Plateau in Middle East UK announced its partnership with Plateau Systems, to provide learning and workforce performance solutions to the commercial and public sector organizations in the Middle East. UKS will provide its customers with the Plateau Talent Management software to automate and enhance their organizations performance management and compensation planning processes News LCMS LMS Plateau Universal Knowledge Solutions 04/02/2008 Plateau announces positive results Plateau Systems announced that the company posted a revenue gain of 58% for its fiscal 2007, with recurring revenues comprising nearly half of the company’s total revenues. News Financial Announcements LMS Performance Talent Management Plateau 04/02/2008 SkillSoft announces Learning Portlets SkillSoft announced SkillSoft Learning Portlets, a series of pre-built, standards-based components that enable customers to easily embed SkillSoft learning assets and functionality within their enterprise portals. News Portals Integration Standards SkillSoft 03/31/2008 Towards Maturity comes of age Towards Maturity, the e-skills UK project aimed at helping organisations improve the impact of learning technologies at work, has now come of age. Having successfully exceeded the objectives set at its inception, Towards Maturity is now moving on to an exciting new phase of its development. Originally funded by the LSC to understand how employers are making use of learning technologies, the project currently supports a community of over 1000 organisations with research, case studies and contrib News Organisation e-skills UK Towards Maturity Government 03/26/2008 Eedo builds in 21 CFR Part 11 to Support Life Sciences Eedo Knowledgeware announced that ForceTen™ provides built in technical controls for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 11. News LCMS Standards eedo Knowledgeware Health Life Sciences 03/26/2008 Redtray expands management team As part of its growth strategy, REDTRAY, has appointed two e-Learning Development Managers Paul Rogers has over 20 year's commercial e-Learning experience with international clients delivering high value performance solutions.Andy Allport is a specialist in e-Learning development and training needs analysis. He was a founder Director of blended learning providers Walkgrove. News Appointments RedTRAY 03/25/2008 Information Transfer to develop e-learning for Hamptons International Property Consultant, Hamptons International has commissioned Information Transfer to write an e-learning course on lone working to complement their classroom training. The course explains personal safety issues and introduces the firm's policy and procedures for staff who need to work alone. News Content Information Transfer Property 03/18/2008 Tata creates simulation for CLOs and Senior Learning Professionals Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) and Caterpillar University's former President, Dave Vance, have collaborated to design and create a simulation - TOPSIM® - Learning Manager - for decision makers in the learning function of an organization. The simulation allows participants to run their organisation's learning function like a business, making strategic and tactical decisions, affecting the organisation's training and learning strategies as well as their deployment News Content TaTA Interactive Systems 03/17/2008 NetDimensions announced 2007 results NetDimensions announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2007 with revenue up 23% to $4.34 million. News Financial Announcements LMS LCMS NetDimensions 03/17/2008 KnowledgePool acquires BTP In a move to consolidate its position as the UK market leader in managed learning, KnowledgePool has acquired Business Training Partnership (BTP). BTP is a vendor independent learning outsourcing specialist. Established in 1998, it provides managed training services, helping client organisations to organise and manage their training. Based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, it helps clients save money on around 4,000 training courses from over 120 suppliers News Mergers & Aquisition KnowledgePool 03/17/2008 The College Network selects ForceTen The College Network, Inc. (TCN) selects Eedo's ForceTen™ learning content management system (LCMS) for the development and delivery of its e-learning services. The LCMS works with TCN's partner universities' online degree and professional certificate programs. Many of these programs focus in the healthcare, nursing, and executive leadership fields, among others News LCMS eedo Knowledgeware 03/14/2008 Cobent appoints new non-executive director Cobent, a leading provider of solutions for training and compliance-led process management across the entire range of international blue-chip companies, fast-growth start-ups, and public sector organisations, has appointed David Priseman as a non-executive director.Priseman who, for the last six years, has been running Hexagon Associates, a consultancy offering finance and related advisory services to small and medium sized enterprises in all sectors, was previously a private banking specialist. News Appointments Cobent Group 03/14/2008 Skillsoft announces 2007 results SkillSoft PLC announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter and its fiscal 2008 year ended January 31, 2008. Fourth quarter revenue was at $77.5 million (34% increase) and annual revenue was at $281.2 million (25% increase). Annual net income was $60 million. The company expects the next years revenue to be in the range of $328 to $336 million. News Financial Announcements SkillSoft 03/13/2008 SkillSoft announces SAP integration SkillSoft announced that it is providing learning-services-based integration with the SAP Enterprise Learning environment. News Content Integration SkillSoft SAP 03/13/2008 CLIX rolled out at German public broadcaster IMC announced that their CLIX LMS was successfully rolled out for further education at WDR, a public broadcasting institution for the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. News LMS IMC Public Services Broadcasting 03/13/2008 Giunti Labs finalises its acquisition of HarvestRoad assets Giunti Labs has finalised its acquisition of the Australian HarvestRoad brand as well as its HarvestRoad Hive digital repository, TCMS Technical Content Management System and related Intellectual Property Rights and worldwide installations. News LCMS Mergers & Aquisition Repositories Giunti Labs HarvestRoad 03/11/2008 Cornerstone OnDemand announces new release Cornerstone OnDemand, announced the availability of its Winter 2008 release - MyTeam. MyTeam gives every manager a streamlined and highly graphical view into their employees' learning and talent management activities, including development activities, daily action items, performance assessments, goals and objectives, succession plans, and analytics News LMS Cornerstone OnDemand 03/10/2008 Serious Game helps bankers detect fake currency Tata Interactive Systems has developed a game-based learning programme to spot counterfeit notes at a leading Indian bank. News Content Games TaTA Interactive Systems Financial Services Banking 03/10/2008 Questionmark unveils Results Management Questionmark announced the release of its new Results Management System, an application that enables psychometricians and assessment administrators to analyze and edit results before they are finalized and shared with stakeholders. The RMS provides integrated item and test statistics, enabling a complete view of how a test is performing. News Assessment Questionmark 03/08/2008 ikonami builds partner channels ikonami launched an open door channel partner programme to enable its ongoing expansion plans, aiming to develop enterprise HCM architectures - a coherent framework of HR, payroll, LMS, eLearning and authoring tools with bespoke integration for specific industries. News Partnerships LMS Talent Management Human Capital Ikonami 03/06/2008 Cornerstone OnDemand announces 2007 results Cornerstone OnDemand had record revenues for the quarter and 2007. Achievements included 353 per cent year-on-year growth from 2006 in the number of subscribers of their learning and talent management suite, as well as the renewal of 97 per cent of the company’s client base News LMS Cornerstone OnDemand 02/27/2008 EUROCONTROL selects Eedo Eedo announced that EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, selected Eedo ForceTen™ LCMS for the development and delivery of e-learning services for Air Traffic Control and Air Traffic Management staff for its 41 European member states. News LCMS eedo Knowledgeware Airlines Transport 02/26/2008 Canon Academy to be supported by Plateau Plateau Systems, announced that Canon USA , will deploy Plateau’s hosted and on-demand Talent Management and iContent solutions. The new LMS will help Canon USA better identify training requirements, track completion, and tie training program objectives directly to its business goals for 10,000 employees across Canon’s 30 sales and support offices. News LMS Plateau 02/25/2008 LMS will mean greater efficiency, says NHS Trust The Oldham Primary Care Trust, responsible for providing and overseeing community based health services to 227,000 people in the borough of Oldham are investing in a new learning management system. News LMS Ikonami Health 02/25/2008 GeoLearning secures $31 Million investment GeoLearning announced that it has secured a growth equity investment of $31 million from Fidelity Ventures. The funds, which represent the first institutional investment for GeoLearning, will be utilized to accelerate sales and marketing efforts, continue to build its international presence and channel partner network, and potential acquisitions. News LMS Hosted ASP Financial Announcements GeoLearning 02/25/2008 Rethinking Evaluation - From 2008 Learning Technology Conference Rethinking evaluation: its value and limits in learning David Wilson, Managing DirectorElearnity While the learning and development profession seems obsessed with evaluating learning interventions and trying to calculate the ROI of courses, business colleagues often see this as an irrelevance. In this provocative presentation, David Wilson invites the audience to turn its pre-conceptions about evaluation on their head. Illustrated with examples and research, he will challenge many of the basic Presentation Evaluation ROI Value Impact Measurement eLearnity 02/21/2008 Bosch and Siemens introduces CLIX for training service engineers The Customer Service Department of BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH has opted for CLIX® by way of a corporate-wide Learning Management System to train its service engineers. By 2010 there should be 20 branches all over the world using the learning platform. News LMS Content IMC Electrical 02/20/2008 Malaysia Airlines selects Plateau Plateau Systems announced that Malaysia Airlines has selected Plateau's web-based talent management solutions to support compliance training, reporting, and performance management across its global workforce. Malaysia Airlines joins a growing list of award-winning airlines such as Northwest Airlines and Singapore Airlines that use Plateau to support a wide-range of employee, partner, and contractor talent management initiatives. “Plateau’s proven experience and understanding of our industry a News LMS Talent Management Plateau Airlines 02/19/2008 Bupa deploys Learn.com in Latin America Learn.com announced that Bupa has selected the LearnCenter platform to deliver product training to its employees and agents within the LATAM region. News LMS ASP Learn.com Health 02/18/2008 LINE Communications announces 2007 results LINE Communications announced record results for its 2007 financial year end. With top line revenues exceeding the 2006 revenues by 30%, 2007 crowns a three-year growth period which has seen high levels of planned, sustainable growth and profitability for the company. News Financial Announcements LINE Communications 02/18/2008 Giunti Labs expands senior management team Giunti Labs has expanded its senior management team by appointing Andrea Gentili as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer with responsibility for global sales, marketing and business development activities. Paolo Sicca has also been appointed as its Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for managing and optimising all product and service delivery processes.  News Appointments Giunti Labs 02/15/2008 Endsleigh Insurance seleects NetDimensions Endsleigh Insurance Services has chosen NetDimensions EKP as its LMS. Endsleigh will initially use EKP to both manage course information, such as user records, course details and running reports, and roll out regular assessments to both new and existing staff. News LMS NetDimensions Insurance Financial Services 02/14/2008 Tata Interactive Systems expands UK Team Tata Interactive Systems has appointed of Jayne DSilva as an account director in the North East of England. Jayne was previously with REDTRAY and SkillSoft. News Appointments Content TaTA Interactive Systems 02/14/2008 Giunti Labs opens Nordic Office Giunti Labs has opened an office in Lund, Sweden covering the Nordic countries giving them a direct presence in Italy, Germany, Sweden, the UK and the USA. News LCMS LMS Appointments Giunti Labs 02/13/2008 Line Communications wins IITT Award LINE won the Institute of IT Training gold award for e-Learning Project of the Year with two Cultural Awareness training programmes for the British Ministry of Defence, elements of their pre-deployment training prior to active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan. News Content Awards LINE Communications Defence 02/13/2008 Caspian Learning giveaway to schools Caspian Learning announced it is offering students and teachers free downloads of Thinking Worlds™ version 2. Their aim is to remove as many barriers to learning as possible and encourage mass engagement with serious games. News Games Content Academia Caspian Learning Schools 02/11/2008 Content Partners sought for NHS eLearning Portal As a part of the recent shake-up in the NHS learning and development space, ikonami is sourcing quality content for the NHS to run on their AT-learning portal. News Content Portals LMS Ikonami Health Government 02/07/2008 Torbay opts for e-learning for Integrated Working Programme Torbay Childrens Services has commissioned Tata Interactive Systems to develop an eLearning course in Integrated Working. The modular programme develops understanding of how to work together more effectively in order to improve outcomes for children and young people. News Content TaTA Interactive Systems Public Services Local Government 02/05/2008 SumTotal announces 2007 results SumTotal, announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2007.On a GAAP basis, total revenue for the full year 2007 was $121.9 million, an increase of 15% from $106 million in 2006. GAAP net loss was $7.7 million, or $0.25 per share on a basic and diluted basis, compared to a net loss of $12.0 million, or $0.47 per share on a basic and diluted basis, for the 2006. Total revenue for the fourth quarter 2007 was $33.3 million, an increase of 12% from the fourth quarter 2006. G News LMS SumTotal Systems 02/01/2008 Cobent and Pennant partner to extend offering Cobent and Pennant Information Services Ltd have entered into an agreement which will help Cobent expand its reach. Under the agreement, Pennant will be able to incorporate Cobent’s Learning Compliance Suite (LCS) as part of an end-to-end solution for its customers and Cobent will get access to Pennant’s content creation services to enhance its proposition to customers News Content LMS Cobent Group 01/31/2008 Honda Europe deploys learning infrastucture CERTPOINT has signed a deal with Honda Motor Europe to improve business efficiency with the introduction of a comprehensive knowledge sharing and learning programme designed to create brand ambassadors. Training is delivered on job title, responsibility and local regional requirements. News LCMS LMS CERTPOINT Cars 01/31/2008 Infobasis releases compliance module InfoBasis today announces the availability of a compliance module to complement the InfoBasis Enterprise Skills Infrastructure (InfoBasis ESI) platform News Competency Management InfoBasis 01/30/2008 New version of EKP LMS from NetDimensions NetDimensions, announces the release of Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) 5.0. This new version has support for SCORM 2004 accessibility improvements, new Resource Management upgrades, as well as, resource booking and scheduling. News LMS NetDimensions 01/29/2008 eLearning Network unveils new look and new membership structure The eLearning Network (eLN), the UK's foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of elearning has unveiled a brand new look, along with news of a new membership structure this January. News Professional development eLearning Network 01/29/2008 OutStart announces 2007 results OutStart's 2007 results demonstrate the company was profitable for the second consecutive year, achieved more than $2 million in earnings, and reported healthy positive cash flow in its fiscal year that ended Dec. 31, 2007 News LCMS LMS Outstart 01/29/2008 DWP selects Eedo ForceTen LCMS Eedo Knowledgeware announced that the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is standardising on ForceTen, Eedo’s learning content management system (LCMS) News LCMS eedo Knowledgeware 01/28/2008 Cornerstone OnDemand debuts at Learning Technologies Cornerstone OnDemand, the provider of on-demand, integrated talent management software and services, makes its debut at the Learning Technologies exhibition. News LMS Cornerstone OnDemand 01/28/2008 Global Learning Alliance selects E-lianz LMS Global Learning Alliance has selected the E-lianz learning management system, from TTA International, to use in the management of international learning outsourcing and learning analytics projects News LMS Global Learning Alliance 01/28/2008 Intelligo launches new version of Composica Enterprise Composica, announces the release of version 3.2 of its flagship product, Composica Enterprise News Rapid e-learning Intellego Systems 01/26/2008 Giunti Labs and Cegos announce global partnership Giunti Labs, is partnering with Cegos. Under the terms of this strategic partnership, Cegos will promote Giunti Labs' learn eXact LCMS suite of products as its first choice content production tool. Giunti Labs will promote the Cegos course catalogue alongside its own bespoke content production services. News Alliances Giunti Labs 01/23/2008 CERTPOINT previews VLS 6.0 CERTPOINT previewed VLS 6.0. With an anticipated release date within the first Quarter of 2008, VLS 6.0 provides new capabilities such as e-Commerce Enhancements, Collaboration and Informal Learning, Performance Tracking and Talent Management, Ad hoc Reporting, and new Data Import and Export Utilities. News LCMS LMS CERTPOINT 01/22/2008 TEDS announces new version of Talent Management Suite TEDS announced the general release version 8.5 of their Talent Management Solutions Suite, with stronger Succession Management capability and a more robust Job Vision product. News Talent Management LMS TEDS 01/21/2008 Brightwave expands project management team Brightwave has expanded the size of its project management team as a result of new and existing client contracts, adding two Project Managers, Faye Crowther (ex-Fuel) and Jane Moore (ex-Epic), who are both based at the Brighton office. News Content Appointments BrightWave 01/18/2008 US Bank cuts content costs with LCMS BBB&T, an American bank, cut costs and improved the success of training programs using the ForceTen LCMS from Eedo. Since using ForceTen, BB&T has moved 55 courses online. Employees are finishing their courses sooner and delinquency rates have declined by 70 percent. News Content LCMS eedo Knowledgeware Banking Financial Services 01/18/2008 Aberdeen City Council makes staff training easy Cobent is helping Aberdeen City Council make training and development easier using the Cobent Learning Compliance Suite to convert specific classroom training into e-learning courses. The aim is to cut training costs, reducing the need for classroom trainers and training facilities, and the need to take staff away from their jobs for an extended period. News Content LMS Compliance Cobent Group Local Government 01/18/2008 Computeach selects Kallidus LMS Computeach, the IT training company, chooses Kallidus Learning Management System from e2train. News LMS e2train Information Technology 01/16/2008 IMC wins Fire Service College LMS tender IMC beat off competition from a number of established players in the UK to win the Fire Service College tender for the implementation of a new Managed Learning System. The 24 initial contract includes their CLIX LMS and LECTURNITY rapid authoring tool. News LMS Fire Services 01/15/2008 SumTotal announces preliminary Q4 2007 results SumTotal announced preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2007. SumTotal expects revenue on a GAAP basis to be in the range of $33.0 to $33.4 million compared to its guidance of between $27.8 and $29.8 million. Net loss is expected to be in the range of $2.7 to $2.4 million or $0.08 to $0.07 per share. News LMS SumTotal Systems 01/15/2008 SkillSoft introduces Professional Foundations KnowledgeCenter Skillsoft, today announced the availability of its Professional Foundations KnowledgeCenter. The Professional Foundations KnowledgeCenter -- which joins SkillSoft's library of nineteen pre-packaged, user-friendly KnowledgeCenters that provide learners instant access to trusted, targeted content News Portals SkillSoft 01/14/2008 Louis Vuitton chooses NetDimensions EKP NetDimensions announced that leading fashion luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton has chosen NetDimensions EKP as the platform for their e-Learning system. News LMS NetDimensions 01/14/2008 Cobent publishes 2007 results Cobent announced results up 50% from the previous year and denied rumours of a potential flotation. News LMS Cobent Group 01/13/2008 Kineo opens Sheffield office as part of e-learning growth plan Kineo, announced today the opening of their first regional office in Sheffield, UK, as part of their growth plans. Highly experienced e-learning professional Wendy Weller-Davies has been appointed as Project Director in Sheffield. News Rapid e-learning Kineo 01/08/2008 LINE Communications appoints lead consultant LINE Communications has appointed former BBC executive Gareth Jones as Lead Consultant. Gareth will be responsible for helping clients deliver business-focused results on their learning strategies. News Appointments Content LINE Communications 01/08/2008 Housing Assocation adopts Balance Learning Birmingham-based Mercian Housing Association is rolling out an online customer service course from Balance Learning across the organisation after a pilot group of 50 staff achieved a knowledge improvement rate of 92%. News Blended Learning Content Balance Learning Public Services 01/08/2008 KnowledgePool reports a year of strong results, accolades and expansion Managed learning services company KnowledgePool today announced strong financial results. The company - which manages learning for major clients such as British Airways, Lloyds TSB and Merrill Lynch - achieved an operating profit on a turnover of £14.2m, a 90% increase in revenues. News Outsourcing KnowledgePool 01/07/2008 LearnCenter named as best LMS for 2007 by readers of Elearning! magazine Learn.com, announced today that the readers of Elearning! Magazine have selected the LearnCenter platform as the Best LMS for 2007. Learn.com beat out two of its closest competitors SabaSoftware (NASDAQ: SABA), and SumTotalTM Systems (Nasdaq: SUMT) News Awards Learn.com 01/07/2008 Tata Interactive Systems named on IITT awards shortlist A game, developed for ICICI Bank in India by the global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), has been shortlisted for an award in the 'E-learning Project of the Year' category at the forthcoming Institute of IT Training (IITT) Awards. News Awards Tata Interactive Systems 01/07/2008 Kineo appoints Nick Reed as Operations Director Kineo announced that Nick Reed has been appointed as Kineo’s new Director of Operations. Nick is currently Head of Capita’s Blended Learning development team, and takes up his new role at Kineo at the start of February 2008 News Appointments Kineo 12/27/2007 Giunti to acquire HarvestRoad assets Giunti Labs announced that is has agreed to discuss the purchase of HarvestRoad Intellectual Property Rights IPR and brand name. The agreement provides exclusive rights to Giunti Labs and is subject to the result of due diligence, and shareholder approval. The transaction is expected to be completed within March 2008. News Mergers & Aquisition LCMS Technology Giunti Labs HarvestRoad 12/20/2007 Tata Interactive Systems wins Readers Digest Award for corporate social responsibility Global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), received the Readers' Digest Pegasus CSR Gold Award, in the category 'Contribution to Society - Imparting Education', at a presentation ceremony held at the Taj Land's End Hotel, in Mumbai, on 12th December. News Awards TaTA Interactive Systems 12/17/2007 Trainer1 supplies Lectora 2008 The Lectora authoring tool, from Trivantis, has just been updated - to Lectora 2008 - and Trainer1, is among the first in the UK to offer this new version. News Rapid e-learning Trainer1 12/14/2007 MyKnowledgeMap supports Moodle for community e-learning Learning technology provider MyKnowledgeMap has integrated new modular e-portfolio Multi-Port into the Moodle course management system (CMS) in anticipation of its increased uptake by the educational sector. News LMS MyKnowledgeMap 12/13/2007 digital publishing launches CLT Plug&Learn digital publishing launches CLT Plug&Learn. This innovation is the smallest ever mobile interactive language course; CLT Plug&Learn saves all course content on a USB flash drive which can be used at any computer. News Language digital publishing 12/12/2007 Knowledge Solutions gains controlling share in Enlight Knowledge Solutions, currently the largest single shareholder in Enlight, has extended its stake to 51% - a controlling share. Enlight (First North; ENLI B) is the market leader in European and International Computer Driving Licence tests (ECDL/ICDL) and Certification Management. News Financial Announcements Knowledge Solutions 12/12/2007 Conference programme for Learning Technologies 2008 announced Learning Technologies, Europe's largest organisational learning and performance improvement technology event, will take place on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 January 2008 at London Olympia. The two-day exhibition and conference, now in its ninth year, has established itself as a must-attend event for learning and development professionals needing to keep ahead in this fast-changing secto News Shows/Conferences 12/12/2007 Epic suppport Army recruitment training Major Peter Handibode, currently a Staff Officer attached to Headquarters Recruiting Group, part of the British Army's Recruiting & Training Division, will be informing delegates at the Learning Technologies 2008 Conference of how the Army School of Recruiting (ASR) has recently developed and delivered blended content to great success - with the help of Epic. News Content ePic Public Services 12/06/2007 The eLearning Network announces new Chairman The eLearning Network announced it has appointed Clive Shepherd as its new chairman and Neil Lasher as deputy chair. News Shows/Conferences eLearning Network 12/06/2007 Intellego announces 3 year partnership with Rightmove Intellego has partnered with Rightmove Plc to provide an e-learning-based industry training portal that meets the regulatory and operational training needs of the retail and commercial estate agency marketplace. They will develop and host nine foundation courses in key agency subjects for delivery to staff at over 15,000 estate agency and letting agency branches in the UK. News Portals Intellego Systems 12/06/2007 Epic e-learning programme for social care workforce Epic are working with The Social Care Institute for Excellence to develop an e-learning programme on inter-professional working skills. The suite of 10 learning objects that make up the e-learning programme are designed to support social care training and education. News Vendors ePic Social Services 12/06/2007 Flagship deploys InfoBasis Flagship Training Ltd deployed the InfoBasis Enterprise Skills Infrastructure platform to align the skills its employees with corporate objectives and assign training to bridge any skills gaps. News Competency Management Skills Management InfoBasis Defence 12/06/2007 Tata imports retail training back to India Training in the booming Indian retail sector was given a boost this week as Tata Interactive Systems signed an agreement with Skillsmart Retail to offer a retail training scheme. The three-year collaboration will see the creation of an India-based Retail Academy run by Tata using content approved by Skillsmart Retail, the UK Sector Skills Council for Retail.   News Content Partnerships Academies TaTA Interactive Systems Retail 12/05/2007 UKS partners with Assima UKS announced a partnership with ASSIMA to provide their Middle East customers with solutions and change management services to support the adoption of large enterprise applications. UKS will provide access to ASSIMAs eLearning tools and applications, including software simulation and software cloning technology. News Partnerships Technology Adoption Universal Knowledge Solutions ASSIMA 12/03/2007 eLN makes 20 The eLearning Network (eLN) celebrated its 20th anniversary this year with the cutting of a cake at its Annual General Meeting. News Shows/Conferences eLearning Network 11/28/2007 LCMS drives German language and culture worldwide Eedo Knowledgeware announced that the Goethe-Institut has chosen ForceTen as its main production platform for e-learning-based language training. ForceTen was selected to create and manage content, as well as promote blended learning. News LCMS Content Language Blended Learning eedo Knowledgeware Public Services 11/28/2007 Dynamic delivery for Eedo Eedo announced that 85 per cent of their customers practice dynamic content delivery. News LCMS Content eedo Knowledgeware 11/28/2007 NetDimensions awarded ISO/IEC 27001 Certification NetDimensions has been awarded ISO/IEC 27001 certification for its information security procedures for protecting customer confidential information. News LMS Hosted Standards Technology NetDimensions 11/28/2007 Learning Pool and Epic target the Modern Councillor Learning Pool in partnership with Epic has developed a new e-learning service, called Modern Councillor, designed specifically for elected Members. New content is added each month, with advice from a steering group of representatives from 20 local authorities and a range of organisations, including the IDeA. News Content Portals Online Resources Learning Pool ePic Local Government 11/28/2007 MyKnowledgeMap wins contract for Centre for Excellence in Leadership MyKnowledgeMap has been awarded the contract to develop an online toolkit for the Centre for Excellence in Leadership. The MyKnowledgeMap toolkit will deliver leadership learning materials for the adult and community Learning sector as well as independent specialist colleges catering for special needs and severe disabilities not provided for in mainstream colleges. News Portals Content Management Development MyKnowledgeMap Adult Education 11/27/2007 Matchett Group acquired Wilmington Group announced the acquisition of a majority stake in The Matchett Group. Alastair Matchett will retain a significant equity interest in Matchett as he leads its development within Wilmington's CLT Group subsidiary. 80% of Matchett was aquired for £5.7m in cash and repayment of existing debt of £3.9m, plus a further consideration dependent on profits. News Mergers & Aquisition Training Providers LMS The Matchett Group Training 11/27/2007 New partners for iContent Plateau System announced the expansion of its iContent solution adding specialized content from five new partners: getAbstract, KESDEE, LearnWright, Quality Food Training, and WeComply. News Content LMS Hosted Talent Management Partnerships Plateau getAbstract KESDEE LearnWright Quality Food Training WeComply 11/26/2007 American Management Association gets ResultsOnDemand SumTotal Systems has signed a contract with American Management Association for ResultsOnDemand. AMA now takes learning beyond the classroom by providing online prep materials, custom online content, assessments, eLearning courses and virtual sessions. News LMS Talent Management Hosted ASP SumTotal Systems Institutes 11/26/2007 Brainvisa launches web-based rapid authoring Brainvisa announced the launch of their new web-based rapid eLearning tool- RapideL-i, an internet-based, rapid eLearning content authoring platform which allows a server based collaborative development. News Content Authoring Tools Brainvisa 11/26/2007 Epic announces new MD Epic announced that Jonathan Satchell has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Epic with effect from 26 November. Jonathan was CEO and owner of EBC from 1997 to 2006, when he sold the business to Futuremedia. News Appointments Content ePic 11/26/2007 SkillSoft reports Q3 results SkillSoft announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter of fiscal 2008. The Company reported total revenue of $75.1 million, a 32 % increase over the same quarter the previous year. The increase was primarily attributable to the NETg acquisition. Net income on a GAAP basis was $6.0 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. News Financial Announcements Content SkillSoft 11/25/2007 UKS and Giunti showcase localized learn eXact Suite UKS in cooperation with its technology partner Giunti Labs will be showcasing a localized version of Giunti Labs learn eXact Suite at Online Educa News Language LCMS LMS Authoring Tools Shows/Conferences Universal Knowledge Solutions Giunti Labs 11/25/2007 Learning Technologies 2008 Conference programme Learning Technologies has announced its conference programme and the opening of the on line booking office for the upcoming conference on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 January 2008. News Shows/Conferences 11/23/2007 InfoBasis supports performance management InfoBasis announced support for performance management within the InfoBasis ESI platform. The additional functionality enables ongoing cycles of employee objective setting and appraisal. News Performance Skills Management Competency Management InfoBasis 11/21/2007 LINE helps Ford feel the difference LINE Communications announced that it has delivered a media-rich interactive e-learning programme to Ford to communicate their new brand strategy to 20,000 internal European staff. News Content Language LINE Communications Cars 11/20/2007 Epic works with DWP The Department for Work and Pensions is trying to reduce Housing Benefit error using an e-learning tool developed by Epic for local authority staff who deliver this benefit. News Content ePic Government 11/20/2007 Supermemo.NET open learning service from Poland SuperMemo World announced SuperMemo.NET, an open e-learning service from Poland based on the SuperMemo method of learning. News Content Portals Supermemo World 11/20/2007 Bringing together Web 2.0 technologies and accessibility OLAT, an open source LMS from the University of Zurich will release 6.0 in early 2008, including improved workflows and support for visually impaired users. News LMS Accessibility Open-Source University of Zurich Higher Education 11/19/2007 Sony Ericsson deploys Eedo Eedo Knowledgeware announced that Sony Ericsson is using ForceTen to develop and disseminate learning content to thousands of employees, customers, call centers and repair centers worldwide.  News LCMS Extra-enterprise learning eedo Knowledgeware Technology Telecommunications 11/19/2007 Intellego acquires Copia Intellego announced the acquisition of e-learning business Copia. Alistair Marshall, the Managing  Director and majority  shareholder of  Copia, will be joining the Intellego executive team. In the six months to 30 September 2007 Copia generated sales of £204,842 and made a net profit before tax of £23,581. News Mergers & Aquisition Content Intellego Systems Copia 11/13/2007 IT training company launches rapid e-learning service IT training company PPI Learning Services launches its rapid e-learning offering - PPI Transform - for a limited period. News Content Rapid e-learning IT Skills PPI Learning Services 11/13/2007 Tata Interactive Systems expands in Germany Tata Interactive Systems has opened a new office in Koln, Germany. News Content Appointments TaTA Interactive Systems 11/13/2007 iContent scores for innovation award Plateau Systems announced that e.learning age magazine selected iContent as the most innovative new product in e-learning at its third annual E-learning Awards. News Awards Content LMS ASP Hosted Plateau e.learning age 11/08/2007 Questionmark supports SAP Learning Environment Questionmark announced its Questionmark Perception assessment management system now supports the SAP Enterprise Learning environment. Questionmark assessments can be assigned to learners individually or in groups. Learners can launch assessments without separate log in, and results are automatically entered into the SAP solution. News Assessment Integration LMS ERP Questionmark SAP 11/07/2007 BDO Dunwoody Canada uses Learn.com Learn.com announced that BDO Dunwoody LLP, Canada sixth largest accounting and advisory firm launched its LearnCenter platform-based virtual university to employees throughout Canada. News Portals LMS ASP Hosted Corporate University Learn.com Accounting 11/07/2007 Kineo provides free rapid e-learning course on e-learning design Kineo has collaborated with Clive Shepherd and InVision learning to create a short course on rapid e-learning design. The course was showcased at the Devlearn conference in San Jose. News Rapid e-learning Content Kineo 11/06/2007 Tata sets up operations in the Netherlands Tata Interactive Systems is expanding its presence in Scandinavia and the Benelux countries by opening a sales office in the Netherlands to service the learning market in Northern Europe. News Appointments Content TaTA Interactive Systems 10/31/2007 Avanzo and Ethernalia sign a collaboration agreement Avanzo and Ethernalia have signed a collaboration agreement for the jointly development of courses and contents on Technological Security. News Content Partnerships IT Skills 10/30/2007 SumTotal reports Q3 results SumTotal Systems announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. On a Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) basis, total revenue for the third quarter of 2007 was $29.3 million, an increase of 9% from $27.0 million reported in the third quarter of 2006. GAAP net loss was $2.0 million, or $0.06 per share on a basic and diluted basis, compared to a net loss of $2.7 million, or $0.11 per share on a basic and diluted basis in the same quarter of 2006. Subsc News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Human Capital SumTotal Systems 10/30/2007 Epic blend at NHS Trust Epic and Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust have been working together to create a blended solution for their course in Positive Behavioural Support. The course is for support workers who provide care for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. News Content Blended Learning ePic Health 10/30/2007 Eedo announces Dashboard Proving the strategic value of learning and knowledge programs just got easier with the latest product from Eedo Knowledgeware. Eedo Dashboard enables learning and HR managers to effectively monitor, measure and report on key indicators to show their impact on performance and corporate outcomes News LCMS Analytics Measurement ROI Impact eedo Knowledgeware 10/30/2007 Trainer1 to resell Toolbook Trainer1 has signed a partnership agreement with SumTotal Systems to offer the ToolBook e-learning authoring tool in the UK. SumTotal Systems has also appointed Trainer1 as a Toolbook 'Authorised Training Centre'. In addition, Trainer1 will be opening a European User Forum for Toolbook users as well as providing 'first line' technical support for UK users of SumTotal Systems' products. Neil Lasher of Trainer1 commented: “Becoming vendor neutral has been a planned move for some time but it has News Authoring Tools Partnerships Trainer1 SumTotal Systems 10/29/2007 LINE Communications appoints Director of Consulting Ian Leader, a 5-year veteran of LINE Communications has been appointed as the companys first Director of Consulting. In his new role, Ian will direct all worldwide consultancy activities from LINEs continental European office in Zürich, Switzerland. News Appointments LINE Communications 10/29/2007 Trainer1 becomes the first UK Epiplex500 reseller Trainer1 has signed a partnership deal to become the first UK re-seller for the software simulation tool, Epiplex500, from Epiance Inc. News Simulation Authoring Tools Trainer1 10/29/2007 Chinese instant messaging company adopts SumTotal SumTotal Systems announced that Tencent, a China-based Internet and telecom value-added service provider, will use their talent management software to transform e-learning capabilities for 3,000 employees. News LMS Talent Management Authoring Tools SumTotal Systems Telecommunications Information Technology 10/25/2007 Learning Technologies 2008 announced Learning Technologies, now in its ninth year, returns on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 January 2008, at London Olympia. • Exhibition and conference covering organisational learning and performance improvement technology • Europe's most important event for learning and development professionals • 120 exhibitors • Over 40 free seminars, sessions and workshops • Two-day thought-leadership conference with 40 speakers • More than 3,000 visitors and 300 conference delegates • Visitor regi News Shows/Conferences 10/24/2007 Compliance update for Cobent Cobent has updated two of the modules in its Learning Compliance Suite, which is designed to make enterprise wide learning easier to manage and control. These two modules cover on-the-job training and e-commerce. News LMS Compliance Cobent Group 10/24/2007 learn eXact is SCORM 2004 certified Giunti Labs announced that the new version of its learning eXact LCMS meets the SCORM 2004 final edition specification. News LCMS Standards Giunti Labs 10/23/2007 SkillSoft introduces additional KnowledgeCenters SkillSoft announced the availability of the KnowledgeCenter Editor and the expansion of its KnowledgeCenter Portals offering. News Portals SkillSoft 10/23/2007 E-learning infrastructure for South London and Maudsley NHS Trust Trainer1 has won the contract to supply The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust with its e-learning infrastructure which includes authoring tools and a learning management system. News Authoring Tools LMS Trainer1 Health 10/23/2007 Tata talks EPSS Tata Interactive Systems claims that electronic performance support systems (EPSS) have already delivered several millions of dollars in savings for TIS clients. News Performance Support Content TaTA Interactive Systems 10/22/2007 Cornerstone OnDemand enhances Global Operations Cornerstone OnDemand announced the availability of 24x7 support as part of its continued global expansion. In addition, the Company announced the availability of its on-demand talent management suite in 13 languages. News LMS Talent Management Human Capital Support ASP Cornerstone OnDemand 10/22/2007 Plateau introduces scheduling solution Plateau Systems announced Plateau Schedule Builder™, enabling customers to build efficient training schedules based on training demands and available resources, simplifying the allocation and scheduling of assets to support organizations complex talent management needs. News LMS Performance Talent Management Plateau 10/22/2007 Intellego to resell Halogen Talent Suite Intellego announced that it has entered into a pan-European reseller partnership with Halogen Software, an Employee Performance and Talent Management HR software company. Intellego also announced that it has made its first sale of the Halogen product to the Irish subsidiary of a leading world wine and spirits groups. News Talent Management Performance Intellego Systems 10/22/2007 Cobent expands its team Cobent has expanded its team with the addition of four senior appointments. Jordan Ambrose joins as Sales Director from ILX Group, Phil Clare as head of development, Denise Harvey as project and implementation manager, and Alistair Morrison as non-executive director. News Appointments LMS Knowledge Management Cobent Group 10/22/2007 Bytes and REDTRAY in £2m agreement Software services company Bytes Technology Group has signed a 3-year agreement with REDTRAY. The deal has an estimated revenue value of £2m which will be generated from e-learning content development, Learning and Knowledge Management and associated consultancy. News Partnerships Content Blended Learning LMS RedTRAY Information Technology 10/19/2007 OutStart reports strong Q3 results OutStart announced it achieved its seventh consecutive quarter of strong operating profits and a positive cash flow. Additionally, revenues from new customers were up 50 percent over the same period last year. News Financial Announcements LCMS Knowledge Management Outstart 10/18/2007 Netdimensions and Atlantic Link partnership NetDimensions announced the establishment of an Affiliate Agreement with Atlantic Link. Under the terms of the agreement, Atlantic Link will promote NetDimensions EKP products to clients who lack an LMS or a portal for hosting content. News Authoring Tools LMS Partnerships NetDimensions Atlantic Link 10/17/2007 Cornerstone OnDemand grows significantly Cornerstone OnDemand announced a record quarter, sales increased 89% over the prior year and 128% over the prior quarter. During the quarter, Cornerstone also closed two of the largest deals to date, one in the U.S. and the other in Europe, representing over new 200,000 users. News Financial Announcements LMS Talent Management Human Capital Cornerstone OnDemand 10/17/2007 HM Treasury short-listed for e-Learning Award A blended learning programme on Financial Management for the HM Treasury developed by REDTRAY has been short-listed for an e-Learning Award. News Content Blended Learning Awards RedTRAY Government 10/17/2007 Plateau expands in Asia Pacific Plateau Systems announced a new Asia-Pacific headquarters office located in Sydney, Australia to support the growing demand for talent management solutions throughout the region. News Appointments LMS Talent Management Performance Partnerships Plateau 10/16/2007 Swiss Re selects Plateau Plateau Systems announced that Swiss Re has deployed Plateau Learning to define and develop its training courses and assess job function competencies across its global operations. News LMS Talent Management Performance Plateau Insurance Financial Services 10/15/2007 Bosch selects Mohive Europes number one white goods manufacturer, BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH is to adopt the Mohive eLearning Publishing System. The procurement decision comes after an extensive research and assessment process within BSH Customer Service Division. News Authoring Tools LCMS Mohive FMCG 10/14/2007 Cable & Wireless partners with Kineo for rapid e-learning Cable & Wireless has chosen Kineo to partner with its internal team to create a new model for e-learning delivery – one that could provide rapid response, high quality and cost-effectiveness. News Rapid e-learning Content Kineo Telecommunications 10/12/2007 USA Rugby renews its partnership with Learn.com Learn.com announced that USA Rugby, the national governing body for American Rugby, with headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, has renewed its partnership with the company. News LMS Hosted ASP Learn.com Leisure 10/12/2007 Creative Metier goes 24x7 Creative Metier, the providers of the v-interactive online personal development tool, have launched their Navigator Service providing users with access to a 24/7 email and telephone support service. News Coaching Assessment Support Creative Metier 10/11/2007 SumTotal Systems puts Performance on-demand SumTotal Systems has launched ResultsOnDemand(TM) -- Performance, SumTotals SaaS model for analyzing performance over the Internet. News Performance ASP On-demand learning LMS Talent Management SumTotal Systems 10/11/2007 Plateau expands iContent functionality Plateau Systems enhancements to its iContent solution. In addition to increased content management and entitlement security capabilities, the company announced Course Preview which allows users to view a snippet of content before purchase, iContent Flex Card, a debit card for purchasing content, and Custom Course Upload. News Content LMS Hosted Plateau 10/11/2007 New Cornerstone offices in EMEA Cornerstone OnDemand announced the opening of offices in London, Paris, Munich and Tel Aviv as part of its ongoing global expansion. Cornerstone is continuing to hire customer care, consulting services, account management and sales personnel throughout EMEA. News Appointments LMS Talent Management Human Capital ASP Hosted Cornerstone OnDemand 10/10/2007 BTL releases SecureAssess BTL Group launched SecureAssess, their next generation e-Assessment delivery platform. Part of the Surpass suite of development and delivery products, SecureAssess aims to be a step change in technology and expectations around the delivery of onscreen assessments. 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