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Today, SumTotal announced the acquisition of GeoLearning. GeoLearning is the leading provider of managed services and on-demand learning management software. Companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations rely on GeoLearning’s deep domain expertise to drive organizational performance.
GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro is a LMS that packs a wallop but at the same time has some features that provide limitations. What is really nice about GeoMaestro is that GeoLearning has thought long and hard about this issue and has solved it. GeoLearning offers the creation feature for you, for an additional cost.
Today another major shift takes place in the talent management systems market: SumTotal Systems announced the acquisition of GeoLearning. Read more» The post SumTotal Acquires GeoLearning: LMS Market Consolidation Continues appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.
The enterprise learning market witnessed another big consolidation event today as SumTotal Systems announced it acquired GeoLearning thus further positioning SumTotal as the largest platform provider for LMS and talent management solutions in the industry.
Here are some terms that are getting more attention the first couple weeks this month (December 2008) include Social Media , eLearning Activity , Mobile Learning , Yugma , Slideshare , SharePoint , Twitter , 100 Conversations , Mzinga , and GeoLearning.
Today another major shift takes place in the talent management systems market: SumTotal Systems announced the acquisition of GeoLearning. Read more» The post SumTotal Acquires GeoLearning: LMS Market Consolidation Continues appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.
Of all commercial LMSs, I probably have the most hands-on experience with GeoLearning ’s various products and services having managed an enterprise implementation several years ago. It was a multi-phase implementation (LMS, LCMS, Talent Management) that went off pretty smooth and the team at GeoLearning was great to work with.
Report: Community Platforms Market Led by Jive Software and Telligent - ReadWriteWeb Hot Last Week Keywords eLearning Strategy Social Media Work Skills KnowledgeHub ScreenToaster Cooliris Quizmaker OnDemand Meridian Mzinga GeoLearning Saba Notes on the weekly hot last week. The posts come from the primary sources for this group.
• GeoLearning is the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and on- demand learning and performance technology. And when you go look at the LMS providers, they don't call themselves an LMS anymore: • SumTotal is a global provider of talent and learning management solutions.
The posts come from the primary sources for this group. Other items come from other sources. Keywords are based on occurrences this week in addition to other social signals.
You know them all: Bobby Yazdani of Saba Systems; Alan Todd of KnowledgePlanet/Mzinga, now CEO of Corporate University Xchange; and Frank Russell, the former CEO of GeoLearning, and now the CEO of Prositions. Who were these “founding fathers” and CEO’s? Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/970415786
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Frank developed his elearning experience at GeoLearning, where he was a leading Enterprise Learning Solution designer focused on assessing customer needs and creating focused human capital management software solutions. I hear he also believes in great Italian food and the New York Mets – but you probably shouldn’t bring up the Mets.
Two vendors – Plateau and GeoLearning products will be reviewed and presented to you in the next three weeks. Many vendors state “LMS&# , even though it comes with a content authoring tool and additional features – this is a trend. Vendors Reviewed. Top 5 Up and Coming List.
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You might have chat rooms (my system, the one I initially built, and then the one I purchased – GeoLearning), forums, discussion boards, a library (mine did, including checkout capabilities), even classrooms (the appearance of them, I never used it). Still in existence Saba – Today? SumTotal called it SumTotal Maestro.
Before joining OpenSesame, Spencer served in leadership positions with several global HCM organizations, including SumTotal Systems (SkillSoft), GeoLearning and Dice. He has more than 20 years of learning and development expertise. The post Why Elearning Can’t Be One Size Fits All appeared first on OpenSesame.
GeoLearning LMS. Topyx LMS by Interactyx – Now supports the Ipad tablet and will enable you to create HTML5 courses via their content authoring tool and fully SCORM certified – This part is coming this summer. Plateau LMS. Mzinga - Newest product b4 it hits the streets. You will read about it here first!
For the debut review, the vendor is GeoLearning. One additional word, as many of you may know, I have launched my “Secret LMS Shopper&# program which will provide an unbiased review of a LMS/LCMS vendor, incl. the front end, admin end and everything in between, plus screen shots. Now, on with the notes: The Landscape.
SumTotal Systems picked up Geolearning at the beginning of 2011. Besides attending sessions, the conference is a great opportunity to hear what the vendor community has been working on and a useful pulse check on the industry’s development. In the LMS market, acquisitions have been coming fast and furious in the last year.
The interface you showed was similar in many ways to the old GeoLearning 3D look back in 2002 (which Geo eventually dumped – too bad). Well, let’s end on a positive note and talk about some of the additional items – rarely mentioned. To the folks at ON24, I’m sorry but virtual learning is not something brand new.
Geolearning. When GeoLearning changed to Express, I was fortunate to stay with the more advanced one – and still received updates. I still remember my first love’s name. Geo. A multi-level LMS, seven to be exact – with a 3D front-end customized to even the carpet had our name on it. Bookstore. E-commerce.
Old-school LMS companies (like SumTotal , Plateau , Learn.com , GeoLearning and Certpoint ) were acquired by much larger talent and HR-suite providers like SAP/SuccessFactors , Infor , Oracle and IBM. You may recall that almost a decade ago, an acquisition wave took the LMS world by storm.
In terms of what I’ve seen lately, GeoLearning was the last product I looked at. I figure there’s a 99% chance that whatever works for them will work for me. Working together always benefits all parties. The product looks great - lots of features, very robust, well thought out user interface, easy to use.
Some will be the vendors you know today - SumTotal , GeoLearning , SAS , Oracle , etc. Assessment will become focused on helping employees develop self-awareness of what they need to know to execute on their business objectives and pave the way for where they want their careers headed. You asked who the vendors will be.
GeoLearning. Keys to the success include careful planning, strong governance around the management of the communities, and topics and authors that encourage strong participation. Thanks to Sue, from a fellow upstate New Yorker! Check out other kick-ass LMSs in this series: Cornerstone OnDemand. Generation21. Meridian KSI.
GeoLearning. Several LMS companies offer user groups and conferences, and I would highly recommend that you check one out if you work closely with an LMS. Most of the well-known LMS vendors have user group meetings and/or conferences, including: Blackboard. Cornerstone. Technology / Development-focused user groups.
GeoLearning’s Maestro product is now called SumTotal Maestro. These guys are always leaders in the authoring tool space, and their mLearning studio rocks – IMO. Learn.com is now called Taleo. Plateau is now called SuccessFactors. LMS Demo Shop. Vendors can post a demo of their LMS, up to five minutes in length.
This is the former GeoLearning Maestro solution, which is now listed as SumTotal Learning Maestro. It would however be for talent management, which is increasingly becoming a separate entity. 2011 Commercial System of the Year. SumTotal Learning Maestro. Before you scream, “WHAT?”, ”, let me explain.
GeoLearning. Here’s a video from last August where Dave reviews the current state of the LMS market and suggests how it’s changing. Prior LMSs in this series: Cornerstone OnDemand. Generation21. Meridian KSI. Disclosure: Mzinga was a sponsor of Brandon Hall Research’s IiL08 conference.).
On the Maestro side (formally GeoLearning), I don’t understand how they could have dropped the ball on the platform. SumTotal – As for their system as a whole, the new UI for the learning side – is a major improvement over what was previously their UI. At one time Geo was a dominate player in mid size.
GeoLearning. A LMS that came with a e-commerce, a chat room, discussion boards, front end look that did not appear to a be a LMS, library, bookstore (capability), art gallery (I used it for sponsorship purposes). The vendor? What happened?
GeoLearning. (Learn.com was a sponsor of IiL08 and hosts a monthly webinar with Brandon Hall Research staff: Learning Technologies 101). Prior LMSs in the kick-ass series: Cornerstone OnDemand. Generation21. Meridian KSI.
And in 2002, many more – I used Geolearning – it offered lots of informal options. I think informal/formal was designed and suited for ILT, not e-learning, because from the days of Corporate in 2000, you could do informal with your LMS. There were systems that offered it.
After getting my PhD in Educational/Counseling psychology I went to work for a small startup, GeoLearning. When I was with GeoLearning, I worked with a 2-developer team and they finished and polished their implementation into Maestro (now SumTotal/Skillsoft Maestro) in less than 4 weeks of development time.
GeoLearning. I agree that one of the greatest barriers in implementation is overcoming a culture of control. No easy answers there but good to hear that Saba is addressing the concerns in their design. Prior LMSs in the kick-ass series: Cornerstone OnDemand. Generation21. Meridian KSI. Next week: Mzinga.
GeoLearning. As with other LMSs featured in this series, you’ve given readers another interesting way to view learning, the LMS, and social media. Prior LMSs in series: Cornerstone OnDemand. Generation21.
LMSs that went to a whole new level GeoLearning – had a version that, on the user side, enabled you to have, say, not just your logo behind a desk – it was 3D the UI version, but also the carpet (colors all matched yours – now that is white-label). They noted that one of the widgets (which can be changed), is in this area.
GeoLearning. It seems one of the greatest barriers we face today in the L&D field is change management. Readers, feel free to ask Ray any questions you may have. Prior LMSs in series: Cornerstone OnDemand. Generation21. Meridian KSI was a sponsor at our IiL08 conference in September).
In fact, each of the “Four Horsemen” who rule the enterprise – namely SumTotal , Saba , Plateau & Geolearning – gave it a go in some way although no one outside their immediate customers or PR agencies seemed to notice.
Geolearning (may they rest in piece) was the first vendor to have a “gallery” whereas you can have sponsors images if you will on a wall, like an art gallery. They were also the first ones to have geolocation and voice enabled capabilities in their mobile app. Awesome for associations or B2B/B2C. .
SumTotal ruined IMO the GeoLearning LMS known as Maestro and will Skillsoft buying SumTotal, I wondered to myself whether this would be great or awful. One of those big problems for me is the UX (user experience), the other is while they have updated the UI, it takes more than making it modern, to make it good.
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