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The Real Cost of a Free (Open Source) LMS!

Upside Learning

If IT doesn’t have the skills (mostly PHP and MySQL and of course a good understanding of the LMS code) you either outsource that part or hire additional staff to do the same. Once you customize your version of the LMS it, more often than not, is the case that it becomes unfriendly to the upgrades to the original open source LMS versions.

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The next chapter in Rustici Engine’s LRS xAPI performance

Rustici Software

Things to watch out for Upgrades are going to take some time for existing Engine customers. In a moderately large set of test data (millions of rows) on Java / MySql, we shaved off 99.8% We also eliminated the use of Statement ID ( a UUID) as a primary key, which had been slowing down writes.

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Open edX at Scale using Kubernetes

Appsembler

The platform comprises several interconnected components, including the learning management system (LMS), content management system (CMS), and various supporting services like MySQL, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch. Persistent Storage: Some Open edX components, like MySQL and MongoDB, require persistent storage.

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E-learning Deployment – Considerations and Tools

eFront

You also need to contact the vendor and license updates and upgrades (though some might be included for free in the licensing price). This option, which we offer in the form of our hosted eFront product, gives you full customization abilities combined with the managed backups, updates and upgrades of the Cloud version. Hosted LMS.

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Exploring Open edX Quince: A Comprehensive Guide

Appsembler

Migration Process : Best practices for upgrading to Open edX Quince smoothly. Technically, the Quince release includes several optimizations and upgrades that enhance the overall performance and scalability of the platform. These upgrades help safeguard against potential threats and ensure a secure learning environment.

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Announcing the end-of-life for eFront 3.6 branch, including eFront Open-Source

eFront

We shall also offer amble opportunities to upgrade to eFrontPro during this period. Heck, eFront was built on top of several Open-Source projects, from PHP to MYSQL. Our team will focus on eFrontPro, our reshaped vision for the next-generation LMS. It’s not that we don’t like Open-Source. We really do.

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LMS Customization

eLearning 24-7

Future Upgrade. I have worked at tech companies and fully understand the “future upgrade&# angle. “Future Upgrade&# means in the future, which means it may be done at x date or y date or sometime in the future. “ Future Upgrade &# is also a way out for your sales rep. Let me be honest here.

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