|
|
| Training Content | PRINT | | Oracle Buys Global Knowledge Software |
 Redwood Shores, CA (USA), August 2008 - Oracle Corp. has bought Global Knowledge Software LLC, a developer of enterprise software training automation tools. GKS develops tools for building self-service training courses for enterprise software vendors, including Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP. Its former parent, Global Knowledge Training LLC, sells IT and business training services.
Such training tools for enterprise employees are increasingly necessary as more and more business functions are automated and turned into self-service applications.
Oracle, a long-standing GKS customer, used the company's tools to build its Oracle User Productivity Kit as a complement to its Oracle Tutor software. It plans to provide training content modules for all its application products using GKS tools, it said.
GKS also supplies development tools to some of Oracle's competitors, including SAP and Microsoft.
Oracle said that it will continue to support customers that use GKS tools to train on non-Oracle applications and that it hopes to expand this part of the business. Customers building their databases of training materials on database engines other than Oracle's, such as MySQL, will also continue to receive support.
The companies hope to close the deal in the third quarter. They did not disclose financial details. About 130 GKS employees will join Oracle as a result of the deal.
|
| |
|
|
Printview
recommend article
contact CHECKpoint |
|
Copyright © CHECKpoint eLearning/INFObases GmbH
Use of copyrighted material by copying, distribution - including in electronic format - as well as storage in database systems, the Internet, or Intranets is not permitted without prior approval in accordance with copyright law and is punishable by law |
| Top |
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
|
|
|
| | | | | | | Premium Content |  | Second Life as
an eLearning Platform | | 3D simulations and serious games are attaining ever-increasing significance for the learning world. A special case of its own is the virtual world Second Life. The CHECK.point eLearning Whitepaper "Second Life as an eLearning Platform" seeks to contribute to the discussion about Second Life’s suitability as a technological platform for education and training. The study answers questions like "For which application scenarios is Second Life suitable?" and "Which topics can be implemented successfully in Second Life?"
More information | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
|
