Themen

Video Conferencing

Presence and Ad-hoc Meetings with WorkSpace3D 4.0

Montpellier (FR), July 2011 - Tixeo has announced WorkSpace3D 4.0, which is a major milestone in its long-term strategy of delivering an alternative unified communication solution to products such as Microsoft Lync or Skype. By integrating both presence and ad-hoc meetings features, WorkSpace3D makes collaboration over video conference easier and more efficient. » MORE

Private Equity

Blackboard Inc. Acquired for $1.64 Billion

Washington DC (USA), July 2011 - Providence Equity Partners Inc., an owner of SunGard and provider of administrative systems for higher education has agreed to buy Blackboard Inc., the learning management system industry giant for $1.64 billion. Providence is a private equity firm focused on media, communications, information services, and education investments. » MORE

Management Training

Project Agency's Survey Shows Sponsors Failing

London (UK), July 2011 - The project management training-and-development specialist Project Agency has reported that in a survey of over 1,300 people who have attended its project management events, over 52 per cent believe that the roles, responsibilities, and levels of authority relating to their projects are unclear. Only five per cent of those polled disagree. » MORE

Certification

digital publishing Receives Worlddidac Quality Charter

Munich (GER)/Berne (CH), July 2011 - Following an extensive evaluation process conducted by an international board of education experts, digital publishing, a provider of online language-training services, has again been awarded the renowned Worlddidac Quality Charter (WQC). To be certified, a company has to meet the highest demands regarding product quality, after-sales support, and corporate governance. » MORE

Updating Skills

Businesses Struggle to Capitalise on Economic Recovery

London (UK), June 2011 - The majority of senior management agree on a pressing need to educate their employees for future growth. Yet many companies are failing to deliver the right training as a result of budget cuts and lacking resources. As a solution to these challenges, blended learning provider Redtray has created ALTO Online. » MORE

Accelerating Growth

Upside Learning Announces New Partnership Programme

Pune (IN), June 2011 - Upside Learning has announced its new comprehensive partnership programme intended to accelerate partner growth and profitability for its Learning Management System - UpsideLMS and its platform for mobile learning - Upside2Go. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Maslow's hierarchy of needs; porn, and poker

London (UK), June 2011 - (by Bob Little) Speaking at a conference for members of Frost & Sullivan's Global community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL), held at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in north London in May, Andrew Lamb, a Director of Appropedia (a wiki which focuses on sustainability issues), argued that 'web 2.0' has encouraged new forms of social interaction and collaboration. He added that firms have learned to exploit social media by using fun or viral notions to take advantage of people's innate desire to gather and interact with each other and pass along interesting bits of information. » MORE

Wireless Sensor

Applying New Technology in Art Work Preservation

New York, NY (USA), June 2011 - IBM and The Metropolitan Museum of Art have announced the successful installation of a new wireless environmental sensor network at the Museum called Low-Power Mote. The system will help preserve the works of art in its world-renowned, encyclopedic collection. » MORE

Learning English

goFLUENT Offers New Resources and Receives Praise

Geneva (CH), June 2011 - goFLUENT, a provider of distance Business English training, now offers New York Times News Syndicate (NYTNS) videos and Harvard Business Review articles as resources on its eLearning platform. The firm was named as one of the top online providers of English language- learning materials by the French website "Pour Se Former". » MORE

Mobile Strategy

Ixonos Designs Boutique App Store for Intel

Helsinki (FI), June 2011 - Ixonos, creator of wireless technologies, mobile devices, services, and software, has delivered a mobile AppUp Store to Intel. The comprehensive project entails the creation of a full UX strategy for mobiles as well as concept creation, delivery of detailed designs, a working demo and UX design guidelines. » MORE