Themen

'Little's Britain'

British small businesses opt for DIY

London (UK), December 2011 - (by Bob Little) A recent survey of 760 business owners - conducted by DIY website builder WebEden.co.uk - has found that UK start-up businesses are now carrying out tasks themselves rather than outsourcing these to a professional. When asked for the main reason they chose the DIY option, over 50% of respondents answered that the key factor was "retaining control of the process/end product". Saving money was listed as the third most popular reason. » MORE

iLearning Forum Paris

What's Next on the French eLearning Market?

Paris (FR), December 2011 - CHECK.point eLearning had the pleasure to interview Sally-Ann Moore, who has been working as an eLearning specialist in Europe since 1990 and has founded iLearning Forum Paris, the number one eLearning event in France. The next edition will be held 31 January - 01 February 2012. » MORE

LMS

News from Omniplex

Hemel Hempstead (UK), December 2011 - Omniplex has announced a major collaborative effort with Aurum Holdings Ltd, the largest prestige and luxury jewellers in the UK. It has further reported the appointment of Richard Nantel, the former CEO of Brandon Hall Group, to a senior position in Blatant Media Corporation, whose products Omniplex distributes. » MORE

Interpreting Results

Questionmark OnDemand Adds New Assessment Reports

Norwalk, CT (USA), December 2011 - Questionmark has added three new reports for analyzing the quality of assessment questions to its software-as-a-service offering. Support for the latest Internet browsers has also been added to this latest version of Questionmark OnDemand. » MORE

Winners

Brandon Hall Gold Awards for LINE and TIS

London (UK)/Mumbai (IN), December 2011 -Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a provider of learning solutions, has won three Brandon Hall Gold awards this year - for Learning Nuggets, Serious-Game-Based Learning, and TOPSIM. In addition, LINE Communications has received a Gold award for the best use of Mobile Learning. » MORE

Wireless Array

Xirrus Extends XR Line of Modular Wireless Switches

Thousand Oaks, CA (USA), December 2011 - Xirrus has announced the XR-1000 and XR-2000 Wireless Arrays, new two- and four-access-point models that extend the flexibility of the XR-series wireless switch platform and deliver a seamless solution for any wi-fi deployment. » MORE

Project Management

QA Continues to Gain Market Share

London (UK), December 2011 - According to figures released by the accrediting organisation APMG, QA was the largest global provider in PRINCE2®, MSP®, M_o_R®, P3O® and APMG-International's Change Management Foundation for the first six months of 2011. » MORE

Knowledge Transfer

Didactical Materials, Tools, and Training by U&I Learning

Gent (BE), November 2011 - The Ghent-based firm U&I Learning provides vertical mission-critical knowledge transfer solutions to the European market. The company is currently developing instructional movie clips for Belgium's Scientific Institute of Public Health and optimising training through eLearning for Acerta, a leading Belgian HR-services provider. » MORE

Language Learning

dp Wins Prestigious BOOAOO Awards in China

Munich (GER), November 2011 - digital publishing (dp), a provider of corporate language training (CLT), has received the prestigious BOOAOO eLearning Award in China for excellence in education for its innovative language courses called Speexx. The platform was selected out of more than forty competing training solutions. » MORE

Recognition

Toolwire Named as a 2011 Finalist Red Herring Global 100

Pleasanton, CA (USA), November 2011 - Toolwire, a provider of experiential-learning technologies, has announced that it has been named a finalist for the Red Herring Global 100, a prestigious list honoring the world's most promising private information-technology companies. » MORE