Themen

Economy

SkillSoft Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results

Nashua, NH (USA), June 2009 - SkillSoft, Software as a Service (SaaS) provider of on-demand eLearning and performance-support solutions for global enterprises, government, education, and small to medium-sized businesses has announced the financial results for its first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2010. » MORE

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Coastal Releases Pipefitting Training Series

Virginia Beach, VA (USA), June 2009 - Coastal Training Technologies has put a new training series for pipefitters on the market. It is designed for employees and students with little to no pipefitting experience and covers the most common piping systems in use today. Training participants will learn about piping joints, fittings, offsets, flanges, gaskets, and accessories, as well as how to measure pipe according to industry standards, thread pipe, and read piping drawings. » MORE

Experiential Learning

Toolwire to Deliver Virtual Hands-On Learning for Avaya

Pleasanton, CA (USA)/London (UK), June 2009 - Toolwire, a provider of experiential distance-learning solutions, has announced an agreement with Avaya Inc. to develop and deliver a virtualized, on-demand lab environment to train Avaya solution partners worldwide. » MORE

Business Cooperation

Echelon Learning Signs Partnering Agreement with HT2

London (UK), May 2009 - Organisation-development consultancy Echelon has agreed to a partnering arrangement with HT2 to collaborate on implementing the "World Class Diamond", a diagnosis and benchmarking model for organisations that are seeking to become truly 'world class'. » MORE

Software-as-a-Service

Trends in the LMS Market

Sussex (UK), June 2009 - Kineo has examined the trends in the LMS market, looking at a significant shift towards Software-as-a-service (SaaS). They argue that the growth of open source solutions combined with SaaS could change the face of learning-management systems as we have come to know them. CHECK.point eLearning provides you with a summary of their findings. » MORE

Economic Crisis

Screencast-Based Training Is Effective and Versatile

Okemos, MI (USA), June 2009 - With the economic downturn snapping at the heels and budgets of training managers and learning officers, many are seeking simpler and more cost-effective methods of training employees. Matt Pierce, training manager at TechSmith, writes about Screencast-Based Training - CHECK.point eLearning provides you with a summary. » MORE

Success

Two Learning Impact Awards for Giunti Labs

Sestri Levante (IT), June 2009 - Giunti Labs has won a 'Gold' and a 'Best in category' award at the IMS Learning Impact Awards (LIAs), the world's annual competition for the high-impact use of technology to support and enhance learning. Organised by the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC), the LIAs recognise use of technology to improve learning across all education segments and in all regions of the world. » MORE

Synergy

Datango Partners with OclassenHathaway

Waltham, MA (USA), June 2009 - datango AG, a provider of software that accelerates time to value and increases user acceptance of mission-critical systems, has announced that it has forged a strategic relationship with OclassenHathaway, experts in helping technology companies transform their learning businesses into significant profit centres. » MORE

Benchmarking

Atlantic Link Certified as a "Top 20% Performer"

Waltham, MA/Atlanta, GA (USA), May 2009 - During the recently awarded General Services Administration contract (GSA), Atlantic Link has been certified as a "Top 20% Performer" based on the Past Performance Evaluation (PPE) survey responses of its reference customers. The evaluation was performed through the Dunn & Bradstreet Open Ratings Systems Review. » MORE

Client Perspective

Survey Confirms Echelon's Solutions' 'Value for Money'

London (UK), May 2009 - Organisation-development specialist Echelon has received a strong vote of confidence from its customers via the results of its recent 'Client Survey', which rated the 'effectiveness' and 'value for money' of Echelon's solutions particularly highly. » MORE