SilkRoad technology Partners With ej4…from SilkRoad

February 8, 2011

 

Partnership Brings 40,000 “Off-the-Shelf” Training Videos to Market-Leading Learning Management System GreenLight

HRchitect featured SilkRoad in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009, and the HRchitect IRONMAN on Mid-Marketing Talent Acquisition Systems on June18, 2010, where they were crowned the winner of each. Brian Platz, EVP and COO of SilkRoad also appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 2009. Finally, HRchitect attended the SilkRoad user conference, SilkRoad Connections, in May 2010.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

SilkRoad technology, inc., a leading provider of talent management solutions, announced today it has partnered with training video producer ej4.  The new partnership gives customers of SilkRoad’s learning management system (LMS), GreenLight™, access to ej4’s videos for training and the option for customers to create custom training videos.

SilkRoad’s LMS customers can now access ej4’s customizable organizational training through GreenLight, and benefit from ej4’s Maxecution™ videos, a specialized type of “task-based” video, where training is broken into small, concentrated segments that teach repeatable skills and behaviors – not just theories and concepts.  With the Maxecution Software Training, GreenLight customers will have fully searchable, reportable, and assignable training resources covering a full breadth of career development and employee productivity.

GreenLight customers receive special pricing for both ej4’s library of off-the-shelf videos and customized videos, including training sessions for employee orientation, increasing technology proficiency, and lessons in leadership, negotiation, customer service, safety, supervision and much more. 

“We’re thrilled to work with SilkRoad to provide GreenLight customers the right videos for their organizations to increase productivity and reach their business goals,” said Dan Cooper, CEO, ej4.  “The integration of our videos into GreenLight will make it easier than ever for companies to access the e-learning they need.” 

Through a seamless integration between ej4 and GreenLight, SilkRoad customers can utilize the videos to reduce overall training costs through purchasing the exact support each company needs to enhance employee productivity and career development.   

ej4 has conducted over 6,000 classroom seminars, 10,000 leadership surveys, and helped hundreds of companies with custom and off-the-shelf training programs.  They currently have more than 40,000 online video tutorials available.

“With this partnership we are bringing our customers the most engaging video-based content on the market today,” said Brian Platz, COO, SilkRoad technology.  “ej4 are experts in this arena and we’re really excited to bring their knowledge to our customers.”

For more information on SilkRoad, please visit www.silkroad.com
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SumTotal Releases Latest Talent Management Innovations…from SumTotal Systems

January 17, 2011

 

Customer Centric Advancements Delivers New Level of Reporting Capabilities for Improved Visibility into Workforce Effectiveness

HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in complete talent management solutions, today announced the latest enhancements to its Talent Management platform. Innovative product advancements to the software system enable organizations of all sizes to more easily develop, deliver and track key talent management initiatives around learning, performance, compensation, succession, and recruiting. SumTotal’s commitment to customers is enabling deeper visibility into workforce information that improves decision making, reduces administration costs, and helps drive business performance.

With the latest enhancements to its Talent Management platform, SumTotal is focused on helping customers gain greater value from their HR technology investments and advancing how organizations better manage their workforce. By offering an integrated and automated approach to managing today’s talent management challenges, SumTotal is providing leaders across the globe with the information necessary to make more strategic workforce decisions. Selected new features include: 

  • Enhanced Administrative Capabilities – Including numerous advancements that enable organizations to institute comprehensive learning standards enterprise-wide while minimizing the efforts to manage a globally distributed learning operation.
  • Performance Management Advancements – Extended career profile and goal management enhancements, empowers individuals to manage their career growth intuitively and effectively.
  • Reporting Advancements – This latest release provides additional new value-add reports and options to provide a new level of visibility into workforce effectiveness. SumTotal continues to push the envelope in providing customers enterprise-class reporting capabilities that scale to support the largest global enterprises without the cost of additional infrastructure.

In addition, SumTotal now provides a powerful extensibility framework that enables organizations to further extend the capabilities of the SumTotal platform to meet their business needs. The extensibility framework provides organizations the ability to build customer specific solutions without needing to customize the application, thereby lowering their total cost of ownership.

“SumTotal is committed to providing our customers with the most powerful and easy to use talent management tools to advance their workforce and realize a true competitive advantage,” said Nadeem Syed, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Management & Engineering of SumTotal Systems. “Working in collaboration with our customers, SumTotal continues to evolve our solutions to target the precise needs of the market and ensure that HR professionals can optimize the effectiveness of their workforce.”

For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit  www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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SumTotal Systems Acquires GeoLearning…from SumTotal Systems

January 5, 2011

 

Industry’s Largest & Most Complete Talent Management Provider Extends Leadership Position and Expands into Additional Target Markets 

HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Kimberley Kasper, VP of Marketing, and Jon Ciampi, VP of Product Management with SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in complete talent management solutions, today announced that it has acquired GeoLearning. This strategic acquisition expands on the company’s significant growth and momentum and further solidifies SumTotal’s market leadership position by adding proven go-to-market capabilities in mid-market, government, and extended enterprise market segments. The combined footprint provides unparalleled capabilities that cover the complete spectrum of Talent Management business needs. SumTotal now represents the industry’s largest and most complete provider of learning and talent management software across the globe with full end-to-end capabilities and market dominance.

“With the acquisition of GeoLearning, SumTotal has snapped up one of the leading LMS players to even more firmly establish its #1 position in the learning market and strong position in integrated Talent Management Systems,” said Josh Bersin, president and chief executive officer, Bersin & Associates. “GeoLearning’s strengths in SaaS, extended enterprise solutions, and managed services for the SMB and mid-market will help SumTotal continue to grow its leadership position in all segments of the market.”

Founded in 1997, GeoLearning is the leading provider of managed services and on-demand learning management software. GeoLearning has a recognized history of innovation with comprehensive software products to address the needs across both employee development and extended enterprise. Companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations rely on GeoLearning‘s deep domain expertise to drive organizational performance. GeoLearning has been the ideal partner for organizations seeking to increase sales, accelerate time to market, raise productivity, generate new revenue streams, and reduce expenses.

With customers such as Sony Electronics (NYSE: SNE), Amway (KUL:AMWAY), Seagate (NYSE: STX), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), SumTotal represents the industry’s largest provider of learning and talent management solutions with over 39 Million users across 2,300 global customers. The company’s talent management software offering is leading the industry with integrated learning, performance, compensation, succession, development, 360 feedback, hiring, social collaboration, planning, workforce analytics, and core HR management, all from a single vendor. This strategic acquisition fulfills SumTotal’s promise to the market to provide the most complete talent management offering and to every market segment.

“This is great news for our customers who now have access to additional expert resources and a comprehensive offering that spans all strategic HR functions,” said Scott Andriano, Senior Vice President of Sales at GeoLearning. “With significant backing focused on delivering real long-term customer value, our combined companies have the ability to more rapidly invest and scale to support growing customer demand.”

The acquisition provides customers with many immediate benefits: 

  • Fully integrated Talent Management covering the business needs of every market segment
  • Established localized operations with customers deployed in 156 countries in 39 different languages
  • Significant resource expansion across R&D, Services, Support, & Account Management
  • Deep domain & subject matter expertise across 38 different verticals
  • Expansive user community sharing best practice in Fortune 500, mid-market, government, and extended enterprise markets
  • Proven leadership with extensive knowledge in HR & technology advancement
  • Single vendor solution that mitigates customer risk

“These are exciting times for our industry, and our mission remains focused on significantly increasing the value our customers gain from partnering with SumTotal,” said John Borgerding, CEO of SumTotal Systems. “The focus and dedication our team has for customers and this industry is represented in this strategic acquisition. As the true market leader, we will continue to innovate, accelerate, and help our customers to achieve new levels of success.”

For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit  www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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Best SaaS LMS Awarded to GeoLearning for Sixth Consecutive Year…GeoLearning

December 9, 2010

 

GeoMaestro continues SaaS LMS category sweep at 2010 Best of Elearning! Reader’s Choice Awards

HRchitect includes GeoLearning in our list of top Learning Management Systems that businesses should consider. GeoLearning competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Learning Management Systems in December 2008, where they were crowned the winner. Also, Todd Premo, Director of Solutions, and Chris Lennon, Senior Product Manager, from GeoLearning appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on February 6, 2009. 

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

GeoLearning, Inc., provider of the leading Software as a Service (SaaS) GeoMaestro Learning Management System (LMS) and comprehensive Managed Learning Services, announced today that it has been named “Best SaaS LMS” in the 2010 Best of Elearning! Reader’s Choice Awards hosted by Elearning! Magazine. The GeoMaestro LMS has taken the ”Best SaaS LMS” crown every year since the inception of the publication’s award program in 2005.

The publication asked more than 50,000 e-learning professionals to share their opinions. Ballots were cast over two months by the readers of Elearning! Magazine and e-zine, Elearning! e-newsletter and Elearning! Alert, as well as visitors to Elearning!’s website.

“The Best of Elearning! Awards program formalizes the informal word-of-mouth referrals practiced in our industry. According to our survey, 85% of professionals have personally recommended a learning solution to a colleague over the past 12 months. And, 61% agreed that award recognition impacted their buying decision,” cites Catherine Upton, group publisher of the Elearning! Media Group.

This year, the Elearning! Magazine Group received 1,730 nominations, consistent with last year’s program, making each category very competitive. “These awards continue to recognize innovation and user satisfaction across a growing number of solution providers,” cites Jerry Roche, editorial director of the Elearning! Magazine Group.

“We are just as honored now as we were six years ago when we first won this prestigious award. To be named ‘Best SaaS LMS’ for an unprecedented sixth straight time by actual LMS users validates what we do at GeoLearning, day in and day out, and is a testament to our customer dedication,” said Frank Russell, president and CEO of GeoLearning. “This award is an important measure for the products in our industry because the open vote format enables users of both the GeoLearning system and those of our competitors to cast a ballot. To repeatedly win demonstrates the ongoing usability and flexibility of our LMS and the sustainability of GeoLearning’s superior Software as a Service delivery model.”

Selected voter comments about GeoLearning and GeoMaestro were consolidated and appear in the “Best of E-Learning! Awards” issue of Elearning! Magazine (November/December 2010): 

  • “Rapid deployment, ease of use, ease of access for employees, and a robust set of features make managing the learning function much easier for all involved.”
  • “Implementation is very user friendly, and training and support are outstanding.”
  • “The (GeoMaestro) Analytics & Reporting tool is a big plus, not to mention GeoLearning’s partnership.”

GeoLearning’s award-winning SaaS model means the GeoMaestro platform is delivered entirely over the Internet, eliminating all the headaches, hassles and risks associated with traditional hardware and software implementations. The Internet-hosted learning management platform enables organizations to capture, create, manage, collaborate and share knowledge to improve workforce productivity, accelerate critical business processes and drive organizational performance. The system centralizes and automates the entire learning management process, making the administration of enterprise learning and development for both internal and external audiences effective and efficient.

For more information on GeoLearning, please visit www.geolearning.com
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Saba Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Results…from Saba

September 25, 2010

 

Subscription Revenue Increased 7% Year-Over-Year to $14.9 Million – First Quarter Total Revenues of $26.8 Million, Up 4% Year-Over-Year

HRchitect featured Saba in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Saba participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. A.G. Lambert, the VP of Marketing with Saba appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 14, 2009.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!

Saba, the premier provider of people systems, today reported financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2010.

“The first quarter increase in total revenues reflects solid growth in our subscription and professional services revenues,” said Bobby Yazdani, Chairman and CEO of Saba. “Customers’ buying preferences in the quarter validated their enthusiasm for our advanced SaaS offerings and yielded an approximately three-fold increase in the annual contract value of new SaaS bookings over the same period last year.”

First Fiscal Quarter 2011 Results

Revenue. For the first quarter ended August 31, 2010, total revenues increased 3.9% to $26.8 million from $25.8 million in the same period of the prior year. Subscription revenue was $14.9 million, an increase of 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. License revenue was $4.5 million, a decline of 22.1% on a year-over-year basis. Professional services revenue was $7.5 million, an increase of 22.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Gross Margin. Gross margin was 63.1% in the first quarter compared to 64.7% in the same period of the prior year. The gross margin reflects higher levels of subscription revenue and professional service revenue relative to license revenue.

Earnings per Share. First quarter GAAP net loss per share of $0.06 compares to fully diluted earnings per share of $0.03 in the same period of the prior year. Non-GAAP diluted earnings in the first quarter of breakeven compares to $0.07 per share in the first quarter of the prior year.

Non-GAAP results are computed by adjusting GAAP results to exclude the impact of certain items including (i) non-cash amortization of intangibles, (ii) non-cash charges related to share-based compensation expenses, and (iii) restructuring costs. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is included in the financial statements accompanying this press release.

Cash. Cash generated from operations in the first quarter increased to $1.4 million from $0.7 million in the same period of the prior year. Total cash and cash equivalents at the end of the first quarter were $33.2 million, an increase of 53.8% from the end of the first quarter of the prior fiscal year.

Deferred Revenue. Deferred revenue at the end of the first fiscal quarter was $34.4 million, an increase of 11.6% from the end of the first quarter in the prior fiscal year.

Customers. Saba added 30 new customers during the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

Share Repurchase Program. In March 2010, Saba announced that its Board of Directors authorized the use of up to $5.0 million in the aggregate for the repurchase of shares of the company’s common stock. Under the share repurchase program, Saba repurchased 150,000 shares during the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2010 and had $4.2 million available for future repurchases.

First Quarter Highlights

During the first quarter, Saba signed 30 new customers worldwide, including Cummins, Halliburton, France Telecome Espana Sa, Isuzu Australia, ITC Hotels, New Balance Athletic Shoe and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Saba also expanded existing relationships with a number of organizations worldwide, including: Baker Hughes, Bank of Tokyo, Hartford Financial Services, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Sydney Water, Six Continents Hotels, Saudi Aramco, and Solutia.

In addition, key announcements by Saba since the beginning of the first quarter include:

– Saba announced the general availability of Saba Live, its next-generation cloud-based enterprise business networking solution. Saba Live includes powerful Web 2.0 social tools integrated with Saba Centra Web Conferencing for real time collaboration. Saba Live provides users with rich personal profiles, competency-driven expertise, blended learning, secure groups and workplace analytics to deliver an unprecedented collaboration experience. Saba Live is another proof point that Saba is reinventing the collaborative Learning space.

– Saba announced its inclusion in Forbes Magazine’s ranking of “Most Trustworthy Companies” for 2010. Saba has been determined to exhibit transparent accounting and prudent management by Audit Integrity, an independent financial analytics company. The ranking is based upon more than 100 factors used to assess corporate accounting and management practices.

– Saba also announced People 2010 — Saba Global Summit. The annual meeting of Saba’s customers, partners and thought leaders will be held November 1st — 4th at the Westin Boston Waterfront. The event will feature seven conference tracks and over 70 interactive sessions, including 20 hands on workshops, and keynote speakers, including Gary Hamel, author of Leading the Revolution and Competing for the Future, professor at London Business School and “the world’s most influential business thinker” according to the Wall Street Journal. People 2010 — Saba Global Summit will be an opportunity for hundreds of participants to share best practices and coming developments in people systems.

Business Outlook

The following statements are based on current expectations as of the date of this release. These statements are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. Saba does not undertake to update these forward-looking statements in any way or for any reason.

For fiscal 2011, ending May 31, 2011, we confirm our prior guidance of total revenues between $121 million and $124 million, GAAP net earnings of $0.15 to $0.19 per share on a fully diluted basis and non-GAAP net earnings of $0.34 to $0.38 per share on a fully diluted basis. Due to customers’ seasonal spending patterns, Saba continues to expect that revenues, earnings and cash flows will be weighted more heavily towards the second half of the fiscal year.

The fiscal year 2011 non-GAAP outlook excludes non-cash amortization of intangibles and charges related to stock-based compensation expenses.

For more information on Saba, please visit www.saba.com
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Taleo to Acquire Learn.com…from Taleo

September 1, 2010

 

Extends Talent Management Breadth; Powers Social and Formal Learning

HRchitect featured Taleo in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Kevin Marasco, VP Brand Marketing with Taleo appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on November 6, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!

Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire strategic partner Learn.com, Inc. for approximately $125 million in cash.

With the acquisition, Taleo will extend its Talent Management suite, becoming the only public vendor to offer best-in-class solutions across the four critical components of a talent-optimized organization: recruiting management to source, assess and acquire talent; performance management to establish goals and create career and succession plans; compensation management to establish a true “pay-for-performance” process between corporate objectives and individuals’ contributions; and now learning management to support social and formal development.

Learn.com is a leading next generation provider of SaaS learning management solutions, a market estimated to be $1 billion in 2011 according to Bersin & Associates. Its software enables businesses to more seamlessly develop, deliver and manage education and training to help employees, customers and partners reach their full potential. Learn.com’s social learning and web conferencing features also enable companies to build collaborative learning and knowledge sharing solutions, which are among the fastest growing applications in employee development today.

Learn.com’s solutions are in use today with more than 500 global companies of all sizes, and support up to 200,000 users per customer, with about two million end users worldwide.

“The Learning Management Systems market is now entering a new growth phase — one supporting social, collaborative, and informal learning solutions,” said Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin & Associates, a leading research and advisory services firm.

“Through its acquisition of Learn.com, Taleo now has the opportunity to take a strong position in this market and deliver an integrated end-to-end platform which integrates recruiting, performance management, compensation, and learning into a complete SaaS solution.”

Taleo and Learn.com have been strategic partners since September 2009, bringing to market a unique social and formal learning offering that helps companies to better leverage their internal social networks to share institutional expertise. More than 56 companies across a variety of industries have selected the Taleo and Learn.com solutions, including: Newell-Rubbermaid, Swift Transportation, and CPS Energy. Further, more than a third of Taleo’s suite sales opportunities include interest in a learning management solution.

“We’ve been impressed with the forward-thinking approach to learning from Taleo and Learn.com,” said Mike Perkins, Senior Manager of Learning Technologies at Newell-Rubbermaid. “With their help, we are powering robust, interactive and scalable social learning options for our teams that include video podcasts and development portals so that we can engage them in learning, where and when they need it. We look forward to partnering with the combined organization moving forward.”

“As businesses transform to ignite growth, they can’t afford to create a knowledge gap between the skills they have in their teams and the skills they need to drive business,” said Michael Gregoire, Chairman and CEO of Taleo. “Learn.com’s social learning and collaborative functionality makes it easier to close that gap. We are pleased to add best-in-class technology, staff and customers from Learn.com to enable enterprises with a total talent management solution to achieve greater performance.”

Under the terms of the agreement, Taleo will pay approximately $125 million in cash for all of the outstanding capital stock of Learn.com, subject to deductions of approximately $1.6 million for certain specified items and subject to further adjustment for third party expenses. In addition, Taleo will offer up to $2 million of interim financing in connection with the acquisition, and such amounts, if any, drawn down by Learn.com and outstanding as of the closing of the transaction will be deducted from the purchase price. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval, and is expected to be completed prior to the end of the fourth quarter of 2010.

For more information on Taleo, please visit www.taleo.com
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GeoLearning Tops Learning and Talent Management Buyer Survey Conducted by E-Learning! Magazine…GeoLearning

July 19, 2010

 

HRchitect includes GeoLearning in our list of top Learning Management Systems that businesses should consider. GeoLearning competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Learning Management Systems in December 2008, where they were crowned the winner. Also, Todd Premo, Director of Solutions, and Chris Lennon, Senior Product Manager, from GeoLearning appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on February 6, 2009. 

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!

GeoLearning, Inc., provider of the leading Software as a Service (SaaS) GeoMaestro Learning Management System (LMS) and comprehensive Managed Learning Services  was named the top LMS brand by awareness in the 2010 Learning and Talent Management Buyer Survey conducted by E-Learning! Magazine. This study of 316 organizations provides insights into the features enterprises require, the composition of the buying team, brand awareness, and ratings of the current LMS and Talent Management (TMS) systems.

GeoLearning led the list as the top LMS brand currently used. Also, when survey participants were furnished with a list of LMS brands (prompted), GeoLearning continued to be the forerunner over other perennial LMS favorites. Similarly, GeoLearning secured a top position in the TMS brand awareness list. GeoLearning was second only to its talent and performance management partner, SuccessFactors, and was the highest ranking LMS/TMS suite in that category.

The study goes on to mention that course tracking, testing and authoring are mainstays of LMSs. However, future buyers seek more capabilities—including rapid development and collaboration—as well as talent features like performance management, skills-gap analysis and integrated enterprise features. The LMS and TMS survey research summary is available online at Learning Pros Looking to Update Their Current Learning & Talent Systems.

For more information on GeoLearning, please visit www.geolearning.com
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Peopleclick Authoria Expands Compliance and Diversity eLearning Offerings Through a Strategic Partnership With emTRAiN…from Peopleclick Authoria

January 26, 2010

 

Partnership Provides Clients With Comprehensive On-Demand Video Training Courses via Advanced SaaS eLearning Management System

HRchitect includes Peopleclick in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors and Authoria in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Peopleclick Authoria, currently serving 60 percent of the Fortune 100 with best-of-breed suite solutions for Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Workforce Compliance and Diversity, announced today a partnership with emTRAiN, the leading provider of multi-media, HR compliance training. Through this strategic alliance, the Company will introduce clients to Peopleclick Authoria Compliance and Diversity eLearning, a new service offering that provides organizations on-demand, online e-learning compliance and diversity educational tracks.

This SCORM-compliant service offering includes a wide-range collection of e-learning tracks ranging from EEO/Preventing Discrimination, Lawful Termination, Disability Discrimination and Fostering Diversity to Preventing Harassment, and gives clients the flexibility and efficiency needed to manage their compliance educational needs across their entire organization. In addition, this new offering is compatible with any learning management system (LMS) and gives clients the ability to access and reuse web-based learning content across various platforms. With a LMS enterprise dashboard, clients can also track and measure several learning platforms at once, creating an effective system for managers to ensure compliance within various departments of their organization.

“As an industry-leading compliance and diversity learning provider, emTRAiN has led the way in development and execution of online course materials. Through this partnership, Peopleclick Authoria expands its offerings to include a robust, user-friendly, web-based training program that was designed with the HR professional in mind. With Peopleclick Authoria Compliance and Diversity eLearning, clients experience compelling educational videos that help ensure the success of their compliance and diversity initiatives across their entire organization,” said Randy Jesberg, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Peopleclick Authoria Workforce Compliance and Diversity Solutions. “We are continually looking for ways to support our clients through eLearning initiatives across the full Talent Acquisition and Talent Management arena. The proven platform provided by emTRAiN provides a strong new eLearning delivery option not only for our Compliance and Diversity products, but for the entire Peopleclick Authoria set of solutions as well.”

“We are pleased to announce this partnership with Peopleclick Authoria, as they continue to be a workforce compliance and diversity solutions leader in the marketplace,” said Janine Yancey, CEO and Founder of emTRAiN. “Together, our goal is to help organizations gain essential knowledge that will prepare them for potential compliance issues. This new service offering provides Peopleclick Authoria clients with online training courses that depict real-world scenarios, which reinforces and ensures that employees are retaining the knowledge and then can apply this knowledge towards everyday workplace situations.”

To learn more about Peopleclick Authoria, please visit www.peopleclick.com
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Learn.com, Announces Record Breaking Q3 2009 and Year to Date New Client Acquisition, Revenue, and Partnerships as the Company Approaches its 11th Year of Service to Clients…from Learn.com

November 11, 2009

 

The World’s Largest Cloud LMS Provider Named Best in Industry for 4 Consecutive Years

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Learn.com, the leader in cloud delivered workforce development and productivity, today announced that the company’s business performance shattered historical records in 2009. The company not only has signed a record number of new clients but the year to date through Q3 2009 has been the best sales bookings period in company history. More importantly, Learn.com was able to achieve this impressive growth while still maintaining positive net income and cash flow on a GAAP basis, an uncommon accomplishment in the Learning and Talent Management space. This strong performance across every metric underscores the value Learn.com brings to its clients and validates Learn.com’s best-in-class platform and pure cloud computing business model.

“During the most challenging economic period of the past 80 years, Learn.com was able to accelerate its growth by continuing to demonstrate its significant and unparalleled value proposition to new clients. Learn.com has always been the most innovative company in our space and once again we were pioneers by launching our Guaranteed ROI pledge to our clients. More and more clients were able to prove the many facets of hard and soft dollar savings and ROI using Learn.com. The results are irrefutable – training is how organizations realize excellence in execution. One watershed study points to firms’ investment in training as being the single most powerful predictor of stock price. Our unyielding dedication to client success and satisfaction using Learn.com products and people has paid dividends for our clients and in return, for Learn.com. While most of our competitors were downsizing this year, Learn.com added 25% more in net new headcount, and we are continuing to increase our employee base to maintain our peerless service to our clients. Even more satisfying than our great results is the positive impact Learn.com has had for our clients,” said Jim Riley, Chief Executive Officer at Learn.com.

Beyond deepening current strategic partnerships with some of the world’s biggest names new relationships were forged with Taleo (Nasdaq:TLEO), and others. These relationships further demonstrate that Learn.com improves business results and adds significant value to our partners’ ecosystems. These well planned partnerships allow Learn.com to penetrate new channels as well as provide Learn.com clients a one-stop-shop for pre-hire to retire solutions, with unmatched value, depth of functionality and ease of use.

“Our latest research shows that employee development is one of the most vital elements in a high-performing organization today,” said Josh Bersin, CEO of Bersin & Associates, a leading industry research and advisory services firm. “Taleo’s partnership with Learn.com now enables the company to offer a complete solution for corporate learning management.”

The relationship with Taleo brings together the unequivocal market leaders in our respective categories to provide the only pre-hire to retire unified talent management platform with a global footprint and world class capabilities and flexibility.

Another milestone was Learn.com’s launching of the World Wide Content Exchange and the Learn.com Personal Edition (http://my.Learn.com) which has over 30 structured job profiles with skills and curricula mapped to assist the US workforce in skill retraining in an unprecedented time of skill shift in the US Economy. Now any person in the world can access over 30,000 web based courses, live on line courses, college degree programs, accredited courseware for the Healthcare and manufacturing sector as well as course authoring and sharing.

Other YTD 2009 Accomplishments
• Again voted the best Enterprise Learning Management (LMS) system by the 50,000 readers of ELearning! Magazine (3rd Consecutive Year)
• Voted best Talent Management System by the 50,000 readers of ELearning! Magazine
• Over 95% Client Renewal Rates
• Opened and staffed an office in London, UK
• Announced Planned Cloud Computing Center in Amsterdam to support EMEA clients
• Enhanced the Learn.com Report Exchange to enable clients to share and download free custom reports they can share across their Learn.com applications
• Invested heavily in a state-of-the-art redundant infrastructure and state-of-the-art SAS 70 facility for its Cloud Computing clients – more speed, power and redundancy
• Added 224,000 subscribers with just one new client

Learn.com also added and expanded relationships with Enterprise clients such as: Pete’s Coffee, Sykes Enterprises, CKE Enterprises, Vermeer Corporation, Smith & Nephew, Intuit, Verigy, Orica USA, St. Jude Children’s Research, US Department of Commerce, Classic Residence by Hyatt, Cartier, Michelin North America, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, General Services Administration (GSA), Jackson Hewitt, Extra Space Storage, and hundreds of others.

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 

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Learn.com named as a Leading Talent Management Provider…from Learn.com

October 12, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity announced today that Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, talent management, and talent acquisition, named the company a leading provider in its latest study, Talent Management Systems 2010: Market Realities, Implementation Experiences, and Solution Provider Profiles. The study also highlights Learn.com’s development innovation; compliments the company’s completeness of vision and newest product modules, SkillScore and MyProfile.

According to the study, “Learn.com has consistently been one of the fastest-growing and financially solvent companies in the learning management market. Today the company offers a broad set of features for performance management, career and succession management, compensation management, and recruitment management in one product – the LearnCenter platform. A talent management system, the LearnCenter platform rests on a single database to manage employee profiles, competencies, jobs, organizational hierarchies and content across all of the talent management process. We believe that the Learn.com is well-suited for U.S.-based organization that would like an integrated LMS, LCMS, collaboration and performance management solution. The product’s ease of implementation and ease of use are appealing to organizations with limited IT and HR administration teams. “

“LearnCenter is well-suited for organizations of all sizes requiring an integrated performance management solution,” said Josh Bersin, president of Bersin & Associates.

“The recent partnership between Taleo and Learn.com, will bring together Taleo Development competitive performance management product and today’s 100% SaaS, primary “go to market partner”, Learn.com,” Bersin stated in his blog titled Taleo 10. “The Learn.com partnership is likely to go well.”

According to the Bersin & Associates study, “Learn.com has experienced a high growth rate within the last year and has gained significant market share, and Learn.com is in the top 10 providers in market share by revenue.” Also highlighted in the study are Learn.com’s advanced social tools to support informal and social learning in enable employees to easily share knowledge, collaborate with co-workers and leverage personal networks. According to the study, “The use of social tools is important in preparing for the next-generation solution provides with the growing use of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.”

Learn.com is also named among the vendors with a strong internal development effort, continuously enhancing the platform to ensure better integration with other modules and more features. According to the study, “Internal development allows the solutions provider to focus on building high-valued integration points, integration workflow and process management, and designing a streamlined user experience.”

Currently, Learn.com offers strong profile management allowing users to update their own profiles on a field by field basis, with users will also able to control data viewing by role. This will streamline succession planning, modeling performance and focusing on true skills and work history. Learn.com also offers its own collaboration tool, the WebRoom, making the LearnCenter platform a unique system.

To access the full Bersin & Associates Report visit the Bersin & Associates website, www.bersin.com.

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 
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Bersin & Associates Completes In-Depth Research Bulletin on the Buyer’s Need for an Adaptive LMS…from Learn.com

September 8, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced recently that Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, has completed an in-depth research bulletin, titled The Latest in Enterprise Learning & Talent Management – Learn.com: Update on a Fast Growing LMS Company. In this bulletin, Josh Bersin, President and Founder of Bersin & Associates examines the changing market for learning management systems, and discusses how Learn.com has evolved its strategy to continue its growth and success.

Bersin & Associates, a leading authority for the LMS and HR systems market, highlights one major customer satisfaction issue in this bulletin (Volume 4, Issue 31) that continues to come up – the need for an “Adaptable LMS”.  The research points to the challenge of automating training and knowledge-related business processes, which is compounded by the fact that most companies have unique training processes and business requirements and each tracks its own key performance indicators. As a result of these challenges, LMS systems have had to deal with hundreds of configuration options, customizations and customer driven changes. The research suggests that this is the single biggest challenge buyers have in their LMS implementation and deployment process and that almost all LMS systems receive poor marks in these areas.

“LMS systems have had to deal with hundreds of configuration options, customizations and customer driven changes. Vendors have struggled with this for years and, even today, the single biggest challenge buyers have in their LMS implementation is the customization of the system to meet their particular business requirements. This is where Learn.com has some unique advantages,” said Josh Bersin, President and Founder of Bersin & Associates.

The Bersin & Associates Research Bulletin highlights some of Learn.com’s Adaptability Advantages as: 

-      The Learn.com platform is a true SaaS platform, enabling customers to login, customize the system, administer their environment and manage the system without the need to implement any in-house software. All customers run on the same “version” of the platform in a “multitenant” environment. Learn.com benefits from this since all of the company’s customers run on the same version of the LMS software.

-      The user experience is fully configurable (CSS-enabled)

-      The platform includes content management, collaboration and other generalized tools that go beyond learning. This means that the platform is really an end-to-end “portal system” in addition to an LMS.

-      The platform has a unique capability to build “sub-LearnCenters” in a tree-like structure. This means that, once an organization implements Learn.com, they can build “sub-portals” which can either inherit all the setup and configuration options or operate with a totally different look, feel, workflow and set of business rules – all without ever having to customize the software source code.

“Since Learn.com is the only LMS that provides such extreme flexibility without the need for custom programming, our clients get a custom solution in less time, for less cost, with greater reliability and scalability.  The more than 2,500 system administrators of our Global clients agree that Learn.com’s extreme adaptability to any business need for both internal and external audiences is a major contributor to their successful initiatives.  The bottom line is simple – our clients get better results,” said Jim Riley, Chief Executive Officer at Learn.com.    

To download a copy of this report please visit www.learn.com/adaptive

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 
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Learn.com Names New Executive Director of Product Marketing…from Learn.com

June 27, 2009

 

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that David Wilkins, former Senior Director of Product Strategy at Mzinga (formerly KnowledgePlanet) has been named the company’s Executive Director of Product Marketing.

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

“As Learn.com continues to grow, we wanted a seasoned professional to help shape our message and provide strategic insight into market direction and emerging growth opportunities. We are confident Dave has the passion, leadership, strategic vision, and the deep industry experience to help Learn.com extend its existing industry leadership and historical position as the #1 vendor in our space,” said JW Ray Chief Operating Officer at Learn.com.

In his new role, David will assume oversight of all product marketing activities at Learn.com, including market requirement documents, analyst relationships, and product messaging. David has over 15 years of experience in the learning and social networking space in various roles, including senior positions in product development, sales support, and product marketing.

As a well-known industry thought leader, David has spoken at over 40 conferences and has been published in every major trade magazine in the learning and talent management space, including Talent Management, Chief Learning Officer, T+D, Training, Learning Solutions, and Learning Circuits. David has also been an early adopter of social media technologies such as Twitter, and is a recognized expert in the emerging concept of social learning.

“I am thrilled to be a part of the Learn.com team. For some time now, I’ve been keenly interested in the merger between traditional talent development practices and social talent management models. With its comprehensive suite of tools and services, Learn.com is the company best positioned to address both the formal and social aspects of talent development,” said David Wilkins, Executive Director of Product Marketing at Learn.com.

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 
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Saba Offers Groundbreaking Learning Exchange Program…from Saba

June 24, 2009

 

Special Offer for SumTotal Customers Makes it Easy to Migrate to Saba Learning and Implement a Solid Foundation for People Management that Drives Organizational Transformation

HRchitect featured Saba in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Saba participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. A.G. Lambert, the VP of Marketing with Saba will appear on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 14, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today announced a groundbreaking learning management system (LMS) exchange as a limited-time offer for qualified SumTotal customers. Available now, this offer is designed to provide an option for SumTotal customers to take advantage of Saba’s award-winning people management solutions at attractive prices.

“By electing to participate in the exchange program, customers will be gaining a business partner that is dedicated to continued investment in innovation as well as support for both OnDemand and on-premise customers,” said A.G. Lambert, vice president of marketing for Saba. “We are pleased to provide customers facing uncertainty in their vendor’s product investment and direction with a cost-effective alternative that can mitigate risk.”

By selecting Saba, organizations are partnering with the market leader. Saba’s financial strength, product breadth, and worldwide customer depth have positioned Saba at the forefront of the learning technology marketplace. Saba recently received the Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Award for Vendor Innovation, where the Saba Knowledge Center was recognized for its ability to deliver Web 2.0 collaboration, recommendation, and search capabilities that improve learning effectiveness. In addition, Chief Learning Officer Magazine awarded Saba with the top prize, Gold, in the “Excellence in LMS” category for the publication’s Learning in Practice Awards.

About the SumTotal Learning Exchange Offer
The exchange program is available to all current SumTotal learning customers irrespective of their deployment model. The exchange program provides participating customers with the ability to select Saba Learning either on premise or OnDemand, with discounts available for each. For customers electing to take advantage of a more complete approach to organizational learning that includes social learning, virtual classrooms, and enterprise-wide knowledge capture, the exchange program also provides additional incentives for Saba Centra and Saba Collaboration. 

In order to streamline the transition to Saba Learning, Saba offers a proven migration methodology and toolset. The Saba migration methodology and toolset was developed and validated in conjunction with converting to Saba Learning more than 100 customers previously using a different LMS.

Qualified SumTotal customers will have until November 30, 2009, to take advantage of the Saba offer. For more information, please visit http://www.saba.com/products/sumtotal-replacement/

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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Learn.com Launches The Learn.com Personal Edition Featuring Skill Score…from Learn.com

June 5, 2009

 

Provides A Worldwide Knowledge Exchange Connecting Individuals with “Job Ready” Skill Development And Potential Employers with “Job Ready” Individuals

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, today became the first company in history to provide a single, integrated platform for those seeking skill improvement for a particular job profile and those seeking to hire skilled, “job ready” workers.

The Learn.com Personal Edition is built on the Learn.com LearnCenter platform, trusted by Fortune 500 companies and top government agencies for over decade. Allowing members to achieve a Skill Score ranking – a number reflecting their skill and knowledge for their selected Job Profile – the platform gives employers a way besides a resume to evaluate whether candidates will be ready to go and make a positive impact on day one.

“We believe the Skill Score will become as important as a credit score within the next few years,” said Learn.com President and CEO Jim Riley.  He continued, “This new tool not only gives job seekers an important edge in today’s economy, it also helps employers make better decisions about whom they hire.”

For the first time ever, the Learn.com Personal Edition gives people the skills they need, exactly when they need them – on demand.  For job seekers and others wanting to improve career skills and earn a top Skill Score to show job readiness, Learn.com offers subscriptions to online training courses from industry experts, or users can simply select a job profile and receive all the relevant training required for that position.  Learn.com also offers access to the world’s largest library of courses in software, sales, communications and courses created by members, as well as compliance and continuing education courses for fields such as nursing, teaching and accounting.

“Employees at all levels of organizations need ongoing workforce development to stay current and certified in their chosen profession,” said Josh Bersin, CEO of Bersin & Associates, an leading industry analyst firm in enterprise learning and talent management.  “Learn.com’s Personal Edition addresses this need by giving people in all professions as well as the unemployed access to a wide variety of internal and external training and certification in a very easy to use environment. We think Learn.com’s approach is innovative and highly valuable to employees and employers in organizations of any size.”

Whether the goal is to earn a degree, read the latest abstracts or just take a personal development course, like how to negotiate, there’s truly something for everyone with the Personal Edition.  People can even publish their own courses and receive a percentage of the revenue their courses generate.

Riley maintains, “Ideal for people wishing to increase their knowledge and skill level on any subject, or to share their knowledge and domain expertise with the world, the Personal Edition from Learn.com is the place to go.  It truly is the world’s first and only on-demand knowledge network. This platform fully supports President Obama’s call for a rigorous new approach to higher education and technical training by launching a comprehensive new skill development platform.”

Get your Skill Score at http://My.Learn.com

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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TEDS Integrated Talent Management System Recognized…from TEDS

June 3, 2009

 

Latest validation of pioneering system in analyst’s new study

HRchitect featured TEDS in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Bersin & Associates, a leading analyst in the fields of Talent Management, Learning Management and human capital development, has recognized TEDS’ fully integrated Talent Management system in their recent industry study, Learning Management Systems 2009. “TEDS Talent Management Solution is an integrated technology platform designed to handle all aspects of learning and talent management,” the report said. “The company was one of the first providers to see the value of an employee development, management and planning system. Overall, the system is far-reaching and complete in its vision for integrated learning and talent management.”

TEDS, Inc. is a Virginia-based software development and consulting firm that provides talent management systems and support services for world-class companies and organizations throughout the U.S. and around the world. The company developed and launched the first Learning Management System ( LMS ) in 1989 and soon began integrating other elements of human capital planning, development and management. The current version of TEDS’ Talent Management System integrates learning, performance, competencies, succession, compensation, workforce planning, talent acquisition and staffing on one platform utilizing a single database.

Bersin & Associates’ Learning Management Systems 2009 goes on to say, “TEDS pioneered the development of an integrated platform for employee development and management. In fact, the company was ahead of its time – often promoting and selling the benefits of workforce management before most companies realized the potential benefits of an integrated system.”

The report also recognized TEDS’ dedication to customer service and satisfaction. “TEDS also prides itself on a deep level of involvement, engagement and understanding of its customers,” the study concludes. “The company’s TEDS Consortium is a collaborative group of customers who learn from each other to understand how to build talent management strategies, initiatives and solutions. In these early days of integrated talent management, we believe such an initiative is highly valuable and important for a customer’s success.”

“We commend Bersin & Associates’ team for another outstanding study and analysis of market trends, company practices and vendor offerings in the learning and talent management industry,” said Joe Ellis, TEDS’ CEO. Learning Management Systems 2009 is a detailed and comprehensive work and we are proud of the recognition the study gives to TEDS and our work on fully integrated talent management.”

For more information on TEDS, please visit www.teds.com

 
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