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No Zero-Day Thanks to Blended Learning
Friedrichsdorf (GER), September 2014 - The Augsburg diocese has avoided problems related to Microsoft's termination of support and security updates for Windows XP and Office 2003 by migrating to Windows 7 and Office 2010. The ambitious goal was that 2,500 employees should be capable of using the new versions without interruption and with the same level of productivity as soon as the technical migration was completed in the first half of 2014. The challenge included the fact that the diocese has a large regional presence, with 23 deaneries in many locations. » MORE
Kydon Signs Partnership Agreement with eXact learning
Genoa (I) / Singapore (SGP), September 2014 - Kydon Learning Systems Institute, a provider of learning technologies and technology-enhanced learning solutions in Singapore and Asia, has signed a partnership agreement with Italy-based eXact learning solutions, a digital-learning-content-management business-solution provider. Under the agreement, Singapore-based Kydon will act as the reseller for eXact learning solutions' learning-content- management system (LCMS) in Singapore and Malaysia, with potential extension to other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. » MORE
Adobe Captivate and SuccessFactors Earn Leader Status
Chicago, IL (USA), September 2014 - The business-software review site G2 Crowd has released its inaugural GridSM report for Training and eLearning software. The work ranks seven products to help HR software buyers in their selections based on more than 110 reviews from HR professionals. The GridSM, G2 Crowd's software recommendation engine, factors in customer satisfaction reported by users and vendor market presence determined from social and public data to rank products. » MORE
The Top Five Rules of Social Media Etiquette
New York, NY (USA), September 2014 - Social media are quickly becoming a direct means of driving company revenue, but the ways that brands can earn attention authentically on these platforms is still largely misunderstood. Even as social media evolve as a marketing tool, the fact remains that their primary purpose is for sharing information that educates, inspires, entertains, and provides context for meaningful dialogue. » MORE
Collaborative Employee Development
Redwood Shores, CA (USA), August 2014 - Saba, a global provider of cloud-based intelligent talent-management solutions, has delivered the latest version of its product. It includes many unique features for more holistic, collaborative employee learning and development. » MORE
Benefits for Major US Educational Publisher
Genoa (I), August 2014 - Carson-Dellosa Publishing, a leading supplementary educational- solutions provider for both teachers and parents in the United States, has chosen eXact learning solutions' learning-content-management system (LCMS) to be the foundation of its digital-content infrastructure, providing digital asset management and educational content authoring and deployment. » MORE
EdTrIn Reveals Its Innovative Business Model
Sheffield (UK), August 2014 - At an event that attracted the UK's top suppliers of online-delivered learning content, held at the end of July in the Australian High Commission in The Strand, London, Graeme Coomber, CEO of EdTrIn explained his organisation's aim. The firm aspires to manage a lifetime of learning for large numbers of the world's population - beginning with those living in the Asia-Pacific, Indian sub-Continent, and MENA regions. » MORE
Security and Support Prompts NMP to Opt for Docebo
Naples (I), August 2014 - When New Market Partners (NMP), a USA-based program-services company focusing on the financial-services sector, realized that increases in demand for its training programs meant that it had to deliver those programs online, it chose the Docebo eLearning Platform to help it do so. » MORE
IMC Help Organisations Meet Workplace Diversity
Melbourne (AU) / Saarbrücken (GER), August 2014 - Helping employees interpret legislation and develop sound judgment about appropriate workplace behaviour is critical to an organisation's success. Developing effective and engaging training in-house can be a challenge. To ease this burden on organisations, IMC have joined forces with their longstanding Australian partner BeyondEdge to provide two interactive eLearning workplace-behaviour modules. » MORE
Training Initiative for Soldiers Returning to Civilian Life
Waltham, MA (USA), August 2014 - The U.S. Army, General Motors, and Raytheon Company have announced they are teaming up to provide eligible transitioning Army soldiers with skills to become service technicians at GM dealerships after they return to civilian life. » MORE