Themen

IBM Unveils Cloud

To Break Down Collaboration Barriers

Armonk, NY (USA), July 2014 - IBM has introduced new cloud and on-premises social software to help clients better connect, collaborate, and share information with key stakeholders inside and outside their organizations. The latest version of the market-leading IBM Connections platform features an open and fully integrated suite of social and real-time collaboration, analytics, and content-management tools, all securely delivered on any screen or device. » MORE

Publication Excellence

Upside Learning Bags its Eighth APEX Award

Pune (IN), July 2014 - Upside Learning has won its eighth APEX award with the recently announced 2014 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence. The award, won under the Education & Training Electronic Media category, was for its "Information and Data Protection Game". This award takes the company's tally to eight APEX awards in eight years. » MORE

OpenSesame

Saba Marketplace Bolsters Its Talent Ecosystem

Bracknell (UK), June 2014 - Saba has announced Saba Marketplace's welcoming of HireRight and OpenSesame to its diverse ecosystem of third-party application partners for the Saba Cloud. First announced at the company's @Work 2014 annual global user conference, Saba Marketplace seamlessly integrates numerous applications across learning, talent, and HRMS into a single interface, simplifying and accelerating talent sourcing, employee development, and collaboration. » MORE

Medical Education

Learning Technology Proves Essential for CME Accreditation

Vicky Jones, CommeliusWest Sussex (UK), July 2014 - The new eLearning programme sponsored by Systagenix, the global wound-care company, has been awarded a CME credit by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME). The honor came because the programme meets essential and desirable criteria set by the European Union of Medical Specialists. » MORE

IMC Learning Suite

One of the Top Three eLearning Systems Worldwide

Saarbruecken (GER), July 2014 - The IMC Learning Suite has reached third place in the recently published, international LMS Mid-Year Ranking Report 2014. The report is deemed an important foundation for decision-making by eLearning professionals searching for an appropriate system. The ranking is published periodically by analyst Craig Weiss, who is one of the most influential individuals in the eLearning community with his eLearning 24/7 blog. » MORE

Around the World

PANDORA Finds a Learning Jewel

Genoa (I), July 2014 - As PANDORA, the global jewelry firm, has been expanding its operations - currently into eighty countries - it has discovered the value of using eLearning to ensure that its sales teams around the world sell the right products to the right people. Per Ferdinandsen, PANDORA's eLearning Manager - based at the company's Copenhagen headquarters - explained, "eLearning materials are valuable because they're available to everyone and present a coherent message." » MORE

Business Division Honors

The 2014 International eLearning Awards

New York, NY (USA), June 2014 - iELA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 International eLearning Awards, Business Division. Winners were announced in New York at the International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace (ICELW). Submissions for the 2014 Academic Division awards are open now! Entries are due by 15 July, 2014. » MORE

Fifth Time in a Row

Speexx Wins Top Global-Learning Award

The members of the international panel of experts of the Worlddidac Award 2014Munich (GER), June 2014 - Speexx, a global provider of online language training, has been awarded the prestigious Worlddidac Award. The Worlddidac Association's international judging panel found Speexx to be a highly innovative learning solution. The official award ceremony is to take place on 28 October 2014, on the eve of the Worlddidac Basel event in Switzerland. » MORE

Public Services

Totara LMS Earns U.S. Army Certificate of Networthiness

Bend, OR (USA), June 2014 - Totara LMS has received the U.S. Army's Certificate of Networthiness, enabling the learning-management system software to be used with Army systems. Totara, a custom distribution learning-management software designed to deliver the benefits and cost savings of open-source software to government and corporate clients, will work with ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services Company, on implementation for federal clients. » MORE

Interactive eLearning

Online Hospitality Learning Resources

Ilkley (UK), June 2014 - Leading online-learning provider Virtual College has been working closely with hospitality-training experts to develop online hospitality learning resources that are compatible with a range of devices. » MORE