Themen

Comartis AG

Reto Schilliger is New Vice President of Marketing & Sales

Baar (CH), June 2007 - Reto Schillinger has joined Comartis AG, a Swiss provider of individual eLearning, eBusiness, and eMarketing solutions as its new Vice President Marketing & Sales. In this function, Mr. Schilliger will expand Comartis' marketing and sales activities in Europe and the U.S. » MORE

Strategic Partnership

Business Communications and Culture Training Unite

Brisbane, CA (US) / London (UK), June 2007 - GlobalEnglish Corporation and Transnational Management Associates Limited (TMA) recently announced a strategic partnership. GlobalEnglish® is one of the leading online English learning and support service providers for business communication. TMA is a global leader in training programs and eLearning solutions. It focuses on the challenges of managing and communicating across borders in the complex 21st-century workplace. » MORE

Pan-European eLearning

Translation Deal Promises to Bring Down Borders

Oslo (NO), June 2007 - Europe's business trainers will be able to deliver local-language eLearning courses to international staff at the touch of a button thanks to a new partnership just sealed between enterprise eLearning software specialists Mohive and translation experts LanguageWire. » MORE

Collaborative Elements

Wimba Announces Integration with Moodle

New York, NY (US), June 2007 - Wimba, the education technology company that helps people teach people, has announced that its collaborative software for online education now integrates with Moodle, an Open Source virtual learning environment. Integration with Moodle simplifies institutional deployment of Wimba's rich collaborative technologies and reduces training and support for faculty. Wimba has invested in Moodle integration to assist its clients drive adoption of education technology. » MORE

ManageMentor® 10

New Release within a Media-rich, Interactive Design

Cambridge, MA (US), June 2007 - Harvard Business School Publishing has announced Harvard ManageMentor® 10, the new version of its flagship online management resource. Presented within a media-rich, interactive design, the tool can be used both as on-demand help and also as an eLearning program. Harvard ManageMentor 10 features more than forty modules with practical advice, downloadable tools, and time-saving tips on key management topics to build skills quickly for an immediate impact on performance. » MORE

Remote Learning

ESC Lille Announces Partnership with Crossknowledge

Paris (FR), June 2007 - Leading French business school the Lille School of Management (ESC Lille) has teamed up with one of the European leaders in eLearning solutions, Crossknowledge, to provide students with a selection of online, remote distance-learning courses in business and management fundamentals. The courses will be available to all graduate and postgraduate students. » MORE

Change in Leadership

New Chairman of Eurofactor's Management Board

Issy les Moulineaux (FR), June 2007 - Jean-Pierre Vauzanges has been appointed Chairman of Eurofactor's Management Board. Eurofactor, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, is one of France's leading factoring companies and the foremost integrated factoring network in Europe. » MORE

Well-Positioned

SkillSoft Completes Acquisition of NETg

NASHUA, NH (USA), May 2007 - SkillSoft PLC has announced that it has completed the acquisition of NETg from the Thomson Corporation for approximately $270 million in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The combined entity will offer a robust multi-modal solution that includes online courses, simulations, video programs, and digitized books as well as complementary learning technologies. » MORE

UK Motor Industry

Shifting Further Education up a Gear

Hertford (UK), May 2007 - The UK motor industry has launched a unique initiative in support of the further education sector. The latter is responsible for training more than 50,000 young people registered in motor vehicle qualifications, including some 6,000 apprentices, annually. The main driving forces for the set up of the initiative are the relentless pace of vehicle technology, a need to recruit and train future technicians, and the requirement of ensuring the currency of lecturers' skills. » MORE

SumTotal Contracted

Online University for US Chamber of Commerce

Mountain View, CA (US), May 2007 - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has selected SumTotal Systems, Inc., a global provider of talent and learning management solutions, to build an online university for approximately 500 Chamber employees across the United States. The online university will be an easily accessible portal for employees to find information related to professional development, tap into best practices, and obtain compliance training. » MORE