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e-Learning–taking a few lessons from IBM

That’s one side of the story but the other is that training has often been abused by many employees. Read the Full Article

Guard, U.K. make e-learning pact

Maureen Lischke, the Guard’s chief information officer and program executive officer for information systems, said a working agreement has been reached between the United States and the United Kingdom to establish a co-laboratory at the University of Wolverhampton in England. Read the Full Article

eKnowledge Secures Contracts With Over 250 Government Entities Upon Release of Public Sector Training Essentials

Programs are designed specifically for public sector employees. Read the Full Article

Deloitte Consulting selects Click2Learn’s Aspen Platform for Content Development

Click2learn (NASDAQ: CLKS) today announced that Deloitte Consulting has selected the Aspen Content Development Server™ to develop content for some of its clients’ training initiatives. Deloitte Consulting will use Aspen’s LCMS capabilities primarily to create interactive and reusable course content, or learning objects, for its global client base. "Using Aspen, we’ll be able to rapidly […]

E-learning companies are facing difficulties

Last week’s collapse of the planned acquisition of Lexington’s Centra Software Inc. by a Silicon Valley company underscored the difficulties facing the market for companies that sell training software and content. Read the Full Article

Cargill Switches to KnowledgeNet for Worldwide Employee Development

KnowledgeNet® Inc., the leading supplier of next-generation e-learning solutions, today announced that Cargill, an international marketer, processor, and distributor of agricultural, food, financial and industrial products and services, has chosen KnowledgeNet to provide Web-based courseware that aligns with Cargill’s e-learning strategy. KnowledgeNet’s extensive library of next-generation courseware will replace Cargill’s existing library, and will be […]

Saba Helps Amazon.com Extend E-Learning Solutions

Saba announced that global online retailer Amazon.com has expanded access to Saba3 Release4 to encompass its entire global workforce. Amazon.com will leverage the Saba platform to continue supporting its operational excellence goals and to add capabilities to manage redundant employee development and communication initiatives across the company. In May of 1999, Amazon.com deployed the Saba […]

SmartForce/Centra merger off

Tough time for e-learning as big guns cancel deal Read the Full Article

Click2Learn to post greater loss than anticipated

The company said it expects to report a loss, excluding charges, of $2.8 million to $3.2 million, or 12 cents to 13 cents a share. Read the Article

E-learning goes to head of the class

The Northeast Regional Computer Program – NERCOP – conference provided a forum for IT professionals and educators from Northeast colleges to exchange best practices for using technology to improve how schools educate students and operate daily. Read the Full Article