Product Review: BlueVolt

The BlueVolt LMS is a power rich extended enterprise system, that despite a few minor misfires is a system that easily can be recommended.

Product Review: Cornerstone OnDemand

Cornerstone OnDemand’s Learner Cloud LMS contains an extensive set of features and options, but what hurts it is an outdated UI, a confusing catalog component and those same features – which can be overwhelming more times than not.

2011 LMS Award Winners plus a quick note on m-learning

2011 brought about more outstanding systems then in previous years. While there are many systems that could be slotted in for this year’s winners, from a feature standpoint, general ease of use (sans TM), and overall trend watching, these were selected.

Selecting a LMS: Which one is the right one for you?

Selecting the right LMS doesn’t begin with feature sets or even components. Rather it should be based on your segment – i.e. education/academia or corporate, then and only then, should features come into play.

LMS Extended Enterprise Systems

Nowadays there are more extended enterprise systems, but some are not what they truly claim to be. There are specs required to be an EE, and today there are nextgen systems that offer everything from marketing to sales tools in their products.

Latest E-Learning Insight and News

Latest insight on trends in the market and forecasts covering talent management, mobile, extended enterprise, and SaaS. Plus top three open source systems for academia/education and the new LMS demo shop coming to this blog.

It’s Demo Time

Typically the first thing people do when interested about a system, is to request a demo. You would think this would be a simple and pain free experience. Yet for some vendors, simple doesn’t exist but pain does – and it all comes to you wrapped up in a “chat”.

Award for all awards

Award season is upon us already. The problem is that some organizations give out multiple awards under multiple categories, with multiple winners. As such, it is creating confusion in the marketplace.

LMS Q and A

A lot of people are asking questions when it comes to learning management systems. The questions posted are ones that are rarely asked, but should be, because they can have an impact.

What’s hurting the LMS market

The learning management system market is breaking sales records and for many vendors increasing their market share and thus their bottom line. But while this is great news, the sad reality is the market as a whole is hurting and in the end its impact, will affect all of us.