Elearning! Fall 2007 - (Page 8) News Best of Elearning! Accepting Nominations Market Share Leader in Global, Large-Scale LMS’s According to a recently published Bersin & Associates study, “Learning Management Systems 2008: Facts, Practical Analysis, Trends, and Vendor Profiles,” Saba is “the vendor with the most experience in global, large-scale (LMS) implementations.” According to the Bersin & Associates LMS study, “ability to scale” refers to a vendor’s ability to handle large, global client solutions with more than 10,000 learners spread over multiple countries and continents. With global sales and service operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia Pacific, Saba was also recognized in the report as having the largest average implementation size of any LMS vendor. “Saba was the LMS market pioneer,” says Josh Bersin, president of Bersin & Associates. “It virtually created and defined the market for enterprise-wide LMS’s. This most recent data demonstrates the company’s continued success.” Additionally, the LMS study noted that Saba now has a competitive, on-demand solution for the mid-market that is affordable and easy to deploy. According to the study, the mid-market is made up of organizations with fewer than 10,000 learners and often fewer than 5,000. Nominations are open for the annual “Best of Elearning! Awards,” now in their third year. Three categories have been added. Readers and professionals in the learning, CRM, sales and service fields can nominate providers of software, solutions, technology and content for the awards. “Unlike other awards programs, Elearning! magazine leaves nominations and selections of these awards to the experts who invest and deploy these products: our readers,” says Catherine Upton, Elearning! magazine’s publisher. More than 500 products received nominations last year. Online ballots can be submitted until Dec. 1. Use the Website http://elearning.b2bmediaco.com/2007_ballot.html. New Accreditation Program To Improve Worker Quality In response to calls from government and industry for a national system to better protect the public from under-qualified or unqualified workers, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will launch an accreditation program for the organizations that issue demand-based education and training certificates to U.S. workers. ANSI will partner with educators, industry and government experts to develop the standards of quality and procedural requirements upon which the new accreditation program will be based. “The quality of certificate programs in the United States varies widely,” says Lane Hallenbeck, ANSI vice president of accreditation services. “It is becoming increasingly difficult for consumers, employers, government agencies and others who rely upon a skilled workforce to identify which certificates are legitimate.” There is no nationwide regulation or monitoring consistently applied to all bodies that offer certificates — nor is there a nationally recognized set of criteria to qualify for any specific credential. The number of certificates that can be obtained via the Internet with virtually no requirement for training, experience or other qualifications is also growing rapidly. ANSI has formed an advisory panel to assist in designing the accreditation system. Interested parties from the education and credentialing communities, consumer organizations, industry and government are invited to join the panel. For additional information, contact Dr. Roy Swift at rswift@ansi.org or (202) 331-3617. 8 Fall 2007 Elearning! Expertus Named Leader In Training Outsourcing Expertus, a provider of strategic training outsourcing services, has been named one of TrainingOutsourcing.com’s top training outsourcers for 2007. The annual Top 20 list recognizes leading training outsourcing companies for their high quality of services, comprehensive capabilities, demonstrated expertise and experience in managing major BPO engagements, and significant impact on the industry. This is the second time Expertus has been recognized by TrainingOutsourcing.com. In 2006, Expertus appeared on its list of emerging outsourcing leaders. “Expertus has been on our radar for several years,” says Doug Harward, founder and CEO of TrainingOutsourcing.com. “This year, Expertus has seen significant growth and has impressed us with its ability to handle highly complex engagements and add significant value that goes beyond clients’ expectations. Expertus deserves to be in the upper echelon of training outsourcing.” For details on TrainingOutsourcing.com’s Top 20 list, go to http://trainingoutsourcing.com/to_news.asp?id=5842. For more information on Expertus, go to www.expertus.com or contact Mike Murrell at (919) 386-0135 or michaelm@expertus.com. http://elearning.b2bmediaco.com/2007_ballot.html http://TrainingOutsourcing.com?s http://TrainingOutsourcing.com http://TrainingOutsourcing.com http://TrainingOutsourcing.com?s http://trainingoutsourcing.com/to_news.asp?id=5842 http://www.expertus.com
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