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NewProducts: Collaboration online training, and interactive collaboration. It also has a remote control with remote reboot and file transfer. MXmeeting gives remote access to your office or home computers from anywhere. It requires no download of any kind by your attendees, and no IT maintenance is needed. For more information, access the Website www.zultys.com/webconferencing. PARTNERS DELIVER FULL COLLABORATION LinkedIn and IBM’s Lotus are partnering to integrate LinkedIn’s functionality and networking capabilities with Lotus Notes, Lotus Connections and the justannounced LotusLive.com. Professionals will be able to safely and efficiently start Web meetings, add business context to e-mail senders, and learn more about collaborators, colleagues, potential partners and prospects through integrated LinkedIn profiles. By integrating LinkedIn into Lotus Notes, users can add critical business context to the core communication experience in order to collaborate and communicate more efficiently. By providing direct access to LinkedIn, Lotus Connections lets its users effortlessly interact and communicate with the 34 million professionals on LinkedIn and allows users to access LinkedIn public profiles while using Lotus Connections. For more information and screenshots, visit the LinkedIn blog at: http://blog.linkedin.com/2009/01/19/linke din-and-lotus-partner-to-improve-enterprise-software. IMPROVING COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION ASPECTS Topyx from Interactyx Ltd. is based on the idea that knowledge is socially constructed. It improves the collaboration and communication aspects of the learning experience and creates a rich sense of community. Topyx liberates learners and educators, to create and share content, to collaborate with peers through advanced social networking tools, and to easily manage individual progress. Language localization of the platform is very easy, allowing simultaneous deployment in many different countries. The integrated Web 2.0 technologies create a modern social networking environment that will enhance and engage the learner. Also, Topyx is easy to use and customizable to fit the needs of a quickly growing market base that spans the corporate training, academic and “edutainment” markets. Not only can Topyx be used to distribute existing educational content, but Interactyx can assist organizations to source or design content to fit its educational needs. For more information, visit the Website www.interactyx.com. SCALABLE CONFERENCING, COLLABORATION SOLUTION MXmeeting from Zultys, Inc., is a nextgeneration collaboration solution that combines voice, desktop Web interaction, instant messaging, virtual meeting rooms, online presentations, training and demos — all with easy-to-use controls. MXmeeting builds on Zultys’ IP-PBX portfolio, which already supports integrated call handling, voicemail, gateways, presence server, and instant messaging server for up to 10,000 users. Both PC and Mac client devices are supported. MXmeeting provides Web conferencing for sales presentations, product demos, 46 February/March 2009 Elearning! http://www.zultys.com/webconferencing http://www.LotusLive.com http://blog.linkedin.com/2009/01/19/linkedin-and-lotus-partner-to-improve-enterprise-software http://www.interactyx.com

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Elearning - February/March 2009 Contents Editor’s Note News Social Networking Popular Learning Needs Technology On Competency Management IT Employment Drops Trendlines Deals Learning Roles in Talent Management Informal E-Learning and Web 2.0 Cover Story: Learning Your Way to Profits Collaboration Trends, Strategies 12 Wishes for LMSs, LCMSs Tips: Recession-Proofing Your Job Case Study: Military Training Case Study: City of Arlington, Va. New Products Pop Quiz Last Word

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