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Advertisement CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER whitepaper Best-of-Breed/ Partnership Models: • Feature one key focus area with strategic integration partnerships in other areas. • Offer greater depth and expertise in the core area. • Feature highly proficient partner vendors with deep levels of knowledge in respective areas. • Are consultative and full-service oriented. The Growth of SaaS and Best-of-Breed LMS Software as a service (SaaS) now accounts for up to 70 percent of all e-learning and Web conferencing, making it easier for learning leaders to assemble best-of-breed solutions that deliver world-class functionality quickly and cost-effectively. Although technologyenabled learning has been around for a while, enterprisewide learning technology has become increasingly complex and more strategic over the last few years. New trends in online learning and an increasing emphasis on learning’s impact on business results have spurred the development of new learning management systems (LMS) and an increasingly dizzying array of choices. Costs continue to rise as organizations seek increasingly sophisticated LMS functionality, powerful learning tools and advanced analytics capabilities. In some cases, the high cost of implementing and hiring the IT staff needed to maintain an enterprise LMS has become prohibitive. Compounding this problem are increasingly dispersed workforces, partner networks and customer bases that require access to learning from across the country and around the world. SaaS is quickly catching on as the preferred way for organizations to acquire access to business applications because it eliminates the headaches, hassles and risks associated with on-premises software. that meets their unique business demands and solves their unique organizational challenges. SaaS (also called “on-demand”) is a software solution that is hosted and supported by a vendor as a service, which users access via the Internet without the need to deploy and maintain an on-premise IT infrastructure. A well-established SaaS vendor focuses on key strength areas and has developed strong partnerships to provide “best-of-breed” solutions that meet the organization’s identified needs on a broader scale. For example, GeoLearning is an on-demand LMS platform provider that has developed partnerships with industry leaders that offer complementary tools. In addition to its LMS, GeoLearning provides clients with SuccessFactors for performance manage- On-demand SaaS solution providers: • Sell a software product and a set of services to help you select and integrate with other third-party products as needed. • Partner with other best-of-breed vendors and provide a single point of contact. • Provide strategy, content development, content planning, customization, implementation and training services. • Can offer a single point of contact and training administration in addition to technology support. • Sell software and services, with a focus on making sure you are satisfied with the overall solution, including third-party products. As the enterprise LMS moves beyond simply operating as a training tool and evolves into a critical component of a company’s suite of software, the LMS also must be able to integrate with other applications and ensure a seamless user interface and functionality across the spectrum. The problem for consumers is how to select an LMS solution that meets their business needs and integrates with the organization’s overall IT infrastructure. ment, WebEx for Web conferencing and KnowledgeAdvisors for training analytics as part of its overall best-of-breed solution — and therefore offers an integrated suite of products and services with deep and rich functionality. This is in contrast to traditional on-premises software vendors that offer a suite of products with broad, but sometimes shallow, expertise. SaaS is quickly catching on as the preferred way for organizations to acquire access to business applications because it eliminates all the headaches, hassles and risks associated with traditional on-premises software. SaaS & Best-of-Breed Go Hand-in-Hand Increasingly, organizations are turning to SaaS technology to implement an LMS Sponsored by GeoLearning

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Editor's Letter Table of Contents Letters to the Editor Taking the Lead Trends Best Practices Effectiveness Guest Editorial Elements of Social Media Arrive on the Learning Scene Trend Micro: Making Learning More Modular CLO Profile Learning’s Role in Talent Management INTTRA: Using Global Learning to Better Enable Talent Management Operationalizing Communities of Practice U.S. Army: Sharing Lessons from the Field Looking Back, Moving Forward Leveraging Business Data to Develop Strategic Learning Solutions Chrysler LLC: Metrics, Score Cards and Automobiles Advertisers' Index Editorial Resources Connecting the Dots: Recognizing Talent Development Differences at Nonprofits Nonprofits in Health Care: Learning at ENH Case Study Business Intelligence Case Study In Conclusion

Chief Learning Officer - October 2007

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