Training Industry Magazine - July/August 2017 - 67

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Callidus Software, a global leader in
cloud-based sales, marketing, learning
and customer experience solutions,
announced today that it has acquired
Learning Heroes, an innovative and
disruptive provider of education
content that has been saving the world
from boring e-learning. The acquisition
enhances the CallidusCloud Litmos
Mobile Learning Platform, adding over
150 e-learning modules and 1,000
blended learning resources.
International Institute for Learning
(IIL), a global training provider, acquired
Orbital Training and Consulting. This
allows IIL to bolster its professional
services and better serve its European
clients. Orbital has worked on many
successful corporate innovation projects
by building understanding, planning
and management in systematic and
robust ways. This acquisition aligns with
IIL's core values, "Intelligence, Integrity
and Innovation."

Relias Learning, a trusted partner
in online analytics, assessments, and
learning for the healthcare market,
announced the acquisition of Boise,
ID-based WhiteCloud Analytics. When
combined with Relias' learning and
assessments tools, analytics is more
powerful. Relias can now offer clients
targeted end-to-end solutions that
blend delivery of care analytics with
adaptive learning to provide for the
improvement of measurable outcomes,
as well as increased ROI.

Marlin Equity Partners acquired
NYSE Governance Services, Inc. from
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and
renamed it as True Office Learning. True
Office is a leading provider of analyticsrich, interactive e-learning software
and services, specializing in GRC. Its
cloud-based adaptive training and
analytics platform connects e-learning
to advanced behavioral data, enabling
organizations to rapidly build and
deliver solutions utilizing analytics to
drive better business outcomes.

Franklin Covey Co.,
a
global
firm specializing in organizational
performance improvement, acquired
Robert Gregory Partners, an executive
coaching firm based in Dublin, Ohio,
with offices in New York and Los Angeles,
to provide add-on coaching services for
FranklinCovey content and solutions
delivered through the FranklinCovey
All Access PassTM.

Xactly, a leading provider of cloudbased incentive solutions, is to be
acquired by Vista Equity Partners, a
leading private equity firm focused
on investments in software, data
and technology-enabled businesses.
Affiliates of Vista will acquire all
outstanding shares of Xactly common
stock for a total value of approximately
$564 million.

INDUSTRY NE WS
A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
DESIGNED TO HELP WOMEN THRIVE
Creative + Talent + Partners, a leading
employee-training company, in partnership
with Verbal Courage, a coaching and
training company for women, is launching
Empowership, a comprehensive researchdriven
professional
development
program designed to help women across
all industries. It provides companies
and individuals with twelve months of
development tools, personalized content,
group coaching, as well as access to
an exclusive "Women of Wisdom"
mentorship community led by 25 top
women executives.
VALIDATE COURSES
AGAINST QUALITY BENCHMARKS
The Learning and Performance Institute
released
its
new
independent

endorsement program for courses,
training materials and learning programs.
Learning Programme Endorsement (LPE)
combines a set of rigorous standards
developed through leading members of
the learning community, and external
review by experienced LPI assessors,
to identify key factors that determine
quality in the design and delivery of
learning programs and services.
NEW DIGITAL LEADERSHIP
ACCELERATION PLATFORM
DDI is bringing leadership development
to your fingertips with the release of
its new cloud-based digital leadership
acceleration platform. The platform
revolutionizes the corporate learning
experience by providing a single online
portal from which learners and trainers
can access learning materials and tools
anytime, anywhere, using any device.

CUSTOMIZABLE
COURSEWARE TRAINING PACKAGE
eLearning Brothers is offering a
new package called Customizable
Courseware. It is a fully designed and
developed training package that includes
the eLearning source files, classroom
materials and PowerPoint presentations.
The eLearning team gets the source files
in all of the major authoring tools, and
the classroom materials for instructorled training (ILT) are bundled with the
eLearning. No other company offers
this package.

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