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- Select a Learning Management System
- Many organizations are migrating to online Learning Management Systems LMSs as a way to contain employee training costs. Because employees can access online training from virtually any location with an Internet connection, an LMS can significantly reduce expenses associated with classroom-style training. And because the LMS is a centralized system,...
- Tags: Training, Learning Management System, LMS, E-learning, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- White papers 2007-12-01
- 10 Things You Can't Afford to Overlook When Selecting a Learning Management System (LMS)
- According to a recent industry survey of LMS buyers, content integration was ranked as the second-biggest challenge. Do not overlook this factor when selecting an LMS. Ideally, a person should seek out an LMS that provides administrators a method to upload content themselves, such as a Web-based upload form within...
- Tags: Learning Management System
- White papers 2007-05-17
- 10 Steps to Justifying a Learning Management System for Your Partner and Supplier Training
- External, non-employee stakeholders can dramatically affect a company's performance, for better or worse. How can organizations develop these stakeholders to the same level of competency and product knowledge as their internal employees? And how can organizations instill common messaging, brand identity, and quality practices across this extended enterprise? Many organizations...
- Tags: Partnership, Supplier, Training, Learning Management System, Business Structures, Finance
- White papers 2007-03-26
- 10 Steps to Justifying a Learning Management System for Your Partner and Supplier Training
- Many organizations have implemented learning and knowledge management strategies for their partner programs, backed by a Learning Management System LMS, to bridge this gap between internal and external stakeholders. Learning management systems have provided value to partner management organizations primarily by cutting training administration costs through automation, by replacing instructor-led...
- Tags: Partnership, Supplier, Training, Learning Management System, Business Structures, Finance
- White papers 2007-02-02
- In Focus: The Virtual Classroom
- More than 45,000 employees in 286 Toys 'R 'Us stores now have access to a new, computer-based learning management system. The company is using SumTotal System's Learning Management System LMS to more consistently track employee development. LMS delivers, analyzes and develops training through virtual classroom settings. The dashboard offers analytics...
- Tags: Learning Management System
- White papers 2006-08-07
- Authoring Blackboard Learning System Content With Macromedia Flash 8
- Many Learning Management Systems LMS now include HTML editors for simple content authoring, yet the functionality of these LMS content authoring tools is not particularly robust. Post-secondary institutions are looking beyond the content editors of most LMS's for a content authoring solution that allows automated production of interactive, media-rich, reusable...
- Tags: Macromedia Inc., Macromedia Flash, Learning Management System
- White papers 2006-06-02
- Where Is the Learning in E-Learning?: A Critical Analysis of the E-Learning Industry
- Technologies such as Learning Management Systems LMS and Learning Content Management Systems LCMS are like vending machines. While it is important that they work well, what is more important is what they dispense. Having a LMS or a LCMS without effective online instruction will not produce any significant learning results,...
- Tags: Analysis, Learning Management System, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2004-03-23
- An Analysis of Online Education and Learning Management Systems in the Nordic Countries
- This paper presents the results from an analysis of online education and Learning Management Systems LMS in the five Nordic countries. The analysis is based on literature review and in-depth interviews with 20 selected Nordic training managers. The analysis comprises a broad range of institutions from primary education, secondary education,...
- Tags: Education, Analysis, Learning Management System
- White papers
- Nortel Networks SSL VPN Solution Breaks Down Network Barriers and Provides Anywhere, Anytime Access
- The University of Calgary has a reputation for offering the highest quality of education to its 30,000 full- and part-time students. The Faculty of Medicine decided to build a learning management system that would serve to capture and share knowledge, integrate a range of applications, and foster collaboration among students,...
- Tags: VPN, SSL VPN, Microsoft Access, Network, Nortel Networks Corp., University Of Calgary, Learning Management System
- Case studies
- Adobe Systems Case Study: University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Teaching and Learning Center
- The University of Nevada, Las Vegas UNLV depends on its WebCT Learning Management System LMS to facilitate the integration of technology with campus learning and research activities. To get the most value from the features and functions in their LMS, the UNLV Teaching and Learning Center wanted to provide faculty...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., WebCT, Las Vegas, Learning Management System
- Case studies
- V&A Opts for ICE
- After many years of keeping its staff's skills and learning records on a specially constructed database, the V&A family of museums is trialing a Learning Management System LMS. The LMS - known as the In Tuition Customer Extranet ICE - has been designed by In Tuition and is being supplied...
- Tags: Training, Learning Management System, V&A, Workforce Management, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Oracle Case Study: Fources BV
- Fources advises on Human Resources Development HRD matters, supplies the educational infrastructure and, in collaboration with specialist partners, provides the actual training to its clients. Fources' head office is in Groningen with a branch in Bunnik. The issues faced was to enable distance co-operative learning programs and respond to increasing...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Learning Management System, Fources
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- What paper trail?
- I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....
- Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Talent development
- Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...
- Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Rumor Mill: iPhone to get copy, paste and better navi in firmware 2.1
- The most exciting thing around the watercooler today is the rumor that Apple has seeded iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers. MacNN sources tell them that they've found references to cut, copy and paste in the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj. Woot! According to the story the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Apple Inc., Firmware, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability
- The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...
- Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer
- Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer. From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gateway stops selling PCs direct
- Gateway, one of the early PC makers that sold their wares direct, said Friday it will sell its systems completely through channel partners and retailers. The company, now a part of Acer, said shifting to a channel-based distribution model will simplify its business and cut costs. ...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., PC, Acer Inc., Retail, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
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