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Dublin (IE), September 2016 - LearnUpon, a leading cloud-based LMS, has announced the release of a new Citrix GoToMeeting integration that also allows customers to integrate with GoToWebinar and GoToTraining. » MORE

Denver, CO (USA), September 2016 - Xyleme has announced its "Modernize your LCMS" program, a no-risk opportunity to try Xyleme for organizations currently using an LCMS. "Learning and development is continually challenged with the speed at which technology is changing. Xyleme's modern content platform (Xy5) employs the latest technologies and provides authoring and content-distribution tools to get ahead of the curve and focus on creating great content," commented Mark Hellinger, President and CEO of Xyleme. » MORE

Hong Kong (HK), September 2016 - NetDimensions has released a new edition of its native mobile app for tablets and smartphones, NetDimensions Talent Slate 2. "We are excited to launch NetDimensions Talent Slate 2, which was developed using a new cross-platform toolset to ensure feature consistency across all major mobile platforms," said Adrian Weaver, Director of Global Product Management at NetDimensions. "It is available now for iOS and Android devices, with the WIndows 10 version available from November." » MORE

Toronto (CA), September 2016 - Most businesses question the effectiveness of their learning-and-development (L&D) strategies in actually meeting business goals according to a new study by Brandon Hall Group (BHG) on the current state of L&D. The report, State of Learning and Development 2016: Ready to Evolve, surveyed nearly 500 small, medium, and large organizations in 22 countries and across 35 industries to develop a clear picture on the strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities for businesses from an L&D perspective. » MORE

London (UK) / Milano (I), September 2016 - Italian staffing firm Gi Group has acquired global training and consulting companies TACK and TMI. TACK is headquartered in the UK and operates through an international network of partners in 60 countries, from 54 global offices, designing and delivering training and consulting solutions in 35 languages for clients who span every industry, size, and scale. » MORE

Cirencester (UK), September 2016 - Financial mutual OneFamily has chosen Kallidus LMS, 360° and Performance to provide its employees with a single and centralised cloud-based learning and performance-management platform. » MORE

London (UK), September 2016 - Performance, knowledge, and learning-management-systems provider NetDimensions has been selected by global engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald as the provider of its cloud learning-management system (LMS).  » MORE

Heidelberg (GER), September 2016 - Wasa Kredit AB, a Swedish financial-services company based in Stockholm, offers financial services for the leasing of cars, computers, and appliances. It also provides hire purchase and personal loans. Wasa Kredit has been actively working with training and performance support, and with the help of the tt performance suite software, the company has now improved significantly in both areas. » MORE

London (UK), September 2016 - The Training Foundation, under the Training Accreditation Programme (TAP) has developed a wholly online, tutor-supported set of international qualifications offered by the Institute from 01 September 2016. » MORE

London / Gloucester (UK), September 2016 - The Student Loans Company (SLC) has successfully launched Totara LMS based Digital Learning Academy with Learning Nexus to help meet L&D objectives. In September 2015, the company issued a tender to find the right eLearning solution that would help deliver its leaning-and-development strategy to over 3000 staff at its sites in Glasgow, Darlington, and Llandudno Junction. Following a competitive tender exercise, the contract was awarded to Learning Nexus. » MORE

London (UK), September 2016 - With the increasing demand for student-focused courses, Marshall E-Learning, an eLearning consultancy for higher education, have designed a suite of courses in partnership with universities that is tailored to meet the mental, physical, and emotional needs of today’s students. » MORE

Lustmühle (CH), September 2016 - Avallain has joined forces with Westermann, one of the leading publishers of educational media in Germany, to develop a primary-math learning environment that supports truly differentiated learning, allowing teachers to respond to the needs of individuals. » MORE

Saratoga Springs, NY (USA), September 2016 - Elliott Masie, host of Learning 2016, has published a "Letter to Your Boss" for potential participants at Learning 2016, a global meeting to be held 23-26 October in Orlando, Florida.  » MORE

Genoa (I), September 2016 - In September’s new release of its learning-content-management system (LCMS), global learning company eXact learning solutions is expanding users’ authoring options. In particular, it’s introducing a companion to "HM", its XML-based templates library for generating eLearning content. The new feature is called 'Document Model' (DM). » MORE

Birmingham (UK), September 2016 - This year’s World of Learning Conference is set to bring L&D theory and innovation into practice for delegates, as experts leading the way in performance excellence share insights and case studies within an engaging and interactive environment. » MORE

London (UK), September 2016 - The Learning Technologies Awards has published its shortlist for its upcoming 2016 awards programme, with 200 individual organisations from across the world represented in eighteen awards categories. The winners of the Learning Technologies 2016 Awards will be announced during the Gala Evening at London’s Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel, 30 November.

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Milan (I) / Berlin (GER), September 2016 - "The 21^st-Century Games Revolution" is the title of the interactive workshop about games for health being organized and held by serious-games company "imaginary" during the sixth EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. The conference is entitled "Transforming Healthcare through Innovations in Mobile and Wireless Technologies" and will take place in Milan, 14-16 November 2016. » MORE