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| CHECKPOINT-elearning.com - European eLearning Newsletter An interview with Saba Chairman and CEO Bobby Yazdani
British provider wants to continue acquisitions Brighton, Februray 2005 – European eLearning services provider Futuremedia plc announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Swedish eLearning company Open Training for $2 million in cash and stock. Open Training generated approximately $2 million in revenues in 2004. The company is profitable and has no debt. [more...] UK’s largest trade show of corporate learning products London, February 2005 – (by Carl-Peter Keller-Kuhlmann) "Do everything better", "The power to reach people", "changing the way people learn" – these phrases express the lively spirit of this year’s "Learning Technologies", the UK’s largest trade show of corporate learning products and services. The annual event took place for the sixth time at London’s Olympia 2 on the 26th and 27th of January. [more...] Advertisement
Swedbank receives award for Competency Development Redwood Shores, February 2005 – Swedbank, one of the largest banking groups in the Nordic area, was named "The Competency Company of the Year, 2004." The award, from the Swedish Competency Development Group, recognized Swedbank’s accomplishment and vision in developing its Human Capital assets of more than 16,000 employees. [more...] Devoted to innovative projects in education and training Karlsruhe, February 2005 – The winners of the European eLearning Award 2005 were announced in Karlsruhe, Germany on the evening of February 14, 2005. This competition is devoted to innovative projects in education and training that utilize electronic media, and in particular to projects transmitting knowledge relevant for the work force. [more...] The biggest eLearning companies on the NASDAQ New York, February 2005 – A glance at the latest quarterly results and the development of the shares of those eLearning companies quoted on the NASDAQ manifests a situation between hope and fear. Saba and SumTotal Systems showed a positive tendency. Blackboard had good results, yet it still has to struggle with capricious shareholders. Centra’s yearly results were disappointing and additionally the company has not come up with a clear forecast for 2005. Skillsoft tumbled sharply. [more...] Anzeige
The need to support eLearning can make Lisbon a Reality Brussels, February 2005 – The eLearning Industry Group (eLIG), believes that if the EU is to achieve its objective of being the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010, there is a need for active support of the widespread deployment and adoption of eLearning throughout Europe: in education, in the home, and in industry, especially among SMEs. [more...] Unique Awards for the eLearning Industry in UK Cheshunt, UK, February 2005 – In an unprecedented move, the eLearning Network (ELN), the UK's foremost professional association for users and developers of all forms of eLearning, has joined with publishers BizMedia to launch the eLearning Awards. [more...] For the largest International eLearning Conference Berlin, February 2005 – ONLINE EDUCA Berlin welcome all proposals, suggestions and ideas for the conference agenda which should be related to the ten main conference themes from "eLearning in Government, Public and Private Sector" till "Understanding eLearning and its role in society". [more...] Bringing eLearning close to lifelong learning and working Budapest, February 2005 - EDEN, the European Distance and eLearning Network, invites to join a cutting edge event in Finland. The EDEN 2005 Annual Conference in Helsinki will focus on open, distance and eLearning from the perspective of lifelong learning – maintaining and broadening in the meantime the thematic scope of the EDEN Conferences. The registration is now open. [more...] A comprehensive overview of the latest developments Oakland, February 2005 – This work by the Bersin & Associates Research Center presents the newest facts, tools, techniques, and best practices for rapid eLearning. [more...] Imprint This newsletter has been forwarded to you. Would you like to receive it periodically? Then please register here for the regular editions. You are interested in placing an advertisement? Please ask for our media data here. Even though we did an intensive research for all our information, we do not guarantee the correctness of the information provided. | ||||||||||||
Karlsruhe, February 2005 – At LEARNTEC, Germany’s biggest show for educational and information technology, CHECKpoint eLearning spoke to Saba Chairman and CEO Bobby Yazdani about the state of the art of learning management, about the new version Saba is going to launch soon, and about the vision to integrate all people processes into a single performance plan. 
