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Risk and Safety Services

High Demand for Training and Education Services

Dr Manfred Bayerlein Cologne (GER) / Warrington (UK). March 2014 - TÜV Rheinland, a global provider of independent inspection services, is acquiring the UK company Risktec Solutions Limited. Risktec is based in Warrington in the UK and operates from fifteen offices in the UK, the Netherlands, the Middle East, and North America. Risktec provides risk and safety services and offers technical training and education to highly regulated industrial sectors around the world. Risktec's core industries include the oil and gas industry, nuclear power generation, and the railway sector. » MORE

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First Online TV Channel for the Training Industry

Coventry (UK), February 2014 - The OnlineTVGroup has launched TrainingSuccess.tv, the first online TV channel exclusively for the UK training sector, in association with The Training Foundation and supported by the British Institute for Learning & Development (BILD). » MORE

Mobile Opportunities

Europeans Spend 18% More Time Using Apps

London (UK), February 2014 - Localytics' data reveals that, in contrast to common perceptions, the European user base represents a huge opportunity for companies with a mobile presence. For example, Europeans reached for their apps more than their US counterparts in 2013, and their average session length increased considerably in Q4. » MORE

Elearnity 9-Grid™

NetDimensions Positioned again as a -œCore Leader-

London (UK), February 2014 - NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning-management systems, has been positioned again as a "Core Leader" in the 2014 release of the unique European learning and talent-market insight report, Elearnity 9-Grid™ for Learning Management Systems (LMS). » MORE

Rapid Adoption

Kaltura Raises $47 Mio on the Heels of Massive Growth

Ron Yekutiel, Kaltura New York, NY (USA), February 2014 - The open-source video platform Kaltura has secured an additional $47 million of funding. The financing round was led by new investors SAP Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners, Commonfund Capital, and Brazil-based Gera Ventures. There was also participation from existing investors: 406 Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc., and Silicon Valley Bank. Kaltura will use the additional capital to further accelerate product development and extend operations into Brazil, Mexico, China, Japan, Australia, Singapore, and Korea. » MORE

Dementia Alliance

Experiential Learning Tool Incorporates Gaming

Willie Cruickshank, Director at Norfolk & Suffolk Dementia AlliancePleasanton, CA (USA)/ London (UK), February 2014 - Norfolk and Suffolk Dementia Alliance and Toolwire have announced their winning of the Gold Award for "External Learning Solution of the Year" at The Learning Awards sponsored by the Learning and Performance Institute, a global institute for learning-and-development professionals. The tool is accessible for free through The Learning Location website, which is open to individual carers, families, professional staff, and organisations looking for relevant information, guides, and training support. » MORE

Alison Innes-Farquhar

Chief Learning Officer of the Year

Alison Innes-FarquharCambridge (UK), February 2014 - HC-One's Head of People and Organisational Development has won the Gold Award for Chief Learning Officer of the Year at the prestigious Learning Awards for her work with Acteon on a transformational staff-development programme. » MORE

Strategy

Questionmark Signs Global Reseller Agreement with SAP

Norwalk, CT (US), February 2014 - Questionmark has announced the signing of a global agreement with Germany's SAP. SAP will resell testing and learning-assessment technologies from Questionmark under the name SAP® Assessment Management by Questionmark. The application will enable companies to create, deliver, and analyze surveys, quizzes, tests, and exams. The software is designed to complement SAP Learning Solution and SuccessFactors Learning, while allowing the creation of learning assessments for purposes such as certification, regulatory compliance, and health and safety training for a company's internal tracking purposes. » MORE

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Latest Version of Docebo's Learning Management System

Naples (I) / London (UK), February 2014 - At the recent Learning Technologies event in London, Docebo and GuyKat Solutions showcased the latest Docebo learning-management system release - 6.1 - with Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, and Amazon CloudFront support. The platform brings companies a faster, more flexible and efficient learning-delivery solution with global reach. » MORE