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Mobile App

Upside Learning Announces Learning Solutions

Pune (IN), March 2010 - Upside Learning, a provider of learning solutions and a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development, and LMS solutions, has announced a new addition to its product basket - Learning Solutions based on Mobile Applications. » MORE

Staff Training

Caja Madrid Entrusts its LCMS to Giunti Labs

Florence (IT), March 2010 - Caja Madrid has revolutionised its training systems through the use of a learning content management system (LCMS) augmented by a learning management system supplied by Giunti Labs. This improves both the efficiency and cost effectiveness of Caja Madrid's staff-training activities. » MORE

Growth

Kaplan IT Learning Acquires Atlantic Link

Atlanta, GA (USA), March 2010 - Kaplan IT Learning has announced completion of its acquisition of Atlantic Link, a leading provider of collaborative rapid-eLearning authoring software. The integration of their complementary product portfolio into the Kaplan IT Learning suite of products allows clients to benefit from an unrivalled range of learning products and solutions. » MORE

Skills Training

ALISON's 100,000th Learner Registered

Galway (IE), March 2010 - ALISON, a for-profit social enterprise based in Galway, Ireland, has welcomed the focus on online skills training brought by the European e-Skills Week programme. It has also announced registration of its 100,000th registration in the United Kingdom - all at no expense to the public or the UK government. » MORE

Award

Cornerstone Connect Platform Is a Winner

Santa Monica, CA (USA), March 2010 - Cornerstone OnDemand announces that it has won a 2010 Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Award. It was received in the "Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management" category for the Cornerstone Connect platform. » MORE

Assessment

HAAD Develops New Professional Exams with Pearson VUE

London (UK), March 2010 - The Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) has signed a contract with computer-based testing and assessment company Pearson VUE for item development for its Pharmacy and Nursing Licensure programmes. The new agreement follows HAAD's awarding a contract to Pearson VUE in mid-2009 for transitioning HAAD's licensure examination programme to computer-based delivery. » MORE

Innovation

eLearning Joins the iPhone App Race

Brisbane (AU), March 2010 - Gaining nearly a fifth of the total global smartphone market, Apple's iPhone has now cemented itself as a leader in mobile devices. And it seems to have an application for just about anything. Now the question arises for teachers and trainers as to whether the iPhone is just a bit of fun or if it can be used for real teaching and learning. » MORE

Data Traffic

Mobile Operators Try to Avoid 'Backhaul Crunch'

London (UK), February 2010 - Data traffic is surging on many mobile networks as a result of mobile broadband sales and the iPhone phenomenon. But operators urgently need to deal with the resulting backhaul crunch by offloading data traffic onto WiFi hotspots and femtocells, as well as by finding economical ways to expand capacity at macrocell and microcell sites, according to Philip Bates, Senior Manager at global telecoms adviser Analysys Mason. » MORE

Increased Presence

QuickLessons Continues to Expand in Latin America

Miami, FL (USA), March 2010 - QuickLessons LLC has announced the expansion of its sales and product-support network with two new authorized resellers in the Americas. The global presence of its online Rapid eLearning platform now includes Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. » MORE