On April 26-28, in beautiful St. Petersburg Florida, we will be holding our fourth annual research conference, IMPACT 2011: The Business of Talent. I would really encourage you to join us.
Here is why.
1. This is the only conference in the talent management, training, and systems marketplace which is 100% focused on providing you … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )This week Saba Software released one of its strongest financial results in many years. 
Saba, which pioneered the market for enterprise learning management systems, has now turned the corner in its transformation into a SaaS software company. Some of the highlights which I believe are important:
Remember the dot.com bubble of 1995-2000? I do, and it’s back again. But this time it has a new face, it talks about SaaS, highly connected social applications, mobile apps, and talent management software. 
Talent management software? Yes, SaaS-enabled talent management apps have become one of the hottest investment areas in enterprise software.
The proof … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )This week SuccessFactors announced the acquisition of Jambok, a small platform company with an innovative and powerful solution for social learning and knowledge sharing.
Jambok was the brainchild of Karie Willyerd and a small technical team at Sun, where Karie was the Chief Learning Officer and pioneered knowledge and video-sharing with the Sun Learning Exchange … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The ever-changing market for Learning Management Systems (LMS) continues to evolve. Last year, Taleo, the largest provider of recruiting software, spent $100 million acquiring mid-market LMS vendor Learn.com. The company’s strategy, which we supported in earlier blog posts, is to expand across all elements of the talent management domain and develop an offering which … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )This year is our fourth annual Learning and Talent Management Research Conference, IMPACT: The Business of Talent® (April 26-29 at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida) and it is going to be the best conference ever!
The theme this year is “Building the Borderless Workplace” – how organizations can build modern, high-performing talent, … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )This week we introduced our 2011 Corporate Learning Factbook 
(a “must-read” for any HR or training leader).
This report, which we labor over each year, details spending on corporate training in the US and around the world. For the first time in nearly two years, corporate spend on training is growing – demonstrating business confidence … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )One of the most complex and fragmented parts of the talent management market is the world of employee assessments. 
Today two of the industry’s largest companies in this space, Previsor and SHL Group, announced a merger, creating the largest global player in this very large, very fragmented market.
Background:
There are many types of … Read more»
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )One of the hottest issues in human resources is the need to develop high levels of employee engagement and satisfaction. 
We all know that organizations with happy people have lower turnover, deliver better customer service, and tend to be more innovative and responsive. But can we translate this into stock price or financial results?… Read more»
Today another major shift takes place in the talent management systems market: SumTotal Systems announced the acquisition of GeoLearning.
Background:
SumTotal Systems is the largest provider of learning management systems today (and also a major provider of integrated talent management systems). In our LMS 2011 research we show that before this acquisition SumTotal … Read more»
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Josh Bersin is President and CEO of Bersin & Associates, a leading research and advisory services firm in enterprise learning and talent management.
