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Strange things are afoot at the CircleK (channeling Bill S. Preston, Esq.)

SumTotal board agrees to Vista's $160M buyout Details on Yahoo! Finance So our colleagues in Mountain View appear to have accepted the offer... what's next? What does this mean for Saba? Does this offer the opportunity for the SaaS LMS players (Cornerstone on Demand, Learn.com, GeoLearning, etc.) to ... Read More

~ posted by Glenn Oclassen on 27 May 09
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this just in…

http://chronicle.com/free/2009/04/16097n.htm  All 57 of Blackboard's patent claims have rejected, but it looks like the ugliness continues...

~ posted by Glenn Oclassen on 20 Apr 09
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And more on that SumTotal acquisition…

Josh Bersin, one of the finest minds in analyzing the marketplace for learning, has this to say about the SumTotal acquisition (highlighted in the previous post below):  http://www.bersin.com/Blog/post/SumTotal-Likely-to-be-Acquired-by-Private-Equity-Firm.aspx    Two critical points that Josh points out, and that I am certainly seeing in the LMS market right now:  1. The tremendous growth in ... Read More

~ posted by Glenn Oclassen on 7 Apr 09
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Things that make you go hmmmm…

Barron's reports that SumTotal Systems (SUMT- remember Click2Learn, Docent, Thinq, and a few others thrown in there as well?) has received an unsolicited takeover bid from Vista Equity Partners Fund III at $3.25/share (and SUMT's stock shot up 47% to $2.95). Vista already owns 13% of the company, and is ... Read More

~ posted by Glenn Oclassen on 6 Apr 09
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