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SilkRoad technology has acquired VTN Technologies, Inc., the software-based training firm known for its Olé Online Learning Environment. VTN's Olé is a Web-based learning environment with more than 400,000 subscribed users across organizations including DirecTV and Rockwell Collins. Olé reduces training costs by automating learning development and management processes. The online learning environment product will be integrated into SilkRoad's Life Suite under the new brand name GreenLight. SilkRoad has invested extensively in internal product development, expanded its worldwide direct sales footprint by opening offices in Singapore and Sydney in September, and has now made a strategic acquisition to accelerate the extension of its product line. Following the close of the transaction, VTN's senior management team will take up positions with SilkRoad, and the company will maintain offices in VTN's Edmonton, Alberta, base of operations. http://www.silkroad.com

Saba Software announced an enterprise social networking platform - Saba Social. Saba Social combines a personal profile and competency framework with real-time collaboration and social networking tools to capture knowledge and connect people with expertise. Saba Social is designed to enable organizations to engage employees, partners and customers more effectively, build connected corporate communities, and accelerate knowledge exchange and information flow. By integrating Saba Social with Saba Centra, real-time collaboration and Web conferencing will be linked to social networks, providing users with "always on" collaboration and presence. Saba Social will enable users to view profiles of session attendees, create connections and build knowledge networks to create, discover, rate and share a wide variety of content. Saba Social will also offer search capabilities to locate expertise as well as formal and informal learning assets located within the Saba Knowledge Base. Saba Social is designed to combine the following features to capture knowledge and connect people to expertise: Social networking tools - blogs, communities of practice, wikis, discussion boards and social connection capabilities will enable people to conduct informal knowledge exchange, build connected communities and extend blended learning; Community and enterprise governance - ratings, rankings, flagging and tagging will provide community governance of formal and informal information; Real-time collaboration with Saba Centra - integration to Web conferencing and collaboration solution will make it easier to drive increased community participation and lower the barriers to contribution; Rich people profile reflecting formally assessed employee experience and capability - information captured through the person profile in the Saba Foundation, including competencies or certifications held, job roles, or career interests, will provide expertise validation to aid in identifying appropriate mentors or trusted advisors; Integrated to formal HR processes - will enable informal contributions to be considered as part of formal people processes, including performance reviews, learning, and workforce planning or compensation decisions. http://www.saba.com/sabasocial

Momindum announced the launch of K- base 2.0. K-base 2.0 is a collaborative Rich Media webcasting service designed for corporate training, academic learning and online education. Momindum offers a range of solutions for presentation capturing, Rich Media authoring, content development, editing, collaborative knowledge sharing, Rich Media publishing and knowledge broadcasting. With K-base 2.0, users have access to Rich Media content so they can share video, take notes, access relevant video, ask the trainer questions, discuss ideas in a forum, and use and receive content through their mobile phones. Key features include: Share the (Video) Instant - K-base 2.0 allows the user to share the tagged instant of the video with another user. The user can share the address of a video instant using an internal or external communication medium; Take A Note - K-base 2.0 is an all-inclusive knowledge management system. It encourages users to learn efficiently and paper-lessly by allowing them to take notes while going through a presentation and refer to the notes later on at their convenience; Ask a Question - the Momindum solution helps learners raise a query or contact the trainer for more explanation on the content watched. The trainer can also enrich the Rich Media learning resource by including the communication with other learners; Comments - "Comments" is a feature created to facilitate discussion among the K-base 2.0 learners and trainers about a topic being studied; Easy to update - K-base 2.0 is easy to use for both the trainers and learners. The trainers can update the learning resource while it is still in use, which means uninterrupted access to the learning resource for the learners. http://www.momindum.com/

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced new eLearning tools to make it easier for educators to create and deliver online learning to students. New hosted and license options, or Quick Start Bundles, for Acrobat Connect Pro, and new curriculum resources help equip faculty with the tools they need to engage students in online learning. The Quick Start Bundles provide special pricing on hosted or on premise licenses of Acrobat Connect Pro to help educators get started with eLearning. The bundles provide a variety of licensing options for rapid development of presentations and quizzes, as well as hosting virtual classrooms with up to 100 attendees. Additionally, free curriculum resources show educators how to create reusable course content, and host and teach in a virtual classroom environment. Acrobat Connect Pro is adopted by educational institutions worldwide. In this new release, customized features for education include break-out rooms that let students and faculty in virtual classes initiate separate conversations online, and tools for organizing and tracking classes. Additionally, educators can: record and edit classes; archive online or offline; use new presence capabilities that can allow federation with popular instant messaging (IM) clients; and easily tailor their online classrooms or lectures to help capture students' attention and increase knowledge retention. For campuses that use learning management systems (LMS) from Blackboard or SumTotal, any student, faculty or administrator can now join an Acrobat Connect Pro classroom or course instantly via a link in their LMS account. http://www.adobe.com/education/products/acrobatconnect.html