Training Industry Magazine - March/April 2018 - 57

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Inkling Systems, Inc. ("Inkling"), a
leading enterprise software platform
for
field
workforce
operations
management, announced its acquisition
by Marlin Equity Partners ("Marlin"), a
global investment firm with $6.7 billion
of capital under management. The
acquisition provides Inkling with growth
capital and operational support to help
the company realize its vision to power
deskless workforces.
Novo Group, Inc., a national recruiting
and management consulting firm
announced its merger with Xcellero
Leadership,
a
leadership
and
organizational development firm, to
combine their collective expertise and
tools, and expand talent consulting
offerings. Together they encompass
the full Talent Lifecycle, from finding
and recruiting talent, to ensuring that
investments achieve sustainable growth.

Press Ganey announced it entered into
two agreements with HealthStream, Inc.
that will advance the delivery of patientcentered care. First, Press Ganey acquired
HealthStream's
patient
experience
and engagement businesses. Second,
Press Ganey will offer learning and
development content on HealthStream's
workforce development platform as
an integrated component of Press
Ganey's transformational platform of
safety, quality, patient experience and
workforce solutions.
Mercer, a global consulting leader in
advancing health, wealth and career,
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.,
and edX, the leading nonprofit online
learning destination, announced a
strategic alliance bringing together
Mercer's consulting expertise in helping
organizations build their workforce for
the future with edX's MOOC platform to
provide quality education.

SAP SE and Callidus Software Inc.
(CallidusCloud®) announced that SAP
America, Inc. will acquire CallidusCloud,
the leader in cloud-based Lead to Money
(Quote-to-Cash) solutions. CallidusCloud
offers a full suite of sales performance
management and configure-pricequote solutions. The combination of
SAP's assets with CallidusCloud's will
deliver an end-to-end, fully cloud-based
'Lead-to-Cash' offering.
Mandel Communications, industry
leader in communication skills training,
announced a technology partnership
with Orai, the leading mobile talent
development solution that brings
personalized coaching to employees at
all levels. Orai combines advancements
in AI with Mandel's communication
expertise and content to enable users
to assess their communication skills,
get actionable feedback, and measure
results over time.

INDUSTRY NE WS
INTRODUCING OPPSOURCE
APTITUDE SOLUTION

OppSource Aptitude™, a customer
engagement platform powered by
machine learning, was launched. By
marrying their sales engagement
platform with cutting edge machine
learning
technology,
OppSource
can create a platform to facilitate a
holistic sales experience for a variety
of sales professionals.
COACHING AS A SERVICE

Sales development representatives
(SDRs) and business development
representatives (BDRs) are often left to
fend for themselves when it comes to
learning the company message, tech
stack, systems and processes, until
now. ScaleX.ai, powered by specialized

sales systems, announced Coaching as
a Service to enable SDRs and BDRs to
outperform against their set meeting
and pipeline targets.
DIGITAL ECONOMY TRAINING TO
MILITARY SPOUSES

Simplilearn,
a
digital
economy
training company, and the National
Military Family Association (NMFA), a
nonprofit that works to strengthen and
protect military families, have created
scholarships for spouses of military
personnel. Through these scholarships,
military spouses and their families
can take Simplilearn's online courses
at significant discounts and better
prepare themselves for today's highdemand technology jobs.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS TO FOSTER
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Skillsoft, the global leader in corporate
learning, announced Special Olympics
will deploy Percipio to enhance its
leadership academy. Special Olympics
will use Percipio, the first intelligent
learning platform, to improve the
impact and performance of its leaders
around the world through training.

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