Training Industry Magazine - January/February 2020 - 53

COMPANY
NEWS

ACQUISITIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Absorb Software, provider of Absorb
Learning Management System (LMS) and
Absorb Infuse, announced the acquisition
of ePath Learning, a leading cloud-based
learning technology company. This
marks the third acquisition of the year
for Absorb, as the company continues its
aggressive growth strategy into 2020.
GIGXR, Inc., announced the acquisition
of global mixed reality and immersive
learning assets from Pearson PLC,
the worlds learning company. GIGXR
provides a software as a service (SaaS)
platform delivering extended reality
(XR) learning applications for medical
and nursing schools, higher education,
healthcare and enterprise.
Brainshark, Inc., the industry's only
data-driven sales readiness platform,

announced its acquisition of Rekener,
a leading sales scorecard provider.
The acquisition extends Brainshark's
position as an innovative force and
leader in the sales readiness and
enablement software market, with the
most effective and comprehensive
solutions for preparing client-facing
teams to perform at the highest level.
A Cloud Guru, announced the acquisition
of Linux Academy, creating the
largest and most effective cloud
computing training platform in the
world. With a shared mission to "teach
the world to cloud," the combined
organization now represents the
school for the future of IT: hands-on,
practical and updated daily to keep
pace with continuous changes in
cloud technology.

HackerRank, the world's leading
developer skills company, announced
that it has acquired Mimir, the cloudbased platform for computer science
courses. Together, the two companies
will provide computer science classrooms
with the most comprehensive developer
assessment platform on the market,
allowing students to prepare for realworld programming.
Degreed, the workforce upskilling
platform for one-in-three Fortune 50
companies, has acquired Adepto, a Total
Talent platform that provides visibility and
access to the skill sets of current, past and
potential workers. The combination will
accelerate Degreed's global expansion,
and add enhanced skills inventories, onthe-job development experiences, and
career mobility to the platform.

INDUSTRY NEWS
THE FUTURE OF LEARNING WITH 5G

AT&T and Deloitte signed an agreement
to bring 5G network connectivity and
edge computing services to Deloitte
University to help it transform the
future of digital corporate learning and
workplace collaboration. Starting in 2020,
AT&T will add its 5G and Multi-access Edge
Computer (MEC) technology to Deloitte
University's existing cellular environment.
NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR
SITUATIONAL FLUENCY

Sales Performance International (SPI),
a global leader in sales performance
improvement announced the release
of Conversation Genius™. Conversation
Genius™ can be utilized for any selling
methodology, and ensures that an
organization's brand promise and key

messages are communicated consistently
across the sales channel. This innovative
technology provides a solution to the
situational fluency problem.
ONLINE LEADERSHIP
ASSESSMENT TOOL

collaboration and inclusion, is proud
to launch the Inclusion Works Leaders
Network: an exclusive online community
for D&I leaders and culture visionaries.
The community enables culture leaders
to connect with senior peers from diverse
companies, industries and countries to
swap ideas and insights.

MindEdge Learning's new online Leadership
Assessment tool enables leaders in
business, academia and other fields to rate
their leadership strengths and weaknesses
- and see how they stack up against their
peers. The results allow respondents to see
which skill areas they've already mastered,
as well as the areas in which they could
use improvement.
DIGITAL COMMUNITY FOR D&I LEADERS

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