Learn.com Recognized as a Leader in Bersin & Associates Adaptive Platform Study

Research shows Learn.com as the only provider with full maturity in 4 out of 5 categories

Sunrise, FL—May 5th, 2010— Learn.com®, the Knowledge PlatformTM company, announced today that Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, gave the company high ratings across all maturity measures for platform adaptability in its just-published report, Adaptive Talent and Learning Platforms: How Software as a Service Is Changing the Markets for Talent and Learning Systems. The Bersin & Associates report evaluated the offerings of eight well-known providers including in five categories—Application, Interface, Data, Delivery and Operations.

“Our analysis shows Learn.com to be the only provider with full maturity in four of the five categories. It is the only provider to achieve full maturity in the application category, which encompasses configurability, workflow tools, and platform extensibility. Learn.com has clearly led the way in the evolution of adaptive learning and talent systems for some time,” said Josh Bersin, president.

Learn.com was recognized as the leader over Cornerstone OnDemand, Plateau Systems, Softscape, Mzinga and all others.

Learn.com cites one common misconception among LMS buyers is the difference between configurable and customizable. “Configurable” is the ability of the user to change the system without the need for programming knowledge. “Customizable” means the vendor can modify the system for an additional charge. According to the report, “One example of an LMS provider that led the way in offering configuration options instead of customization was Learn.com. This solution provider allows easy configuration of the user experience, allowing the administrator to create a completely configure the learning portal without any programming.”

“From its inception in 1999, we architected the Learn.com solution with extreme flexibility and adaptability,” said Jim Riley, President and CEO of Learn.com. “Our goal then, just as it is now, was to provide an end-to-end learning and talent management system with a low cost of ownership that meets the unique needs of virtually any organizations without the need for custom programming. Today we stand alone as the industry’s only true SaaS learning management solution. To meet various customer requirements, other vendors must customize their software and database structures which results in additional time, cost, loss of productivity and the always dreaded version-lock. Their solutions are really just ASP (application service provider) or “on-demand” but not true SaaS. Learn.com’s cloud-based SaaS solution gives our clients a distinct advantage over the other business models while still providing all the flexibility they need. It is good to see that analysts and users now appreciate that distinction.”

To download a copy of the report, please visit www.learn.com/adaptable

About Bersin & Associates
Bersin & Associates is the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, talent management, and talent acquisition. The company’s WhatWorks® membership program is designed to deliver actionable and practical guidance and to improve operational effectiveness and business impact to companies of all sizes and all industry sectors. For more information, go to www.bersin.com or call 561 455 0622, extension 223.

Learn.com Product Description
Learn.com® is the Knowledge PlatformTM company. Its award-winning, multi-tenant, cloud-based platform supports four critical areas of human capital management: learning management, talent management, social learning and collaboration. It is a workforce productivity suite that features these functionalities completely integrated and packaged into one interface, one database of record, and built by one vendor utilizing a single code base. Its unique architecture allows clients to easily develop additional functionality and even build complete people-based applications without the need for customizations or programming. The platform is available in multiple languages with versions for individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, and global enterprises.

About Learn.com
With its cloud-based learning and talent management platform, Learn.com puts knowledge to work for organizations of all sizes around the globe. Learn.com dramatically improves the way businesses capture and share knowledge, communicate and align their goals and objectives, and evaluate and develop their most precious asset – their people. Using Learn.com, organizations can manage and leverage their human capital to achieve excellence in execution throughout their internal and external knowledge driven ecosystem.

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Learn.com
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Learn.com
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About Bersin & Associates
Bersin & Associates is the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, talent management, and talent acquisition. The company’s WhatWorks® membership program is designed to deliver actionable and practical guidance and to improve operational effectiveness and business impact to companies of all sizes and all industry sectors. For more information, go to www.bersin.com or call 561 455 0622, extension 223.

Learn.com Product Description
Learn.com® is the Knowledge PlatformTM company. Its award-winning, multi-tenant, cloud-based platform supports four critical areas of human capital management: learning management, talent management, social learning and collaboration. It is a workforce productivity suite that features these functionalities completely integrated and packaged into one interface, one database of record, and built by one vendor utilizing a single code base. Its unique architecture allows clients to easily develop additional functionality and even build complete people-based applications without the need for customizations or programming. The platform is available in multiple languages with versions for individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, and global enterprises.

About Learn.com
With its cloud-based learning and talent management platform, Learn.com puts knowledge to work for organizations of all sizes around the globe. Learn.com dramatically improves the way businesses capture and share knowledge, communicate and align their goals and objectives, and evaluate and develop their most precious asset – their people. Using Learn.com, organizations can manage and leverage their human capital to achieve excellence in execution throughout their internal and external knowledge driven ecosystem.

Christina Flahive
Learn.com
14001 NW 4th Street
Sunrise, FL 33325
christina.flahive@learn.com
954.233.4000

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