Open Standard Software

Open Is Better - In our last newsletter we shared about open source software, the key take-away being that open source is wonderful for a host of reasons, but that cost may well not be one of the reasons you go down the open source road. As mentioned in that piece, "Open source is free only if your time is free."

In this newsletter we would like to talk about another key open issue-open standards. An open standard is, according to Wikipedia, a technical standard that "establishes uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes and practices," is "publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it."

Most practitioners would add that a truly open standard needs to be royalty free, vendor neutral, well documented and blessed by a competent standards body. Open standards are the way different applications talk to each other. Without ADL's SCORM or AICC's CMI (standards important in the learning world), your online course would not know how to tell a management system that a user has actually done something with the content. Read more..

The 'LMS Reality Check' Webinar

On March 28th, Bryan Chapman, Chief Learning Strategist at Chapman Alliance, and Brandon Hall Research Associate provided guidance on how to leverage existing LMS (Learning Management Systems) functionality to meet the needs of Human Resource (HR) Groups, as well as tips on determining how much talent management functionality is really needed.

In the webinar, Bryan discussed issues on whether to extend organizational learning management capabilities to emcompass the entire employee lifecycle from hiring to retirement or whether learning management systems already have sufficient capability to cover the most important aspects of performance management without adding new technology.

Are you interested in learning, talent and performance management but were unable to attend the webinar?

If so, you can listen to the webinar recording, read the whitepaper or view Bryan's presentation by clicking here.

Hunter Douglas Case Study

Hunter Douglas greatly values its human capital assets and has developed multilevel training for its employees. The EKP-powered (Enterprise Knowledge Platform) Learning Center at Hunter Douglas plays a key role in delivering product, sales, safety, compliance, leadership, personal productivity as well as intructor-led training programs.

To find out more on how EKP has helped Hunter Douglas deliver more than 5000 hours per month of training globally, click here.

ISO/IEC 27001 Certification

Does your organization need to comply with strict ISO/IEC 27001 standards for security management and control?


NetDimensions Hosted and Managed Services are ISO 27001 certified, and meet the requirements for information security management including frameworks for design, implementation, management, maintenance and enforcement of information security processes and controls.

Our clients can be confident that comprehensive, internationally-certified procedures and protocols are in place to ensure that their valuable information is protected at the highest possible levels. For more information, please click here.