I just published a post to my corporate blog listing the 100 commercial learning management systems covered by Brandon Hall Research. There are a couple of interesting observations about this:
- The long-predicted consolidation in the learning management system space isn’t taking place.
- New systems appear to be coming to market at an accelerated pace.
- Some people are predicting that learning management systems will soon be replaced with informal learning methods. Obviously, technology developers don’t seem to think so. And, even in a slow economic climate, there must be a reasonably healthy market for this type of technology to support all of these products.
For the last few days, I’ve been wearing my learning analyst hat and working on a number of reports about learning management systems for Brandon Hall Research. I’ve posted two articles to my corporate blog related to LMS pricing in 2009:
Average Pricing for Learning Management Systems in 2009
Price Ranges for Learning Management Systems in 2009
Later this week, I’ll be providing graphs that show how pricing has changed in the last few years.
I’ve realized that I just don’t have the time to tinker with Drupal for my personal Web site. Drupal is a powerful content management system. I likely only scratched the surface of its abilities these last few months.
I’m reverting to Wordpress, which is fast, easy, and powerful. From now on, expect much more content and less tinkering with modules behind the scenes.
Life is too short.
