Monthly Archives: August 2008

Getting Close Now

e-Literate has been upgraded and is about 90% configured. I still have to figure out how to do a few things (e.g., add a navigation tab for the blog page without breaking other things), and I will continue to tweak it for the next few days, but it’s close enough to be basically usable. Please [...]

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e-Literate to be Down for Scheduled Maintenance

I’m going to be upgrading my blogging software this weekend. This will mean losing some of the customizations to the site that I really like (but that probably nobody else noticed), but it also means that I’ll be able to stay current with WordPress releases in the future. In the process, I’ll be changing the [...]

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Blackboard, Inc. Analysis, Part 2: Financial Performance

This is a guest post by Jim Farmer.
Investors should be pleased with Blackboard’s stock prices. The stock prices consistently outperform the NASDAQ Composite Index. [1]

Financial analysts continue to rate the stock as outperforming the market with buy and strong buy recommendations. Each quarter Blackboard CEO Mike Chasen, CFO Mike Beach and Senior Vice President Mike [...]

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Blackboard, Inc., Loses Battle In EduPatent Venue Fight

According to a blog entry on Desire2Learn’s Patent blog, the US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Blackboard’s request to suspend the re-examination process. Bb and D2L have been fighting over the venue for the next round of the battle, with Blackboard asking the USPTO not to complete the re-examination process (despite having earlier said [...]

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IMS Learning Information Services: The Motivating Pain

Today Oracle announced the release of the Student Administration Integration Pack, or SAIP. It’s the first product that I have worked on as an Oracle employee, and I’m proud of it for a number of reasons. It’s not a particularly glamorous piece of software, but I think it’s going to be important. This is my [...]

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