Tag Archives: Blackboard-Inc.

Blackboard Mergers and Acquisitions

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

This is just a quick post to note the fact of two pretty big announcements coming out of Blackboard. First, the acquisition of the company by Providence Equity has been completed. Second, Providence immediately turned around and executed a merger … Continue reading →

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Hawaii Dept. of Education Moving from Moodle to Blackboard

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Blackboard just put out a press release announcing that the Hawaii Department of Education is moving their Hawaii Virtual Learning Network (HVLN) from an open source LMS to Blackboard. The press release doesn’t name the platform, but HVLN is currently … Continue reading →

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SunGard HE and Blackboard Acquisitions: Compare and Contrast

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Phil Hill

UPDATE:  In the section on ‘Cash Cow vs. Growth Potential’, my choice of words could have caused misunderstanding.  I did not mean to equate Operating Income with Cash Flow, and my choice of the word ‘cash’ in this section should … Continue reading →

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On Innovation and Commodification

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

I had a wonderful time at the Moodle Moot two weeks ago. Conferences for different LMSs tend to have very similar presentation types (how to migrate, tricks for making the grade book usable, great Web 2.0 tools that integrate with … Continue reading →

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The Blackboard Acquisition: Two Views

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

As busy as I have been lately, I have tried to keep up on the various analyses of Blackboard’s acquisition by Providence Equity Partners, Inc. There seem to be two schools of thought. The first school, which seems to be … Continue reading →

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