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Tag Archives: edunomics
Blackboard Mergers and Acquisitions
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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The Datatel-SunGard Higher Education Merger
This is a guest post from Jim Farmer, Chairman of Sigma Systems, Inc. [Editor’s note: I have had this post from Jim for a while now and am only now getting a chance to publish it. Apologies to Jim and … Continue reading
On Innovation and Commodification
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
The Blackboard Acquisition: Two Views
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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Investment Bankers and Blackboard’s Future, Part One: If …
This is a guest post by Jim Farmer, Chairman of Sigma Group Inc. On Friday July 1,st after this was written, Blackboard Inc. was acquired by “affiliates of Providence Equity Partners” for $1.64 billion. They will also assume approximately $130 … Continue reading
