Corporate Training Market 2007: Forecast & Analysis

This report is the premier source of market intelligence for executives, analysts, and business strategists who want analysis of the technology and trends currently driving corporate training, including:

• Comprehensive analysis of the major market segments -- IT content, soft skills content and e-learning, including infrastructure systems and live virtual classrooms
• Simba’s exclusive revenue and market share rankings of leading providers of corporate training programs and services
• 4-year forecasts for market growth through 2010
• And more

Drawing on interviews and surveys with corporate training directors, business analysts and industry associations, Simba Information presents detailed profiles of 25+ leading training software and LMS vendors competing for corporate training dollars, including analysis of key strategic moves and financial performance.

• Introduction
  
• NETg, WebEx Most Notable Corporate Training M&A Deals in '06/'07
  
• Annual Compensation Grows 10.5% for Training Executives in 2006
  
• Corporate Training Market to Grow 9.3% in 2007 to $13.5 Billion
  
• Training Stocks Up 26.4% in '06; E-learning Firms Lead Growth
  
• WebEx, SkillSoft, iLinc, Franklin Register Positive Operating Margins
  
  
• Table 1.1: Corporate Training Mergers and Acquisitions, 2006-March 2007
  
• Table 1.2: Corporate Training Vendors Executive Compensation Survey, 2006
  
• Table 1.3: Projected Growth of Global Corporate Training Sales of U.S.-Based Firms, 2005-2007
  
• Table 1.4: Projected Breakdown of Corporate Training Market by Sector, 2007
  
• Table 1.5: Performance of Public Training Company Stocks, January 3 - December 29, 2006
  
• Table 1.6: Corporate Training Operating Margin Index, 2006 vs. 2005

Chapter 2: Trends in the Corporate Training Market

• Healthy Economy, Skills Gap Carry Corporate Training Industry
  
• New Products Reflect Trend Toward Online/Blended Delivery
  
• Training Vendors Expand International Reach via Products, Presence
  
• Training Outsourcing to Exceed $1 Billion in 2007
  
  
• Table 2.1: Gross Domestic Product, 2004-2006
  
• Table 2.2: Employment Gains, 2005 vs. 2006
  
• Table 2.3: New Training Products and Programs, Second Half of 2006
  
• Table 2.4: Selected Major Training Outsourcing Contracts

Chapter 3: IT Training

• Introduction
  
• Various Issues Impact Sales of Leading IT Trainers in 2006-07
  
• New Horizons Maintains Leading IT Vendor Position in 2007
  
  
• Table 3.1: IT Skills in Demand, First Quarter 2007
  
• Table 3.2: Specialties Experiencing the Most Growth Projections for Second Quarter, 2007
  
• Table 3.3: Fastest-Growing U.S. IT Occupations, 2004-2014
  
• Table 3.4: Worldwide Sales of Top U.S. IT Training Companies, 2005-2007

Chapter 4: Soft Skills Training

• Introduction
  
• Employment Trends Upward, Managerial Jobs Grow Through 2014
  
• Acumen, Support of Leaders Increasingly Linked to Overall Success
  
• Case Study: Amex Links Manager Support to Employee Learning
  
• IIR Owner Informa Is Top Soft Skills Training Provider in 2007
  
  
• Table 4.1: Number of National Employees, First Four Months of 2007 vs. 2006
  
• Table 4.2: Changes in Management/Executive Employment, 2004 vs. 2014
  
• Table 4.3: Four Signs That an Organization May Be Facing a Skills Gap
  
• Table 4.4: Worldwide Sales of Top U.S. Soft Skills Training Companies, 2005-2007P

Chapter 5: E-Learning

• Introduction: Infrastructure Systems
  
• Challenging Industries Meet Training Goals After LMS Deployment
  
• SumTotal Systems Maintains LMS Leadership Position in 2007
  
• WebEx Sale Proves Value of Web Collaboration Market, Experts Say
  
• Leading Live E-Learning Vendors Represent 39.1% of Total Market
  
  
• Table 5.1: Worldwide Sales of E-Learning Infrastructure Leaders, 2005-2007P
  
• Table 5.2: Sales of Live E-Learning Leaders, 2005-2007

Chapter 6: Forecasts and Conclusions

• Human Capital Management Will Remain Top Business Priority
  
• Succession Planning Remains Hot Topic, Market Driver
  
• Market for Corporate Training to Reach $17.3 Billion by 2010
  
  
• Table 6.1: Growth of Global Corporate Training Market for U.S. Firms, 2005-2010

Company Profiles

• American Management Association
  
• BlessingWhite
  
• Center for Creative Leadership
  
• Convergys Learning Solutions
  
• Development Dimensions International
  
• Element K Corp.
  
• ExecuTrain
  
• Franklin Covey
  
• GeoLearning
  
• Global Knowledge
  
• IBM e-Learning
  
• The Institute for International Research
  
• Interwise
  
• The Ken Blanchard Companies
  
• KnowledgePlanet Inc.
  
• Learning Tree International
  
• Microsoft Office Live Meeting
  
• New Horizons Worldwide
  
• Novations Group Inc.
  
• OutStart
  
• Plateau Systems Ltd.
  
• Saba Software Inc.
  
• SkillSoft
  
• SumTotal Systems
  
• WebEx