Blackboard letter to the Education Community about recent Acquisitions and Services

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  Dear Clients and Community: Today we are making some…

Ellucian(TM): New Company Name Announced for Datatel and SunGard Higher Education Combination

The recent combination of two education technology leaders, Datatel and SunGard Higher Education, has a new name: Ellucian™.

Blackboard Announces Continued Support for ANGEL

Blackboard Inc. today updated its plan for supporting clients using the ANGEL learning management platform, extending support for the platform beyond its previously scheduled end date in 2014.

Blackboard Launches Open Source Services Group

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Blackboard Inc. today announced the launch of Blackboard Education Open Source Services, a new effort to support clients using open source education technologies. With the announcement, the company will continue to focus on its flagship Blackboard Learn ™ platform as well as ANGEL and Edline, while also helping institutions successfully manage open source learning management systems (LMS) including Moodle and Sakai.

Blackboard Appoints Sakai Foundation Board Member Charles Severance to Lead Company’s Sakai Initiatives

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Blackboard Inc. today announced the appointment of Charles Severance, a longtime leader and one of the founders of the Sakai community, to a senior role to lead the company’s initiative on the Sakai open source learning management system (LMS).