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Skillsoft is the global leader in corporate learning, delivering beautiful technology and engaging content that drives business impact for modern enterprises. Skillsoft comprises three award-winning solutions that support learning, performance and success: Skillsoft learning content, the Percipio intelligent learning experience platform and the SumTotal suite for Human Capital Management.

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Q&A with Tara O'Sullivan, CMO at SKILLSOFT

ONDECK | March 15, 2019

Tara O’Sullivan, the CMO of Skillsoft shares her insights on the impact of digital transformation on marketers and the need to focus on slashing the wide gender pay gap. With over 25 years of experience including B2B marketing in Ireland, EMEA and the US, Tara has extensive expertise in using marketing to effect change. Here are her thoughts on women in marketing and the changing dynamics of the profession. MEDIA 7: Tara, how old were you when you had your first paying job? TARA O'SULLIVAN: 14 – I worked for my Dad photocopying manuals for software training. I loved the work, I loved being in amongst the team of people who were there. There was a lot of fun with the other people who worked there, and I learnt a lot of lessons on dealing with people, working on end user manuals which were like 500 pages thick, making sure they were all collated properly, the cover looked good – all to provide a real sense of the importance of the training.

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SKILLSOFT PARTNERS WITH IBM DEVELOPERWORKS

IBM | January 31, 2017

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Skillsoft, the global leader in eLearning, has been selected as an official learning content provider for the IBM developerWorks Premium membership. IBM developerWorks Premium helps software developers advance their careers by building new skills through powerful tools, services, training, and networking opportunities. Skillsoft and IBM have signed an agreement in which developerWorks Premium subscribers will have access to Skillsoft’s vast library of IT learning content. IBM selected Skil...

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FROM BIG DATA TO ACTIONABLE ANALYTICS

tdworld.com | January 24, 2020

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For many utilities, this world is not far off. For PECO Energy Co., a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., this world is here now as a result of the Exelon Utilities Analytics Academy. This program is aimed at enabling employees to adopt digital skills, such as machine learning, operational analytics, visual storytelling and automated analysis. This ensures the people who are most familiar with the meaning behind the data also can conduct their own analysis, rather than having to rely on a central group ...

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DATA IS THE NEW WATER AND AI IS HELPING ORGANISATIONS RIDE THE WAVE

yourstory.com | January 23, 2020

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As of June 2019, there were over 4.4 billion internet users in the world. This statistic represents an 83% percent increase in the number of people using the Internet in just five years! Right now, over 5 quintillion bytes of data are generated in a single day (that’s 5 followed by 18 zeros). Simply put, there’s an ocean of data out there, and AI is our best bet to analyze, understand, and innovate with it. It’s no surprise, therefore, that when it comes to the tech landscape a...

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MACHINE LEARNING SPAM IN GOOGLE

searchenginejournal.com | January 21, 2020

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Spammers are taking advantage of Google Rich Results algorithms in order to place content at the top of Google search. Spammers are taking advantage of machine learning technologies to automatically create video content from web pages and vice versa. The same technology can be used to create text content from podcasts and podcast content from web pages.This isn’t theory, it’s currently live on Google. Can Google keep up with machine learning spam? I first noticed the text...

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SKILLSOFT PARTNERS WITH IBM DEVELOPERWORKS

IBM | January 31, 2017

Skillsoft, the global leader in eLearning, has been selected as an official learning content provider for the IBM developerWorks Premium membership. IBM developerWorks Premium helps software developers advance their careers by building new skills through powerful tools, services, training, and networking opportunities. Skillsoft and IBM have signed an agreement in which developerWorks Premium subscribers will have access to Skillsoft’s vast library of IT learning content. IBM selected Skil...

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FROM BIG DATA TO ACTIONABLE ANALYTICS

tdworld.com | January 24, 2020

For many utilities, this world is not far off. For PECO Energy Co., a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., this world is here now as a result of the Exelon Utilities Analytics Academy. This program is aimed at enabling employees to adopt digital skills, such as machine learning, operational analytics, visual storytelling and automated analysis. This ensures the people who are most familiar with the meaning behind the data also can conduct their own analysis, rather than having to rely on a central group ...

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DATA IS THE NEW WATER AND AI IS HELPING ORGANISATIONS RIDE THE WAVE

yourstory.com | January 23, 2020

As of June 2019, there were over 4.4 billion internet users in the world. This statistic represents an 83% percent increase in the number of people using the Internet in just five years! Right now, over 5 quintillion bytes of data are generated in a single day (that’s 5 followed by 18 zeros). Simply put, there’s an ocean of data out there, and AI is our best bet to analyze, understand, and innovate with it. It’s no surprise, therefore, that when it comes to the tech landscape a...

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MACHINE LEARNING SPAM IN GOOGLE

searchenginejournal.com | January 21, 2020

Spammers are taking advantage of Google Rich Results algorithms in order to place content at the top of Google search. Spammers are taking advantage of machine learning technologies to automatically create video content from web pages and vice versa. The same technology can be used to create text content from podcasts and podcast content from web pages.This isn’t theory, it’s currently live on Google. Can Google keep up with machine learning spam? I first noticed the text...

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C-Suite On Deck

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Q&A with Tara O'Sullivan, CMO at SKILLSOFT

ONDECK | March 15, 2019

Tara O’Sullivan, the CMO of Skillsoft shares her insights on the impact of digital transformation on marketers and the need to focus on slashing the wide gender pay gap. With over 25 years of experience including B2B marketing in Ireland, EMEA and the US, Tara has extensive expertise in using marketing to effect change. Here are her thoughts on women in marketing and the changing dynamics of the profession. MEDIA 7: Tara, how old were you when you had your first paying job? TARA O'SULLIVAN: 14 – I worked for my Dad photocopying manuals for software training. I loved the work, I loved being in amongst the team of people who were there. There was a lot of fun with the other people who worked there, and I learnt a lot of lessons on dealing with people, working on end user manuals which were like 500 pages thick, making sure they were all collated properly, the cover looked good – all to provide a real sense of the importance of the training.

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