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The Fosway Group, Europe's No. 1 HR analyst, has published its latest analysis of the digital learning market. imc's digital learning solutions have once again secured the ‘Strategic Challenger’ position. This confirms the strong position of the Saarbrücken-based company in the Fosway 9-Grid™.

According to Fosway, Strategic Challengers offer solutions that cover a broader range of services than most of the other vendors surveyed. Strategic Challengers are also solid and reliable partners in the field of digital learning solutions.

“The modern workforce expects more from their learning experience in 2024 – including a personalised experience that empowers the learner and positively impacts performance,” said David Wilson, CEO of Fosway Group. “imc deliver on this through multi-modal, tailored learning solutions refined by many years of experience in the space.”

Sven R. Becker, Co-CEO of imc, sees the renewed good positioning as a positive signal:

"As a full-service provider, we strive for the best possible quality in all areas in order to guarantee comprehensive customer support at the highest level.

We are therefore delighted to have been named twice by the analysts of the Fosway Group as a Strategic Challenger, both for our learning platform and for our customised learning solutions.

In March, imc's Learning Management System was also recognised as a Strategic Challenger by the Fosway Group.”

Each year the Learning Technologies Awards celebrate the commitment, enthusiasm and passion for learning technologies around the world. The finalists were selected from over 450 entries by an independent judging panel organised by The Learning Network.

The joint project between imc and Schaeffler, the "Climate Action Day", convinced the expert jury: From 2040, the Schaeffler Group wants to work with a completely climate-neutral supply chain. The company's own production is to be "green" as early as 2030. However, a successful climate change requires the mobilisation of around 83,000 employees.

In order to kick-start this enormous process of change, Schaeffler organised the "Climate Action Day" with the support of imc: a day on which all production worldwide was stopped for 90 minutes so that employees could exchange ideas on the topic of climate neutrality and develop concepts together. Extensive training and workshops were organised around this day.

The starting point for the learning activities was an animated, integrated landing page with a chatbot, curated content and a direct link to the existing learning management system and Microsoft Teams. Learners around the world were able to access the different learning content, such as training courses and guides, at the same time through different entry points in the portal.

A uniform onboarding programme for all: this was the goal with which ALTANA approached imc. The ALTANA Group develops and produces high-quality, innovative specialty chemical products in four divisions. Headquartered in Wesel, Germany, ALTANA has 48 production sites, 63 service and research laboratories worldwide and employs around 7,000 people.

In order to communicate the overarching goals and values of the ALTANA Group to employees from all divisions, imc has developed a uniform company-wide onboarding programme for ALTANA. In addition, there is a specific onboarding for managers.

The survey results collected by ALTANA show that the project was highly successful: On a scale of 1 to 5, the global onboarding was rated with an above-average 4.3 points, the leadership training with a very good 4.0 points.

For the Brandon Hall Group's international panel of industry experts, a demonstrable business impact is of central importance. Other assessment criteria include:

Alignment to their business need and environment
Program design, functionality, and delivery
Adoption, integration, user experience, innovation, and creativity
Overall effectiveness, impact, and measurable benefits

Training Industry is the most trusted source of information on the business of learning. The US analyst firm publishes an annual ranking of the Top Custom Content Development Companies. This year, imc made it onto the Watch List.

Training Industry continually monitors the training marketplace for the top providers of custom content. Each year, it compiles a list based on a thorough analysis to help organisations find the most suitable training partners. The assessment criteria for the list include the capabilities and services of leading content development providers. These are companies offering a diverse range of learning content and a variety of content development services.

Sven R. Becker, member of the imc Executive Board, is pleased with the strong positioning in the ranking:

"Having already been named a Strategic Challenger for our Learning Management System (LMS) in February, the content provider ranking now also confirms our course. As a full-service provider, we strive for the best possible quality in all areas to ensure comprehensive customer support at the highest level.

So, we are naturally delighted that we are the only provider to be named twice in the Strategic Challenger zone by Fosway Group analysts - for both our learning platform and our individual learning solutions."

"We've noticed unsual activity on your login account. Change you password immediately!" Almost every day we receive similar emails from dubious senders. The Phishing Detection Booster empowers learners to quickly and confidently decide if it is a fraud or not. The goal of the training is to gain a certain routine in recognizing clear signs of phishing mails. Using concrete examples, players learn to recognize the most important features of a fraud mail and immediately apply what they have learned to collect points and thus reach the next level.

Last year, imc enjoyed great success with its multi-award-winning serious game Cyber Crime Time. Dr. Robert Lohmann, Product Manager Learning Content at imc, is convinced of the quality of the training:

Mobile data, free internet access and remote work make us flexible – and a target for attacks. Many employees know little about IT security, and often become victims of cyber-attacks unbeknownst to them.

Creating awareness of cyber criminality is key for memorable training. That is why imc developed an awareness game: to help learners grasp the issue while motivating them to dive deeper into IT security. Cyber Crime Time lets the learner slip into the role of a hacker. Step by step, they learn the most common cyber-attacks first hand. The learner – or hacker – gradually adds to their 'hacker toolkit' to obtain secret information through the employees of a fictional company.

“Protecting a company against cyber-attacks needs more than technical measures. The ‘human factor’ is one of the most important components of a successful IT security system,” explains Sven R. Becker, Member of the Executive Board at imc. “It is therefore key to sensitise each employee for the importance of IT security – and the most effective way to achieve that is by turning it into a game, letting the learner experience scenarios they can recognise in an immersive environment.”

The latest analysis of the Fosway Group in the field of Digital Learning has been published today. Fosway ranks imc’s tailor-made content solutions among the Strategic Challengers. imc is one of very few companies who manage to offer both a Learning Management System as well as Individual Content on such a high level.

This is the first time imc has been ranked in this category, as they were before seen as a Core Challenger and now moved up to the second-best category. Strategic Challengers, explains Fosway, provide solid performance with solutions that have a richer and broader suite of capability than most other solutions in the Fosway 9-Grid™.

The leading e-learning provider, imc AG, announced its position as a Core Leader for Learning System in Fosway 9-Grid™.

Furthermore, imc was also recognized as a Core Challenger in Digital Learning. This achievement cemented imc’s mission to be an excellent partner in Learning Management Systems and tailor-made content solutions. Only limited number of companies manage to handle both fields on a high level and can be recognized as full-service provider for digital learning.

Christian Wachter, CEO of imc declares: “We are very honoured to have a high position in both categories. Our strategy of holistic and individual learning journeys is very important, not only for the European market, but also in the international platform and for our target markets in Asia Pacific region. We are proud to position ourselves among the best competitors all over the world.”

The Fosway 9-Grid™is a five-dimensional model that can be used to understand the relative position of solutions and providers in a particular learning and talent systems market. Solutions are evaluated based on their Performance, Potential, Market Presence, Total Cost of Ownership and Future Trajectories across the market.

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