Corporate Training Market 2005: Forecast & Analysis is a must-have report for top executives and business strategists in the training industry, providing a full market capitulation and profiles of the leading companies that compete for corporate training dollars from all corners of the market:

• soft skills and IT training providers
• infrastructure and learning management systems (LMS) providers
• live e-learning providers

Woven throughout the report is trend analysis and metrics, including: market size, market share, revenue growth figures and three-year revenue forecasts for the corporate training industry.

Additional Information

Methodology

Simba Information’s Corporate Training Market 2005: Forecasts & Analysis studies the worldwide market for U.S.-based training vendor firms targeting corporate and government clients, in terms of revenues, growth and market share, as well as trends and forces that are shaping the world of training. For the purpose of this report, Simba has divided the world of training vendors into three main segments: IT content, soft skills content and e-learning (which includes infrastructure systems and live virtual classrooms). To reach its conclusions, Simba embarked on an extensive research project that included interviews and surveys of leading players in the industry, as well as experts, association members and Wall Street analysts. The data, including estimates and projections of future results, was then tabulated.

While market estimates were based on Simba’s analysis of the statistical and numerical data mentioned above, more abstract information was also factored in, such as market trends, individual company strategies and broader economic forecasts. It should be noted that this is merely a cursory description of a complex and systematic process of information gathering and analysis. Market totals are from sales of U.S.-based training vendor firms, as well as from offshore firms that primarily conduct business in the U.S. and have headquarters here. Areas that are excluded from consideration include credit-based continuing education, adult education, degree-granting programs and vocational/technical instruction.

For the purposes of this report, the IT training sector consists of vendor firms offering non-captive training for business users and IT professionals. The soft skills training market consists of businesses offering instruction in non-technical, business-related skills including—but not limited to—communication, leadership, management, team-building, sales and customer service. The e-learning sector includes infrastructure firms offering software and services which—among other things—allow clients to create online content; manage all forms of training (classroom, online, CD-ROM, etc.); track usage by employees; and test and assess student performance. Live virtual classroom and collaboration firms provide products and services that allow clients to hold real-time training sessions over the Internet or corporate intranet, using either installed software or via a Web-hosted service.