Partnerships & Alliances (March 2021)

The latest training industry mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and more.

  • Orasi, a DevSecOps innovator accelerating software application delivery and adoption through automation, partnered with Parkland Health & Hospital System to provide virtual training for thousands of hospital employees during COVID–19 via Orasi’s virtual training platform, OrasiLabs.
  • Infobase acquired Firsthand, a career mentoring and engagement platform for students and alumni, and will merge it with its career readiness platform Vault, a leader in employer rankings and career guides. This all-in-one engagement platform is the meeting place for virtual career and enrollment fairs, mentorships, job postings, forums, and more.
  • Eightfold AI formed an exclusive partnership with PRO Unlimited, bringing Eightfold’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology into PRO’s contingent workforce management platform. The combined solution will ensure a seamless, modern, diversity-first experience powered by AI for an organization’s entire talent acquisition process.
Lorri Freifeld
Lorri Freifeld is the editor/publisher of Training magazine. She writes on a number of topics, including talent management, training technology, and leadership development. She spearheads two awards programs: the Training APEX Awards and Emerging Training Leaders. A writer/editor for the last 30 years, she has held editing positions at a variety of publications and holds a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University.