Partnerships & Alliances (September 2026)

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

  • OpenSesame announced an expanded partnership with Workday that makes it Workday’s first and only embedded learning content partner, giving Workday customers streamlined access to curated learning content across the Workday Talent Suite. OpenSesame’s catalog includes more than 60,000 curated courses, covering areas such as compliance, safety, leadership development, professional and technical skills, AI skills, onboarding and industry-specific training.
  • DataCamp, a platform for AI and data skills, announced a new partnership to bring official Google Cloud courses directly into its learning platform. The course availability gives DataCamp’s community of more than 20 million learners and 6,000 customers access to training created by Google Cloud experts. Initial learning tracks will include Google Cloud Digital Leader, Google Workspace with Gemini, Google Cloud Generative AI Leader, and Google Associate Cloud Engineer.
Edited by Lorri Freifeld
Lorri Freifeld is the editor/publisher of Training magazine, owned by Lakewood Media Group. She writes on a number of topics, including talent management, training technology, and leadership development. She spearheads two awards programs: the Training MVP Awards and Emerging Training Leaders. A writer/editor for the last 30-plus years, she has held editing positions at a variety of publications and holds a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University.