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AtumLMS
AtumLMS is a SAAS (software-as-a-service) eLearning platform other terms to describe the AtumLMS are Performance Management System (PMS), Learning Management System (LMS), Learning Content Management System (LCMS) Course Management System (CMS), Training Management System (TMS) or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

AtumLMS is used by small, medium and large corporates with a special emphasis on its usability and workflow feature. This platform has the capability of accommodating thousands of registered users.

With the AtumLMS, trainers, managers and users can utilize it for content creation, assessment creation, assignment management, training management, performance reporting and management, internal messaging & forum discussions, surveys, gamification and social learning.

ATUM-LMS is a modular software, so features can be added or dropped; the modules that exist are: Multilingual Capability, Content Authoring, Quiz, Gamification, Performance Support and Training Management System, which aims to bring efficiency into instructor led training/classroom training.

AtumLMS is used by 1.5 million users from industries such as BFSI, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Oil & Gas, Transport, FMCG, Telecom, Aviation, Government bodies and non profit companies.

History
The initial development of AtumLMS was initiated in 2011, the beta version was availed on February 2012 and the alpha version was fully released on September 2012. The platform has currently incorporated newer features such as Gamification and Social Learning and AtumLMS has annual updates.

Features

 * Supports unlimited uploads of courses/files
 * Supports external content integration (YouTube, SlideShare, Prezi and Wikipedia.)
 * Social Learning - Chat and Forum Discussions
 * Customized Branding solutions (logo, theme, domain, etc.)
 * Responsive Design and Mobile friendly UI for all devices.
 * Compliant with SCORM and TinCan APIs
 * Supports industry standard documents (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, etc.)
 * Robust Reporting with 100+ reports
 * Assessment and Survey Creation tools
 * Certifications
 * Gamification
 * Multilingual Support for all Indic Languages, English - American & British, Arabic, German, French, Spanish, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak and Bulgarian.

Integrations, Extensibility and Technology
AtumLMS has a built-in integration for couple of external services and products, such as eLearning industry standards such as Tin Can API & SCORM.

Besides its built-in integration with various external services, AtumLMS has single-sign on capabilities so provides a flexible API. This flexible API can extend AtumLMS and integrate it with other proprietary or open source products and custom services. So the platform can easily integrate with enterprise software with ease such as HRMS, PMIS, and SAP systems.

With AtumLMS' flexible PHP wrapper around its flexible API, there is a programmatic access to the platform's resources such as users, courses, categories, and groups, enabling external clients to query, update and create new e-learning resources.

AtumLMS is written in the PHP programming language and hosted on LAM (Linus, Apache and MySQL) based infrastructure. The platform supports modern HTML5 features and Ajax-based interaction in the front end.

Business Model
AtumLMS is offered as a commercial Cloud service and even be a hosted LMS. There are various different price plans and the billing can be annual or on a monthly basis. AtumLMS is best suited for a Cloud approach, reasons for a cloud-based platform are the following:


 * 1) No Delay in Implementation
 * 2) Aim For a Better ROI and Expect Lower TCO
 * 3) Scalability
 * 4) Easy Upgrades and Wide Reach
 * 5) Seamless Integration with Third Party