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Hundreds of companies and millions of employees use Axero’s intranet software to communicate, collaborate, manage tasks and events, organize content, and develop their company culture.

Careerminds helps organizations support their people at every stage of the talent lifecycle through outplacement services, career transition, talent solutions, and job architecture. We partner with HR and business leaders to navigate workforce change, enable growth, and build resilient, future-ready organizations. Founded in 2008, Careerminds operates across 80 languages and 100+ countries, combining global scale with a personalized, high-touch experience. Our unique delivery methodology blends advanced technology, workforce intelligence, and one-to-one coaching to deliver scalable, measurable results. Career transition Outplacement & Executive Outplacement Services: Data-driven outplacement services that help employees transition faster while supporting employers with measurable outcomes, cost efficiency, and brand protection. Workforce Redeployment: Redeployment services that enable internal mobility by aligning skills to business needs, reducing attrition and supporting agility. Job architecture: Career Frameworks: A solution that creates role clarity, defines skill expectations, and supports internal mobility and long-term workforce planning. Workforce Intelligence: A data-driven platform offering insight into skills, roles, and talent trends to support workforce planning and decision-making. Career Enablement: A modern career enablement tool that gives employees visibility into career paths and ownership of their development. Talent solutions: Career Development: A career development program that help employees build skills, grow in their roles, and prepare for future opportunities. Executive & Leadership Coaching: Executive and leadership coaching services that empower leaders to navigate change, strengthen performance, and drive sustainable growth.

Haystack connects every employee of your organization with the people, resources, and information they need to thrive and succeed. Haystack provides employees with a fun, intuitive and informative way to start the day. Custom branding with no-code and a modular layout make it easy to highlight key resources, organizational culture, and knowledge. Haystack's automated multi-channel delivery, combined with actionable analytics, makes it easy for you to reach your employees at the right time and place. Spend less time looking for information and more on achieving your goals. Haystack’s knowledge-sharing features make it easy for employees to get the materials they need, no matter where in the world they are. It can be difficult to stay connected with everyone as teams grow and change. Haystack’s rich employee profiles and company directory make colleagues around the world feel as if they are right across the room.

CBT Nuggets has been a leader in on-demand IT training for more than 25 years. Subscribers have 24/7 access to training from trusted vendors like Cisco, Microsoft, AWS, and more. Our training library also offers office productivity courses for project managers, and end user courses on security best practices, Microsoft Office, and more. The CBT Nuggets training team has years of experience in their respective fields — these are certified experts in fields like networking, wireless, cybersecurity, data analytics, AI and machine learning, and more. Many CBT Nuggets courses map to IT certification exams, which are an excellent resource for those who want to become certified. As an on-the-job resource, CBT Nuggets training breaks down tricky technical topics into specific skills. Teams and training admins can assign videos to employees and track their progress. Whatever your goal, CBT Nuggets provides the training needed to be successful in your job.

Bridge is an easy-to-use LMS with employee development built in. Uniquely combining learning management, career and skill development, and performance and talent management all in one easy-to-use solution, it helps organizations stay on top of upskilling without administrative overwhelm. With Bridge, you can easily consolidate your learning tech stack, resulting in streamlined training and development programs, saved admin time, and a more engaging experience for employees and managers alike. You have the option of using the fully integrated Talent Suite, or choosing only the stand-alone products below: Bridge LMS: Simple, effective, and hassle-free learning. Admins quickly create and distribute compliance courses, employee learning, partner and customer education, and skill-building programs across teams. Learners easily find everything they need in one place. Bridge Performance Management: With 1on1 tools, talent reviews, skills mapping, and performance analytics, Bridge moves your team beyond completion rates, giving leaders the insights they need to cut skills gaps, and align talent with business goals. Bridge Skills Management Software: With a clear view of skills mastery across your organization, AI-powered skills mapping and personalized development plans, Bridge helps your workforce build tomorrow’s skills today. Real-time labor market data from Lightcast helps you create a skills taxonomy fit for the future. With courses auto-tagged with the right skills and courses automatically recommended to your learners, upskilling stays on track year round. Plus, peer-to-peer learning and skills mentoring is effortlessly facilitated right in the platform.

Meet Healthee—your intelligent healthcare navigation platform. Healthee takes the guesswork out of healthcare by delivering clear, personalized answers to employees’ healthcare and benefits questions—instantly. Employees can seamlessly navigate their existing health plans with on-demand guidance, all in one intuitive, mobile-first experience. Powered by Zoe, Healthee’s AI-powered Personal Health Assistant, employees receive tailored insights into coverage, costs, and care options—helping them make smarter decisions that reduce unnecessary healthcare spend. Healthee also simplifies open enrollment with easy-to-use plan comparison tools, guiding employees to the plans that best fit their needs and expected usage. This drives better plan selection, fewer surprises, and meaningful cost savings for both employees and employers. For HR teams, Healthee reduces administrative burden by delivering fast, accurate benefits support without changing existing plans. For finance leaders, claims analytics and cost insights provide visibility into utilization trends and key cost drivers, empowering CFOs to optimize plan design and control rising healthcare costs. The result: confident employees, healthier organizations, and a more cost-effective benefits strategy—right at your fingertips. Built for benefits managers and HR leaders, Healthee serves as a total benefits administration solution that consolidates 50+ point solutions into one intelligent hub. From FSA and HSA guidance to mental health navigation, telemedicine, and EAP access, Healthee connects every benefit in one place—increasing utilization, reducing cost-per-claim, and eliminating benefits fragmentation. Real-time analytics surface which benefits are underused so managers can reallocate budget strategical

Intermedia Unite is an all-in-one business communications and collaboration platform designed to keep employees connected and responsive across locations, devices, and teams. The solution combines cloud phone service, video meetings, team messaging, file sharing, customer engagement tools, and productivity features into one integrated platform. By consolidating multiple communication tools, Unite reduces app switching and gives employees a simpler way to call, meet, chat, share files, and engage customers from desktop or mobile devices. Its enterprise-grade calling system includes more than 100 voice features that support professional business communications and consistent customer interactions. The platform also supports enhanced Microsoft Teams experiences, helping organizations extend communication capabilities within their existing collaboration environment. AI features such as transcription, summaries, and conversation insights help users retain important information, identify follow-up actions, and improve team efficiency. Mobile and desktop apps allow employees to maintain a consistent business identity whether they are in the office, remote, or on the go. Backed by strong uptime commitments and J.D. Power-certified support, Intermedia Unite is built for reliability and ease of use. By unifying communications, collaboration, and engagement, Unite helps organizations increase productivity while improving the way teams serve customers.

Rippling streamlines HR, payroll, IT, and spend management for global businesses. Effortlessly manage the entire employee lifecycle, from hiring to benefits administration to performance. Automate HR tasks, simplify approvals, and ensure compliance. Manage devices, software access, and compliance monitoring all from one dashboard. Enjoy timely payroll, expense management, and dynamic financial policies, empowering you to save time, reduce costs, and enhance efficiency in your business. Experience the power of unified management with Rippling today.

Acadia meets your team at the frontline, providing on-the-job guidance where and when it’s needed. Acadia is the Connected Worker Platform designed for Employee Productivity. Our web-based platform makes it easy for you to standardize policies and procedures and put them in the hands of your frontline employees, no matter where they work. Incorporate videos, images, and other job aids to support precision execution. Ensure your team can execute critical tasks accurately, every time. Quantify individual and team performance with dynamic reporting. Acadia makes it easy to track compliance and see where you have gaps on the team. You can ditch the spreadsheet and see your entire team’s capabilities in an instant with our skills tracking matrix. Empower employees with all the tools they need to do their work – whether they’re on the factory floor, in the back office, or out in the field. Acadia clients use our digital work instructions to improve employee productivity, hit work efficiency goals, and create consistency in the workplace. See returns across a spectrum of operational outcomes when you build your employees’ capabilities.

Extole is the enterprise offer management platform powering personalized incentive programs at scale for B2C brands. Highly configurable and AI-accessible, Extole fits how your team already works. Marketers build offer programs that motivate customers across the customer lifecycle, product teams can orchestrate digital and real-world experiences that drive engagement and growth, and developers pull Extole's journey management, rules, real-time rewards, and AI into their own systems as ready-to-use services. Behind every offer, Extole combines real-time audience and event data with enterprise-grade infrastructure so your offers are reliable, secure, and easy to support and audit. Leading brands across retail, financial services, telecommunications, and home services trust Extole to power referral, loyalty, promotional, lifecycle, and engagement programs. Build your next offer program with Extole.