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Homepage Feature October 19, 2005

  • 10/19/05
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Blackboard and WebCT Execs Reassure Customers

Blackboard Inc., and WebCT, Inc., reassured customers this week that their announced merger is good news on campus. At a brief news conference this week at EDUCAUSE 2005 in Orlando, FL, WebCT president and CEO Carol Vallone intimated that the merger had not come out of the blue. She said in the past she and Blackboard President and CEO Michael Chasen talked about the synergy possible if their companies merged. Read more. (Photo courtsey of Blackboard)

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