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| num_employees = Approximately 200 (2019)
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'''Meridian Knowledge Solutions''' is a software company founded in 1997 and headquartered in [[Reston, Virginia]]. It provides a web-based [[learning management system]] (LMS) for delivering and tracking training that is critical to operations, increase in revenue streams and manages compliance requirements for their employees, members, customers, partners and resellers. The software product suite, Meridian Global, integrates general learning management functions (e.g., course catalogs, enrollments) with collaboration and [[performance management]] features such as employee development plans and skill assessments.<ref>T+D magazine, "Managing Learning in More Than One Way," page 60, June 2011</ref> The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP)]], a California.-based technology and outsourcing firm.<ref>Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems," J. Freyermuth, J. Holincheck, T. Otter, March 24, 2011</ref>
'''Meridian Knowledge Solutions''' is a software company founded in 1997 and headquartered in [[Reston, Virginia]]. It provides a web-based [[learning management system]] (LMS) for delivering and tracking training.<ref>T+D magazine, "Managing Learning in More Than One Way," page 60, June 2011</ref> The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP)]], a technology and outsourcing firm.<ref>Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems," J. Freyermuth, J. Holincheck, T. Otter, March 24, 2011</ref>

==Company history==
Meridian was founded in 1997.

'''2012'''

* Best of Elearning! Award Winner-Best Enterprise LMS<ref>"Best of Elearning! 8th Annual Award Winners," http://www.2elearning.com/component/k2/item/55257</ref>
* Ad-Hoc Reporting software won a Silver Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for Unique Learning Technology.<ref>Brandon Hall Winners http://brandonhall.com/excellence-technology.php?year=2012</ref>

'''2013'''
* Best of Elearning! Award of Excellence winner for Best Learning Management System (Enterprise)<ref>"Best of Elearning! 2013 Award Winners Named," August 29, 2013 http://www.2elearning.com/top-stories/item/55338-best-of-elearning</ref>

'''2014'''

* Meridian Wins Best of Elearning Award for Fourth Year in a Row <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newsok.com/article/feed/772359/meridian-wins-best-of-elearning-award-for-fourth-year-in-a-row|title=Meridian Wins Best of Elearning! Award for Fourth Year in a Row|last=|first=|date=December 12, 2014|work=|access-date=}}</ref>

=== 2018 ===

* Morgan Stanley Credit Partners invested $47.3 million to Visionary Integration Professionals, which will speed up the growth of Visionary Integration Professionals and its subsidiary, Meridian Knowledge Solutions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morgan Stanley Invests $47M in California Software Firm|url=https://www.govtech.com/biz/Morgan-Stanley-Invests-47M-in-California-Software-Firm.html|access-date=2020-06-18|website=www.govtech.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ==
In August, 2013, Visionary Integration Professionals and Meridian were awarded a $95-million single-award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] to provide more than 250,000 agency employees with a secure, cloud-based enterprise talent management system (ETMS). This precedent-setting contract will deploy the largest shared services model with consumption-based pricing agency-wide. Further, it is the first major consolidation of learning and talent management systems in the federal government within a [[FedRAMP]]-certified infrastructure.<ref>Information Week Government, "Homeland Security Picks Cloud for Training," August 12, 2013 http://www.informationweek.com/government/cloud-saas/homeland-security-picks-cloud-for-traini/240159853</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 22:55, 17 December 2020

Meridian Knowledge Solutions
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Headquarters,
United States
Number of employees
Approximately 200 (2019)
Websitemeridianks.com

Meridian Knowledge Solutions is a software company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia. It provides a web-based learning management system (LMS) for delivering and tracking training.[1] The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP), a technology and outsourcing firm.[2]

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  1. ^ T+D magazine, "Managing Learning in More Than One Way," page 60, June 2011
  2. ^ Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems," J. Freyermuth, J. Holincheck, T. Otter, March 24, 2011
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