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Blackboard

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Blackboard designs learning and education software for enterprise/ school groups. Blackboard is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day.

Blackboard’s solutions allow higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

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  Blackboard added Benjamin Cunningham as Director of iOS Engineering. (7/1/09)
  Posted 8/24/11 at 2:34pm
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  Blackboard added Stephen Gilfus as Founder. (1/1/97)
  Posted 9/23/10 at 9:19pm
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  Blackboard invested in Parchment Inc.. (2/9/11)
  Posted 2/9/11 at 6:45pm via docufide.com
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  Went public with stock symbol BBBB. (1/1/04)
  Posted 7/25/11 at 6:56pm
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  Blackboard acquired Presidium for $53M. (1/13/11)
  Posted 1/13/11 at 9:46pm via dowjones.com
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  Blackboard acquired Saf-T-Net for $33M. (3/25/10)
  Posted 7/22/10 at 1:21am via blackboard.com
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  Blackboard acquired Terriblyclever Design for $4M. (7/14/09)
  Posted 9/24/09 at 2:01pm via wordpress.com
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  Blackboard — An investor group led by Rhode Island-based Providence Equity Partners has closed a deal to buy Blackboard Inc., (7/1/11)
  Posted 7/5/11 at 5:23am via masshightech.com
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  Blackboard — Providence Equity buys ed tech firm Blackboard for $1.64B (7/1/11)
  Posted 7/1/11 at 7:14pm via masshightech.com
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  Blackboard — Today, thousands of academic, corporate and government institutions in 140 countries deliver e-Education services through Blackboard’s suite of enterprise products. As e-Education becomes an increasingly greater part of the fabric of educational instit (6/11/02)
  Posted 9/23/10 at 9:33pm via gilfuseducationgroup.com
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  Blackboard — Washington, DC. April 29, 1998. Blackboard Inc. today announced a major internal development effort to release two software products that will help university faculty deliver courses over the World Wide Web. The products are based on CourseInfo, a leading (4/29/98)
  Posted 9/23/10 at 9:31pm via gilfuseducationgroup.com
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  Blackboard — Stephen Gilfus, company co-founder and VP of Marketing and Sales and Head of Product Strategy and Development at Blackboard will discuss the CourseInfo package recently purchased by Maricopa and discuss features of their new enterprise product, Campus. (5/18/99)
  Posted 9/23/10 at 9:30pm via gilfuseducationgroup.com
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  Blackboard — Over 600 Customers Gather to Focus on Advancing Education and Using Technology to Bring Schools, Colleges and Universities Online (11/3/00)
  Posted 9/23/10 at 9:29pm via gilfuseducationgroup.com
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  Blackboard — Blackboard LLC. merges with Ithaca based CourseInfo LLC. to form Blackboard Inc. (4/29/98)
  Posted 9/23/10 at 9:27pm via gilfuseducationgroup.com

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1. Blackboard Acquires Rest Of Edison-Backed Presidium For $53M (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
2. Blackboard Completes Acquisition of Saf-T-Net, Inc., Provider of AlertNow (blackboard.com) [edit]
3. BbWorld09 – Blackboard Corporate Keynote (bbworld.wordpress.com) [edit]
4. EDUCATION CREDENTIALS COMPANY DOCUFIDE TO BE LED BY BLACKBOARD CO-FOUNDER (docufide.com) [edit]
5. Blackboard Merges with Ithaca Based CourseInfo (gilfuseducationgroup.com) [edit]
6. Blackboard Announces Blackboard “Building Blocks” (gilfuseducationgroup.com) [edit]
7. Stephen Gilfus Blackboard Founder to Present at Maricopa Community College System (gilfuseducationgroup.com) [edit]
8. Blackboard Announces Development of IMS-based Course Delivery Tools (gilfuseducationgroup.com) [edit]
9. Blackboard Extends SCORM support with Building Blocks (gilfuseducationgroup.com) [edit]
10. Providence Equity buys ed tech firm Blackboard for $1.64B (masshightech.com) [edit]
11. Providence Equity buys ed tech firm Blackboard for $1.64B (masshightech.com) [edit]