Ceridian, GeoLearning Set Sights on Midmarket

Teamwork: As it evolves back to being a private company, Ceridian Corp. is moving into a new area: managed learning. The Minneapolis-based HRO provider is teaming with GeoLearning to offer a menu of e-learning services to help companies better acquire, create, manage and share knowledge to accomplish business objectives. Ceridian says it plans to offer learning and development services to its HRO clients via GeoLearning’s software-as-a-service platform, known as GeoMaestro. The two companies say they are targeting their joint effort at midmarket companies that need talent and performance management tools. In May, publicly traded Ceridian announced that private investors had offered to purchase the company for $5.3 billion, potentially ending a contentious proxy fight.