Enterprise customers can now leverage MyGuide’s enhanced natural language processing, conversational support and digital adoption experience– developed using IBM Watson–to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives.

The updated release provides advanced self-serve AI capabilities, including:

• Natural language activation of voice-based support conversations leveraging IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding
• Computer vision for web, mobile and desktop UI targeting, built on IBM Watson Visual Recognition
• Text and Voice Q&A capabilities for Guide search using IBM Watson Speech-to-Text and IBM Watson Text-to-Speech
• Native integration of MyGuide chatbot inside browser extensions leveraging IBM Watson Assistant
• Back-end infrastructure for content handling in the flow of work

After a successful partnership for over a year, LRMG and EdCast reaffirm their continued commitment to building digital learning capabilities in Africa.

Speaking on the partnership, Mayank Pande – Business Leader International Markets at EdCast said: “It is our duty to equip corporate Africa with the tools and technologies that drive learning, skilling and career mobility, in line with organisational goals, while ensuring process and cost optimisation. In LRMG, we have the right, long-term partner who understands market needs and has the required capabilities to deliver impactful solutions.”

‘’LRMG’s partnership with EdCast has provided us with a world-class learning experience platform to enable L&D to refresh their digital-enabled learning strategies.’’ Irwin van Stavel, Managing Director, LRMG Africa.

We are pleased to be included as an integrated and featured partner for Microsoft Viva in their partnerships announcement today, which also includes a testimonial from our joint Microsoft-EdCast customer Dell Technologies.

As Karl Mehta stated in the post, “Our longstanding commitment to provide learning in the flow of work and delivering the best-in-class employee experience (EX) platform has extended across many digital workspace platforms and G2000 companies. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Microsoft on our Viva and Teams integrations and in rolling these solutions out to our joint customers and prospects.”

EdCast announced SkillsDNA™, its innovative addition to its award-winning learning and employee experience platform. In the critical war for talent, EdCast’s SkillsDNA provides businesses new ways to assess skills distributed across industries and organizations in evaluating capabilities at the individual, team and enterprise levels.

Karl Mehta is a serial entrepreneur, author, investor, engineer, and civil servant with over 20 years of experience in founding, building, and funding technology companies in the U.S. and international markets. He is currently Founder & CEO of EdCast Inc., a next-generation knowledge platform company and former venture partner at Menlo Ventures, a leading VC firm of Silicon Valley with over $4B under management. Previously, he was the Founder & CEO of PlaySpan Inc., acquired by Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the world’s largest payment network.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EdCast announced the launch of its employee experience (EX) platform inside the Cisco Webex App Hub today. The seamless integration between the two platforms enables users to get unified discovery and access to personalized content and experts directly within Webex. With this integration, companies and employees can now enhance employee experience with EdCast for Webex, bringing AI-powered content from both internal and external sources alongside Webex collaboration workflows.

MUMBAI, India–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Talent Enterprise and EdCast announced today a partnership focused on upskilling and workforce development that will be rolled-out in key emerging and fast-growing economies of the Middle East, Asia and Africa, as well as key regions in Europe and the Americas. The vision of transitioning to a service-led economy in order to drive continued economic growth demands a qualified and competent workforce. Learning and assessment will form a critical component of this career transitioning. The synergy this partnership offers will help companies effectively navigate both in the dynamic new world of work.

“Skilling is at the heart of transforming nations. It is indeed the biggest opportunity and challenge of the decade,” explains Nishchae Suri, President, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, EdCast, in a chat with YourStory.