HCM and Talent Merger Wars Claim more Victims

By Jim Lundy With the announcement today that Oracle is in the process of buying Taleo less than sixty days after SAP announced it was buying SuccessFactors, the race is on to offer the most complete Talent/HCM Suite. This comes on the heels of Kenexa announcing yesterday that it was buying Learning Suite provider  Outstart. [...]

SAP Goes Cloud: Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion

view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Knowledge Issue:  How will enterprises acquire and distribute knowledge? Summary: On December 3rd, SAP announced that it was purchasing SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion in an all cash deal. Event: SAP announced on Saturday, December 3rd, that it intends to purchase Talent Management [...]

Talent and HCM Part II: Saba Partners with Workday

  To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Knowledge Issue: How will enterprises acquire and distribute knowledge? Summary: On October 25th, Saba announced that it was entering into a partnership with HCM and Talent Suite provider Workday, which focuses on a cloud integration between their two product suites. Event: [...]

Talent and HCM Part I: Cornerstone OnDemand Partners with Workday

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Knowledge Issue: How will enterprises acquire and distribute knowledge? Summary: On October 24th, Cornerstone announced that it was entering into a partnership with Workday that focuses on a cloud-to-cloud integration between Cornerstone OnDemand’s Learning Cloud and Workday HCM. Event: Cornerstone announced [...]