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. [...]

Tech Titan SAP buys SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion

Announced on a Saturday, this deal signifies that the Tech Titans may be loosening their purse strings to make acquisitions that help them with long term growth (see a related Aragon Research First Cut on SuccessFactors). For SAP, this signifies that a growth via acquisition strategy may be a long term play for them. Note that for others, [...]

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 [...]