To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Knowledge, Social Software Issues: How will enterprises take advantage of new ways to share knowledge and expertise? What are the best practices for leveraging social software to gain a competitive advantage. Summary: On August 27th, IBM announced that it was buying HCM provider [...]
Jim Holincheck exits Gartner for Workday: A Farewell but not Goodbye
August 3, 2012 By 5 Comments
By Jim Lundy In case you hadn’t heard, Gartner Managing Vice President Jim Holincheck left Gartner in July and joined HCM provider Workday. So when Jim announced via Twitter that he was joining Workday, I watched and waited. The same thing happened to Jim that happened to me when I left Gartner: nothing. A funny thing happens [...]
Summarizing SuccessFactors Analyst Day in Three Words: Learning, Recruiting, Mobile
June 6, 2012 By 2 Comments
By Jim Lundy SuccessFactors held an analyst day on June 5th as part of its SuccessConnect customer event in San Francisco. Events like this are a preamble to messages delivered to customers. I walked away with a good sense that the integration with SAP may be going better than some had expected. Below are some [...]
HCM -Talent Go Cloud, Windows 8 and iPad 3
February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Jim Lundy This week was full of announcements from major HCM players, such as SAP (solidified its Cloud Roadmap based on SuccessFactors) and Oracle (which sought to reassure customers on its pending acquisition of Cloud Talent provider Taleo). In related First Cuts, we predicted the move by Oracle and we also think this will not be [...]
Talent and HCM Part III: Kenexa Buys Learning Provider Outstart
February 20, 2012 By
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 February 6th, Kenexa announced that it was buying Learning Suite provider Outstart for US $38.9 million in cash. Event: In its earnings announcement, Kenexa revealed that it was buying Outstart [...]
HCM and Talent Merger Wars Claim more Victims
February 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
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. [...]
Salesforce buys Rypple, Signals Move into HCM
December 21, 2011 By
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 December 15th, Salesforce announced that it was buying Rypple, a Social Performance Start-up. Terms of the deal were not released. Event: Salesforce announced it was buying Toronto based Rypple and [...]
SAP Goes Cloud: Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion
December 21, 2011 By
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 [...]
Salesforce Move will Trigger HCM Merger Wars
December 15, 2011 By 2 Comments
By Jim Lundy Salesforce announced today that it is buying Rypple, a Social Performance startup with offices in Canada and San Francisco. Aragon Research will be publishing a full First Cut on this move tomorrow. The major news from Salesforce was not the purchase of Rypple, but its announcement of a new HCM business unit [...]
Tech Titan SAP buys SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion
December 3, 2011 By 4 Comments
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, [...]
