August 31, 2012
SAP
August 3, 2012
Jim Holincheck exits Gartner for Workday: A Farewell but not Goodbye
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 an
June 6, 2012
SuccessFactors Analyst Day Summary
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 se
February 25, 2012
HCM -Talent Go Cloud, Windows 8 and iPad 3
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
February 20, 2012
Talent and HCM Part III: Kenexa Buys Learning Provider Outstart
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 Lear
February 9, 2012
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 60 days after SAP announced it was buying SuccessFactors, the race is on to offer the most complete talent/HCM suite. T
December 21, 2011
Salesforce buys Rypple, Signals Move into HCM
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 buyinSAP 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 Succe
December 15, 2011
Salesforce Move will Trigger HCM Merger Wars
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 ma
December 3, 2011
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 SuccessFac
November 1, 2011