SAP’s US$3.4 billion purchase ... referring to the software architecture style used by many SaaS companies. The “clever” way SuccessFactors has designed its software means big savings ...

I cover enterprise strategy and disruptive technology SuccessFactors’ provides SAP with massive cross-sell opportunities. SAP believes the core SFSF offerings will be an attractive to more than ...

SAP said Saturday that it will buy SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion, or $40 a share in cash. The move---combined with Oracle's acquisition of RightNow---highlights how legacy enterprise software ...

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German software vendor SAP announced it will part with US$3.5 billion to acquire SuccessFactors, a maker of cloud-based employee management software. With the purchase, SAP has tacitly admitted ...

This year will see the SAP HANA database face its biggest test yet, as the entire SuccessFactors customer base moves onto the platform in a series of migrations that have long been planned for the ...

SAP SE SAP recently added new features to its SuccessFactors Human Experience Management (HXM) suite. The new features are aimed at helping businesses gain a better knowledge of the abilities of ...

The launch by SAP of new AI capabilities in its SuccessFactors HCM (human capital management) suite Monday is a case of “better late to the party than never,” according to an analyst with Info ...

SAP also will extend the Web services architecture it laid out last year to include business-process management and modeling tools that can be used to unify business processes across multiple SAP ...

SAP has announced plans to ... and CubeTree, a social network for businesses (sort of like a Facebook for businesses). SuccessFactors’ 3,500 customers (acorss 168 countries) pay for a total ...