Comments on: More Acquisitions May Be Ahead in Race to the Cloud http://www.ere.net/2011/12/05/more-acquisitions-may-be-ahead-in-race-to-the-cloud/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Wed, 22 May 2013 01:09:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: You’re Right, They Are Faking It. Now Go SaaS Them - ERE.net http://www.ere.net/2011/12/05/more-acquisitions-may-be-ahead-in-race-to-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-67950 You’re Right, They Are Faking It. Now Go SaaS Them - ERE.net Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:29:04 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=22579#comment-67950 [...] That’s mostly what all those acquisitions of HR software vendors are about. The big fish preferred to sell, install, and maintain giant systems for companies, so they mostly dabbled in cloud-computing, or more specifically, SaaS. Now that it seems nearly all the buyers want is to use the software, not own it, the littler companies that embraced SaaS are getting bought. [...]

]]> By: iCIMS has a new business partner | HR Practices Research Portal http://www.ere.net/2011/12/05/more-acquisitions-may-be-ahead-in-race-to-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-60918 iCIMS has a new business partner | HR Practices Research Portal Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:25:13 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=22579#comment-60918 [...] In the last few months, Taleo and Kenexa have seen their stock bid up, especially so since Oracle and SAP bought up vendors with strong SaaS products.This article is provided for informational purposes only and is not [...]

]]> By: Thinking About the Cloud and Saas? Here’s What You Need to Know http://www.ere.net/2011/12/05/more-acquisitions-may-be-ahead-in-race-to-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-60449 Thinking About the Cloud and Saas? Here’s What You Need to Know Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:40:18 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=22579#comment-60449 [...] though Wall Street reacted to the SAP/SuccessFactors deal as if the cloud had just been discovered, the reality is cloud computing has been around almost as long as the Internet itself. What the [...]

]]> By: Steve Harari http://www.ere.net/2011/12/05/more-acquisitions-may-be-ahead-in-race-to-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-57009 Steve Harari Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:23:12 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=22579#comment-57009 This is a great recap article which skillfully weaves together the views of both financial analysts and industry insiders. The exit strategy for SaaS based providers just became a bit brighter with SAP acquiring SuccessFactors!

Steve Harari
Staffingbook Corporation

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