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SuccessFactors Acquires Inform: What’s The Real Issue Here?
There’s been some terrific discussion in the blogosphere about SuccessFactor’s recent acquisition of Inform, and I won’t repeat here what Ventana Research, Knowledge Infusion OnDemand and others have...
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M&A Observations: StepStone Solutions Acquires MrTed — Who’s Next
Not *this* Mr Ted Just in this morning was the announcement that StepStone Solutions is acquiring MrTed in what appears to be a very congenial coming together of two prominent European players in the...
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M&A Observations: Whither Goest Genesys?
Late-breaking news. Genesys’ buyer is PeopleStrategy, the current owner of Integral Systems (which was Dave Duffield’s predecessor company to PeopleSoft, so we’re going back here to the mid-80′s for...
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HRM #EnSW Vendor Consolidation Fairy Tales
“Fairy Tales May Come True, It Could Happen To You” There was a ton of consolidation in the HRM software and services market during 2010, and 2011 is off to a roaring start with SumTotal’s acquisition...
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Lawson Software — A Very Sad Ending
Lars Lawson — The Symbol Of All Things Lawson I first wrote about the HRM enterprise software “Snowdons of Yesteryear” (with apologies to Joseph Heller for this misuse of his famous phrase, “where are...
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M&A Observations: Oracle, Infor And… SumTotal?
When SumTotal announced in April a not unexpected acquisition of Accero (really more of an aggregation because both firms were already owned by Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm with a now...
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What Just Happened To The Talent Management Technology Spend?
What Happened To The Rest Of My Pie? I’m still working on my magnum opus (perhaps never to be finished?) post on the SAP/SFSF/Jobs2Web/all things consolidation in the HRM enterprise software market,...
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Lars From Mars, The Wookey, Carmen Miranda And Me
Island Of Lost Souls — 1932 When Ron and I moved near DC in 1977, there was a late night TV program, called “Creature Features,” that we loved. It was hosted by Dick Dyszel who, for reasons lost in...
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Reprise — HRM #EnSW Vendor Consolidation Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales Can Come True, It Can Happen To You… 2-12-2012 I just couldn’t help myself on this one. After another week of non-stop M&A fall-out from Oracle/Taleo, I was reminded of the post...
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A Tale Of Two Perspectives — Customers Of And Investors In HR Technology
Cover of serial Vol. V, 1859 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,...
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Potential HRM Enterprise Software Landscape Disruptions — Introduction And...
It’s Not The Ripples From A Single Pebble But Their Interactions With Others That’s My Mental Image of Market Disruption Introduction The idea for this series comes from the work I did to update my...
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Naomi’s Top Ten List — Coping With Vendor Consolidation
Don’t Let This Happen To You! Last week I delivered a keynote for HR Technology Week which I hope many of you attended and/or for which you have access to the replay. I thought that the top ten...
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IBM Buys Kenexa — A Dramatization
I’ve been experimenting with GoAnimate, trying to make quick videos on a range of personal and professional topics. Here’s one I just did on the latest deal in HR technology: IBM buys Kenexa...
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If You Don’t Ask The Right Qs, You Get The Answers You Deserve!
To get maximum value from attending #HRTechConf and/or #HRTechWorld, prepare your questions carefully and gather different points of view on possible answers. Be an investigative journalist in order...
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