(For an in-depth look at SuccessFactors, please check out SAP Seeds the Cloud with Blockbuster SuccessFactors Deal.) On a conference call with analysts, McDermott said that SuccessFactors’ Human ...

I am going to assume that SAP did enough due diligence to figure out how that will merge with SuccessFactors but the chances of ByDesign's underlying architecture surviving long term must now be ...

and an architecture the enables them to scale and operate with near real-time speed. SAP and SuccessFactors have proven their ability to execute and innovate, and we can expect more to come.