Larry Dignan reports that SAP has acquired SuccessFactors, suggesting this is the first step in a cloud rollup game.I'm not so sure but I do have a specific take on this. In Larry's analysis he says: ...

SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott (Image via Wikipedia) Within its 176,000 customers around the globe, SAP has the far-flung potential to touch each of the 500 million people who work for those companies.

SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe (Image by World Economic Forum via Flickr) In the silicon-based world of enterprise IT, how in the heck has DNA—a child of microbiology—come to play such a huge ...

SAP SuccessFactors is a cloud-based, holistic HR solution that supports the entire employee journey including recruitment, onboarding, talent development, payroll, and HR analytics.

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 ...

Software giant SAP acquired internet software company SuccessFactors on Saturday for $3.4 billion, in what most accounts praised as a commendable move to embrace the so-called “cloud.” ...