human resources

Oracle Acquires Taleo for $1.9 Billion

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 9 at 5:32 am PT

In the wake of last year’s SAP-SuccessFactors deal, Taleo was said to be the next company to be acquired. Funny how these things work out.

Salesforce Gets Into the HR Cloud With Rypple Acquisition

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 15, 2011 at 3:59 pm PT

Marking the third acquisition of a cloud software firm since October, Salesforce grabs Rypple and says it will rename it Successforce. Sound familiar? It should.

Seven Questions for Mike Gregoire, CEO of Taleo

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 7, 2011 at 6:29 am PT

In the wake of SAP’s $3.4 billion deal to acquire SuccessFactors, rival Taleo is suddenly the company everyone is talking about.

SAP to Acquire SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 3, 2011 at 10:38 am PT

Having promised to get serious about cloud-based applications, software giant SAP has just acquired one of the more successful up-and-coming cloud companies out there.

No to YESS — Yahoo Employee Satisfaction Survey Shows Morale Morass

Kara Swisher in News on October 26, 2011 at 12:07 pm PT

Apparently, Yahoos can’t get no satisfaction.

Exclusive: Aneel Bhusri’s Workday Raises $85 Million at a Whopping $2 Billion Valuation

Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 24, 2011 at 5:58 am PT

The cloud-based human resources software outfit is growing fast and eyeing an IPO next year. Among its new investors: T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley and Fidelity.

Management Quality Assurance

Ben Horowitz, Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz in Voices on October 5, 2011 at 1:45 pm PT

We can all agree that people are paramount, yet nobody in tech seems to be on the same page with what the people organization — Human Resources — should look like.

Why ADP Is the Biggest Cloud Company You’ve Never Heard Of

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 2, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

Before people even called it cloud computing, ADP was processing paychecks in the cloud. Now it’s doubling down with a single cloud-based service for payroll and other everyday business needs.

AOL Layoffs Coming Soon, Followed by Champagne and Cookies for Advertisers When HuffPo Deal Closes

Kara Swisher in News on March 4, 2011 at 12:29 am PT

There’s no question it’s a jarring contrast–layoffs versus champagne and cookies. But that’s the reality at AOL as its acquisition of the Huffington Post closes this week, even as it sheds employees as part of its ongoing turnaround effort.

Visa Fees Hurt Infosys, Wipro Stocks

Amitha Rajan, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 9, 2010 at 11:45 am PT

After witnessing a fairly rosy period over the past few months, the Indian information technology services sector is faced with an unpleasant situation: higher U.S. visa fees. The U.S. Senate late Thursday passed legislation that requires all companies with employees in the U.S. that have more than half their U.S.-based employees on H1-B or L-1 visas to pay thousands of dollars in new fees for each worker.