The Lingering Impact of SuccessFactors

Unlike a $3.4 billion acquisition, influence is its own reward.
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SAP Enhances Its Cloud by Acquiring Ariba for $4.3 Billion

The deal is SAP’s second of similar size in recent memory. The first one unleashed a series a deals by rivals Oracle and Salesforce.com.
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SilkRoad, Another HR Software Service in the Cloud, Lands $35 Million

Can the market support another cloud-based HR software provider? SilkRoad investors certainly think so.
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Twilio Taps Say Media Vet Kirkpatrick as CFO

Global expansion means it’s time to get serious about managing the finances. But first? Build a Twilio app.
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Exclusive: Workday Picks Its Bankers for a Fall 2012 IPO

Having started a search for bankers in December, Workday has settled on four who will take it through the IPO process, starting with an S-1 filing expected in mid-July.
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Splunk, Big Data’s First IPO, Begins Trading on Nasdaq Today

If you have a machine, you can probably use Splunk’s technology to measure what it does, and to make that data useful.
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Yammer Makes Its First Acquisition: OneDrum

Fresh off an $85 million round of new funding, the social enterprise start-up will acquire a company that makes Microsoft Office more collaborative. Let the comparisons to Jive begin.
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SugarCRM Raises $33 Million in Round Led by NEA

The company that positions itself as an alternative to Salesforce.com saw its sales grow by 67 percent last year.
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Salesforce Shows Off Its Rypple Acquisition, Analysts Applaud

Also, CEO Marc Benioff showcases Hewlett-Packard as Salesforce’s newest big customer, but it’s not quite as big a deal as you might think.
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Does the Cloud Really Make It Rain? Jobs, That Is.

An SAP-sponsored study asks out loud if cloud computing is inherently good for the economy, and finds the answer to be “yes.”
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Newly Public Jive Beats the Street