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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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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HTML5 Start-Up Crocodoc Signs Up Dropbox, LinkedIn and SAP as Paying Customers

Crocodoc, a start-up that quickly converts PDFs and Office documents to HTML5, already has an impressive list of customers: Dropbox, LinkedIn, SAP, Yammer and Edomodo.
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Exclusive: Violin Memory Boosts Latest Funding Round to $80 Million

If investor interest is anything to judge by, and it often is, Violin Memory’s IPO later this year is going to be a popular one.
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SAP Backs Outlook as Profit Rises

SAP AG Wednesday reiterated its outlook for double-digit revenue growth in the full year as the world’s largest business-management software maker reported a 10 percent rise in net profit despite weak sales in North America and some European markets.

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SAP to Buy Mobile-Application Maker Syclo

German enterprise software company SAP AG said Tuesday it will acquire Syclo, a maker of mobile applications, as SAP looks to expand its mobile solutions offerings.

IT Spending This Year? Almost Four Triiilllion Dollars.

Gartner says growth is looking good this year overall; just watch out for that currency effect.
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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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Investors Sure Love Them Some Jive Today

Oracle Acquires Taleo for $1.9 Billion

Oracle to Court: Let’s Try SAP Again

What Went Wrong With Oracle’s Quarter?