SAP SuccessFactors

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SuccessFactors Inc.
Websitewww.sap.com/products/human-resources-hcm.html

SAP SuccessFactors is an American

human capital management using the Software as a service
(SaaS) model.

Competitors include

Ceridian
.

Corporate history

SuccessFactors was founded in 2001 by Lars Dalgaard. In November 2007, the company

Deutsche Boerse).[2]

Acquisitions

  • Infohrm – In February, 2010, the firm acquired Infohrm, an Australian-based HR analytics business.[3]
  • Cubetree – May, 2010 – it acquired CubeTree – social software.
  • Jambok – March, 2011 – it acquired Jambok, a small platform company with a solution for social learning and knowledge sharing.
  • YouCalc – On October 17, 2010, it announced its acquisition of this Denmark-based SaaS service.[4] On October 18, 2010, SuccessFactors launched the first Calculator in the Cloud technology, allowing business users to do analysis of real-time data for insight and predictions.[5]
  • Plateau – The firm announced the acquisition of Plateau on April 26, 2011, developer of one of the first
    Learning Management Systems
    (LMS).
  • Jobs2Web, Inc – On December 6, 2011, the firm announced the purchase of closely held Jobs2Web Inc. for $110 million in cash.[6]

Acquisition by SAP America (the U.S. operating subsidiary of SAP AG)

On December 3, 2011,

SAP AG and SuccessFactors announced that SAP's subsidiary, SAP America, Inc., had entered into a merger agreement with SuccessFactors to acquire all outstanding shares of its common stock. It was also announced that the firm would remain independent and be named "SuccessFactors, an SAP company",[7][8] with a prerogative to make its own deals until the acquisition closed.[9]

The acquisition was completed on February 16, 2012. SAP and SuccessFactors have evolved a great deal over the past several years and they now have a new name and logo to share. Instead of “SuccessFactors, an SAP Company”, the company is now officially being called SAP SuccessFactors.[10]

Products

In October 2013, the firm opened up its platform as part of the

SAPPHIRE, both becoming SAP Pinnacle finalists as Application Development Partners Of The Year.[11][12]

In January 2022, SAP claimed SuccessFactors had 12,000 customers, with 191 million users in more than 200 countries.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Company History - SuccessFactors Business Execution Software". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
  2. ^ Lucchetti, Aaron; Strasburg, Jenny (6 April 2011). "Amid Exchange War, Nasdaq Loses a Battle". The Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ "SuccessFactors makes first acquisition; Buys Inform for $40.5 million". zdnet. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Success Factors Buys YouCalc - a Gem in the SaaS Wilderness". readwriteweb. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  5. ^ "SuccessFactors Launches First Ever Calculator in the Cloud to Solve Business Challenges" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  6. ^ Ricadela, Aaron (6 December 2011). "SAP Acquisition Target SuccessFactors Making Its Own Purchase". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 7 Dec 2011.
  7. ^ "(Press Release) SAP to Accelerate Cloud Strategy with Acquisition of SuccessFactors". Reuters. 3 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 3 Dec 2011.
  8. ^ "JP Morgan was SAP advisor in SuccessFactors buy". news.fidelity.com. Retrieved 7 Dec 2011.
  9. ^ "SuccessFactors, fresh off acquisition deal by SAP, buys its own company". mercurynews.com. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 7 Dec 2011.
  10. ^ "The Story Behind the Unified SAP Brand". 11 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Accenture to Offer Human Capital Management Audit and Compliance Software on SAP HANA® Cloud Platform | Accenture Newsroom". Newsroom.accenture.com. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  12. ^ "Accenture Wins Three 2018 SAP® Pinnacle Awards Based on Outstanding Contributions and Dedication to Teamwork | Accenture Newsroom". newsroom.accenture.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  13. ^ "About SuccessFactors". sap.com. 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
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