News Analysis: Salesforce.com buys Rypple, signaling entrance into HCM Market for the Social Enterprise

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Yvette Cameron @ NextGen Insights, LLC

A new competitor enters the Social, SaaS HCM marketplace In a deal of undisclosed size, Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) today announced its intentions to acquire social performance vendor Rypple and launch a new HCM division headed by John Wookey, executive vice president, advanced applications. The deal is expected to close by April 30, 2012. Today, Rypple is positioned as [...]

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Gamification: It’s About Strategy, Not Luck

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Yvette Cameron @ NextGen Insights, LLC

In a recently published report on enterprise gamification, my colleague explores the latest trends in the use of gamification to drive behaviors and effect desired outcomes. I found it inspiring that in this report, one in five early adopters of gamification are HR executives, pointing to the early but strong interest in the benefits derived from people [...]

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Join me Dec. 8 on Episode 128 of HR Happy Hour: The Consumerization of HR

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Yvette Cameron @ NextGen Insights, LLC

Join me this week as I join as a guest speaker on Steve Boese’s HR Happy Hour blogtalk radio show. Sponsored by Aquire Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the conversation on Twitter – hashtag #HRHappyHour Listen live on the show page here, on the call in listener line above, or use the widget player embedded in the the HRHappyHour home page. Episode [...]

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HCM Powerhouse SuccessFactors to be Acquired by SAP

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Yvette Cameron @ NextGen Insights, LLC

In an important move, today SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) announced its intended $3.4B acquisition of SuccessFactors (NYSE:SFSF) as it seeks to accelerate its Cloud Strategy and become a dominant player in the Human Capital Management space. Event: SAP America, Inc., a subsidiary of Germany-based SAP AG, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SuccessFactors for approximately $3.4 [...]

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