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

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 [...]