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- Figuring the value of software
- Shallow, trivial analysisThis is a shallow, trivial analysis. You claim that ERP is 143 times the cost per user than SuccessFactors. You offer no proof of this claim, using the list price of a perpetual license for ERP compared to your calculation for the average revenue per customer's employee for...
- Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Software as a Service (SaaS), Enterprise software, Operational planning, software, ERP, SuccessFactors Inc., software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Figuring the value of software
- Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., SAP AG, Phil Wainewright, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- SuccessFactors: Backing into business intelligence?
- Good Luck to SuccessFactorsSuccessFactors has a great offering. What Siebel got completely wrong with ERM, Successfactors got it right from a product and On-Demand delivery perspective. Given that they are now public, I can imagine the growth pressures being faced, now.However, the reporting mashup initiative is naive. It has been...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, Sales strategy, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, cloud computing, SuccessFactors Inc., business intelligence
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Successfactors: Execute, Execute, Execute!
- Successfactors SFSF the Strategic Human Capital Management/people performance software as a service company I last wrote about in June, today expanded their scope to embrace 'Business Execution Software', which is now the strap line under their company logo. As Larry Dignan covered here...
- Tags: Talent, Performance, SuccessFactors Inc., Talent Management, Business Alignment Category, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- SuccessFactors: Backing into business intelligence?
- SuccessFactors, a human resources software as a service company, on Thursday will detail a series of moves to tackle "business execution" applications. Will the SaaS vendor ultimately play the business intelligence software game? by Larry Dignan
- Tags: SuccessFactors Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Pricing, Managed Hosting, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Wondering Why Strategy Is Not Producing Results?
- Execution is the difference™. It is the critical success factor. While every company has a strategy, most also have a giant execution deficit. The reality is that it's almost impossible to get everyone in your organization to take the right actions, at the right time, to produce the right results....
- Tags: SuccessFactors Inc., Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-09-10
- SuccessFactors plots another course: Business execution software
- Software as a service player SuccessFactors, best known for its employee performance management EPM applications, is charting a course that could more than double its total addressable market. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Software, SuccessFactors Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- Workforce Alignment & Optimization - Bridging the Strategy/Execution Gap
- Here is a two part video discussion with Tom Fisher, VP of Cloud Computing and David Karel, VP of Product Marketing at SuccessFactors I recorded at their SuccessConnect Conference. Successfactors, as I wrote earlier this week, provide an Integrated talent performance management...
- Tags: Optimization, SuccessFactors Inc., Workforce, RESTful Api, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Collaboration, Human Resources, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Siemen's Global SuccessFactors Cloud
- The new Siemens talent managing environment being deployed by SuccessFactors is more like the entire troposphere than a cloud solution; 420k users across 80 countries in 20 languages will be linked and unified in one giant environment. Replacing existing multiple HR talent systems...
- Tags: Strategy, Talent, SuccessFactors Inc., Siemens AG, Siemen, Talent Management Systems, Employee Central, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- SuccessFactors lands big deployment, new cloud computing VP
- SuccessFactors, which offers on-demand human capital management software, said Wednesday that it has landed a deployment of 300,000 users bringing its user base to 4.5 million. In addition, it has named former eBay exec Tom Fisher as vice president of cloud computing. The 300,000 user deployment was...
- Tags: SuccessFactors Inc., Human Capital, Retail, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Gloss going off SuccessFactors?
- In yesterday's earnings call, Lars Dalgaard, CEO of SuccessFactors reported year over year revenue up 77% yet at the same time confirmed layoffs of 22% in the period. This is being spun as a tactic to stay ahead but is that really the case? On the face...
- Tags: SuccessFactors Inc., Jason, Workforce Management, Strategy, Product Development, Human Resources, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- SuccessFactors in HCM landgrab to bolster sales
- Facing a shuddering halt in its hitherto fast-track growth trajectory, talent management vendor SuccessFactors will today launch an aggressive landgrab for territory currently dominated by mainstream HCM and ERP vendors. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: SuccessFactors Inc., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Workforce Management, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sales, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn't
- It's a big week for the software as a service industry: Salesforce.com is establishing itself as a leading cloud computing provider, NetSuite is planning to take on SAP head on and Success Factors is upping its outlook. But underneath the surface there are more than a few questions marks lurking....
- Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., NetSuite Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- SuccessFactors ups guidance
- SuccessFactors is not a company many ZDN readers may have heard about but you should. This is an on-demand vendor that primarily sells talent management solutions. My Irregular colleagues Jason Corsello and Thomas Otter follow this space. For the last year, they have been saying that talent management represents one...
- Tags: Talent, SuccessFactors Inc., On-demand, Talent Management, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- The Secret to Effective, No-Hassle Performance Reviews
- In The Secret to Effective, No-Hassle Performance Reviews, you'll learn how to eliminate the stress of performance reviews by: Simplifying your review process and reducing paperwork Improving quality and clarity of feedback to employees Making it easier to link and track individual goals against company...
- Tags: SuccessFactors Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2008-10-20
- My Awesome IT Job: Vice President of Security, SuccessFactors
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...
- Tags: Security, QA, SuccessFactors Inc., Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- SuccessFactors plugs Google Apps into HCM
- Following on from its previous link-up with SaaS CRM giant Salesforce.com, Google has teamed up with SaaS talent management vendor SuccessFactors to bring its cloud-based collaboration suite into the human capital management HCM arena. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., Human Capital Management, Human Capital, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- SuccessFactors shows a path to Enterprise 2.0
- SuccessFactors is one of the software-as-a-service success stories. The company, which delivers human resource automating performance and talent management, took in more than $100 million in its IPO in November 2007. Along with Taleo (also a public company with over 1 million users) and Workday (chaired by PeopleSoft founder Dave...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Seating Chart Application, Source Quality Chart, Software As A Service (SaaS), Web 2.0, Performance Management, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Human Resources, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- SuccessFactors IPO: blast-off or blow-off?
- SuccessFactors had a successful Nasdaq IPO yesterday, but if it continues spending at its current rate, it'll have burnt through its freshly acquired cash pile by next summer. Is it 1999 all over again? by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: SuccessFactors Inc., IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-11-21
- Changing the Game: 4 Ways to Unlock Your Employees' Performance Potential
- More and more, small- and mid-sized businesses have discovered that strategic HR is the key to ensuring their company reaches its full potential in performance, productivity -- and profits. Now it's your turn: download this exclusive eGuide to discover 4 proven ways you can tap into...
- Tags: Game, Performance, SuccessFactors Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-11-13
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