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News Analysis: Gainsight Spring 2014 Release Targets Large Enterprises Making The Transition To #DigitalBiz

News Analysis: Gainsight Spring 2014 Release Targets Large Enterprises Making The Transition To #DigitalBiz

By R "Ray" Wang on March 24, 2014

Customer Success Management Pioneer Adds Key Functionality For March 2014 Release On March 18th, Mountain View, CA based Gainsight announced the Spring 2014 release of its customers success management platform.  Led by CEO Nick Mehta, the cloud software vendor has received over $29M in funding from key investors such as Bain Capital, Battery Ventures, Capital […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged 2014, Apps Strategy, Bain Capital, Battery Ventures, business intelligence, Business Outcomes, business performance management, Capital Innovators, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Service Officer, Cloud, CMO, collaboration, Constellation Research, Cultivation Capital, customer engagement, Customer Experience, Customer success, Customer Success Management, Customer Support, CXO, DigitalBiz, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Gainsight, InsideView, linkedin, News Analysis, Next Generation Customer Experience, NextGen, NextGenCXP, Nick Mehta, R "Ray" Wang;, recurring revenue, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS offensive, Service Source, Silicon Valley Bank, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Success management, Summit Partners, Totango, vendor strategy

News Analysis: The Implications Of Oracle’s Acquisition Of Taleo

News Analysis: The Implications Of Oracle’s Acquisition Of Taleo

By R "Ray" Wang on February 9, 2012

Catch my colleague Yvette Cameron’s point of view here when published.  She covers Future of Work for Constellation Research, Inc. Oracle Plays Catch Up With Public Cloud Ambitions On February 9th, Oracle announced its intention to acquire Dublin, CA based Taleo for $1.9B.  Taleo is a cloud based talent management software provider with 5000 customers […]

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News Analysis: SAP Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4B Signals SAP’s Commitment To Cloud, HCM, and Social

News Analysis: SAP Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4B Signals SAP’s Commitment To Cloud, HCM, and Social

By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2011

SuccessFactors Acquisition Puts SAP In Direct Competition With Workday And Taleo SAP (NYSE:SAP) announced its $3.4B acquisition of SuccessFactors (NYSE: SFSF) as it seeks to bolster its position in the Cloud and more importantly in the rapidly growing strategic HCM market.   Based in San Mateo, CA, USA, SuccessFactors brings over 15 million subscription users […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, bill mcdermott, business performance management, Business suite 7, business technology, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, CubeTree, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, future of work, HCM, HR, HR Tech, Human Capital Management, Human resources, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, News Analysis, NYSE: SFSF, NYSE:SAP, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, sap, SAP Business By Design, SAP OnDemand Large Enterprise, SAPSFSF, social business, Success Factors, SuccessFactors, vendor strategy | 1 Response

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