Larry Dignan reports that SAP has acquired SuccessFactors, suggesting this is the first step in a cloud rollup game. I'm not so sure but I do have a specific take on this. In Larry's analysis he says: ...

SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott (Image by Getty Images via @daylife) In an interview five weeks ago, SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott said his company’s cloud strategy was only just beginning to come ...

SAP is paying cash to acquire SuccessFactors for a reported $3.4 billion, which is a move that will add a great deal to SAP’s cloud portfolio. In fact, SuccessFactors is no small startup; the ...

SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott (Image via Wikipedia) Within its 176,000 customers around the globe, SAP has the far-flung potential to touch each of the 500 million people who work for those companies ...

SAP said Saturday that it will buy SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion, or $40 a share in cash. The move---combined with Oracle's acquisition of RightNow---highlights how legacy enterprise software ...

SAP’s US$3.4 billion purchase of SuccessFactors not only gives the company an increasingly popular set of on-demand human resources applications, but could also bring its entire cloud software ...

Software giant SAP acquired internet software company SuccessFactors on Saturday for $3.4 billion, in what most accounts praised as a commendable move to embrace the so-called “cloud.” ...

SAP, THE largest maker of business-management software, has agreed to buy SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion in cash, stepping up competition with arch-rival Oracle in the cloud-computing market.

SAP America said Saturday that it is paying $3.4 billion in cash to acquire SuccessFactors, a provider of cloud-based human capital management tools. SLIDESHOW: 2011 Top Tech M&A Deals ...

That public cloud playbook message has now been reflected by Greg Tomb in role as president of SAP SuccessFactors. The public cloud in this case is Microsoft Azure… so what are the mechanics ...