This is an excellent acquisition. SAP has been unable to deliver as well as they hoped on their "on-demand" promise, and this is a step towards that.
My belief is that they are purchasing SuccessFactors more for their experience with the cloud based delivery model, than for their actual software.
Which is a great thing I think. Instead of trying to homebrew a cloud which isn't your core business, you buy a group who that's their bread and butter, and you integrate them with your guys, and make a real SAP cloud (on demand) solution.
And if their software isn't terrible, that's icing on the cake. Perhaps there's something to take away there, I'm just not familiar with it.
My belief is that they are purchasing SuccessFactors more for their experience with the cloud based delivery model, than for their actual software.
Which is a great thing I think. Instead of trying to homebrew a cloud which isn't your core business, you buy a group who that's their bread and butter, and you integrate them with your guys, and make a real SAP cloud (on demand) solution.
And if their software isn't terrible, that's icing on the cake. Perhaps there's something to take away there, I'm just not familiar with it.