Jim Holincheck

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The End of One Era and the Beginning of Another

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 6, 2011  |  1 Comment

As I reflect on SAP’s agreement to acquire SuccessFactors, it takes me back to 2004.  At the end of that year, after a long, bitter takeover battle, Oracle finally acquired PeopleSoft.  Everything felt different.  It was the end of an era.  No longer did we have the JBLOPS (J.D, Edwards, Baan, Lawson, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and [...]

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