I’m talking with a variety of vendors that are tackling this, and one of them that is poised to do it well is Saba. Incorporating and Cultivating Value from Saba’s Acquisition. Yes, Saba has long been known for its learning technology. For instance, one customer, DXC, has done some incredible work using Saba as a sort of supply/demand tracking system for skills within the company. For example, Saba offers a robust set of APIs (more than 600 of them and counting). MORE

From Ultimate Software acquiring PeopleDoc to Saba Software acquiring Lumesse (and Halogen Software before that) to the latest and largest announcement that SAP will acquire Qualtrics for $8 billion in cash, there has been no shortage of wow-inducing developments in HR tech. MORE

HR Systems LMS, LCMS bigdata Halogen Software kenexa linkedin Oracle outstart peoplefluent Saba SAP Silkroad strategia successfactors taleo workdayThe talent management systems market has been under quite a bit of stress lately. In the last 90 days we have seen SAP’s acquisition of SuccessFactors, followed by Oracle’s acquisition. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

Iconixx, an Austin, Texas-based provider of sales compensation software, closed $4.2M Saba Completes Acquisition of Halogen Software. Happy Friday. Our weekly recap of funding, mergers & acquisition, and partnership news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace is below. Sign-up for our weekly Hot in HR newsletter to get these updates via email. FUNDING. MORE

The latest Employee Outlook Report from CIPD in partnership with Halogen Software, now a part of Saba Software , is out and reveals a lot about how employees in the UK are thinking. The CIPD/ Halogen Spring Employee Outlook found that almost a third of UK workers feel that having remote access to the workplace means they can’t switch off from work. MORE

We just completed a year-long research study on the customer experience with talent management software. Despite the sky-high market valuations for these companies and the growth rate of the market, Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

Back in November 2018, after a few high-profile M&A transactions in the HR-tech market (Ultimate Software acquiring PeopleDoc and Saba acquiring Lumesse and Halogen Software), I wrote a column about how HR leaders could protect their organizations’ interests moving forward—particularly if they were customers of one of the providers involved in the transactions. MORE

You may have heard that back in May that Saba Software acquired Halogen Software. So, we’d like to officially welcome you to the new Saba-Halogen Blog where we’re serving up the same great talent management content you’ve come to expect from us, but with a fresh new look. P.S. Stay connected - subscribe to the Saba Blog Digest newsletter! MORE

Saba achieved a major milestone in our company’s history today with the acquisition of Halogen Software. It’s quite an exciting step for Saba as we bring together the market leaders in learning and performance management to create one of the largest independent talent management providers in the world. Of particular interest for me is hearing from our team about how both Saba and Halogen’s organizational cultures make for an extraordinary fit going forward. MORE

From Ultimate Software acquiring PeopleDoc to Saba Software acquiring Lumesse (and Halogen Software before that) to the latest and largest announcement that SAP will acquire Qualtrics for $8 billion in cash, there has been no shortage of wow-inducing developments in HR tech. MORE

In the last 60 days I’ve had the opportunity to attend five major industry events which cover corporate learning: user group meetings at Plateau, Saba, SumTotal and Taleo and the HR Technology. Tags: LMS, LCMS CornerstoneOnDemand GeoLearning Halogen Software Learn.com lms Plateau Saba sumtotal systems taleo MORE

Just like day one of TalentSpace Live 2017 , day two of the conference was packed full of incredible insights from the innovators in HR: thought leader guests, the Halogen+Saba team and most importantly, our customers. Bailey from @dogfishbeer "We encouraged managers to insert awkward questions & experiences of failure into 1:1's to build trust" #TSLive17 pic.twitter.com/vc0EQ9TgwC — Halogen Software (@HalogenSoftware) May 3, 2017. MORE

Tags: Enterprise Learning LMS, LCMS Measurement CornerstoneOnDemand GeoLearning Halogen Software Learn.com lms lms market Plateau Saba taleo MORE

Even in this year’s terrible economy, the Talent Management Software market continues to show signs of life. Tags: HR Systems LMS, LCMS Talent Management authoria CornerstoneOnDemand GeoLearning Halogen Software hrsmart iCIMS Jobfox SimplyHired Jobs2Web Learn.com Oracle PeopleClick Plateau Systems Saba Silkroad SkillSurvey Softscape successfactors sumtotal systems taleo TEDS Workscape MORE

Saba Software Announces Agreement to Acquire Halogen Software. Happy Friday. Our weekly recap of funding, mergers & acquisition, and partnership news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace is below. Sign-up for our weekly Hot in HR newsletter to get these updates via email. FUNDING. Collage, HR & benefits platform provider, raises $5 million from Diagram. MORE

TalentSpace Live, the Halogen customer conference, kicked off yesterday and we have a full recap of day one highlights for you! After a side-splitting introduction from our emcee Steve Patterson , host of CBC Radio’s The Debaters and all-around funny guy, day one kicked off with a welcome from Halogen CEO, Les Rechan, and Saba CEO, Pervez Qureshi, to provide more details to customers about Saba’s acquisition of Halogen. MORE

Guests: Bailey Borzecki, Dogfish Head Brewery , David Mennie, Saba. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve Boese is Live at Talent Space Live 2017 and talks with Bailey Borzecki, HR Inspirations Manager of Dogfish Head Brewery and David Mennie, VP of Product Management of Saba about how HR and talent management are being transformed through technology at Dogfish Head. Thanks to Bailey and David for joining the show and thanks to Saba for having us out at the event. MORE