Gobble, gobble.

That's the sound you just heard as Taleo (profile; site) swooped in and gobbled up Vurv Technology (profile; site) for approximately $128.8 million in cash and stock.

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myStaffingPro increases the hiring manger’s response rate with a straightforward applicant feedback process. view article »

Hodes iQ has released Hodes iQ 5.0, what it calls a major upgrade for the talent management software suite. view article »

DTE Energy Resources, a subsidiary of DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE), rolled out SuccessFactors to manage its recruiting and compensation processes and goal setting and performance management for 455 employees. 

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SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFSF) announced that Insomniac Games is implementing SuccessPractices, SuccessFactors’ midmarket solution, to automate a host of people performance processes, facilitate feedback with employees, and drive business results through an engaged and motivated workforce. The system will soon be live for all 160 employees.

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iCIMS, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent management provider announced today that it has eclipsed the 600 client mark, adding such industry leaders as Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Jamba Juice, Room and Board, Genworth Financial, Crunch Fitness, and the nation’s largest job board to its client base. view article »

Peopleclick Monitor 6.0, the newly released version of Peopleclick’s Adverse Impact Analysis software, offers revised race and ethnicity categories helping organizations maintain compliance when hiring, promoting and terminating employees. view article »

Personified, the talent management and consulting subsidiary of CareerBuilder.com, has released a new Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) guide and a Staffing Industry Front Office guide to help employers navigate the ever-changing world of recruitment technology. The guides provide unbiased, side-by-side comparisons of ATS and Staffing Technology functionality.

Each guide costs $350 and can be ordered here.

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Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc. has released a new version of its SmartSearch talent acquisition and staffing management software. It adds enhancements to CRM with new Outlook toolbar, text messaging, VOIP, PDA access, and website portals.

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mindSCOPE Staffing and Recruiting Software has released an upgrade of CURA, its applicant tracking system designed for staffing agencies, search firms and recruiting services. CURA 5.0 has enhanced security features, improved mail merge and other enhancements to improve usability. view article »

myStaffingPro has introduced an Express Edition of its ATS for small businesses that need just the essentials in applicant tracking.

Designed to be easy to use. the system delivers fundamental features to post jobs, collect candidate resumes, and manage the hiring process.

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Bullhorn has experienced 29 percent growth (1,761 new users) among direct hire staffing and recruiting professionals so far in 2008, compared with the same period in 2007. view article »

iCIMS, a Software-as-a-Service provider of talent management solutions, announced today the company’s growing success among not-for-profit organizations. Non-profits such as The William J. Clinton Foundation, Mississippi Children’s Home Services, NCIRE - the Veterans Health Research Institute and the National Minority AIDS Council join over 600 worldwide companies who currently partner with iCIMS to help support their pre- and post-hire needs. view article »

Monster and staffing software vendor Bullhorn today unveiled a new online recruiting platform named PowerSource, based on Bullhorn’s new Integrated Resume Search technology. PowerSource combines real-time posting, shared apply and integrated resume search to enable faster, better quality placements.

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HR Services Inc. has released the next generation of myStaffingPro . Version 9.0. features a new look and feel, as well as more intuitive requisition management, the company reports. view article »