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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Talent Technology Corporation announced its Resume Mirror  Extraction Engine has been picked by itzbig to improve the user experience for both job seekers and recruiters on its network. view article »

myStaffingPro has enhanced its RSS capabilities to make it possible for candidates to share job alerts with friends, colleagues, and relatives. The applicant can select from over 30 services to share the opening, including: MySpace, Facebook, Reddit, Digg, and Twitter.

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The hiring outlook for IT employees remains positive for the second half of 2008, as 35 percent of IT employers are planning to increase the number of full-time, permanent employees from July through December; the highest among all industries surveyed. The CareerBuilder.com Midyear Employment Forecast was conducted from May 22 through June 13, 2008. view article »

SilkRoad technology, inc., provider of talent management solutions, reported that the second quarter of 2008 marked the 20th consecutive quarter of growth for the company.

Silkroad also noted the $54 million in venture capital it received and its two industry honors during the quarter: Network Products Guide named SilkRoad technology's Life Suite winner of the 2008 Product Innovation Award, while American Business Awards named SilkRoad a finalist for “Best Customer Service Organization/Department” in the computer software category.

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SuccessFactors, Inc. , provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, says its growing fast in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Through the first half of 2008, the company reports a 287 percent revenue growth from those parts of the world collectively. view article »

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 »

PreVisor, an employment assessments and selection vendor, reports its PreView computer adaptive testing  was recognized as a 2008 Game Changing Recruiting Technology by Online Recruitment Magazine at the 2008 Onrec Expo in Chicago. view article »

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 »

Status.bullhorn.com, an industry first for staffing and recruiting firms, gives Bullhorn customers, real-time performance monitoring of Bullhorn's online systems. Available immediately, status.bullhorn.com provides real-time updates on all historical performance characteristics, including transactions, inbound email, blocked spam, service updates and overall availability. view article »

HRchitect , an HR systems strategic consulting firm, is introducing  theHRshow June 11 and 12 in Frisco, Texas.

The show is being billed as a regional HR tech expo offering sessions on topics ranging from recruiting, workforce planning and managing talent to cutting-edge ideas and technologies. The promotional info gives the appearance that HRchitect is developing a trade show to rival HR Executive's fall Tech Show in Chicago.

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Jobscience, Inc., a provider of human capital and related business software, is now offering several on-demand recruitment applications through the Force.com Checkout pilot program. The series of applications are 100% natively developed on the Force.com platform, and are compatible with both Group and Professional editions of Salesforce CRM.

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Little more than a week after Deutsche Bank downgraded Kenexa from a hold to a sell, Piper Jaffray reiterated its "overweight" rating of the stock. That means in the opinion of Piper Jaffray, Kenexa is a better value relative to other HR software tech firms.

The analyst recommendation also raised the target price for Kenexa from $9 a share to  $15.

In the 30 days prior to this post, Kenexa's stock has been trading mostly in a range between $10 and $11.50 a share.

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The SF New Tech Meetup will hear from Newton Software at the group's Aug. 12th meeting. The meetup is a regular events for techies, recruiters, investors, journalists, and anyone who just wants to see the hottest and newest in technology.

San Francisco’s community is the largest of it’s kind with nearly 4000 active members.

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Talent Technology predicts its resume processing software, Resume Mirror, will process 80 million resumes in 2009. This number is equivalent to 26 percent of the US population and equal to one resume for every two working people. view article »

ATS provider Newton Software introduced Newton Analytics this week. It's a data reporting platform enabling organizations to analyze large volumes of information in order to monitor the recruiting process and spot developing problems before they impact company performance.

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Dillistone Systems has published “How To Select An Executive Search Management System," highlighting key factors every executive search firm should consider when selecting search management software.

The whitepaper is available here.

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SilkRoad technology, provider of talent management solutions, is now offering real-time posting of jobs from the OpenHire recruiting management solution directly to Monster.com.

Additionally, Monster's advanced integration components will let organizations view available inventory in real-time without ever leaving OpenHire.

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Talent Technology Corporation, provider of award-winning Resume Mirror and HireDesk software, announced its new TechConnect program for HR software technology professionals.

TechConnect is a forum created and moderated by Talent Technology Corporation that brings together people passionate about delivering software products and solutions to the HR and recruiting industry.

 

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Resume Mirror Extraction Enterprise application has achieved Oracle Validated Integration with the Oracle iRecruitment, part of the Oracle E-Business Suite, and Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Talent Acquisition Manager. view article »