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It has a product configuration and price for companies ranging from the very small to companies with tens of thousands of workers in offices around the world. It also has a a much more limited Manager's Edition for companies that don't need or want a company-wide suite of programs. A real global firm, SuccessFactors offers its workforce tools in a variety of languages.
Research firm Bersin & Associates announced in January 2008 that SuccessFactors was one of the top three vendors in the field. A principal analyst for Bersin, Leighanne Levansaler wrote, "SuccessFactors continues to be a leader in performance and talent management suite offerings," an opinion that is borne out by the company's annual growth rate of over 100%.
SuccessFactors was built using $45 million in venture captial funds (Canaan Partners, Cardinal Venture Capital, Emergence Capital, others) and went public in 2007. Customers include Kimberly-Clark Corporation, MasterCard Worldwide, Textron, Sutter Healthcare, Direct Energy, Volkswagen of North America, Lancaster General Hospital, and McDermott International, Inc. The firm has more than two dozen offices worldwide.
News & Updates 
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SuccessFactors Offers Performance Management For Small Employers (Company PR)
SuccessFactors Express, released this week, is a new, automated performance management solution for companies with less than 50 employees. This on-demand solution helps emerging, high-growth companies to create a performance review process, as well as track progress against company goal.
Jul 21, 2009, 1:12 PM -
H-E-B of Mexico, Deploys SuccessFactors (www.businesswire.com)
SuccessFactors, Inc. a provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, said H-E-B of Mexico, an international supermarket retailer with more than 6,000 employees, implemented SuccessFactors's performance and talent management solution. H-E-B Mexico is using five integrated modules - Employee Profile, Succession, Recruiting, Performance and Goal Management. May 19, 2009, 12:46 PM -
Healthcare Firm Deploys New Product To Assess Employees (BusinessWire)
SuccessFactors reports that client Palmetto Health, South Carolina’s largest not-for-profit health resource with 9,500 employees, has deployed its new Stack Ranker product. This new solution enables leaders to quickly and effortlessly rate and assess their talent across defined competencies, creating a visual and intuitive stack ranking of employees to accelerate a course of action.
Feb 25, 2009, 7:08 PM -
SuccessFactors and SkillSoft Announce e-Learning Integration (BusinessWire)
SuccessFactors, providing on-demand performance and talent management solutions, announced an integration with SkillSoft, a SaaS provider of e-learning and performance support solutions.
Feb 24, 2009, 1:30 PM -
SuccessFactors in “Leaders” Quadrant (BusinessWire)
SuccessFactors, a provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, has been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant by Gartner, Inc. for the Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software
Gartner defines leaders in this Magic Quadrant as companies that had “strong product functionality and superior customer experience with the vendor and its products… and strong or emerging multinational solutions (with corresponding service and support).”
Feb 17, 2009, 11:15 AM -
Study Says UK, Irish Companies Not Ready To Deal With Major Workforce Change (www.businesswire.com)
A study from SuccessFactors says 76 percent of companies in the United Kingdom and Ireland are not ready to deal with major changes in their workforce, such as staff reductions, realignment of resources and optimization of employees – the very kind of changes that companies often need to make within an uncertain economic time or downturn.
The SuccessFactors study, entitled ‘Workforce Optimization’, which surveyed 277 business in the UK and Ireland, gauged how, if at all, organizations are ready and able to optimize their workforce when faced with issues such as declining revenues, and how to ensure their workforce is contributing to the bottom line by identifying its top performers and cultivating that talent to help develop the right competencies to achieve strategic organizational goals.
Jan 15, 2009, 11:45 AM -
SuccessFactors Launches Business Performance Accelerators (BusinessWire)
SuccessFactors, a provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced the availability of SuccessFactors Business Performance Accelerators.
Jan 13, 2009, 11:55 AM -
SuccessFactors A Leader Says IDC Report (BusinessWire)
SuccessFactors, a global provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, is named a leader in Integrated Talent Management in a recent study of HR software vendors by IDC, a provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets
The report says, “SuccessFactors’ Talent management suite offers a prominent end-to-end solution leading the marketplace and illustrating the continuous circle and strategic interdependency of the various talent management functions within an organization."
Other companies reviewed in the $25,000 report (that is not a misprint) are: Authoria, Cornerstone, Halogen, Kenexa, Lawson, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Plateau Systems, Saba, Salary.com, SAP, Silkroad, Softscape, Stepstone, Taleo and Workscape.
Jan 8, 2009, 11:31 AM -
SuccessFactors Earns SAP Certified Integration Status (BusinessWire)
SuccessFactors, Inc. provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, announced that the SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management suite passed all tests required to be SAP-Certified for Integration with SAP Applications. The SAP certification status validates successful, repeatable integration.
Dec 22, 2008, 5:39 PM -
Hospital Merger Expands Deployment of SuccessFactors (www.businesswire.com)
St. Elizabeth Medical Center has expanded its SuccessFactors implementation. The Greater Cincinnati-based healthcare system recently merged with St. Luke Hospitals, growing its deployment of SuccessFactors from 5,000 to 6,500 users. This marks an increasing trend of customers growing their use of SuccessFactors during mergers and acquisitions.
Dec 10, 2008, 1:36 PM
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Products & Services
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SuccessFactors Performance Management Software
A broad, integrated collection of performance and talent management software, in editions geared toward small, medium or enterprise companies. There are components for recruiting management, goal management, succession management, compensation planning, learning and development, and analytics and reporting applications. The solution creates a company-wide network of information related to employee performance, including skill sets, interests, career aspirations, ability to relocate, experience, languages spoken etc. The product differs, depending on the company size. Small companies start with goal, performance and compensation management, plus analytical and reporting tools. For mid-sized businesses succession management is added to the core offerings. For both, there are additional components including learning and worker development tools. Large enterprises get the whole package in a product branded as SuccessFactors Performance & Talent Management Suite. -
SuccessFactors Manager's Edition
An inexpensive on-line tool to help managers write more effective performance appraisals.