Parsing SAPs apparent partnering strategy for SuccessFactors

It is common for vendors of technology for human capital management (HCM) to work with peers when the resulting integrations yield complementary solutions. Though some of these instances of cooperation are noteworthy for what they produce or the trends they reveal, most are simply efforts by each player to reach more users. However, with SuccessFactors, recent partnerships are noteworthy for their apparent perpetuation of SAP’s propensity to integrate its way into more functionality – thus laying the groundwork for potential brand confusion and threatening the efficiencies SuccessFactors enjoys as an HCM solution in the real cloud.