IBM announced that the company recently confirmed the acquisition of software player, Kenexa for $1.3B and I want to tell you something more about Kenexa that It is a leading provider of recruiting and talent management solutions, brings a unique combination of Cloud-based technology and consulting services that integrates both people and processes, providing solutions to engage a smarter, more effective workforce across their most critical business functions.
With operations in 21 countries worldwide, Kenexa has approximately 2,800 employees. Consistent with its strategy, IBM plans to continue to support Kenexa clients and enhance Kenexa technologies while allowing these organizations to take advantage of the broader IBM portfolio.
Many critics claimed that this acquisition will helps IBM to give the tough competition to some of its rivals like Oracle, Salesforce and SAP.
On this report, Every company, across every business operation, is looking to tap into the power of social networking to transform the way they work, collaborate and out innovate their competitors, said Alistair Rennie, general manager, social business, IBM.
“IBM is uniquely positioned to help clients generate real returns from their social business investments, while helping them gain intelligence into the data being generated in these networks to be more competitive in their markets.”
Other hand, The customer is the big winner in all this because the combination of our two organizations will deliver more business outcomes than ever before,” said Rudy Karsan, chief executive officer, Kenexa.
“Together, Kenexa and IBM will be unmatched in the industry, offering solutions that extend from strategy to the technology platform to the delivery of services for clients.”
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