What Will The Taleo Purchase Bring To Oracle? On 9 February 2012, Oracle announced its purchase of human resources management software maker Taleo Corp. for $1.9 billion. Taleo’s cloud-based talent management solutions optimize how organizations hire, manage, develop and motivate employees to improve performance and drive growth. The $1.9 billion price values Taleo at $46 a share, an 18% premium to the company’s closing stock price of $38.94 the day before. Even for a company as large as Oracle, this represents a significant amount of money. So, what will this acquisition bring to Larry Ellison and company? First of all,
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Monster.com Launches Cloud-Based Search and Analytics Platform Monster.com has announced the release of the world’s first cloud-based semantic search and analytics platform for managing companies’ own resume databases. Known as SeeMore, the new release is built on Monster’s multi-patented, highly successful 6Sense semantic search technology. Monster.com is a popular job matching engine and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide. Through its new platform, the company is enabling enterprises to search all of their recruitment resources and talent pools from one place so they can easily identify, access and match their talent. Monster.com’s new cloud-based search and analytics platform applies powerful 6Sense
