improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article appears to contain a large number of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message successfactors inc. type subsidiary industry computer software founded california 2001 2001 founder lars dalgaard aaron au headquarters south san francisco california usa area served worldwide number of employees 1 447 2011 1 parent sap se website successfactors.com successfactors is an american multinational company headquartered in south san francisco california providing cloud based human capital management hcm software solutions using the software as a service saas model . contents 1 corporate history 1.1 acquisitions 1.2 acquisition by sap america 2 operations 3 references corporate history edit successfactors was founded in 2001 by lars dalgaard . in november 2007 the company went public on the nasdaq global market under the stock symbol sfsf . in july 2008 successfactors successfully completed the move to the nyse press release nyse euronext press release and the frankfurt stock exchange deutsche boerse becoming the first triple listed technology company . 2 3 4 5 it has its services translated into 32 languages and currently has more than 6 000 customers with over 32 million users in 60 industries in over 185 countries . acquisitions edit youcalc on october 17 2010 successfactors announced its acquisition of this denmark based saas service . 6 on october 18 2010 successfactors launched the first ever calculator in the cloud technology . the calculator in the cloud allows business users to do analysis of real time data for insight and predictions . 7 jobs2web inc on december 6 2011 successfactors inc. announced the purchase of closely held jobs2web inc. for 110 million in cash . 8 sap spokesman commented successfactors is still a separate company and it has the prerogative to make deals until the sap acquisition closes . 9 acquisition by sap america edit on december 3 2011 sap ag and successfactors announced that sap s subsidiary sap america inc. had entered into a definitive merger agreement with successfactors to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of successfactors . it was also announced that successfactors would remain independent and be named successfactors an sap company . 10 11 the acquisition was completed on february 16 2012 . as of december 2013 successfactor s learning management system had over 600 customers with 11.5 million users . its talent management solution had over 4 000 customers with 25 million users . 12 13 as of october 2013 announcement successfactors opened up its platform as part of the sap hana cloud platform . applications such as accenture audit & compliance tool and enterprise q & a by enterprisejungle were showcased during the 2014 annual sap conference sapphire . 14 15 operations edit its global headquarters is in south san francisco california and it has the following regional divisions united kingdom and ireland region based in london germany and central europe region based in munich france spain and italy region based in paris greater china region based in hong kong japan based in tokyo other major offices are in brisbane beijing jakarta manila bangalore and boston . references edit http www.successfactors.com about lucchetti aaron ; strasburg jenny 6 april 2011 . amid exchange war nasdaq loses a battle . the wall street journal . press release http www.successfactors.com en us company press releases 2011 successfactors to transfer to the new york stock exchange.html press release http www.successfactors.com en us company press releases 2011 nyse euronext welcomes successfactors inc to its european and . html press release http www.successfactors.com en us company press releases 2011 deutsche borse welcomes successfactors inc as first business t.html success factors buys youcalc a gem in the saas wilderness . readwriteweb . retrieved 19 october 2010 . press release http www.prnewswire.com news releases successfactors launches first ever calculator in the cloud to solve business challenges 105166404.html successfactors launches first ever calculator in the cloud to solve business challenges check url value help . pr newswire . retrieved 19 october 2010 . ricadela aaron 6 december 2011 . sap acquisition target successfactors making its own purchase . bloomberg.com . retrieved 7 dec 2011 . successfactors fresh off acquisition deal by sap buys its own company . mercurynews.com . retrieved 7 dec 2011 . press release sap to accelerate cloud strategy with acquisition of successfactors . reuters . 3 december 2011 . retrieved 3 dec 2011 . dead link jp morgan was sap advisor in successfactors buy . news.fidelity.com . retrieved 7 dec 2011 . http www.capterra.com infographics top lms software http www.capterra.com infographics top talent management software press release http newsroom.accenture.com news accenture to offer human capital management audit and compliance software on sap hana cloud platform.htm press release http www.successfactors.com en us company press releases 2013 sap cloud extension strategy.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title successfactors & oldid 726654429 categories software companies based in the san francisco bay areatechnology companies established in 2001sap se acquisitions2001 establishments in californiahidden categories pages with url errorsall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from august 2015articles lacking reliable references from june 2015all articles lacking reliable referenceswikipedia articles containing buzzwords from may 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 23 june 2016 at 14 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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