SuccessFactors

She sees two large trends keeping the wind at SuccessFactors ' back .

她认为该公司的成功得利于两大趋势。

Last December , SAP announced it would spend $ 3.4 billion on the human capital management software company successfactors .

去年12月，SAP宣布，将以34亿美元的价格收购人力成本管理软件公司SuccessFactors。

If successful , it takes SuccessFactors from the HR office throughout the rest of the company .

如果这套软件能够取得成功，成功要素公司的产品就能在各公司的各个部门得到充分推广，而不仅限于人力资源部门。

Sap ( SAP ) plans to buy the web-based enterprise software company successfactors for $ 3.4 billion .

商业管理软件领袖SAP公司计划以34亿美元收购基于网络的企业软件公司SuccessFactors。

SuccessFactors thinks that will up its potential market from its current $ 16 billion to about $ 36 billion .

公司认为这能够将其市场潜力从目前的160亿美元扩展到约360亿美元。

And small and medium-sized businesses ( SMBs ) make up about half of SuccessFactors ' customers .

中小规模的公司占到了该公司客户群体的一半。

In the second quarter of this year , SuccessFactors reported a year-over-year revenue growth of 44 % .

今年第二季度，成功要素公司宣布其业绩同比增长了44%。

The move comes just two months after rival SAP said it would acquire HR software provider successfactors for $ 3.4 billion .

而就在两个月前，其竞争对手SAP刚刚宣布将以34亿美元收购人力资源软件提供商SuccessFactors。

Over the weekend , SAP announced the $ 3.4 billion acquisition of human resources management software provider successfactors & big news by any measure .

上周末，SAP宣布以34亿美元收购人力资源管理软件供应商SuccessFactors&无论如何，这绝对是条大新闻。

Last month SAP announced it was buying San Mateo , Calif. - based successfactors for $ 3.4 billion .

上个月，SAP宣布以34亿美元收购总部位于加州圣马特奥的SuccessFactors。

Since it went public in Nov. 2007 , shares of SuccessFactors , an employee-performance software company , have traded all over the map .

成功要素公司（SuccessFactors）是一家提供员工绩效管理的软件公司，自从2007年11月上市以来，其已成功完成了大量的股份交易。

At the time of the acquisition , sap ( SAP ) said successfactors would continue to run as an independent company , but that strategy has shifted .

一年前收购时，SAP称，SuccessFactors将继续作为一家独立公司进行运作，如今这项策略已经发生了改变。

Steve Hunt of SAP SuccessFactors , which supplies such tools , says one company had trouble restructuring staff after it ditched its rating system .

供应此类工具的SAPSuccessFactors的史蒂夫•亨特（SteveHunt）表示，有一家公司在废除评级体系后在重组员工方面陷入了困境。

That is the rosy near-term picture for SuccessFactors .

这是对于该公司近期发展的一个美好展望。

Shelling out $ 3.4 billion a significant premium for successfactors and its CEO Dalgaard was a big part of that plan .

向SuccessFactors和其CEO达尔加德支付34亿美元（有很高溢价）是这个计划的重要组成部分。

Longer term , however , if SuccessFactors can help companies execute strategy better with its new crop of software , its small-cap company status might be in for a big change .

长期看来，如果能够通过这个新软件更好地帮助各公司执行策略，这个小资本的公司的地位将会得到大幅提升。

One is the overall trend of companies large and small consuming their software via subscription -- the so-called software-as-a-service model that Salesforce.com ( CRM ) pioneered and which SuccessFactors is built upon .

第一，公司无论规模大小都可以通过订购方式购买成功要素公司的软件—即“软件即服务”模式，该模式是由Salesforce.com公司创立的，成功要素公司正是建立在这种模式的基础上。

Cloud revenue is small but growing at a much faster rate than traditional software sales : SAP reported that the successfactors business grew bookings by 69 % compared to the first quarter of 2011 .

与云相关的业务收入暂时规模不大，但与传统软件销售相比增速更快：SAP称，相比2011年第一财季，SuccessFactors业务的销售额已增长69%。

In an interview with fortune on Monday , McDermott added that while sap is unlikely to make any additional , large-scale cloud acquisitions in the near future , the price was just right for successfactors .

孟鼎铭周一接受《财富》杂志（FORTUNE）采访时补充道，虽然近期内SAP不太可能再次进行如此大规模的云计算业务收购，但SuccessFactors的收购价是合理的。

In the last few months alone , Oracle acquired rightnow technologies ( rnow ) , SAP bought successfactors ( sfsf ) and IBM snapped up demandtec ( DMAn ) .

过去短短几个月，甲骨文收购了RightNow科技公司，SAP收购了SuccessFactors，而IBM则收购了DemandTec。

Fundamentally , it is a new set of applications that take SuccessFactors deeper into its customers ' companies by marrying its employee performance and goals software with a new set of tools that help employees better align with , and execute on , overall corporate strategy .

这是一个新的软件系列，能够帮助员工更好地配合或执行公司的整体战略。通过将员工绩效、目标软件与这套新工具结合起来，其产品能够在客户的公司内得到更广泛的应用。

For those unfamiliar with SuccessFactors ( SFSF ) , the San Mateo , Calif. - based company sells a subscription-based service that , to date , has primarily helped companies conduct employee performance appraisals and set and assess employee goals .

有些人可能不太了解成功要素公司。这家公司的总部位于加州圣马特奥市，销售订购式的服务，也就是帮助其它公司进行绩效评估，建立并评估员工目标。

That 's where news that SAP decided to acquire Concur , coupled with its previous acquisition of SuccessFactors ( which was founded byAndreessen Horowitz partner Lars Dalgaard ) , signals that the company is leading the charge in evolving to the cloud-computing paradigm .

比如SAP决定收购Concur，再加上此前它已经收购了SuccessFactors（该公司由安德里森o霍洛维茨基金合伙人拉尔斯o达尔加德创办），说明这家公司正在全力向云计算领域进军。

Thanks to big improvements in gross margin and lower costs , the company also broke even on an earnings per share basis ( SuccessFactors has had a positive cash flow since the fourth quarter of 2008 ) . With costs under control and revenue growing , SuccessFactors has been on a relative roll .

大幅上升的毛利率和降低的成本使得公司在每股收益上也达到了平衡（该公司从2008年第4季度起就一直保有正现金流）。由于成本得到了有效控制并且收益一直在增加，其发展十分顺利。