Redwood City's Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), which closed its latest acquisition of Eloqua Inc. in February, adding $609 million in goodwill to its balance sheet, had a total of $26.1 billion at the end of that month.

Other examples of big companies trying to buy expertise in disruptive technologies include SAP's acquisition of cloud-based SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion in cash in December 2011 and Oracle's acquisition of cloud-based rival Taleo Corp for about $1.9 ...

The consolidation trend was anchored by several major acquisitions in the past couple of years: SuccessFactors Inc. bought the social recruiting company Jobs2web, then was immediately acquired by SAP; Oracle Corp.

Prior to Coveo, Louis co-founded Taleo Corporation, the leading international provider of on-demand Internet software for talent and human capital management, acquired by Oracle for $1.9B in February 2012.

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For example, Aviva PLC, the insurance group, is implementing Workday applications, while Taleo's customers include Hyatt Corp., the hotel group, and SuccessFactors serves Kimberly-Clark Corp., the personal care products company, and American Airlines ...

In recent years, however, an incredible two-thirds of all vacancies, even in large companies, have been filled by hiring from the outside, according to data from Taleo Corp., a talent-management company. That figure has dropped somewhat lately because ...

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