SuccessFactors has acquired Jambok, a SaaS social learning company founded by former Sun Chief Learning Officer Karie Willyerd and former Sun Chief Technology officer Charles Beckham. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Jambok’s SaaS enables companies and communities to share knowledge in the the cloud. Ideal for the “informal learning” (everything that’s not official training) part of corporate communications, the Jambok platform allows you to post video, audio, photos, as well as screen capture your desktop in order to share knowledge within your organization. Users can also rate, tag, and comment on content on both the web app and via mobile apps.
SuccessFactors plans to integrate Jambok’s social video creation and sharing tools into its social collaboration offering as well as other areas of the Business Execution (BizX) Suite, including social recruiting.
This is SuccessFactors’ fourth acquisition in a year. The cloud software giant bought social enterprise software company CubeTree for $50 million, Inform for $40 million, and cloud-based analytics platform YouCalc for an undisclosed amount.
SuccessFactors is the global leader in Business Execution Software. The SuccessFactors Business Execution (BizX) Suite improves business alignment and people performance to drive breakthrough results for companies of all sizes. Across 168 countries and 34 languages, more than 8 million users and 3,000 companies leverage SuccessFactors every day, up from approximately 300,000 users and 100 companies in 2003. Business Execution bridges the gap between strategy and success, by allowing every person in an organization to execute against their plans...
Jambok is a SaaS firm that provides solutions for user-generated, peer-to-peer learning within organizations by creating the ability for people to author, share, collaborate, and find rich media. Designed to be extremely easy to use, Jambok allows multiple methods for posting content to communities. A user can select any file type and post it, or click their mouse to start their webcam to create original content, or video capture any application on the desktop with simultaneous narration....
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