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Workday payday for venture capitalists
How did Workday's VCs fare? FORTUNE -- Human resource software company Workday (WDAY) last night priced the largest venture-backed IPO since Facebook (FB), raising $637 million. Unlike Facebook,...
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The VC firm that turned down Workday
Lamenting the one that got away. FORTUNE -- Every venture capital firm has an anti-portfolio, or companies that they regret having turned down for investment. Some firms even publicize their lists. For...
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At Workday, building a better recruiting mousetrap
FORTUNE — Earlier this week cloud software company Workday WDAY unveiled a long-awaited recruiting application for human resources professionals to find and hire talent. It was a natural and necessary...
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Apple’s Cue hints at major product announcements
The news of the day on Wednesday was Apple’s $3 billion deal to buy the music and electronics company Beats. But the comment of the day was a seemingly off-the-cuff remark by Apple AAPL executive Eddy...
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For Workday, payback comes at a price
The technology industry loves an underdog, especially when a scrappy startup makes breakfast of a bloated incumbent. In enterprise software, Workday WDAY has emerged as just such an underdog, using a...
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20 Great Workplaces in Tech
The tech sector is still sexy and has an abundance of dreamy jobs. These companies have perfected balancing tough, technical work with fun and friendly cultures. Theres no shortage of perks at the...
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The HR software battle heats up: Namely raises $12 million
Namely, a New York-based maker of human resources software, has raised a $12 million Series B round of funding. The company is part of a rising class of startups seeking to disrupt the way companies...
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A way to help HR professionals predict the future
Another week, another technology conference in San Francisco. This time around, it was cloud-based software provider Workday’s annual customer conference, which took place this week at San Francisco’s...
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Workday shuffles leadership: Stankey, Peek, Wilmington
Workday, maker of software for corporate human resources and finance departments, announced a trio of executive appointments on Thursday that it hopes will help it accelerate revenue growth. The...
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Oracle eyes new competition as it pushes into the cloud
"Isn't it interesting? Our primary competitor used to be IBM," Oracle founder Larry Ellison told reporters Monday. "It is now Amazon." Indeed, the times they are a-changing for Oracle, a business...
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The agony, ecstasy, and miserable efficiency of big data at Amazon
The tech world will be buzzing this week about The New York Times's Pulitzer entry article in the Sunday paper, denouncing Amazon as a place to work. Titled "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a...
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Workday’s next mission: improve hire learning
More than 1,000 companies worldwide rely on Workday's cloud software to manage human resources concerns -- everything from recruiting to tracking performance. Next fall, they can add employee training...
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Zugata comes out of stealth to fix universally-hated performance review process
Performance reviews, as they are now administered, have come to be seen as more trouble than they’re worth. Just ask Adobe ADBE , which nixed the annual review process earlier this year. Startup...
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Former Business Objects CEO tackles workforce analytics
Pretty much every well-known player in cloud human resources software--from Workday to Cornerstone OnDemand to SuccessFactors--is investing in analytics technology. The idea is to help businesses track...
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Oracle’s moment clouded by the likes of competitor Workday
The streets of San Francisco are snarled this week, thanks to an annual software developers conference hosted by Oracle. The topic of the moment is the "cloud," a network of virtual software services...
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Workday Works Up Steam With Finance Teams
Over the next 12 months, prepare to hear Workday's sales teams talk just as much about the power of financial insights as the power of people insights. One of the loudest refrains sounded in the cloud...
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Human Resource Software Giants Get Cozier
Sometime competitors Workday WDAY and ADP ADP are building closer ties with their human resources software. The goal is to help multinational businesses standardize payroll across more than 100...
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Hiring More Contract Workers in 2016? Here’s One Way to Offer Feedback
Companies of all sizes will rely even more "contingent" workers over the next three years--employees that seem like they're part of the core team, but aren't actually on the official payroll. Consider...
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HR Software Maker Workday Disappoints With Weak Forecast
(Reuters) – Human resources software maker Workday forecast current-quarter revenue below analysts’ expectations amid wide-spread worries about signs of weak demand. The company, which makes software...
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Here Are the 12 Most Pet-Friendly Companies
Lots of companies offer employees a gamut of perks, from free food to gym memberships, and even free transportation to and from work in some cases. But some employers--the truly wise ones--understand...
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