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October 21, 2011

SuccessFactors' Business Execution Suite Now Includes Learning



Learning is now an integral part of the SuccessFactors Business Execution Suite or BizX. An unmatched set of learning capabilities in the cloud are now delivered by SuccessFactors. These include formal, social/informal, content management and analytics. An announcement in this regard has been made by the top global company in cloud-based business execution software, SuccessFactors Inc.


A unified user experience with single sign-on is now provided to customers. Customers are also delivered combined data and reporting. Apart from improving employee skills, corporate compliance can be therefore ensured. Organizational objectives can also be aligned. A best-in-class Learning Management System or LMS has been combined by SuccessFactors. LMS offers various unmatched capabilities like powerful learning metrics and analysis; innovative social learning; and unique ‘Content-as-a-Service’ or CaaS.

Innovative and comprehensive reporting and analytics is provided by SuccessFactors Learning. Apart from helping drive better business outcomes, customers are given an authoritative insight about the state of talent and talent development initiatives.

A Facebook- and YouTube (News - Alert)-like experience is now provided by SuccessFactors Social Learning to corporate learning. Expertise can be shared easily by anyone in the organization. People can connect with communities and find information quickly with this innovative Social Learning powered by SuccessFactors Jam.

Content distribution and management in the cloud is provided as a service by the unique SuccessFactors iContent. Digital learning assets ranging from online courseware to on-demand presentations and video can be easily managed with this service. Both off-the-shelf and custom content can be therefore reliably accessed by learners.

In a release, Jeff Kristick, vice president of global product marketing at SuccessFactors, said, “Following the successful acquisition of Plateau, we’re excited and pleased to announce that we’ve delivered SuccessFactors Learning as part of the BizX suite, with integration that provides an integrated end user experience.”

According to Kristick, powerful, unique capabilities have also been added to the learning solution. These include Social Learning, powered by SuccessFactors Jam, and new Learning Metrics & Analytics.

Kristick said, “As we move forward, we’ll continue to add enhancements across the board, with new capabilities, and by improving the role of learning in the talent management processes within the BizX suite.”


Carolyn John is a Contributor to TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please columnist page.

Edited by Rich Steeves


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