SAP lays out HR software roadmap

software following the $3.4 billion acquisition of SuccessFactors, which focuses on cloud-based applications, Computerworld reports.

SuccessFactors is to be run as an independent subsidiary of SAP, with its CEO, Lars Dalgaard, continuing in that role as well as leading SAP's broader cloud strategy.

SuccessFactors' Employee Central product will be "the go-forward core human resources offering in the cloud", and SAP will "boldly invest" in it.

According to Cloud Pro, SAP has had considerable difficulty in getting much more than a lukewarm response to its initiatives.

For talent management applications, which cover areas such as recruitment and employee pay, a number of SuccessFactors products will lead the way, CIO notes.

Integration of SuccessFactors' portfolio and SAP's on-premises HR software is also planned, as well as increased development of integration with third-party applications.