Kenexa has more than 8, 900 customers across financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail and consumer industries, it said.

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Kenexa, which provides HR management software, has about 2, 800 employees in 21 countries.

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Additional value comes from the analysis that companies like IBM and Kenexa apply to all of these linked, catalogued, and correlated interactions.

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Kenexa brings many strategic offerings to IBM, with much more to come.

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"The Kenexa acquisition will complement IBM's social business and HR business services leadership, " IBM said, adding that it expects the transaction to close in the fourth quarter.

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Learning is a core value for Karsan and for Kenexa.

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You can hire an assessment firm (like Kenexa, SHL, DDI, Hogan, etc.) to help, but at your core you, as a leader, need to understand these factors.

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Along with the mainframe makeover, IBM has also announced that it will acquire software-as-a-service provider Kenexa (NYSE: KNXA), a company that has experienced approximately 15.9 percent revenue growth over a five-year period.

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Kenexa notes that the deal has been approved by the boards of both companies, and that the deal is expected to close in Q4, subject to various regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.

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They needed to adopt the Kenexa culture immediately.

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