And SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard has offered compelling reasons about why he feels the deal with SAP will offer greater value to customers: The Top 10 Reasons for SAP Acquisition from SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard.

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Like how we can speed our ability to help them experience greater value from their SAP systems.

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Just as rewarding are the conversations I have with employees who share the same passion for delivering value to customers and making SAP better.

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Eventually, higher and higher taxes do sap initiative, because they reduce the economic value of initiative.

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Customers see the incredible value we deliver and recognize that SAP is the better choice.

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Another challenge will be to make sure that the partners SAP works with are actually competent and provide good value to customers.

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In other words, organizations that adopt cloud computing will value business understanding of how things work over hands-on expertise with servers and SAP.

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