This certainly is a core aspect for all companies and should help SilkRoad get traction with customers.

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SilkRoad also has built a complete suite for traditional human resources (HR) functions.

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Other Windy City players that have made headlines in recent months include (though not in as infamous a fashion as Groupon) mobile marketing firm Vibe Media, food delivery and restaurant finder company GrubHub, online trading platform optionMONSTER (home of tradeMONSTER) and personnel management software company SilkRoad.

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Every company that hires and pays people needs it. (That means every organization in the world, basically.) And there are still hundreds of small companies in this market who are now acquisition candidates (Halogen, Saba ( SABA), CornerstoneOnDemand ( CSOD), Lumesse, Silkroad, PeopleFluent, SumTotal, and many more).

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