<s>
Taleo	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
was	O
a	O
publicly	O
traded	O
database	O
vendor	O
based	O
in	O
Dublin	O
,	O
California	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taleo	B-Application
's	O
product	O
offerings	O
primarily	O
focus	O
on	O
talent	O
acquisition	O
(	O
recruitment	O
)	O
,	O
performance	O
management	O
,	O
learning	O
and	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
compensation	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
capabilities	O
combine	O
to	O
provide	O
what	O
Taleo	B-Application
calls	O
"	O
Talent	O
Intelligence	O
"	O
—	O
an	O
enhanced	O
level	O
of	O
insight	O
into	O
candidates	O
and	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taleo	B-Application
sells	O
its	O
Human	O
resource	O
management	O
system	O
(	O
HRMS	O
/	O
HRIS	O
)	O
products	O
entirely	O
via	O
a	O
software-as-a-service	B-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
model	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
all	O
software	O
and	O
information	O
resides	O
in	O
data	O
centers	O
operated	O
and	O
secured	O
by	O
Taleo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
acquired	O
Taleo	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
for	O
$1.9	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
continues	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Taleo	B-Application
software	O
name	O
for	O
its	O
talent-management	O
software	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
Taleo	B-Application
software	O
had	O
over	O
20	O
million	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taleo	B-Application
has	O
its	O
roots	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
where	O
in	O
1996	O
Martin	O
Ouellet	O
established	O
Viasite	O
,	O
a	O
French-language	O
job-board	O
for	O
candidates	O
and	O
employers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recruitsoft	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Taleo	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
talent-management	O
market	O
matured	O
,	O
Taleo	B-Application
added	O
products	O
and	O
capabilities	O
,	O
integrating	O
recruiting	O
with	O
performance	O
management	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
adding	O
compensation	O
management	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
including	O
learning	O
and	O
talent	O
development	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
,	O
Taleo	B-Application
made	O
solutions	O
available	O
in	O
187	O
countries	O
and	O
in	O
31	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
Taleo	B-Application
reported	O
it	O
had	O
more	O
than	O
5,000	O
customers	O
ranging	O
from	O
small	O
and	O
medium-sized	O
businesses	O
(	O
SMBs	O
)	O
to	O
large	O
global	O
enterprises	O
,	O
including	O
nearly	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
Fortune	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taleo	B-Application
operated	O
R&D	O
facilities	O
in	O
Quebec	O
City	O
,	O
Canada	O
;	O
Kraków	O
,	O
Poland	O
;	O
and	O
Jacksonville	O
,	O
Fla.	O
,	O
with	O
additional	O
development	O
staff	O
in	O
its	O
Dublin	O
,	O
Calif.	O
,	O
headquarters	O
and	O
other	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taleo	B-Application
's	O
fiscal	O
2010	O
R&D	O
investment	O
was	O
approximately	O
$41	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jason	O
Blessing	O
was	O
Taleo	B-Application
's	O
Executive	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
Products	O
&	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
R&D	O
efforts	O
,	O
Taleo	B-Application
expanded	O
its	O
product	O
offerings	O
through	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
third-party	O
solutions	O
,	O
talent	O
and	O
intellectual	O
property	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Taleo	B-Application
Corp	O
marketed	O
Talent	O
Management	O
platforms	O
for	O
SMBs	O
(	O
as	O
Taleo	B-Application
Business	O
Edition	O
)	O
and	O
enterprises	O
(	O
as	O
Taleo	B-Application
Enterprise	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Taleo	B-Application
Business	O
Edition	O
and	O
Taleo	B-Application
Enterprise	O
were	O
modular	B-Architecture
offerings	O
that	O
allowed	O
customers	O
to	O
add	O
capabilities	O
as	O
they	O
required	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taleo	B-Application
Corp	O
operated	O
a	O
professional	O
services	O
organization	O
that	O
performed	O
integration	O
,	O
implementation	O
and	O
performance	O
optimization	O
services	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
