Links 9/25/2014: Workday, Salesforce.com Foundation introduce higher ed recruitment packages on same day; Salesforce's in conjunction with local firm



N. Virginia Set to Overtake New York as Biggest Data Center Market by 2015 (Data Center Knowledge)

FinancialForce.com Appoints Former SAP Executive as Chief Financial Officer (Marketwire)
Big news. FinancialForce.com, the Salesforce1 platform-based and Salesforce.com-backed financial suite, is becoming an important player in the finance app cloud market.

UPDATE 2-Vista Equity, Thoma Bravo vie for TIBCO Software -sources (Reuters)
TIBCO in the past had been frequently rumored to be a SAP acquisition target. However, it has fallen off a growth track recently and is considered more of a PE play now. But its
Spotfire product line, which competes against Qlik and Tableau, remains a source of
considerable interest.

Apple Pay's tokenization has parallel significance for B2B, SAP says (FierceFinanceIT)

Workday Student Debuts With Higher-Ed Recruiting (Information Week)

Salesforce.com Foundation Announces Salesforce1 for Higher Ed (MarketWatch)
Teams up with roundCorner, which is partially based in Villanova. Same day as Workday
a coincidence?

Andreessen goes on epic tweet storm, advises tech community to “worry” (PE Hub)






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