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Tech Shops, Hungry for Brains, Face the Google Factor

Stock quotes in this article: ORCL , GOOG , ADBE , CRM , AAPL , YHOO  

SAN FRANCISCO -- Research-and-development money is sloshing around Silicon Valley, and it's spurring a new ruthlessness for talent among competitors in enterprise software and search.

"Are you ready, SAP?" a menacing job posting at Oracle(ORCL Quote) asks in reference to its enterprise-software arch-competitor. It's just one of 224 ads Oracle has posted since July 1 seeking software engineers -- mostly in the Bay Area -- for R&D.

As tech companies ride a wave in enterprise software growth, they've ramped up hiring. What's at stake in the bidding war for talent? It's a race to deliver next-generation software as a service over the Web. ...

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