Vendors
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What HP’s Acquisition of EDS HRO Means
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I haven’t written about HRO for a very long time. Part of it could be just my simple disillusionment of the space. The outsourcing of payroll and benefit transactions…
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Pet Peeves Translated to HR 3
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When you’re angry, it’s still better to be nice. Sometimes, I see people who are not angry over anything, yet they are still not nice. Here’s my message: some…
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Taleo Goes Down Market
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“Recruiting and retaining talent is the number one challenge for SMBs, and job boards, Excel spreadsheets and Outlook fall short when it comes to competing for superior candidates,” said…
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Developing an Application For Yourself
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Oracle coded their compensation workbench so they could use it themselves. It’s the best module in their HR suite. What a novel idea to create an application you think…
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Lawson – Moving Core HR to The Talent Suite
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Lawson’s introduction of their new Strategic HCM product heads into an interesting direction. I got the change to talk to Larry Dunivan at the Lawson CUE conference and also…
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An Update with Sum Total
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I’ll admit. It caught me completely off guard to find out that the major learning vendors (Saba and Sum Total) have been offering talent management systems for the better…
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Another Interview with SuccessFactors
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It’s always good to talk to SuccessFactors. After all, like Kleenex and tissue paper, SuccessFactors has almost locked themselves and the brand most affiliated with talent management software. There…
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WorkStream 7.0 Demo
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I always like it when I get to see product. While I often do as part of my normal job, I don’t overlap meaning I won’t write about things…
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SystematicHR’s Thoughts for 2008
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I suppose that I do need to put together a list of things I’m especially interested in this year. Many of these are already trends. Some of these will…
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Rumors and News in the HR Technology Space
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So I took a brief 3 week pause from writing in December and quite a bit happened. Here is a brief summary of the news: December 4: Reuters reported…
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SuccessFactors ULTRA
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Out comes a new release of SuccessFactors popular talent management system. My general opinion is that the leading talent management systems are all playing on a fairly level playing…
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IBM to Buy Cognos
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Right on the heels of SAP and Business Objects is the IBM and Cognos announcement. Once again and like SAP, IBM didn’t need the capabilities. They are in all…
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SAP to Buy Business Objects
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Perhaps this is in reaction to Oracles buying Hyperion. I always thought that SAP’s Business Warehouse product was pretty good. Then again, PeopleSoft EPM isn’t bad either, and Oracle…
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Vurv 4.0
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Ok – I admit it. I still hate the rebranded name, but they are still one of the leaders in talent. In October at the HR Technology Conference in…
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The Long Awaited Taleo Performance
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Last week Taleo announced their long awaited performance management module. I’ve been waiting for their talent management release for about a year since systemaciHR first heard about it. I’ve…
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Lawson Update
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I haven’t felt the need to write about Lawson in quite some time. Not because they are not a major player, or that they don’t have a decent mix…
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An Interview with HR Smart
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A while back, I had the opportunity to speak with HR Smart, a talent management software vendor and service provider. As with many vendors, HR Smart has had applicant…
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What is SuccessFactors Doing?
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It’s probably time for me to get back on the phone with these guys and poke around a bit. After all, it has been a very long while since…
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Middle Market HRO Convergence
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We’ve long talked about the large HRO organizations trying to go after the middle market. After all, how many companies out there can afford a 10 year contract valued…
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Wyatt Gets into Talent Software
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Mercer once had a benefits administration offering that they ended up selling to ADP. Then they partnered with SynHRgy (spelling?) to get into HRO. That didn’t pan out so…