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    Defining Business Intelligence

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    I’ve realized that I may never have put together a comprehensive list of what I consider to be crucial to the reporting function. From a technology and application perspective, there are several key features that make up a business intelligence…

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    Top HR Technology Vendors by Function

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    I always have my list of top vendors, but it’s nice to see what the surveys are saying as well. For HRMS, this lines up 100% with what I always thought domestically for enterprise HRMS. (see chart at bottom of…

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    ExcellerateHRO Ranked An HRO Leader

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    I thought it interesting that ExcellerateHRO was recently ranked a leader among the HRO vendors. Recently winning their first large contract with Cardinal Helath, they may have more coming.. “Being one of the most global of all HR BPO providers,…

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    Online Dating Applied to HR Technology

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    Sometimes there’s a post so thought provoking it just begs to be blogged: In my last post I wrote that online dating services would show us where online recruiting was headed. I believe this to be the case because they…

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    SAP Mid Market HR Offering

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    I ran across this company offering a mid market SAP offering. The HCM LaunchSuite™ solution provides essential SAP HR functionality for SMB clients including: managing HR master data, integrated whole-enterprise solution, security and SOX compliance with separation of duties, organizational…

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    Mid Market HRMS – The Players

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    I’ve long ignored mid market HRMS – to some of your dismay as many of you have e-mailed to me. Here’s my list of players in no particular order: Abra Suite – In here mostly because they are the dominant…

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    HR Technology Functional Utilization

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    Looking at CedarCrestone (of Cedar Group fame) and their survey of HCM applications, it’s interesting to see the trends of what everyone is using, what they will be using, and how these trends debunk current myths and assumptions we (or…

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    Vendor Selection the Wrong Way

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    After a week of ERP, I thought this was a humorous way to select a vendor. There are times that I can difinitively say “that’s wrong” and this is one of them. The premise of this vendor is that small…

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    Oracle Fusion point counterpoint

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    Over at the Parallax blog, a wonderful evaluation of Oracle Fusion and in it, some nice comparisons between Oracle Fusion and SAP NetWeaver. Myth #1: Fusion is a Bad Idea: But both Oracle and SAP sounded the alarm long before…

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    SAP and Oracle ERP News

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    So who’s winning the ERP war? SAP has stronger market momentum, better articulated value for next-generation apps, and a better partnership strategy than Oracle. But Oracle’s strong middleware platform and greater support of standards make it a better choice than…

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    Oracle versus SAP – 2008

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    I’m pretty comfortable giving my stack ranking of current enteprrise HR vendors. PeopleSoft HR, SAP HR and then Oracle might make the list. Everyone else in my opinion is a tier 2. (Oracle might be a tier 2, but We’ll…

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    HRMS Implementation? or just Outsource?

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    After writing about the #1 and #2 factors for successful implementations last week, I received this comment from Eric on the ability of smaller organizations to understand and focus on good business process. Eric’s comment linked back to a post…

  • The #2 Factor for Successful HRMS Implementation

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    Success factor #2? Well, once again, it’s not about the vendor. It’s about you as a client implementing a solution. #2 is your internal governance. We reflected on it briefly in the prior article, but governance is really the definition…

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    The #1 Factor for Successful HRMS Implementation

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    Every HRMS vendor on the face of this earth will assert increased productivity, enhanced process efficiency and a plethroa of other incredible benefits your company will attain by purchasing and implementing their software. Each one of them is probably correct…

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    Leadership, Brand, and Engaging Employees

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    Leadership creates both the external product brand, and the internal employer brand. All three of these elements then go on to affect employee engagement, which continues to affect the external product brand. The focus and attention of the employee on…

  • Leadership part 3 – Todd Thomson

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    Prior Posts: Leadership Intro Leadership Part 1 – Art Weinbach Leadership part 2 – Marcus Buckingham In the Part 3 interview, We’ll look at Wharton’s interview with Todd Thomson (chairman and CEO of Citigroup Inc.’s Global Wealth Management division). I…

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    Authoria Introduces Recruiting

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    Authoria Recruiting is big news simply because it expands the reach of the talent management suite. Most vendors claiming to be TMS have either been talent acquisition without the rest, or talent management without the aquisition. Recruitmax was the notable…

  • HR Vendors and Sport Sponsorships

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    systematicHR wants to know if there are any outsourcers or HR technology firms that sponsor sporting figures. Here are a couple of examples: ADP and Tom Lehman Paychex and Jeff Sluman This might be a bit whimsical, but what I’m…

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    Hot HR Issues – Part 2

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    The Conference Board of Canada did an interview with Dave Ulrich where he stated “the 21st century will belong to human resources and to organizational capabilities.” ((Thanks to Romain of unknow origin for pointing me to the Conference Board of…

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    Hot HR Issues – Part 1

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    The Conference Board of Canada did an interview with Dave Ulrich where he stated “the 21st century will belong to human resources and to organizational capabilities.” ((Thanks to Romain of unknow origin for pointing me to the Conference Board of…