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    Workscape code development certified

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    I honestly don’t know much about Workscape code, architecture and design. I was involved in a project with them about 5 years ago when the organization and product were in their infancy and they were impressive at that time. Since then, further product development and functionality have lead me to believe they are among the…

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    Oracle Grids

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    I love Oracle. I’m not a DBA or even a halfway decent technologist. Just a semi-technical HR guy. But when Oracle came out with 10g application servers last year, I was a pretty excited guy. I saw a new press release about 10g and thought I’d write a little note. We probably all know about…

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    ADP and web services

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    I keep talking about ADP. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) but in my defense, they are the largest of the HR outsourcers. CIO Insight has a great article on what they are doing to create a seamless web portal for their multitude of services and systems. I’m not sure if any other traditional outsourcers…

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    Really cool job board integration

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    A recent HR.com interview with WebHire CEO Susanne Bowen piqued my interest when they started talking about integration. Most of the time we’re talking about basic interfaces from a job board back to the ATS. However, WebHire and Monster.com have gone one step further. If you own WebHire ATS, you can now browse the entire…

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    Candidate sourcing and the tech advantage

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    A recent HR.com survey focused on how different types of candidate sourcing lead to improved candidate quality and cost effectiveness. I only want to talk about the quality piece here as you can go to HR.com for the survey if desired. There was more detail in the survey, but I break the results down into…

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    HRO Rumors

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    This is off the street with no substantive documentation. Word is that Hewitt is being shopped by the investment bankers. I’m not sure who can put up the cash, but possibly IBM or HP? If it does happen though, you heard it here first. Another rumor is that IBM has been in talks with Mercer.…

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    My opnions on Lawson / Intentia software merger

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    I got a message requesting my thoughts on the purchase of Intentia Software by Lawson. I have not commented on this previously, because Intentia does not offer anything in the HR space – they are a pure CRM, MRP, SCM play as far as I can tell. As you already know from previous posts, I…

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    Ceridian Rumors

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    OK – not really rumors, but sounds like Ceridian will be moving all of it’s payroll processing over to Atlanta, GA and Chicago, IL. This is a part of their “centers of excellence” and will take them from 4 major processing centers to 2. There will be local print centers, but a major consolidation in…

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    HRO update

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    This is actually an Indian update on the HRO market, but it has some interesting facts and opinions. First off, I had no idea that Hewitt was creating an outsourcing center there, but it’s not a surprise. I’m sure that most organizations outsourcing call centers are looking at or going to India. An interesting opinion…

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    ADP v. Ceridian

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    I’ve been pretty clear in past posts regarding my preference for ADP over Ceridian. I have also been clear that Ceridian has more robust HR services. The market seems to agree with me, and if I take a guesstimate, 25% of the U.S. Fortune 2000 outsources payroll and/or HR to ADP, and only 5% does…

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    Web services and non-integration

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    This article found on the Harvard Business School website speaks to the failure of web services and the trouble of integration. These days, rather than doing large integration projects, we’re using portals to bring single views to users, but avoiding having a huge integrated database with 100% of the data in one spot. For reporting,…

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    Hosted point solutions take advantage of weakness in ERP/HRMS market

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    There’s some serious movement in the hosted and integrated point solutions arena. Mostly I’m talking about Workstream, Kenexa, RecruitMax and Authoria. All of these solutions are offering portal oriented employee talent solutions. Each of these 4 vendors are also organizations I like a lot. What is an integrated talent management point solution? Well, first of…

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    HR Market Health & Vendor Updates

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    This info is now old (May 17), but I always find it interesting to see how vendors are doing. HRmarketer.blogspot.com has a quarterly review of some trends. Here are a couple of comments I have: Paychex will always do well. They have an incredible business model and a rediculous record of profits. Their next move…

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    Dave Duffield and the next PeopleSoft

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    This is too good not to write about. Connect the dots: OK – so go to davesnextmove.com and check out John Malatesta. John Malatesta used to be the President and CEO of NetYourWork.com. NetYourWork.com was a web based tool for ERP. NetYourWork.com has taken their website off-line. The splash screen now redirects to Davesnextmove.com Davesnextmove.com…

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    HR Technology News notes

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    I just got done saying how nobody out there in HRO could really implement international payroll in a single platform. There are exceptions out there of course, but I thought ADP was the closest due to their network of in-country subsidiaries to file taxes and do all the other compliance stuff. Looks like I was…

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    Questionable truth in marketing

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    Not to be a naysayer, but sometimes cool things bug me the wrong way when I’m pretty sure the message is a lie. Today, Skillsoft and Plateau Systems are introducing the “first” integrated LMS and LCMS to be available later this year. First of all, I’m pretty sure they are not the first to provide…

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    Dave Duffield’s next move

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    Dave got his Chairman’s award at the IHRIM conference on Monday. Here’s the link for his next start-up. Not much content there yet.

  • Fortune 500 list is out

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    As usual, ADP is up there. They are really one of the only HR services firms big enough to be on the list. With $7.7 billion in revenues, they are around #250 (I’m guessing – have not bought the issue). On the data services list, they are #5, and they also usually rank #1 most…

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    Time & Labor Management and tracking your key EE metrics

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    You know, I never talk much about labor management (because payroll and timekeeping is boring), but here’s a great example. If we take a quick inventory of our major systems, we have: Core HR Payroll Benefits Administration Labor Management (Time & Attendance) Compensation Management Recruiting Management Learning Management Labor management is actually a HUGE part…

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    Talent, Outsourcing, and MSS

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    Since my last post was on talent, I thought I’d see if I could tie it back into systems somehow. As we continuously look at talent in both retention and acquisition modes, we must realize that we’re not only trying to attract and retain employees with compensation, benefits and corporate culture (and such), we’re really…