HRMS
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Cloud, Data & Metrics, Enterprise Solutions, HR Strategy and Technology, HR Technology, HRMS, Industry NewsHR Technology Conference 2014: HCM Roundtable
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Every year we’re trying to figure out what’s next. 7 years ago, I started hearing about social HR everywhere, but the market really wasn’t ready. Every HR organization thought that social was a bad idea, with personal privacy challenges looming to kill any social enterprise initiatives. 2 years ago, we all took for granted that…
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Is Cloud The Way To Go?
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So I had to upgrade my cell phone contract. I used to be on this thing where I had a bucket of minutes and text messages to use, and now I’m on exactly the opposite. I have unlimited phone and text and about 10 GB of data I can use every month. It really points…
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Leveling the Playing Field
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I’ve always wondered about the benefits of doping in professional sports. Once, I read about a journalist who decided to dope just to find out if it really was that dramatic at providing performance increases, and not only was he stronger, have significantly more endurance, but he also seemed to start reverse aging (age spots…
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Switching Gears
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A long time ago, I used to work for ADP doing pre-sales. We had great relationships internally with services and implementation, but nonetheless it always seemed to come up that we didn’t always sell with the full lens of reality. On the other hand, I’d say that we came up with some pretty cool solutions…
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Fusion HCM Website is Up
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Just an FYI since this appears to be about the softest launch we’ve seen in ages. Considering we’ve been waiting for Fusion for a while. Here’s an FYI that the website is up and perhaps the software is in GA (but you’ll have to ask Oracle to confirm that) http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/fusion/hcm/index.html
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Back to Basics
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It seems to me that there has been a renewed focus on core HR. Now I need to tell the truth, I really thought core HR was dead. I mean, it will always be around, but with the whole industry moving on to cooler things like analytics and talent management, who cares about core HR…
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HR Technology Deployments
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I love it when consultants come in and talk to you about all the things you need to do around an implementation. Obviously your implementer is going to do all the normal things around table configuration and testing, but they often miss some of the bigger items. When consultants come in to talk about the…
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Evaluating the Demo
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I’ll admit that a while back (wow – are we going on 10 years now?) I was an SC. You know – those guys from the vendors that the salespeople count on to demonstrate product during the sales cycle. SC’s are a highly valued commodity. They are highly trained product experts that must float between…
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Core HR is not a Hub
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I came across this quite a few years ago as we started to tinker around with core HR systems needing to integrate with more systems than just payroll and benefits, and as analytics engines started to take off en masse. Back in the first part of the millenium as talent applications started to get a…
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Bill Kutik and the Direction of HR Technology
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A recent Bill Kutik Radio Show featured Tom Keebler of Towers Watson. Tom is the Global Practice Leader of the TW HR Service Delivery Practice, and each year they run an HR Technology Survey that is probably the second largest in the industry (Lexy’s from CedarCrestone is significantly larger this year). The TW survey is…
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Burnt to a Crisp
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I have a friend who happens to have a particular way of ordering steaks. This is interesting for a number of reasons. First, I’m not sure how many Indian guys order steaks. Perhaps Gautam can shed some light on this for me. (I think my friend lives in Goa if that makes a difference). Second…
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System of Record: Everything in its Place
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I’m sitting on a plane (delayed of course for 4 hours) thinking about the people around me. I have the fabulous exit row seat on the A319 where there is no seat in front of me. The guy in the middle next to me is great. He’s not a talker, he’s slim, does not intrude…
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Unbundling HR
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Karen Beaman over at Jeitosa recently wrote about the unbundling of HCM systems that we’ve been seeing for many years now. She is exactly right, that often times the unbundling of HR applications away from a central ERP system provides for more agile HR service delivery. Traditional ERP systems have not been growing at the…
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Translating HR Data Elements globally
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Global HR data is tough. Often times when we’re thinking about implementing a global core HR system, or a global data warehouse, we implement these systems according to a U.S. centric view of the world. (I’ll note here that I once worked with a U.K. based company that looked at their core HR system with…
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Global HRMS Cultural Issues
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Everyone wants global data. They want it in a global HRMS, or in a data warehouse. They want shared accessible data in communized practices and processes. They want the ability to roll-up data and aggregate reports and dashboards. They want workflow that crosses borders, and business units. To be honest, all of this is quite…
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The HR Software Slump
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I was recently getting caught up on some blog reading and noticed Josh Bersin’s post on the Talent Management Software Slump. I’m not sure if I’m just a pessimist, but I thought I’d post a reply. (granted, Josh wrote his post in early May… Despite this difficult Q1, we believe the market is going to…
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Core HR in a Point Solution World
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Perhaps the statement that we now live in a “point solution world” for HR is a bit bold. Certainly in large and medium sized organizations, ERP deployments are still strong. However, we do know that these same organizations are increasingly looking at point solutions even if they have had long term ERP strategies. Current day…
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CedarCrestone Pulse Update
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CedarCrestone recently updated their annual HRIT survey covering the trends in HR budgets. It’s especially interesting right now as the economy swings down. There is obviously much more content and charts in the real report you can get from CedarCrestone, but here’s a quick summary and my comments. During December 2008, CedarCrestone conducted its first…
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Workday Update
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Being that Workday is announcing their Fall 2008 update today, I figured it was a s good a time as any to get this site back up and running again. As probably the most hyped vendor in the HR space this year, they have still had impressive growth with 67 current total clients and 35…
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The Workday Promise (and Challenge)
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The fact that the market is excited about Workday would be an understatement. Hype around this company’s products and functionality appear to be racing quite past reality and approach mythical levels. Perhaps the confidence in the HR industry for Dave (Duffield) to deliver another great HR application is deservedly high. Or perhaps the marketing of…