Vendors
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Global Payroll Outsourcing
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One of the major irritations to multinational companies attempting to manage their employees through a single database is the inability to outsource payroll to a single provider. Instead, if…
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ADP hiring index for Background Checks
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I’m very curious if ADP’s background check press release that the number of checks has tripled since 1997 is a realistic number. While I’m sure that as talent management…
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Oracle does the right thing
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Oracle’s “Project Fusion” gives me great hope in the future of non-SAP HRMS. So I understand that PeopleSoft the ERP is gone, and so is JD Edwards. But the…
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Ultimate Software Review
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Well, I did an Lawson Systems thing a week ago, so I figured I’d do Ultimate since they release improved earnings last week. Here is my very biased opinion:…
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Benefit compliance and vendors part 2
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Single sourcing, or using multiple vendors? Let’s take 401(k), where you might have Fidelity doing the recordkeeping and account administration (stock investments). This seems like the fox guarding the…
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Benefit compliance and vendors
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I’ll be on a benefits kick today. I visited an organization that allows it’s broker access to the employee base in order to sell voluntary benefit plans. Due to…
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SAP and HRO platforms
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A few weeks ago I stated I thought SAP would end up being the default HRMS platform for HRO/BPO vendors. Looks like they have started the ball rolling. Instead…