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    PS vs SAP: Part 2

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    In the last entry I wrote “that the only HR departments that go on SAP are the ones that are forced to do so by their CEO.”  While there’s some truth to this, I’ve also written in the past that if I were a CIO, I’d go out and buy Oracle financials, PeopleSoft HR, SAP…

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    PS vs SAP: Part 1

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    There are lots of snobs out there: those that won’t outsource to anyone but ADP, those that think they are superior because they work in compensation, and consultants who think their way is better before they even consult. The snobbery elite is probably topped by a distinguished set of software users: PeopleSoft snobs. The life…

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    Relationship Management – Measuring Satisfaction

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    Donald Glade

    How do you know when an outsourcing initiative has been successful? At what point can you sit back, look at all that has been done and actually congratulate yourselves on a successful implementation, transition and effective and stable ongoing processing environment. I think back to the system person I dealt with on a 401(k) conversion…

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    A Workflow Primer

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    No content post today – I just wanted to introduce the readership to a resource I found. Actually, it’s an Oracle workflow primer, but it’s only chapter 1, and therefore a great overview on the topic in general. I found this while browsing through Oracle websites and thought you’d be interested. For those of you…

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    Talk About Hewitt

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    There’s been a lot of it lately.  Our own Donald Glade wrote about it here, and Jason did here. First off, my response to Jason Corsello:  ADP should not buy Hewitt. ADP does not have a proven track record integrating acquisitions into their business model.  They acquire and then try to turn every acquisition into…

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    An Interview with Employease

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    I’ve been quite up front in my admission that I don’t know much about the mid-market for HRMS. As part of my education, I had the opportunity to speak with one of the absolute leaders in the mid-market HRMS arena – Employease. I have no issue saying that they are a leader as Gartner seems…

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    How Much Can Outsourcing Really Save?

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    Donald Glade

    I set this article aside some time ago with the intention of commenting on it at some point.  Now is as good a time as any. The story, “Survey: Outsourcing saves less than claimed” is based on a survey conducted by TPI.  The gist of the story is summed up in the lead: “Outsourcing of…

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    Shake up at Hewitt

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    Donald Glade

    The rumors have been around in the market for some time now, but this past week it showed up in print:  What does surprise Pramuk and other experts, however, is that Hewitt doesn’t have a successor in place for Salvino. “That certainly could be hinting at a sale of its HRO business,” he says. Marc…

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    HRO IT Platforms

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    HRO Today has an article out there descrbing their take on the technology platform evolution within the HRO space. They pay particular interest to Oracle and SAP which is quite predictable. While not mentioning that SAP is the clear leader in HRO HRMS at the moment, they do seem to think that Oracle Fusion will…

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    HRO Vendor Positioning (Scorecard)

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    Accenture: Accenture is like ExcellerateHRO and Hewitt. With a great HR consulting group and an ability to execute the technology, Accenture was in the market early enough to capture great market share. Unlike Hewitt, they have great flexibility in their technology offerings and can also offer FAO (finance) and IT outsourcing. ADP: The clear leader…

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    An Interview With SuccessFactors

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    I had an opportunity to speak with Rob Bernshteyn from SuccessFactors about the direction they are heading. I’ll admit that SuccessFactors has been one of my favorite talent management vendors for a long time. I have always thought of them as having excellent functionailty and technology. Their data center and application delivery from a technology…

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    Relationship Management V – Implementation

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    Donald Glade

    I was talking with a client this week about the implementation of an outsourced solution to payroll, HRIS and benefits administration that he would soon be going through. He has every intention of engaging third party assistance with the implementation.  He’s seen things go very wrong for companies who attempted to go it alone with…

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    The Future of Talent

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    Forget about talent management. What we need is talent development. Jason Corsello of the Yankee Group and The Human Capitalist wrote about emerging talent management software trends a few weeks ago. As part of those trends, a Yankee Group survey indicated that the growth of that HR technology industry segment would double by 2009. ((The…

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    Relationship Management IV – Project Management

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    Donald Glade

    So you’ve outsourced HRIS, or payroll, or H&W benefits administration, or applicant tracking, or any one of numerous HR functions and now your job is finished, right?  Well most of you know the answer to that is no. You still have plenty to do as work through data scrubbing, conversion, or ongoing vendor relationship management. …

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    Talent Management System Vendor List

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    Stumbled across one of the longest lists of talent management vendors I’ve seen. To be honest, I don’t know many of these. As many of you know, I don’t consider recruiting only solutions to be talent management (TMS), but a sub-class of talent acquisition (TAS). Anyway, the TAS vendors are included in the list.

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    SAP Offers On-Demand

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    Is Software as Service in the realm of possibility for SAP? Probably not. Even though I’ve written about SAP in a vanilla, hosted model, I don’t think much of this approach. To be totally honest, if you are complex and need a vanilla implementation, SAP is probably not the product for you. True, there’s some…

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    Relationship Management III – The Culture of Accommodation

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    Donald Glade

    Last week we saw what happens when service providers fail to actively manage client expectations.  Client satisfaction suffers, and ultimately the relationship can become at risk.We explored the notion that client expectations are frequently mishandled during the sales cycle, but this week I’d like to talk about how the ongoing relationship is often set up…

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    SOA and SaaS – The Future of Enterprise HR

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    Is ERP dead? Well, not really. At least not in the enterprise HR market. Net yet anyway. cryptic enough?) The truth is that there isn’t anyone out there looking to compete with Oracle and SAP over the enterprise HR market for core HR systems. Everyone is building bolt-on type applications, and the truth of the…

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    Current Topics in Business Intelligence

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    Siebel Analytics is the first step to Fusion While the Siebel acquisition brought market-leading CRM to Oracle’s portfolio, executives have repeatedly referred to Siebel Analytics, technology that Siebel itself bought with the acquisition of nQuire in 2001, as the “hidden jewel”of the transaction. In fact, Siebel Analytics accounted for roughly 25% of Siebel’s license revenue.…

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    Business Intelligence Vendors

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    Given my last post, I’m not going to talk about ad hoc tools. Rather I’ll cover the true BI suites that also encompass ad hoc tools. Here’s my list of vendors – these are all top vendors and all of them are at the top of the heap: Cognos Business Objects Oracle Hyperion SAP Cognos,…