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Which Version of Reality?
Read more: Which Version of Reality?I’m an advocate of reality. It’s nice when you can look at something and immediately recognize it. In most cases, a reflection of reality is quite obvious. When I say the word “chair” each and every reader automatically has a concept generate in their heads – some with an armchair, some with an office chair,…
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SAP and HRO platforms
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 of getting into HRO administration, they are doing what they do best – market software. This is huge for them because these agreements virtually guarantee their…
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A primer on messaging
Michael picked up on my workflow post and added some great points regarding messaging. I thought I’d do a light “primer on messaging” to round out the topic. Now I have to figure out how to explain this in 3 paragraphs. Michael hits on the old CORBA model and compares it to XML. CORBA is…
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IBM’s inability to capitalize on HRO
Well, maybe tier inability to capitalize on IT services and BPO in general seem to have tripped up the entire stock market, and especially the U.S. market. IBM has been moving towards services over data center management for some time now. Word on the street is that morale in the traditional lines of business is…
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HRO executives expect consolidation
All the major HRO players are saying their sales pipelines are full. The problem is that competition is making the revenues per employee per year drop substantially, and margins are not sufficiently high to sustain the industry. Everyone seems to be wondering who will be acquired next. With 8-9 major players, the industry looks like…
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Lawson Systems Review
OK – so I never mentioned Lawson until the last post. They are definitely one of the major vendors in the enterprise HR space, but I’ve always had concerns about them. My personal opinion is they are a prime takeover candidate by Oracle or SAP. Here’s why: 1) I haven’t seen their latest numbers, but…
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A primer on workflow
So what is workflow? Well obviously the first thing that comes to mind are the simple messages that we get when a database event happens. However, I’d like to take some time and expand on what this means, and what the possibilities are. In HR, workflow is HUGE because of the interactions with large numbers…
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Oh My God!!! Payroll Outsourcing
Ultimate is not the best payroll outsourcer. In fact, do they even really qualify for this category? Let’s talk Paychex, ADP and Ceridian. Now these are outsourcers. What’s the difference? A huge back room – the 3 REAL PR vendors above actually process taxes, submit NACHA (direct deposits), do garnishments, print checks, etc… Ultimate (I’m…
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Tough adoption for e-learning
I must admit that while I’m an avid reader of news and information on the web, e-learning just irritates me. On the web, I want to be able to control the pace of my interactions with the PC and go wherever I want to go. In many cases, e-learning is just too linear and controlled…
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The ATS Market
OK – so I’m writing a lot about ATS vendors lately and I thought I’d do an overview of the market. As usually, this is my opinion of the market, and even some of the “facts and figures” in here are my opinion and may not actually be verified. The ATS marketplace has always been…
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ATS News
In an “it’s about time” one of the major ATS vendors is finally rolling out a hiring management solution for the lower end market. For all the people who were sick of seeing $250K implementations for BrassRing and Taleo, Taleo is rolling out a solution aquired from RecruitForce.com. Also in ATS news, I noted a…