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SaaS Is Here: Get Over It IT!
Read more: SaaS Is Here: Get Over It IT!There was a long time ago I could pretty much build my bike from scratch. Yeah, I could assemble everything, that’s easy. Putting on gears, lacing up spokes onto wheels, getting the brakes on. I even used to pick out the individual ball bearings that went into my bikes. Then came a day when the…
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On Towers and Wyatt
Well, it’s been a full week now, and I feel like I have enough information to formulate a decent opinion on the merger between Towers and Wyatt. Here goes: Was this a merger, or an acquisition? Well, to be honest, my first reaction to this was that Wyatt got the upper hand. I think I’m…
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The HR Software Slump
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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Data Hubs versus Business Intelligence
I keep seeing organizations that try to use their data warehouse platforms as data hubs. While on the surface this might seem like a good idea, it really might not be depending on your utilization of each. The data warehouse serves primarily as a business intelligence and analytics tool. If implemented correctly, it contains vast…
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Core HR in a Point Solution World
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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The Annual CedarCrestone HR Technology Survey
CedarCrestone is at it again. This time for their 12th annual survey. I don’t usually shamelessly plug anything, but I have plugged this survey for the last 3 years running (I think). The more participants, the more valuable the information. So go ahead and check the link: http://www.cedarcrestone.com/survey/systematicHR.html Continuing and New Research Areas For 2009.…
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The Money Multiplier
I’ve put a lot of faith and hope in businesses as the economy continues to trend downward. I had initially thought that this time around we would be smarter. Smarter than in 2001 when the bubble burst and HR technology spending almost completely stopped for 3 years. In that time, there was virtually no growth…
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Analytics and Dubious Correlations
Being an Asian who suffers from what I call “red face syndrome” (I also call it “beet red” or “lobster red”) I was quite interested when the following article was forwarded to me. People whose faces turn red when they drink alcohol may be facing more than embarrassment. The flushing may indicate an increased risk…
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Recruiting Dubious Talent
Here is what the NY Times had to say about AIG executives and bonuses a few weeks ago: Now we can debate why A.I.G. felt it necessary to guarantee seven executives at least $3 million apiece when the economy was clearly on shaky ground. Perhaps we will find out these contracts were a bit of…
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Global Data Protection – Model Contracts
As long as we talked about Safe Harbor in the last entry, we might as well talk about model contracts. Honestly, I don’t like this one as much as it’s really an avenue for data protection that comes out of the EU. However, data protection laws are rampant all over the world and the EU…
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Global Data Protection
As I continue to work with global organizations, I’m a bit surprised to see a continued effort around obtaining employee consent for the export of data outside the home country (or EU). While this may have been the traditional method for compliance to EU and other data protection standards, it was quickly realized that traditional…