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Fusion HCM Website is Up
Read more: Fusion HCM Website is UpJust 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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SAP Offers On-Demand
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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Social Networks in HRIT
Are we all really six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon? Yes Are there other uses of social networking other than Kevin Bacon? Yes Can HRIT employ social networks into their strategy? No Social networks are an informal version of the business networking that many of us do, which in turn is a less formal…
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What Software as a Service Means To You
Before discussing Software as a Service (SaaS), we really need to understand the roots of the term and technology. Recognizing that SaaS stems from the older application service provider (ASP) model, I’d like to distinguish the differences between the two. Application Service Providers (ASP’s) of the 1990’s pioneered the industry of “hosting” hardware, (often) implementing…
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Relationship Management III – The Culture of Accommodation
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
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
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
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,…
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Defining Business Intelligence
I’ve realized that I may never have put together a comprehensive list of what I consider to be crucial to the reporting function. From a technology and application perspective, there are several key features that make up a business intelligence (BI) suite. When you purchase an HR application, you’ll almost always get a prepackaged reporting…
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Relationship Management II – Managing Expectations
Last week I wrote, in part, about outsourced service providers’ client satisfaction programs which monitor how satisfied clients are with performance. At any given point in time, there are a number of clients who don’t believe their service providers are meeting, let alone exceeding, expectations. What causes dissatisfaction? Of course, it’s easy to say that…
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Top HR Technology Vendors by Function
I always have my list of top vendors, but it’s nice to see what the surveys are saying as well. For HRMS, this lines up 100% with what I always thought domestically for enterprise HRMS. (see chart at bottom of page) Peoplesoft ADP Enterprise SAP Oracle/Lawson (tied) ((CedarCrestone 2005 Workforce Technologies and Service Delivery Approaches…