{"id":404,"date":"2006-04-09T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2006-04-09T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=404"},"modified":"2006-04-09T10:25:48","modified_gmt":"2006-04-09T18:25:48","slug":"rss-soa-and-the-future-of-hr-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=404","title":{"rendered":"RSS SOA and the Future of HR Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When my opinion is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/specht.com.au\/michael\/2006\/04\/07\/a-great-discussion-underway\/\">solicited<\/a>, I give it freely. But first I should not there is a synopsis of the discussion as it stands today at the bottom of this post.  Posts in this discussion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theotherthomasotter.wordpress.com\/2006\/03\/22\/enterprise-rss-web-20-and-hr\/\">Enterprise RSS, Web 2.0 and HR<\/a>  by Thomas Otter<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/specht.com.au\/michael\/2006\/04\/06\/when-will-hr-catch-onto-the-wave\/\">When Will HR Catch Onto the Wave?<\/a>  by Michael Specht<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theotherthomasotter.wordpress.com\/2006\/04\/06\/in-response-to-when-will-hr-catch-on-the-wave\/\">In Response To &#8220;When Will HR Catch Onto the Wave?&#8221;<\/a>  by Thomas Otter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I agree with what Michael and Thomas have defined as the new world of HR. I&#8217;ll be completely honest with saying that I&#8217;m not sold on RSS and OPML as enterprise business technologies. Perhaps I don&#8217;t get it, or I don&#8217;t have the same level of vision, but I do see potential. Hoepfully in the next few years, someone can articulate a detailed vision of it&#8217;s specfic uses in an HR technology environment, but my vision of HR technology is slightly different as I&#8217;ll elaborate on below.Thomas points out recruiting applications and how they deploy job board integration with RSS type technologies. I agree this is good stuff, but it&#8217;s really the same old XML (no offense to XML) that has been around for years. When we talk about self service and HR portals, what I really care about is not pushing out content, but increasing transaction volumes. Sure content is important. And RSS makes communications much easier, but CMS (contnet management) hasn&#8217;t been too bad for a while (ask a communicator). The key behind communications on an HR portal is not the technology, it&#8217;s the communicator and the branding strategy behind it.<\/p>\n<p>So I return to transactions. My big hope for the future of HR technology actually lies with Oracle Fusion and SAP Netweaver. While Fusion is probably a tad behind schedule, Netweaver has a solid spate of technology partners. The value that these SOA (service oriented architechture) platforms provide is an integration of process that goes outside of the core application suite.<\/p>\n<p>What is interesting in this SOA discussion is not who adapts to the technology. Oracle and SAP are already building the foundational technologies, and the point solutions (niche players) simply have to adopt the technologies and recode their applications appropraitely. Therefore, in my view of the (short term) future of HR technology, every one of the major players will pretty much adapt.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the synopsis of the conversation so far. Thomas Otter started off with this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Much of the HR technology discussion with customers here in Europe is still on whether to do Employee Self Service or not! Transaction processing is clearly moving to shared services and-or BPO&#8230; I&#8217;m not sure that many HR folks out there grasp how these socialising networks will fundamentally change recruiting, learning, succession,and intra-company networks and structures&#8230; These solutions are sure to shake up the enterprise apps space. The SAPs, Microsofts and Oracles will adapt. But this stuff will hit the niche HR guys hard, I&#8217;m not sure they can finance the shift. ((Otter, Thomas, March 22, 2006. &#8220;Enterprise RSS, Web 2.0 and HR.&#8221; Retrieved from on April 8, 2006.))<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Michael Specht responded with:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>However I kind of disagree with that the niche providers not being able to move to the new world. While the current band of niche providers may not move new entrants are more likely to get a jump on SAP and Oracle in the space. Small niche players can build and deploy point solutions to the SME market place rapidly, getting an enterprise solution based on an ERP toolset is a big undertaking. However \u201cjoe average HR\u201d will not be ready to jump until SAP, Oracle and prodominantly Microsoft enter the market as then technologies will not have hit mainstream, this is 2 &#8211; 3 years away&#8230; ((Specht, Michael, April 6, 2006. &#8220;When Will HR Catch Onto the Wave?&#8221; Retrieved from on April 8, 2006.))<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With Tomas Otter&#8217;s latest reply:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I meant the current niche players being more threatened by web 2.0 than the big guys. I think the recruiting space will be hit first, as the social networking side of web 2.0 has a direct impact on recruiting. Someone who has a neat recruiting app with basic job board integration and applicant tracking and 50-100 customers and not really profitable is going to find it hard to move to SOA, re-architect to support RSS feeds etc. Unlike the SAP\u2019s and Oracle\u2019s they probably can\u2019t finance the shift. ((Otter, Thomas, April 6, 2006. &#8220;Reply To When Will HR Catch Onto the Wave?&#8221; Retrieved from on April 8, 2006.))<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When my opinion is solicited, I give it freely. But first I should not there is a synopsis of the discussion as it stands today at the bottom of this post. 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