StepStone Solutions Continues Strong Growth in First Quarter of 2011…from StepStone

April 29, 2011

 

Talent Management Firm Registers Almost 40% Increase in Revenue Over Q1 2010; Signs 79 New Customers

HRchitect includes StepStone in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems and Top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

StepStone Solutions, a global leader in talent management, today announced continuing strong revenue growth and particularly high levels of new customer acquisition during the first three months of 2011.

StepStone Solutions signed 79 new customers in the period January 2011 through March 2011 and also contracted with 134 existing customers for increased commitments to the company’s products. StepStone Solutions now serves almost 1,700 businesses in about 70 countries, with well over a million active users of its Software-as-as-Service (SaaS) products.

The company signed new customers in the first quarter in Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US.

Matthew Parker, CEO, StepStone Solutions, said: “Our growth and global success in so many regions is a great start to the year. Including acquisitions, our business grew almost 40% over the equivalent period in 2010 as a result of both substantial enterprise wins worldwide, increasing use of our solutions by many existing customers and a continuing low level of customer churn.”

Among the highlights of the first three months of the year were the release of the latest version of StepStone Solutions’ MrTedTalentLink talent acquisition product, with major enhancements to the user experience and the web services API; the winning of a prestigious award — Best Talent Management Software Provider in Greater China 2010-2011; being again named as ‘Leader’ in Gartner’s 2011 Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management; and major successes with global customers such as Banque de France, RKW-Group, Knauf, and Peugeot Citroën.

For more information please visit www.stepstonesolutions.com
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Workday Introduces Newest Update: Workday 13…from Workday

April 27, 2011

 

Delivers New Functionality Across Human Capital Management, Payroll, Initiatives, Financial Management, and Spend Management Solutions

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Workday, Inc., the leader in SaaS-based enterprise solutions for global human resources (HR), payroll, and financial management, today introduces its current update: Workday 13.

Three times per year, Workday releases feature-packed updates to its Human Capital Management (HCM), Payroll, Initiatives, Financial Management, and Spend Management solutions. Unlike traditional on-premise software that requires costly and time-consuming upgrades every 3 to 5 years, Workday’s multi-tenant architecture allows customers to move to new updates in just a few days — at no additional cost — as part of their regular subscription fees. As of today, all live Workday customers are running Workday 13.

What’s New

  • Workday HCM. Workday HCM is a unified solution that includes global human resources management and talent management capabilities.

 

    • HR functionality introduced in Workday 13 allows customers to quickly respond to new U.S. healthcare regulations and global personnel data changes. Workday also delivers best-in-class position budgeting, providing visibility into and understanding of workforce cost and capacity. This update also allows HR practitioners and managers to leverage market salary data for benchmarking, fair worker compensation, and manager decision support.
    • Workday continues to extend its talent management footprint with the delivery of cascading goals, multi-rater feedback, competency management and talent analytics, and interactive and configurable talent matrix (or “n-Box”) reports. These capabilities enable organizations to efficiently support a talent-driven, high-performance organization without the additional cost or complexity of bolt-on talent systems.

 

  • Workday Payroll. With this update, Workday introduces a partnership with OneSource VHR to provide payroll co-sourcing services, including payroll settlement, tax administration, and garnishments administration.

 

  • Workday Initiatives. Introduced late last year, Workday Initiatives can now track non-project work activities such as product research and development, marketing campaigns, grant programs, and even standard job functions. Users can track work efforts and costs by percentage of time or hours worked. Users can also link work to employee or organization goals, initiatives, and performance results. This helps organizations track the true cost of any type of work and make better choices about how to allocate their workforce and non-people resources.

 

  • Workday Financial Management and Spend Management. With continued focus on built-in governance and control, Workday 13 delivers expanded audit and control capabilities around spend processes. This update also includes multi-book, a foundation that allows users to produce both GAAP- and IFRS-based reports from a single system, as well as real-time cash management and forecasting.

 

  • Workday User Experience. Workday is always taking cues from consumer Web constructs in order to enhance its overall user experience. The current version of Workday provides several new features, including Workfeed, a real-time activity stream that provides personal notifications and enables users to respond to alerts, process requests, and tasks. Also added is the Workbench, an easy-to-use homepage for system administrators that provides intuitive access to administrative activities such as the configuration of business processes, security policies, and reports.

 

  • Workday Mobility. With this update, Workday releases Workday for iPad® in limited availability. Workday for iPad is a native application that will allow executives to easily browse organizations, view talent profiles, monitor their personal Workfeed, and gain insight into workforce and financial analytics. General availability is planned for Workday 14.

 

  • Workday Usage Insight. For the first time, Workday delivers Workday Insight, an opt-in feature that provides a report of key metrics that detail the depth and breadth of a customer’s application usage.

Comments on the News
“Workday embraces the cloud model, which means we innovate at the pace of the Web, not at the pace of the enterprise,” said Aneel Bhusri, Workday co-founder and CEO. “All features and functionality delivered as part of our regular updates are available to our customers at no additional cost. As of today, all live customers are running the newest — and only — version of Workday. We continue to be excited about the pace at which we can deliver innovation to our customers and by the overall momentum of cloud adoption in the enterprise.”

For more information on Workday, please visit www.workday.com
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New Compensation Tool from Kenexa Expands Compensation Solution Set, Streamlines Job Description Management…from Kenexa

April 27, 2011

 

Web-based CompAnalyst Job Description Builder Helps Increase Hiring Efficiencies

HRchitect featured Kenexa in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems and top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Derek Bluestone, VP Product Marketing appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 17, 2010. HRchitect’s Matt Lafata, one of the industry’s leading talent management systems analysts, attended the Kenexa Analyst Day in May, 2010 and the Kenexa World Conference in 2009 and 2010.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

As the economy begins to recover and hiring increases, employers need to ensure their compensation programs remain competitive and in line with candidate expectations. The latest addition to Kenexa’s (NASDAQ:KNXA) award-winning compensation software, CompAnalyst Job Description Builder gives employers a streamlined approach to the creation, storage and maintenance of job descriptions, which are critical to talent and compensation management.

“Many organizations do not have a central place to store and manage job descriptions and have poorly defined systems for keeping them updated, which leads to job descriptions that are outdated, inaccurate and inconsistent. These inefficiencies can negatively affect quality of hire, accuracy of compensation benchmarking, and exposure to liability. The CompAnalyst Job Description Builder provides the solution to meet those needs,” stated Zahir Ladhani, Kenexa’s president, Compensation.

Job descriptions are a foundational component for successful recruiting and talent management and also are critical to maintaining EEOC compliance. With CompAnalyst Job Description Builder, HR and compensation professionals can easily manage the process of building and maintaining job descriptions. For companies without existing job descriptions – or for those looking for a point of reference for key roles – the solution also provides high-level descriptions, including functional competencies, for more than 4,000 benchmark jobs.

Since 1999, Kenexa, a global provider of business solutions for human resources, has been developing highly configurable compensation software that automates critical talent management processes, making them more effective and accessible. With the addition of Job Description Builder, Kenexa’s compensation software solutions continue to give businesses access to the compensation data and tools that are required to attract and hire top talent. Companies can choose from a complete set of flexible, web-based modules that, when combined, help reduce costs, increase efficiencies and eliminate compliance risks.

Hosted by Kenexa, Job Description Builder centralizes job description storage so job descriptions are accessible any time, from anywhere in the world. The newest CompAnalyst module gives customers the flexibility to build customized templates that reflect the unique structure and content of each organization’s job descriptions. The solution also maintains a complete history of changes to each job description and allows for the export of job descriptions to print-ready PDF or Word formats. In addition to the functionality provided by Job Description Builder, Kenexa’s CompAnalyst modules provide compensation data, market pricing tools, analytics software and other resources to help companies create successful compensation programs.

Kenexa’s CompAnalyst Job Description Builder is available immediately to new and existing Kenexa customers. Kenexa will exhibit this solution and others in Booth 603 at WorldatWork’s Total Rewards Conference, May 23-25, 2011 in San Diego, Calif.

For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com
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SuccessFactors to Acquire Enterprise Learning Leader Solidifies Position as the HCM cloud-based SaaS Market Leader…from SuccessFactors

April 26, 2011

 

Acquisition fills an urgent need requested by SuccessFactors customers

HRchitect featured SuccessFactors in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. HRchitect is proud to sponsor the 2011 SuccessConnect event in San Francisco.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFSF), the global leader in business execution cloud-based SaaS software, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Plateau, the leading learning management system (LMS), a Next Generation Portal technology, and CaaS- Content as a Service. This acquisition forms a symbiotic combination with SuccessFactors’ acquisition of social video mobile learning provider Jambok.

Customers will now have the ability to further increase employee development and business execution by implementing a comprehensive social and traditional learning strategy that includes evangelizing internal experts, utilizing easy-to-use video creation and sharing tools, as well as managing, developing, and deploying online, instructor-led and self-study training. 

“I first met Paul Sparta, CEO of Plateau, 8 years ago, and what struck me, and has stayed with me, more so than any founder or CEO whom I have met in our industry, was how seriously and incredibly committed he was to two key drivers: 1) his customers’ success through superior product and domain expertise; and 2) building a financially strong and profitable business,” said Lars Dalgaard, founder and CEO of SuccessFactors. “With more than 15 million combined users, and the biggest R&D budget and largest domain expertise, in the HCM cloud-based SaaS industry, we can compete more effectively with some of the incumbent HCM vendors’ total suite, and continue to surprise and excite customers with the next decade of innovations.”

“Plateau will accelerate SuccessFactors’ strategy markedly. SuccessFactors’ game-plan’s four key drivers will all be strengthened substantially: 1) customers achieving better results through the SuccessFactors suite, expertise and commitment; 2) building for great cash profitability; 3) continuing to build towards one of the SaaS cloud-based HCM industry’s strongest global customer and sales field force; and 4) offering a leading comprehensive suite of relevant and proven Business Execution applications. Like SuccessFactors, Plateau has had success with the biggest and most complex customers, including Plateau’s long time customer General Electric, and this makes Plateau the best choice for SuccessFactors, and we believe an excellent choice for customers, and prospects,” Dalgaard continued.

“SuccessFactors approaches integrated talent management in an innovative way that really impacts our business,” said Carol Anderson Chief Learning Officer at Marriott International, Inc.   “With the additions of Plateau’s LMS and Jambok’s social learning technology, SuccessFactors is clearly changing the market and offering a unique advantage to its customers.”

“Plateau has a long history of delivering innovation and has consistently been recognized in the top 1 or 2 position as a leader in LMS from analysts during the last couple of years, including Forrester, Gartner, IDC and Bersin & Associates.  Plateau is also recognized for its industry-leading levels of customer satisfaction, and what made an acquisition of this size possible is that Plateau’s renewal rates are at approximately 99 percent. We have been overwhelmed by the number of customers globally who have requested LMS, specifically on SuccessFactors’ enterprise platform. We estimate 80 percent of our sales force has active opportunities, and customers have specifically identified having Plateau’s industry-leading LMS on SuccessFactors’ platform as particularly desirable, which has helped to reduce the financial risk,” Dalgaard continued.

“Plateau has been recognized for its traction in SaaS, and technologically.  SuccessFactors and Plateau are more alike than any other platforms. We think the fact that Plateau, like SuccessFactors, is built using Enterprise Java, J2EE, also reduces the execution risk and thus, helped make the case for this acquisition a lot more compelling. Since J2EE is delivered with a focus on interoperability, portability and true enterprise class scalability, both teams anticipate a cleaner and smoother code assimilation. SuccessFactors has set achievable, yet aggressive, timeframes to fully integrate Plateau’s LMS solution,” said Aaron Au, co-founder and CTO of SuccessFactors.

“Plateau has many great team-members who are excited to join forces with us to deliver a robust HCM SaaS offering to companies everywhere,” Dalgaard continued. “Their track record, customers, team members, recognition, recurring revenue stream, existing demand and real pipeline, and extraordinary smorgasbord of innovation were enough to do the acquisition. Add Plateau’s strong presence in the Federal business, and the pharmaceutical industry, the excitement and strength of the Plateau team and its new “Flex” UI that both companies see as innovative to the industry, and the acquisition became a lot more valuable.”

“Plateau’s solutions are designed to help companies improve organizations’ operations across the board by providing employees, executives, and the extended enterprise clear visibility and access to the information and learning needed to perform effectively.  In practice this includes managing learning, compliance, goals, positions, compensation and many other aspects of an organization,” said Paul Sparta, chairman and CEO, Plateau.  “Plateau’s strategy fits hand-in-glove with the broad strategy of SuccessFactors’ Business Execution.  Where SuccessFactors and Plateau have common approaches to many parts of the HCM lifecycle historically, we are now positioned exceptionally well to quickly unify what is common and more heavily invest in the kinds of innovation the market has yet to see in HCM.”

“In short, I am personally relishing the opportunity to work with some of the great minds that SuccessFactors has now assembled.  I very much look forward to sharing it with the world in the coming months,” Sparta continued.

Through its acquisitions over the past year, SuccessFactors has continued to build on its core BizX solution and revolutionize the market. This acquisition extends the company’s leadership by enhancing its current career and development planning offerings, integrating the entire employee lifecycle experience, as well as positioning the company as the leader in the HCM cloud-based SaaS market. Based on initial estimates, the combined companies will have more than 15 million users.

“Learning and development is an integral part of the entire employee lifecycle starting with the on-boarding process and how quickly new employees can be productive,” said Karie Willyerd, vice president of learning and social adoption, SuccessFactors, and founder and CEO of Jambok. “Historically the primary role of a learning management system was to reduce the cost of training and training administration, improve compliance, provide a platform to improve employee skills and time to competency, and to standardize processes and content.  At SuccessFactors, we are moving beyond these ‘core’ drivers of learning to now address business performance and aligning business goals and skill requirements with learning and development, using cutting-edge SaaS technologies.”

Plateau brings more than 350 customers to SuccessFactors. After the deal closes, Plateau’s SaaS based LMS will be integrated directly into SuccessFactors’ BizX suite providing deeper opportunities for companies to bridge the execution gap by more effectively on-boarding, training, certifying, and linking learning to overall performance, goals, and employee engagement.

“This is, in my opinion, a merger of true leaders. SuccessFactors and Plateau are both thought leaders, product leaders and service leaders,” says Lisa Rowan, program director, HR, Talent, and Learning Strategies for IDC. “Plateau emerged as a leader this year in IDC’s annual MarketScape on Integrated Talent Management joining SuccessFactors there. A big part of Plateau’s ascension is the satisfaction of the Plateau client base. “

“In today’s fast-paced business environment, organizations need to rapidly integrate their systems for employee hiring, management, and development into a strategic process,” said Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin & Associates, a leading analyst firm in corporate learning and human resources.  “SuccessFactors’ acquisition of Plateau brings together the market share leader in talent management with one of the market leaders in learning management to create a global powerhouse in end-to-end talent management software.”

Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, SuccessFactors will pay $145 million in cash plus $145 million in stock, approximately $15 million is for employee stock options and RSUs, for Plateau. The acquisition is subject to various closing conditions, including filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and the issuance of a permit from the California Department of Corporations, and is currently expected to close during summer 2011.

 For more information on SuccessFactors, please visit www.successfactors.com
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Golden Gate Buys Lawson Software in $2B Deal

April 26, 2011

 

HRchitect includes Lawson in our list of top HRIS vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

GGC Software Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital and Infor, has agreed to acquire Lawson Software. Following completion of the transaction, the combined suite of Infor and Lawson will create a unique set of industry-specific applications serving more than 75,000 customers and a global leader in verticals such as manufacturing, health care, distribution, public sector, and hospitality.

“Infor and Lawson will create a rich, integrated enterprise application suite. After the transaction closes, we plan to integrate many of the applications as soon after closing as possible, facilitated by a standards-based approach and the fact that both companies’ applications are already service-enabled. We also plan to innovate and change how customers deploy, use, and upgrade enterprise applications. We have a long list of ideas to improve the customer experience and deliver value through a singular focus on enterprise applications, accelerated investment, and a strong incentive to challenge convention,” said Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor.

Infor’s manufacturing, supply chain, product lifecycle, workforce, and asset management products, with Lawson’s best-in-class enterprise financials and human resources products will improve business process flows and reduce integration costs via single sign-on, common look-and-feel and seamless navigation across composite applications deployed on-premise and in the cloud.

Infor has already announced an accelerated plan to hire 400 additional software engineers and ship approximately 60 percent more products and enhancements as compared to last year. In addition, the company plans to reduce the need for customizations, take responsibility for more localizations, and make reports and user extensions easier to upgrade.

Infor and Lawson will also offer richer and deeper functionality in the verticals where the companies have complementary strengths such as healthcare, state and local government, wholesale distribution, fashion, food and beverage, equipment rental and service, and process and discrete manufacturing.

The proposed transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the third calendar quarter of 2011.

For more information on Infor, please visit www.infor.com.

For more information on Golden Gate Capital, please visit www.goldengatecap.com
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SharedXpertise Acquires Talent Management Technology…from SharedXpertise

April 23, 2011

 

Leading Publisher and Conference Producer Adds Significant Domain Expertise, Social Media Assets to Growing Organization

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

SharedXpertise, the publishers of HRO Today magazine and producers of a variety of popular HR outsourcing and HR technology events and publications, today announced it has acquired the assets of Talent Management Technology.  Talent Management Technology’s popular destination – www.talentmanagementtech.com – is frequently visited by global business audiences with graduate degrees who have an interest in HR and talent management topics. The website generated more than 160,000 visitors and over a half a million views in the first quarter and is one of the leading sources for information on HR software and technology.  The LinkedIn Group which has more than 1,100 prominent members is growing rapidly along with the extensive Twitter following.

Elliot Clark, CEO of SharedXpertise, commented, “This acquisition is a natural progression our organization’s growth.  Talent Management Technology adds to our HR technology portfolio, which is relevant to our popular HR Demo Show and editorial coverage. With the acquisition of the URL, we’re also gaining focused social media channels that will enable us to continue the conversation with these highly engaged followers.”

SharedXpertise will publish at Talent Management Technology, as well as continue the conversations with LinkedIn and Twitter followers. Consistent with SharedXpertise’s vision, Talent Management Technology will feature educational content, networking opportunities and columns authored by industry experts.

Clark concluded, “Talent acquisition and talent management are colliding and more organizations are seeking one platform from which to manage both business-critical applications. The challenge is identifying the right vendor, resources and processes from the start, which makes the conversation at Talent Management Technology enormously relevant.”

SharedXpertise’s next event – the 2011 HRO Today Forum, which includes the HR Demo Show – will be held in Las Vegas from May 23-25, 2011 at the Venetian Hotel, Resort and Casino to attend an innovative event that brings four human resource conferences into one.  More information about Talent Management Technology – as well as an exciting opportunity to be part of the next generation of this group – will be unveiled at the forum.

For more information, please visit www.sharedxpertise.com 

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HealthcareSource Continues Strong Momentum: Solidifying Its Position as Healthcare Talent Management Leader…from HealthcareSource

April 22, 2011

 

Sales surge through new client wins and expanded customer deployments drives another successful quarter

HRchitect includes Position Manager in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Michael DiPietro, VP of Marketing & Product Management with HealthcareSource will be on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 20, 2010. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

HealthcareSource®, the leading provider of talent management software solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that in the first quarter of 2011 it saw strong results in new revenues driven by growing adoption and deployments of its software-as-a-service products including HealthcareSource Position Manager®, Performance Manager®, TestSource® behavioral assessment solutions, Physician Recruitment Manager® and Interview Manager. As a private company, HealthcareSource does not publicly report its sales and earnings.

“The first quarter of 2011 continues our ongoing track record of solid revenue and growth,” said Peter Segall, President and CEO of HealthcareSource. “Building on our 2010 momentum, we continue to add a large number of new customers, as well as follow-on purchases by legacy customers integrating additional HealthcareSource solutions with their prior investments.”

Healthcare organizations demonstrated their interest to invest in talent acquisition and retention through a significant uptick in their purchase and implementation of HealthcareSource solutions for applicant tracking, onboarding, pre-hire assessments, performance management, physician recruiting, video interviewing, and its industry-leading healthcare job board.

In April 2011, the Company announced the appointment of Mr. Bryce Chicoyne as Chief Financial Officer. A veteran financial and business leader who was previously an executive at Salary.com, Harvard Bioscience, and other technology companies, Mr. Chicoyne brings strong financial expertise and experience with leading vendors in the human capital (SaaS) market. With his appointment, Chicoyne joins a large group of new employees hired by HealthcareSource during the first quarter to meet the future needs demands of the company’s growing customer base and expanded product line.

HealthcareSource has added a number of new hospital clients, including regional health centers and large enterprise health delivery systems. Clients who purchased or expanded their HealthcareSource systems during in Q1-2011 include:

Alamance Regional Medical Center, Alexander Youth Network, Ashtabula County Medical Center, Bigfork Valley, Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Bronson Healthcare Group, Casa Colina Center for Rehabilitation, Cass County Memorial Hospital, Clark Retirement Community, CoxHealth, Doctors Community Healthcare Corporate, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Emanuel Medical Center, Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Good Shepherd Medical Center, Gundersen Lutheran Health System, Health Essentials, Holzer Medical Center, Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, Jackson Purchase Medical Associates, Jefferson Radiology, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, Madison County Hospital, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Medical Facilities of America, Melmark Mercy Medical, Meritus Health, Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Middlesex Hospital, Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ohana Pacific – Hale Kupuna Heritage, Riverside Community Hospital, Saints Medical Center, Spectrum Medical Group, St. John’s Medical Center, Trinity Health, Trinity Mother Frances Health System, Tufts Medical Center & Floating Hospital for Children, University Health Care System, University of Mississippi Medical Center, West Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Willow Valley Retirement Communities, and Wishard Health Services.

What HealthcareSource Clients Are Saying:

Increasingly, hospitals are purchasing and integrating multiple HealthcareSource solutions for improved HR productivity throughout the talent management cycle. CoxHealth and University Health Care System are two examples:

CoxHealth is a three-hospital regional health organization with more than 60 physician clinics in 20 communities serving more than 900,000 people in a 25-county service area in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas. CoxHealth is accredited by The Joint Commission and distinguished as one of the nation’s Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Systems (2006-2010) for proven excellence in its provision of primary and specialty care. “Hiring and managing a staff of more than 7,500 employees is a major human capital challenge,” said Eric Maxwell, Director of Compensation/HRIS, Human Resources, CoxHealth (Springfield, MO). “We plan on leveraging the features of HealthcareSource Position Manager to better manage over 3,000 applications we receive monthly and to significantly improve our reporting capabilities which is essential now that we are under an affirmative action program. We also purchased HealthcareSource Performance Manager to eliminate our current paper based process and improve the timeliness of all evaluations.”

University Health Care System (which includes University Hospital, Georgia’s second largest acute care hospital) is one of the largest, most comprehensive healthcare providers in the southeastern United States. Accredited by The Joint Commission and winner of the National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Award 12 years in a row, University Health employs more than 3,000 healthcare professionals including nearly 600independent, private physicians on active, consulting, courtesy and associate staff. “University Health Care System will leverage the features of HealthcareSource Performance Manager to eliminate our current paper based performance review process, provide extensive reporting and metrics for our leadership team, as well as totally redefine the review process so that it is efficient and meaningful for employees and leaders,“ said Melissa Brandt, PHR, Total Rewards Manager at University Hospital (Augusta, GA). “In addition, we purchased HealthcareSource Position Manager to better manage more than 3,000 applications received monthly and provide a better onboarding experience for new employees joining the University team.”

For more information on HealthcareSource, please visit www.healthcaresource.com
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SilkRoad technology Continues Global Expansion With New Offices and Senior Hire in United Kingdom…from SilkRoad

April 21, 2011

 

Recent Funding Empowers Continued Market Growth Including Offices in Japan and France

HRchitect featured SilkRoad in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009, and the HRchitect IRONMAN on Mid-Marketing Talent Acquisition Systems on June18, 2010, where they were crowned the winner of each. Brian Platz, EVP and COO of SilkRoad also appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 2009. Finally, HRchitect attended the SilkRoad user conference, SilkRoad Connections, in May 2010 and will attend in May 2011.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

SilkRoad technology, inc., the leading provider of talent management solutions, announced today it has expanded its global operations with a new corporate office in London, England.  Giles Hodson, Managing Director, Northern Europe, will lead the office, which will enable the firm to better meet the increasing needs of corporations throughout the United Kingdom, Nordics and Netherlands looking to advance their talent management capabilities. This expansion adds to SilkRoad’s list of recently opened corporate offices, which also includes new offices in France and Japan.

The expansion follows the company’s announcement in late 2010 that it secured a $40 million dollar investment round of capital from Intel Capital, Tenaya Capital, West Summit, SunBridge, Foundation Capital, Azure Capital and SilkRoad Equity to build out operations that capitalize on the increasing global market demand for talent management solutions.      

“With the addition of Giles and the UK team, and the new SilkRoad team members in France and Japan, we unquestionably have the best team in Talent Management across the globe,” said Andrew J. “Flip” Filipowski, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SilkRoad technology.  “Our continued expansion and world-class leadership allow us to capitalize on the large market opportunity the Talent Management segment of SaaS provides.”

Hodson, an advocate of SaaS in Europe since its inception, brings with him to SilkRoad a wealth of experience in the Talent Management sector.  Prior to joining SilkRoad, he was Sales Director for the UK at MrTed.  Hodson also previously held senior roles at US vendor Vurv Technology and the European vendor StepStone Solutions.  As Managing Director, Northern Europe, Hodson will spearhead the company’s expansion in the region.   

The new office currently has four employees and is targeting growth to 10 employees by year-end and is responsible for handling client growth and brand awareness in the Northern Europe.  Clients in the UK, Nordics and Netherlands include McAfee, Business Monitor and Euromonitor.

For more information on SilkRoad, please visit www.silkroad.com
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Saba Expands Presence in Asia with Opening of Beijing Office…from Saba

April 20, 2011

 

Regional Headquarters to Accelerate Growth and Serve Local Customers and Partners in Greater China

HRchitect featured Saba in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. A.G. Lambert, the VP of Marketing with Saba appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 14, 2009. Matt Lafata with HRchitect attended the 2010 Saba Global Summit and Analyst Day in Boston, MA

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people cloud provider, today announced the opening of its office in Beijing, China.  With 19 million users and 1,400 customers worldwide, including over half of the Fortune 100, Saba is a leader in the corporate learning, performance management and enterprise collaboration solutions areas.  As part of its commitment to the development of the growing Asia market, the Beijing office will serve as the regional headquarters for Saba’s sales, marketing and support efforts throughout Greater China.  The Beijing office will also serve as a strong local hub for Saba partners, including IBM, Hewlett Packard, Dingxun and Tangview, to help them achieve success.   Saba has operated in the China market for several years and customers include global organizations that operate in the region such as Intel, 3M and Smart Technologies as well as local customers including China Telecom, China Education TV, Haier, Sinograin, Shunde Bank and China Aerospace.

Today’s official launch of Saba China will take place at the St. Regis hotel and will be attended by key Saba executives, partners and customers as well as selected local press.  Saba executives Jeff Carr, President of Global Field Operations, Emily He, Vice President of Corporate Planning and Operations, and Olivier Ghezi, Senior Vice President, Global Channels & Alliances, will present Saba’s strategy for China and showcase how Saba’s solutions are helping enterprises increase performance, drive sales velocity and enable an empowered, engaged and collaborative workforce.  Specifically, Saba will be introducing its award-winning Saba People Learning and Saba People Performance management applications as well as its industry-leading enterprise collaboration application Saba Live, and the latest release of the world-class web conferencing solution Saba Centra.  

In addition, Saba partner Dingxun will participate and share the reasons behind why Sinograin chose Saba solutions to help them achieve their organizational objectives.

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“China is a very significant business opportunity for Saba and by establishing a local office in Beijing, we will be strategically positioned to support our customers and partners as well as maximize growth opportunities in this fast developing market,” stated Bobby Yazdani, chairman and CEO of Saba. “With three offices in Asia, we now have a solid foothold in the region to help our customers and partners increase the performance of their people.”

“At Sinograin, safeguarding food safety is our highest priority and our obligation to the nation.  To ensure our safety standard, we need an enterprise-class learning solution that is functionally-rich, robust, and scalable. We selected Saba because of its leadership position in learning and its commitment to customer success,” added Saba customer Sinograin.

For more information on Saba, please visit www.saba.com
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SmartSearch® announces release of Version 15 upgrade…by SmartSearch

April 18, 2011

 

Latest Version of industry-leading applicant tracking system features new User Interface, improved Dashboard, and advanced document management

HRchitect includes SmartSearch in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Doug Coull, President & CEO, and LJ Morris, CTO with SmartSearch appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 6, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc. (APS), the makers of SmartSearch®, a leading applicant tracking system, announces the release of its highly anticipated Version 15 is scheduled for April 30, 2011.

SmartSearch® Version 15 features a sleek, updated user interface that provides additional self-configuration options, allowing users to set their own preferences for displaying information as well as aligning workflow automation tools to fit the organization’s unique hiring process for tracking and reporting. This includes a comprehensive suite of new, self-customizable Dashboard options and “reports at a glance” that provide both graphs and a snapshot of activity, analytics and performance metrics.

“SmartSearch creates a user-friendly environment that lets you manage data, your way,” said Doug Coull, CEO of APS, “The new Version 15 offers more options than ever before to create new fields and views, populate drop-down lists to display only the information you need, and create your own candidate ‘spotlight’ screen for instant access to the candidate’s history, notes, status and recruiting activity.”

The new Version 15 also features advanced document management capability to support “green recruiting” with paperless doc storage, and enhanced ability to collect information from candidates via the organization’s Career Center. Similar to the tree-structure in Word or Outlook, SmartSearch® v15 document management allows user to name and organize resumes, cover letters, candidate correspondence, on-boarding information and other documentation as desired.

SmartSearch® is one of few applicant tracking systems that supports both PC and MAC platforms, and that’s flexible enough to serve both staffing companies as well as corporate employers in public, private and non-profit sectors.

Designed to seamlessly integrate with existing systems and applications for managing all employment-related information, SmartSearch® shares data via XML or web services to export/import information and facilitate exchange of data to HRIS, ERP, payroll, or accounting systems.  Data export can include new hires, pay changes, terminations, timecards, expenses, approval routing, and more. With advanced API capabilities, SmartSearch® Version 15 adds more power to share data between applications. In addition, SmartSearch® supports integration with many internal and external applications—such as VoIP, text messaging, background checking, and pre-employment assessments—creating the optimum platform for sharing information, eliminating duplicate data entry, and ensuring data integrity to better manage talent acquisition and staffing.

For more information on SmartSearch, please visit www.smartsearchonline.com

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nowHIRE Named to Workforce Managements Hot List for Integrated Talent Management Software Providers…from nowHIRE

April 13, 2011

 

HRchitect includes nowHIRE in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Joseph Impastato, President of nowHIRE, appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 7, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

In recognition of nowHIRE’s customizable and scalable solutions, the company has been named to Workforce Management’s March Hot List for integrated talent management software providers.

nowHIRE offers talent management products for small, mid-sized and large companies across all markets. nowHIRE provides a variety of talent management systems, including those for government contractors and for industries that do high-volume hiring, such as the retail and hospitality industries.

Known for its customized solutions and excellent customer responsiveness, nowHIRE created SigCAP, a digital signature capture pad that works with nowHIRE’s applicant tracking software, at the request of a client. SigCAP is the first physical signature pad capture process that integrates with a hiring management or applicant tracking system.

nowHIRE’s many and varied partnerships enable the company to offer a wide variety of modules such as pre-hire assessments, background screening, I-9 compliance and E-Verify to meet complex talent management needs. The company’s extremely successful partnership with ADP’s Tax Credit Services division allows nowHIRE clients to integrate ADP’s tax credit and incentive solution into the hiring process. Organizations using the solution can dramatically increase their tax credit capture and streamline the otherwise difficult manual process.

“Being included in the Hot List is an honor,” said Joseph N. Impastato, II, nowHIRE’s president and chief executive officer. “We are constantly working on behalf of our customers to deliver best-in-class solutions that can meet the many challenges of talent management today. We look forward to continued growth and will continue to innovate as we strive to serve them.”

Each month, leading human resources magazine Workforce Management researches vendors from a different category, such as background screening companies or training providers, and chooses the “hot” vendors based on revenue, number of clients and topic-specific criteria.

For more information on nowHIRE, please visit www.nowhire.com
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Peopleclick Authoria Promotes Thomas Tisdale to SVP Sales.…from Peopleclick Authoria

April 8, 2011

 

Company Strategically Unites Vendor Management and Talent Management Solutions to Address Emerging Client Employee Engagement Initiatives Worldwide

HRchitect includes Peopleclick Authoria in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors and top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Peopleclick Authoria, currently serving nearly sixty percent of the Fortune 100 with best-of-breed suite solutions for Talent Management, Vendor Management and Workforce Compliance and Diversity, today announced the promotion of Thomas Tisdale.  Tisdale, who served as Vice President and General Manager of the Vendor Management Solutions (VMS) business, will retain responsibility for VMS and become Senior Vice President of Talent Acquisition and Talent Management Sales for North America.   This promotion aligns the Contingent Labor and Vendor Management Solutions with Peopleclick Authoria’s Talent Management Suite.

“The scope of managing Talent Acquisition and Talent Management initiatives extends beyond the employee population and includes the contingent workforce, and, today, companies seek solutions that will enable them to manage the total workforce to ensure that it is aligned to strategic goals,” said Charles S. Jones, Chairman and CEO of Peopleclick Authoria.  “With a deep understanding of Contingent Labor and Talent Management Systems, and with a successful tenure in the HCM marketplace, Tom has an exceptional ability to execute our Total Workforce Management strategy and has accomplished a 21% year-over-year growth rate in the business.  I am very pleased to be able to promote a proven and driven leader within Peopleclick Authoria.”

During his 14-year tenure at Peopleclick Authoria, Tisdale has held a wide range of sales management positions, delivering significant growth throughout the organization.  An early member of Peopleclick Authoria’s founding team, Tisdale has made strong contributions to the business, most recently, as the General Manager of the VMS business.  He has helped drive the strategic expansion of the products, the customer base and the business. 

Commenting on his new role, Tisdale said, “Talent Management is no longer about automating a specific recruiting or performance process; it is about the company’s ability to improve human capital and the social collaboration, professional motivations and personal aspirations of an individual to contribute and engage at the highest levels within the organization.  This is when both the organization and the individual can maximize productivity and opportunity.  With the acquisition of Aquire, announced earlier this week, and with the vision of the Peopleclick Authoria product team, we are executing a broad Talent Management suite solution that is precisely aligned with the changing demands of the emerging talent pool and the companies they support.  This is an incredibly exciting time to be bringing our unique suite of solutions to the marketplace.”

Prior to joining Peopleclick Authoria, Tisdale held various sales positions at Wall Data, Information Builders and Accenture (Andersen Consulting).  He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

To learn more about Peopleclick Authoria, please visit www.peopleclickauthoria.com
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HRchitect Announces the Promotion of Matt Lafata to President

April 6, 2011

 

HRchitect, the leader in HR systems strategic consulting and the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management systems consulting firm, recently announced the promotion of Matt Lafata to President of the organization.

Most recently serving as HRchitect’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Lafata now oversees the day-to-day operations of HRchitect.  He will also continue to act as Chief Sales Officer in the interim.

“Over the last seven years, Matt has proven himself to be an impact player here at HRchitect,” stated Rick Fletcher, Vice President and Founder of HRchitect.  “He’s in the middle of just about everything and has been chiefly responsible for an increase in revenue, especially over the last couple of years.  He has done a great job of making our name and brand much more visible in the marketplace.”

As part of the transition, Rick Fletcher will stay with the firm as a Vice President, concentrating on corporate strategy and development.

“Matt’s deep and industry-wide respected knowledge of the HCM marketplace, combined with the leadership skills he possesses, made Matt the natural choice to take HRchitect well into the future as the pre-eminent HCM technology consulting firm,” continued Fletcher.

Throughout his career, Lafata has been in leadership positions, including serving as GM & Executive VP of several software companies.  He has also run large technical support groups, software development departments, and marketing and sales teams (both internal and external).  In addition, Lafata successfully grew and managed a large group of field consultants for years at Timeslips Corporation/Sage.

“Matt has proven himself over the years to assume what is a very critical role at HRchitect,” remarked Dan Katavola, Vice President at HRchitect.  “We believe this is the right step to take in order for HRchitect to progress to the next step in our organization as well as shaping the future, growth and prosperity of HRchitect.”

“I am tremendously excited to take on the role of President and lead such a great team and organization into the future,” said Matt.  “This industry is a great place to be and with HRchitect’s reputation and client base, we are well poised to extend our leadership role and the sky really is the limit.  Hold on tight as this marketplace is going to continue to see a whirlwind of activities from HRchitect!”

Other promotions, changes, additions, and strategic moves will be announced from HRchitect in the coming weeks and months to support the anticipated growth of the firm.

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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Peopleclick Authoria Appoints Ronnie Thomson as Senior Vice President, Engineering.…from Peopleclick Authoria

April 6, 2011

 

20-Year Software Veteran to Focus on New Technologies and Lead Expanded Product and Platform Design Innovation Initiatives

HRchitect includes Peopleclick Authoria in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors and top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Peopleclick Authoria, currently serving nearly 60 percent of the Fortune 100 with best-of-breed suite solutions for Talent Management, Vendor Management and Workforce Compliance and Diversity, today announced the appointment of Ronnie Thomson as Senior Vice President of Engineering.  Mr. Thomson will be responsible for managing worldwide software development and engineering, technology operations, and the product roadmap for the Company’s Talent Management solutions. 

“As we continue to build out our Talent Management best-of-suite vision, we are very pleased to have someone with Ronnie’s deep engineering and technology expertise to lead our most essential corporate initiatives around product vision, innovation, development, and market execution,” said Charles S. Jones, Chairman and CEO of Peopleclick Authoria.  “His proven leadership in building and managing global development teams, his product and platform design track record in the HCM arena, and his customer-focused dedication to product quality will be considerable assets as we focus on market-driven innovation initiatives.  Ronnie will also be a valuable contributor on my senior management team as we further enable mobile, social, and collaborative capabilities across the integrated Talent Management suite through both enhancement and expansion initiatives.”

Mr. Thomson has spent more than half his career in the Human Capital Management sector.  For nearly a decade, he served as Vice President of Engineering for Centra Software (acquired by Saba), which delivered online classroom, collaboration, and web conferencing solutions for the learning management space.  Most recently, he was Senior Vice President for Quark, Inc., where he managed a portfolio of fifteen different products across four global product development centers, implementing a single-suite schedule, launching a new SaaS offering, and developing a cloud-based product strategy for new product launches.  In addition to Quark and Centra Software, Thomson was the director of Research and Development at Avaya Communications, and held engineering and architecture roles for Cadre Technologies. 

Commenting on his new role, Ronnie Thomson said, “This is an incredibly exciting time to be joining the team at Peopleclick Authoria.  With the breadth of their Talent Management offering and market momentum, the dramatically expanded workforce analytics and modeling capabilities delivered with yesterday’s acquisition of Aquire, and a continued strategy to expand the functionality of the suite, this company has emerged as a formidable competitor for leadership in this market.”

Mr. Thomson will report to Mr. Jones and will be based in the Waltham, MA office.  He holds both a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

With Mr. Thomson’s appointment, Doug Ring, who has been leading the Peopleclick Authoria’s Engineering and Development teams, will transition back into his previous role and continue to provide strategic technology direction and counsel and executive level research and development for both Peopleclick Authoria and its sponsor, Bedford Funding.
To learn more about Peopleclick Authoria, please visit www.peopleclickauthoria.com
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SumTotal Releases Innovative New Mobile Learning Solution…from SumTotal Systems

April 5, 2011

 

SumTotal Mobile™ Delivers Downloadable, Un-tethered Learning Content to Learners Around the World

HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in complete learning and talent management solutions, today announced the latest release of SumTotal Mobile, a truly mobile solution for organizational learning that serves global enterprises, small- to-medium sized businesses, and government agencies around the globe. SumTotal marks a new milestone in its strategic innovation path by honing in on the mobile user experience, for both content developers and mobile learners, and by providing downloadable content that enables learners to complete required training un-tethered and truly mobile.

Tony Bates, a recognized expert and consultant on e-learning and distance education, predicted earlier this year, “…the future of online learning is clearly in mobile technologies. Laptops and desktop PCs will remain necessary for specialized learning applications for the next few years, but in 2011 all organizations should be thinking of course design and teaching in terms of its transportability to mobile formats.” In addition to Bates’ prediction, a report from the International Telecommunications Union says that more than half a billion people now have internet data access on their mobile devices. 

“SumTotal Mobile delivers rich content in many forms without sacrificing delivery speed, consistency, reliability and flexibility,” says Bill Docherty, Senior Director of Product Management at SumTotal Systems. “The business potential of this learning solution will undoubtedly have a significant impact for customers – particularly businesses with offsite employees who, in the past, have not had access to more traditional organizational learning platforms.”

According to a recent SumTotal survey, nearly 80 percent of customers are looking to integrate mobile learning within the next one to two years. SumTotal Mobile puts the company at the leading edge of the mobile learning revolution, allowing organizations to develop and deliver content and courseware to their employees using the same SCORM-compliant development tools they currently use. 

With support for Apple devices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad), Google’s Android, and Blackberry devices, SumTotal Mobile provides a design and user experience specific to the unique interface of each mobile device. In addition, enabling learners to download content to their mobile device provides an offline learning option that makes connectivity issues obsolete and enhances the quality of multimedia content.

Additional capabilities of SumTotal Mobile include: 

  • Fully rich-media capable
  • Downloading content means no lag-time forstreaming audio and video
  • Easy-to-use mobile course catalog
  • Reliable LMS tracking & reporting
  • Mobile content authoring with off-the-shelf,SCORM-compliant tools
  • Support for all mainstream devices and operatingsystems

“Creating new and powerful pathways to learning is unquestionably important to our customers,” said John Borgerding, CEO of SumTotal Systems. “This latest advancement from SumTotal represents our continued dedication and responsiveness to customer needs.”

For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit  www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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