Taleo Provides Holistic Talent Management; Includes Performance Management, Learning and Recruiting

HRchitect featured Taleo 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. Taleo appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on November 6, 2009. HRchitect attended the 2010 & 2011 TaleoWorld conference and HRchitect’s Matt Lafata, one of the industry’s leading talent management systems analysts, attended Taleo’s annual Sales and Services meeting in 2010 & 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 15 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!

Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the global leader of SaaS-based Talent Management solutions, recently announced that Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (FRHI), the parent company of the Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel brands, has selected Taleo to support the organization’s global recruitment strategy.

Operating more than 100 hotels worldwide, FRHI is a leading hospitality company with plans to increase its global workforce in the coming years to support its growth and development strategy. As a result, FRHI teamed with Taleo to more effectively manage and support its current and future recruitment needs, while also ensuring key fundamentals such as consistency, brand standards, and cost were realized.

Using Taleo to Discover the Right Talent

For FRHI’s Senior Vice President of Technology, Vineet Gupta, Taleo will be an essential technology-based HR tool for the company as it expands internationally. “We’re investing in this solution to maximize our global recruiting tactics and performance management goals,” stated Gupta. “By choosing Taleo, we expect to enhance and grow our most valuable asset — our colleague base — and look forward to bringing our distinctive culture and personalized approach to service new markets around the world.”

Gupta’s organization, along with the respective hotel brands, has started to employ the cloud-based Taleo Talent Management suite, including Taleo’s talent acquisition, performance management and learning software. Now the company is better equipped to more effectively engage international candidates and can also broaden its scope to connect with potential colleagues who may have previously flown under the organization’s radar.

A Positive Experience with Taleo

FRHI chose Taleo because of its positive experience during the sales process, particularly with its senior leadership, and because of their proven track record in the hospitality sector. Other selection factors included:

• Access to Taleo’s Knowledge Exchange, which features talent management best practices, metrics, methodologies, and domain expertise from other practitioners and experts.
• Taleo’s SaaS platform, which is easy to implement, update and maintain around the globe, and which will save FRHI the cost of adding to its own IT infrastructure.
• Taleo’s social recruiting capabilities will help meet future growth needs by sourcing the next generation of employees via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other popular social networks.

By using Taleo’s talent acquisition software, FRHI can engage more employees in the right markets and with the right skill sets, talents and experience. With Taleo’s performance management solution, the company can also drive better results and retain top employees — a vital advantage in markets where frequent career movement is common.

Taleo’s Talent Management suite brings a range of additional benefits including:

• A larger pool of candidates and the ability to globally track applicants and candidates in one system.
• Career and succession planning to develop the next generation of leaders from external and internal candidates.
• Proactive strategies for workforce planning and recruitment.
• Increased efficiencies from eliminating many manual recruitment tasks.
• Enhancements to employment brand equity by enabling recruiters to more effectively follow up and communicate with applicants throughout the selection process.

For more information on Taleo, please visit www.taleo.com

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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 2010 & 2011 and the Kenexa World Conference from 2009-2011.

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 15 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!

Billy Beane, the vice president and general manager of the Oakland Athletics, whose unique management approach was detailed in the bestselling book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” discusses how he transformed his organization using out-of-the-box thinking at an upcoming Kenexa-sponsored seminar on business performance.

Kenexa (NYSE: KNXA) is a global provider of business solutions for human resources. The seminar titled, “Helping You Translate Employee Feedback into Business Performance,” will be held Jan. 31 at the New York Stock Exchange from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. EST.

Beane motivated members of the Oakland A’s organization to levels of success very few believed were attainable. He was named the A’s GM following the 1997 season, and took a management approach of identifying and using undervalued assets to create and sustain a competitive advantage.

Beane is just one real-life example of how a top leader turned an organization around during tough times. Other speakers at the seminar include Charles Baldwin, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Cabela’s. Baldwin will discuss how the use of assessments and surveys increased employee engagement and helped the outdoor retailer outperform goals in an economic downturn.

Bill Erickson, chairman emeritus and executive vice president of Kenexa, will also present new ways of thinking about talent to help businesses thrive.

More information about the seminar can be found at http://www.kenexa.com/Sharing-the-Stories-of-Organizational-Success-Seminar.

For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com

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The Saba People Cloud Assists Visionary Healthcare Provider in Delivering Award-Winning Service

HRchitect featured Saba 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. 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. Matt Lafata & Tiffany Appleby attended the Saba Global Sales Rally FY12 in June 2011 in Redwood City, CA.

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 15 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 that leading pediatric healthcare system Nemours, is using Saba People Cloud Applications  to accelerate enterprise-wide learning and compliance with its Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. Using Saba’s Learning Management System (LMS), delivered through the Saba People Cloud, Nemours is providing access to the critical training necessary to maintain high employee performance and safety.

Nemours’ robust EMR system, Epic, is used by more than 3,600 employees on a daily basis; compliance requires that each employee also complete training annually. Using the Saba People Cloud’s scalable and interactive Web-based training, Nemours is able to meet rising demand by its 4,800 employees for more flexible training. Standardized governance and ongoing course development has also accelerated the adoption of EMR technologies and as a result has improved clinical use of the EMR and enabled Nemours to be more agile and responsive to market demands.

Key Business Benefits and Accolades

• Faster on-boarding with online skill-based training
• Enhanced patient care and improved staff efficiency
• Highest-level of compliance set forth by The Joint Commission and OSHA
• Improved tracking of course completions  and signoffs
• Enabled support for SCORM-based, off-the-shelf, and customized courses

Industry recognition, including:

• The 2010 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Davies Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in the implementation and value from health information technology, specifically EMRs.
• The HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award, which  honors hospitals that operate in a paperless environment and represent best practices in implementation of the EMR
• Named “Most Wired Hospital for 2011″
• Nine “Best Awards” for medical specialty care in the 2011-2012U.S. News & World Report edition of “Best Children’s Hospitals.”

Additionally, Saba Learning Management supports the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) content standard allowing Nemours access to off-the-shelf content as well as internally developed training.  As a result, Nemours has been able to build a library of more than 1,500 courses to create knowledge-sharing among the entire enterprise value chain, including the organization’s 4,800 associates, plus over 1,000 residents, students and community physicians.

Supporting Quotes

“The Epic EMR solution is at the heart of everything we do here, and no one receives access without proper training,” said Heather Kelley, supervisor, instructional designers, Nemours.  ”Saba’s People Cloud Applications have helped us accelerate the adoption of EMR by providing role-based training to learners, and achieve the highest level of healthcare compliance, which is critical to success in our industry.”

“People are an organization’s most valuable asset. Providing both formal and informal learning that is scalable and interactive is critical, especially when rolling out an enterprise-wide technology initiative that impacts the lives of hundreds and thousands of patients on a daily basis,” said Karen Steele, senior vice president, corporate marketing, Saba. “Saba provides Nemours with the ability to customize training for doctors, nurses, residents and other staffers, which, in turn, positively affects patient experience. We look forward to continuing to work with Nemours to both raise the bar in patient care and enable successful development of their people.”

For more information on Saba, please visit www.saba.com

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HRchitect includes Ultimate Software in our list of top HRIS vendors that organizations 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 15 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!

Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading provider of unified human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions for global businesses, today announced that all of its SaaS customers are live on UltiPro’s Fall 2011 release, which introduced extended succession management and career development, in addition to enhancements to its HCM foundation and Web Services platform.

The UltiPro Fall 2011 release included:

• New career development capabilities that empower employees and managers to collaborate on career growth and professional development
• Succession management tools, including identification of high-performance employees, development planning, end-to-end succession planning, and broader talent pool planning
• Further extension of UltiPro’s Web Services to enable additional connectivity to the business ecosystem

Career Development

With UltiPro Career Development, organizations can create continuous development and professional growth experiences for each individual by allowing them to foster the skills and competencies they need to move into new work opportunities. With the ability to take greater responsibility and accountability for their career development, employees can document and communicate job mobility preferences, accomplishments, experiences, competencies, development history, languages, and education. Employees and their managers can pinpoint growth opportunities that will add the most value based on individual career aspirations. Because information is presented in the UltiPro system of record, managers have direct access to their employees’ career development data and can more effectively align business requirements with their people’s career goals.

Employees can work with their managers to develop tailored development plans, including personal, team, and professional goals, that encompass continuing education, mentoring, and feedback — all seamlessly tied to UltiPro’s HR and talent management capabilities.

Succession Management

With quick, graphical views into high-potential and high-performing individuals, UltiPro makes succession planning a component of holistic talent management. UltiPro Succession Management:

• Engages individuals in their own career development
• Gives companies the flexibility to develop succession plans for positions, pools, or individuals
• Manages succession as a part of unified talent management — leveraging relevant HR, payroll, salary, competency, and performance data already available in UltiPro — to identify potential candidates and analyze succession factors from multiple dimensions

As opposed to a top-down approach to leadership planning, UltiPro Succession Management involves company leadership, managers, and individuals in an ongoing, collaborative process. Employees can manage their own talent profile — updating factors that influence succession readiness, such as mobility preferences, languages, education, accomplishments, and competencies — to ensure that leadership has a deeper understanding of the talent landscape at their organization. Visible to employees and managers, UltiPro’s employee “talent card” provides a consolidated view of multiple succession-readiness factors, which then can be used in both decision-making and career development processes.

Additional Enhancements

In its Fall release, Ultimate Software delivered additional Web Services to include W-2 integration with Intuit’s TurboTax, enhanced mobile capabilities, Web Services to enable additional language support, as well as configurable data fields to enable further global operations. Ultimate’s Fall release for UltiPro also includes more than a dozen compliance updates and enhancements to the year-end process. These features make it easier for HR professionals to handle complex year-end processing through a convenient, one-stop “year-end gateway.”

“Employees don’t compartmentalize their career into areas like ‘payroll,’ ‘performance,’ ‘development,’ or ‘succession’ — it’s all part of one integrated work experience,” said Adam Rogers, chief technology officer and senior vice president at Ultimate Software. “The technology revolution in business right now is the merging of separate systems that traditionally served department or functional silos — such as recruitment, payroll, or performance management — into a person-centered solution driven not just by the bottom-line needs of the business, but by the realization that developing a more engaged workforce begins with treating employees as people, helping them get work done every day.”

For more information on Ultimate Software, please visit www.ultimatesoftware.com

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HRchitect includes NuView in our list of top HRIS vendors that organizations 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 15 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!

NuView Systems Inc., a global provider of enterprise-wide Human Capital Management solutions, announced recently that Ken Bero has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. As COO, he will be responsible for the day to day operations at NuView. His market experience includes driving and managing rapid growth in both the software and computer hardware industries.

“The addition of Ken Bero is a significant move for the NuView team. His hiring is a reflection of the business’ accomplishments over the last two years and an indication of where our business is headed,” said Shafiq Lokhandwala, CEO of NuView Systems, Inc. “We have been expanding our market presence and capabilities, NuView grew over 20% in 2011 and our Human Capital Management solutions have been selected by a number of large global businesses. We expect this trend to continue and accelerate,” added Lokhandwala. “Ken’s experience in managing rapid growth and operating in global markets significantly enhances our management team and our ability to respond to requirements of our global customers.”

Bero brings a broad base of market experience and demonstrable success identifying core business competencies and opportunities, developing effective strategies and tactics, building strong capable teams and implementing business infrastructure, leading to profitable sale growth in both domestic and international markets. “I am very pleased to be joining the NuView management team,” said Bero. “The Human Capital Management market is growing rapidly and I believe that NuView is well positioned to be a significant player. I am excited and looking forward to making a significant contribution to our growth opportunities.”

Prior to NuView, Bero served as President/CEO of Datawatch Corporation, a publicly traded, international software development and services company. Under his leadership, the company was restructured, maintaining profitability and growing cash during the most recent recession. In previous roles as VP North American Channel Sales for SAP/Business Objects, he revitalized a declining channel business, growing sales from $30M to $75M in four years. As COO/Executive VP Sales and Marketing for Navidec, Inc. a NASDAQ listed software development and services company, Ken expanded and scaled operations from its local Denver market to national presence, opening six new offices and growing revenues from $8M to $32M over three years.

For more information on NuView, please visit www.nuviewinc.com

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HRchitect includes Ultimate Software in our list of top HRIS vendors that organizations 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 15 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!

Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading provider of unified human capital management SaaS solutions for global businesses, announced today that the company’s customer service team has achieved its 13th consecutive certification from the Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards Certification program.

Ultimate Software achieved certification after an extensive audit of its customer service and support center. The SCP Standards quantify the effectiveness of an organization’s customer service and support based upon a stringent set of performance standards.

“We not only have achieved this most recent rigorous certification, but we have done so year after year since 1998 — the first year SCP Standards were introduced,” said Jon Harris, chief services officer for Ultimate Software. “This industry-leading measure for service excellence shows that our people, processes, and technology comply with proven best practices. Ultimate Software has always been committed to driving higher levels of service within the marketplace, and this certification reflects the exceptional quality and consistency of the services we deliver to our thousands of customers.”

The SCP (Support Standard, Field Service Standard, Professional Service Standard) is part of a suite of service capability and performance standards designed to improve the effectiveness of technology service operations. A consortium of leading technology companies and Service Strategies Corporation created the internationally recognized standards, which define best practices for delivering world-class technology service and support, quantify performance levels, and establish a foundation to build on existing quality processes. Certification requires comprehensive audits and annual recertification to confirm that companies continue to meet the requirements of the program.

Ultimate Software joins the ranks of other leading technology companies that have achieved the prestigious SCP Certification, including EMC Corporation, Lockheed Martin Incorporated, GE Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, Nokia, and NetApp. Currently, more than 200 technology support organizations around the world participate in the SCP program.

“The Service Capability & Performance Standards are the global benchmark for service excellence,” said Greg Coleman, vice president of strategic programs for Service Strategies, the organization that manages the SCP Certification program. “By passing the rigorous requirements necessary to achieve SCP Certification, Ultimate Software has made a clear commitment to delivering world-class support and service to its customers.”

For more information on Ultimate Software, please visit www.ultimatesoftware.com

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Industry-Leading Lineup Includes Best-Selling Author, Jim Collins; Business Thought Leader, Gary Hamel; Gartner Inc. HCM Expert, Jim Holincheck; HR Thought Leader, Naomi Bloom; and CIO of American Red Cross, John Crary

HRchitect featured Saba 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. 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. Matt Lafata & Tiffany Appleby attended the Saba Global Sales Rally FY12 in June 2011 in Redwood City, CA.

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 15 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 its industry-leading lineup of visionary keynote speakers for People 2012, its annual global user conference. The impressive keynote presenters include: Jim Collins, best-selling author ofBuilt to Last,Good to Great,How the Mighty Fall, andGreat by Choice; foremost business thinker and best-selling author, Gary Hamel; Gartner Inc. research vice president, Jim Holincheck; HR thought leader and managing partner at Bloom & Wallace, Naomi Bloom; and the Chief Information Officer from the American Red Cross, John Crary. Customers, partners, and global industry professionals will gather together to learn how to achieve significant business benefits through the Saba People Cloud at People 2012 – Saba Global Summit in Miami, Florida on March 19-22, 2012.

The lineup of Saba keynote speakers includes Bobby Yazdani, founder and CEO; Jeff Carr, president of global field operations; and Amar Dhaliwal, senior vice president of product operations. Saba Global Summit will focus on the importance of leveraging the Saba People Cloud to create transformative workplaces that enable organizations to provide all their people, including employees, partners, and customers, with the development, engagement, and inspiration they need to meet the challenges of a new world of work.

For more information about People 2012 – Saba Global Summit and to register, visit the event site.

About Featured Keynote Speakers

• Naomi Bloom is a leading independent voice, business and platform strategy consultant, and thought leader in the HR technology and HRO industries. She acts as a change agent and Human Resource Management (HRM) delivery systems strategist for global corporate clients; as an advisor on business strategy as well as product and service design to several generations of HRM software vendors and HR outsourcing providers; and as a provider of competitive insight to the investment community.
• Jim Collins is the industry-leading thinker on organizational sustainability and growth. He is the best-selling author of Great by Choice, Built to Last, Good to Great, and How the Mighty Fall. In total, Collins has authored or co-authored six books that have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.
• John Crary joined the American Red Cross in late 2009 as chief information officer, responsible for all information technology functions throughout the organization. The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1881 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., is one of the nation’s premier emergency response organizations and a major U.S. provider of blood products to the healthcare industry. Crary brings a wealth of information technology management experience to the organization, including expertise in new technologies such as social media, Web-based services, and e-commerce.
• Gary Hamel is the best-selling author of Leading the Revolution and Competing for the Future. The Wall Street Journal recently listed Gary Hamel as “The world’s most influential business thinker,” and Fortune magazine has called him “The world’s leading expert on business strategy.” Hamel is currently a visiting professor of strategic and international management at the London Business School.
• James (Jim) Holincheck is a managing vice president at Gartner Inc., where he manages the team that covers finance, Human Capital Management (HCM), and procurement. Holincheck specializes in the HCM systems market and helps provide a bridge between technology and human capital processes, practices, and strategies.

About Saba Keynote Speakers

• Bobby Yazdani is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Saba. He was an industry pioneer in creating the Human Capital Management category in 1997, and has since grown Saba into a $100 million+ business and one of the fastest growing public cloud companies.
• Jeff Carr is the president of global field operations at Saba. He is responsible for Saba’s worldwide field operations, including sales, professional services, alliances, and customer success. A seasoned HCM software executive, Carr has more than 25 years of experience in global enterprise software and on-demand sales, marketing, services, and global operations.
• Amar Dhaliwalis the senior vice president of product operations at Saba. In this role, he has successfully guided the company’s Product Operations Group, which includes Product Development, Global Customer Care, OnDemand Strategy, and Operations. Dhaliwal has more than 15 years of HCM and enterprise software experience.

About People 2012 – Saba Global Summit

Saba’s annual user conference, People 2012 – Saba Global Summit, will offer attendees:

• Eight unique conference tracks, more than 60 conference sessions, and more than 12 hands-on training sessions with equal focus on all Saba solutions. Click to view conference tracks and more details on the hands-on training sessions.
• Networking events including a welcome reception and a special customer appreciation event where attendees can connect with peers, share experiences, and meet one-on-one with Saba product experts.
• Hands-on training courses offered daily by Saba University.
• More than 40 case studies presented by global customers across a wide variety of industries.
• Ability to explore products and services from Saba’s strategic partners.
• Opportunity to hear recognized business leaders and industry experts talk about future trends and opportunities.

For more information on Saba, please visit www.saba.com

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Backed by a new strategic institutional investor, leading provider of HR software poised for further growth within the global SMB market

HRchitect featured iCIMS 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. Adam Feigenbaum and Susan Vitale from iCIMS previously appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle.

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 15 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!

iCIMS, the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent management solutions for the SMB market, announced today that the company has secured a $35 million minority growth equity investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLC (SGE). Prior to securing the investment capital, iCIMS had been self-funded, highly profitable, and grown solely organically at 43% CAGR since 2003. The company plans to significantly increase investments in marketing, product development, and additional acquisitions that will further accelerate the organization’s rapid growth and expansion plans.

iCIMS focuses on delivering intuitive and scalable solutions designed to help companies of all sizes streamline Human Resources processes. iCIMS’ flagship product, the Talent Platform, is a seamless talent management solution that adheres to the company’s “back to the basics” philosophy, providing a simple-to-use yet extremely robust talent acquisition system that automates social recruiting, applicant tracking, and onboarding processes. Recently, iCIMS was recognized as a “champion” in the Info-Tech Research Group’s Vendor Landscape Report for Talent Acquisition Systems and tied for the highest overall rating within both the product and vendor evaluations.

iCIMS experienced explosive growth in 2011, reaching its 1000-client milestone by adding an average of one new customer for every business day. The company’s growth and sustained success has garnered recognition from several leading publications, trade organizations, and analyst firms. For the sixth consecutive year, iCIMS was ranked on the Inc. 500/5000 list of America’s fastest growing private companies. In addition, iCIMS ranked on the Deloitte Technology list of the fastest growing technology companies in North America for the sixth consecutive year.

“We have been watching iCIMS and the talent management software space for quite some time and believe this well-managed, nimble, and extremely profitable SaaS company will continue to devour market share in the vast SMB space,” said Scott Feldman, Director, SGE. “iCIMS has all of the makings of a SaaS giant on the march:  strong leadership, clear strategic vision, innovative products, outstanding customer service, and employees who are invested in the company direction. We are very excited about the role our investment will play in the elevation of iCIMS’ success,” Feldman concluded.

“We are invigorated by the success the iCIMS team has demonstrated over the last 11 years and our path to this point has clearly earned the confidence of SGE,” said Colin Day, CEO, iCIMS. “We could have sustained our current rate of growth without an outside investment — but the timing was ideal to take iCIMS to the next level. This minority growth equity investment from SGE will help us dramatically accelerate our aggressive expansion plans. We look forward to offering deeper and broader services and support to our clients, and further penetrating the SMB marketplace with our high-value solutions and services,” Day concluded.

As part of its expansion strategy, iCIMS plans to increase full time staff by almost 25% within the next year. These employees will be spread throughout the United States and abroad and will be concentrated in marketing, sales, and technology.

Scott Feldman, Amir Goldman, and Jonathan Klahr will join the iCIMS Board of Directors. All three SGE representatives currently serve on the boards of multiple software companies including the JK Group, PaySimple, Netformx, MMIT, and Skybox. iCIMS was represented in the transaction by Raymond James & Associates (NYSE-RJF).

For more information on iCIMS, please visit www.icims.com

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Matt Lafata, HRchitect

SumTotal Systems to Provide Flexible, Streamlined Solution for Learning and Development in a Complex, Highly-Regulated Field

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. 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 15 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 innovator in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced that MD Physician Services has selected SumTotal to help drive company strategy and strengthen its overall ability to serve physicians across Canada. By leveraging SumTotal’s software platform, MD Physician Services now has the ability to streamline processes associated with learning and development (L&D), increase L&D participation and vastly improve the accuracy of metrics and reporting – all which are critical to the success of the organization.

“We selected the SumTotal Systems because they provide the best platform to handle our complex certification and licensing tracking requirements – straight out of the box,” said Daniel Labonte, VP Strategic Initiatives for MD Physician Services. “We were also impressed by the flexibility and usability of the interface.”

MD Physician Services provides a variety of learning opportunities to employees, including courses for certification and licensing, which had previously been managed with varying processes.

According to Kevin Judge, Learning & Development Leader, before they selected SumTotal’s learning management solution, the administration of training differed depending on who was managing each particular training event or program. “Registrations were managed by email and calendar invites,” he said. This method meant that each event yielded an inordinate amount of email traffic and little consistency. “It became an unwieldy and impractical process,” he added.

In addition, attendance and completions – with the exception of regulatory training – were either tracked in spreadsheets or not formally tracked at all. “This made accurate reporting nearly impossible,” Judge said.

With the implementation of SumTotal’s learning solution, MD Physician Services now has the ability to streamline the administration of organizational learning, increase the visibility and availability of learning opportunities, and significantly enhance tracking and reporting. Judge added, “We believe the SumTotal solution will be a real game changer by helping us to better serve our internal customers, and is a real win for us all.”

“Our customers are on the forefront in how they are better managing their business and delivering results with our strategic HCM solutions,” said Nadeem Syed, Chief Operating Officer at SumTotal Systems. “We are committed to our customers and their success, and continue to innovate, not only the latest strategic HCM technologies, but also the service and support methodologies with proven practices that ensure our customers achieve their business objectives and desired business outcomes.”

For more information about SumTotal, visit the company’s website at www.sumtotalsystems.com.

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Matt Lafata, HRchitect

Also Lays Foundation for Important New Talent Acquisition Capabilities, Deep Integration of Learning Management Technology Planned for Product in 2012

HRchitect includes Lumesse 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 15 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!

Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, today announced that it will drive wider adoption among customer staff through a substantial new version of its Lumesse ETWeb integrated talent management solution, which features major enhancements to user experience, scalability and compatibility.

Lumesse ETWeb Version 11, launched today and available in 30 languages, brings an intuitive new user interface, a powerful new architecture, and wider compatibility with web browsers and Microsoft Office software, among many enhancements designed to increase its adoption among enterprise users worldwide. Lumesse ETWeb V11 also lays the foundations for important extensions to the product planned for 2012, including powerful new talent acquisition (e-recruitment) capabilities and the deep integration of learning management technology acquired with Edvantage Group.

Almost 2,000 companies in over 70 countries, including major brands such as GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, PSA Peugeot Citroen, British Airways and Carlsberg, now use technology from Lumesse, Europe’s largest independent software vendor in the talent management market.

Lumesse ETWeb V11 is available immediately as an upgrade to all new and existing customers, and is fully supported worldwide in over 30 languages by Lumesse.

“Our customers tell us they are focused on driving maximum benefit and data completeness from integrated talent management by increasing user adoption across their global businesses,” said Lumesse CEO Matthew Parker. “We’ve listened and responded with a superb user experience focused on ease-of-use, faster navigation, greater familiarity and wider compatibility with the latest web browsers and applications that people use every day. Lumesse ETWeb now offers the best combination of power, functionality and user experience of any talent management solution available worldwide.”

Adoption is increasingly critical for businesses looking to talent management as a way to drive global improvement in competitive performance. The new user experience in Lumesse ETWeb V11 has been designed to make it easier for both regular and occasional users in any language to gain maximum benefit from the application without lengthy training. Based on a navigation and visual model that will feel familiar and intuitive to users of current web 2.0 and social media applications, Lumesse ETWeb V11 will drive higher adoption among global users with its attractive, multi-lingual interface.

Improved navigation, reporting, searching and responsiveness will all help to drive better data quality, user productivity and satisfaction. In particular a new, configurable, interactive Talent Profile will help staff visualize their own information and objectives, and improve internal networking, while an interactive organization view will help managers be more productive and effective in daily tasks with detailed, configurable information views on areas such as potential, development, retention risk, bench strength, compensation and performance. Lumesse ETWeb V11 has a 100% web-based interface that now supports the latest version of major browsers, including IE9, FireFox and Safari.

Lumesse ETWeb is already in use by some of the world’s largest companies. The increased scalability of Version 11 will make it easier to support tens or hundreds of thousands of connected employees. Organizations will also benefit from lower cost-of-ownership from a reduced infrastructure requirement and greater compatibility. In line with the Lumesse philosophy of offering customers choice, Lumesse ETWeb V11 can be installed on-premises or fully hosted by Lumesse in one of its global data centers. Full support is provided worldwide by Lumesse consultants.

Lumesse ETWeb V11 also incorporates numerous other enhancements designed to simplify wider adoption, increase compatibility with new web browsers and standard Microsoft Office applications, improve and simplify the reporting of actionable, detailed HR and employee information, and improve staff and organizational visibility.

Lumesse CEO, Matthew Parker added: “With Lumesse ETWeb V11 we will continue to bring innovations to our talent management customers in 2012, with the addition of powerful new talent acquisition capabilities and the deep integration of learning management technology acquired from Edvantage Group. This will give us an unmatched capability to deliver truly integrated talent management across the entire employment lifecycle, with the capability to address the needs of the largest and most sophisticated businesses worldwide.”

For more information, please visit www.lumesse.com

To learn more about HRchitect’s expertise in HR technology strategy, selection and implementation services, and how HRchitect can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect