September 4, 2009
New Offering Provides a Broad Set of Collaboration Tools that Allow Customers to Maximize their Talent Management Investments and Initiatives
HRchitect featured Plateau 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 Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Plateau participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. Jeff Kristick, Sr. VP Marketing of Plateau Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on April 3, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Plateau Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class SaaS solutions for talent management, announced the availability of Plateau Talent Gateway, the industry’s first comprehensive set of flexible, portable web-based communication, social, and knowledge-sharing tools that customers can utilize to make talent management more accessible and available across the enterprise. By embedding the most current and relevant social networking, portal, content, and Web 2.0 tools and making them available to users directly from within the product, Plateau Talent Gateway allows organizations to drive workforce productivity and innovation, facilitate information-sharing and employee collaboration and extend formal, informal and just-in-time learning initiatives across the enterprise.
“Plateau Talent Gateway is a natural extension of our current product set and validates Plateau’s commitment to delivering thoughtful and practical solutions that allow our customers to extract maximum value from their existing talent management assets,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. “Social networking technologies are significantly impacting the way people interact in the workplace, from creating online communities and sharing knowledge, to locating subject matter experts. With the Talent Gateway, we have introduced a solution that allows customers to easily transform those powerful tools into solutions that address real workforce issues like employee on-boarding, job transitioning, project collaboration, and informal learning. By making it possible for customers to harness the power of social networking in the workplace, we are increasing the value of their talent management investments.”
Tangible Benefits
Delivered as part of Plateau’s core Talent Management Suite, Plateau Talent Gateway provides a rich set of collaboration and social networking tools that customers can utilize to realize a number of direct benefits, including:
- Increased innovation – Plateau Talent Gateway provides a venue where employees and partners can find experts, share knowledge and connect on key topics. Dedicated sites can be easily created and configured to serve virtually any purpose – from employee on-boarding to new product launches and project team creation. All sites can all be configured, personalized and managed by end-users.
- Improved productivity – Forrester Research estimates that: “Formal learning works for 20% of learning needs, while informal learning handles the other 80%.” Recognizing that the majority of learning occurs outside of formal learning programs, Plateau Talent Gateway provides an environment where user-driven content can be shared, enhanced, commented on and rated, with the goal of increasing workforce efficiency and productivity. Users can quickly post questions, documents, best practices, and easily locate experts and information to make them more productive. This comprehensive informal learning functionality complements and extends the powerful formal learning capabilities found in the Plateau Talent Management Suite.
- Greater collaboration and knowledge transfer – With the economy slowing the hiring rate at many companies, employers are being required to do more with less and are having to cross-train employees to take on expanded responsibilities. Plateau Talent Gateway provides access to extensive collaboration and social networking tools that can be used to facilitate job transitioning and project collaboration. Its end-user driven environment is designed to capture all forms of best practices, facilitate discussion forums, create online communities and locate experts.
“When looking for a system to support social learning – or any other corporate community – it is important to select a system that can support an evolving strategy. With its underlying portal technology, open architecture, and generous set of out-of-the-box portlets and web services, Plateau’s new Talent Gateway is the very definition of flexibility,” said Josh Bersin, CEO and president of Bersin & Associates. “Plateau customers now have the option to build a true learning and talent portal – a friendly, one-stop face for their learning and talent platform. Or, they can bring learning and talent processes to any other platform in the organization’s infrastructure – closer to where work happens.”
Standards-based Portlets
End-users can quickly and easily organize the Plateau Talent Gateway by utilizing more than 80 drag-and-drop communication tools including blogs, message boards, wikis, discussion groups, digital asset libraries, document libraries, and RSS feeds made available through configurable portlets.
Plateau Talent Gateway is built to the JSR 268 specification, which allows users to deploy the portlets in the Plateau Talent Gateway and in any other Java-based portal that supports this standard. They can also embed JSR 268-compliant portals in the Talent Gateway. This standards-based approach simplifies development and promotes asset reuse, underscoring Plateau’s commitment to delivering flexible and open solutions that expedite time to market and reduce maintenance costs.
For more information about Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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August 28, 2009
Leading Talent Management Analyst Josh Bersin Joins HR Leaders From DCP Midstream and Bio-Rad to Present at Plateau’s Premier Talent Management Event
HRchitect featured Plateau 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 Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Plateau participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. Jeff Kristick, Sr. VP Marketing of Plateau Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on April 3, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Plateau Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class, SaaS-based talent management software, solutions and services, today announced keynote speakers for Insights 2009, the company’s 14th annual user conference to be held September 21-24, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco.
Josh Bersin, CEO and president of Bersin & Associates, will kick off this year’s event, themed “Building Bridges to Talent Management: Leveraging Human Capital to Achieve a High Performing Workforce,” with a keynote titled, “Seven Strategies for Building a People-Performance Organization.” This presentation will focus on key strategies for building business value through talent and learning and will include specific examples of how organizations can implement similar strategies. During this keynote, Bersin will also discuss highlights from his recent research, including “The Talent Management Factbook” and “High-Impact Learning Practices.”
Additional Insights 2009 keynotes include:
“DCP Midstream energizes its workforce for success”
Jim Marchiori, DCP Midstream, Director, Organization Capability, Learning & Development, Organization Change Management
As one of the nation’s largest natural gas gatherers and processors and one of the largest natural gas liquids producer and marketers in the United States, part of DCP Midstream’s success is dependent on developing its employees to reach career goals and empowering them to manage their own professional growth. Marchiori will discuss how DCP Midstream motivates its employees by rewarding outstanding individual performance, rewarding outstanding corporate performance and rewarding personal growth, and how DCP Midstream uses Plateau’s Talent Management Suite to bring this philosophy together to manage everything from mandatory compliance training and career development training to tying performance to compensation.
“Building Bridges: From Learning Management to Integrated Talent Management“
Colleen Corey, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Corporate Human Resources Director
With more than 6500 employees, Bio-Rad Laboratories is a leading multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products. During this keynote, Corey, corporate human resources director for Bio-Rad, will discuss how automating Learning Management in one of their businesses dovetailed with the company’s broader Talent Management strategy. Corey will discuss the importance of managing talent holistically and how automation is key to delivering a comprehensive strategy from a corporate priority standpoint.
Insights 2009 offers a wide range of sessions tailored to Plateau’s customers, partners and industry experts on talent management best practices, including the importance of constructing and implementing a comprehensive talent management strategy that focuses on linking employee skills with organizational goals and priorities. In addition to the customer keynotes, HR leaders from Plateau customer organizations, including Genzyme, Thomson Reuters, Rolls-Royce, Boston Scientific, Idaho Power, Southern Nuclear, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, National Science Foundation, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Department of Labor and Defense Logistics Agency, will present case studies demonstrating how their use of Plateau’s learning and talent management solutions is generating tangible business value for their organizations. Attendees are also encouraged to attend technical and business breakout sessions and hands-on educational labs to learn how they can maximize their current talent management investments to meet immediate and long-term business goals amid today’s challenging business conditions.
View the full agenda and register for the event at http://www.plateau.com/insights/. For more information about Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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August 27, 2009
80 Conference Sessions, Keynotes, Pre-Conference Training Workshops, and Daily Networking Events for Customers to Share Best Practices and Optimize Their Use of Saba Solutions
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. Saba participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. A.G. Lambert, the VP of Marketing with Saba appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 14, 2009. Saba will compete in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Management Systems on September 4, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today announced a robust agenda for its upcoming global users conference — People 2009 – Saba Global Summit — including content-rich sessions, industry thought-leader keynotes, and hands-on training workshops. Saba’s annual gathering of customers, partners, and industry luminaries will be held October 19-22, 2009, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California. Saba customers and partners attending this event will receive valuable training and information that can help them optimize their existing Saba investments as well as implement best practices to enhance organizational performance through industry-leading people management.
During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to hear the latest market trends from industry thought leaders, interact with fellow executives from leading companies worldwide, and obtain valuable information and training on the latest Saba solutions. Customers will also have an opportunity to see and test-drive the new products that Saba plans to unveil at the event, along with the latest releases of its unified people platform, including learning, talent management, and collaboration innovations.
Latest Agenda Highlights at People 2009 – Saba Global Summit include:
Industry keynote speakers, including:
- Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer, the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and author or co-author of 13 management books, including The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First, The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge Into Action, Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People and others.
- Sundar Nagarathnam, Vice President of NetApp University at NetApp, which was ranked the number one best company to work for by Fortune Magazine.
- Josh Bersin, CEO and President of Bersin & Associates, a leading resource for learning and HR decision makers seeking the latest trends and insights on enterprise learning and talent management.
80 educational breakout sessions, featuring a wide range of business and technology topics— which include more than 50 customers scheduled to share case-studies and insights about their Saba people platform implementations.
A special pre-conference training workshop, with nine new, hands-on training sessions conducted by Saba University. These popular training sessions are available to all People 2009 attendees at no extra charge.
Valuable conference networking opportunities, including Saba’s annual customer appreciation event that will offer a private viewing at San Francisco’s world-renowned Academy of Sciences.
This year’s event also features the annual Saba Customer Excellence Awards, which recognize Saba customers who have delivered high-impact business results for their organization with Saba. Customers are encouraged to submit award nominations at Saba Customer Excellence Awards by Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Winners will be recognized during the conference in October.
“Saba’s global user conference is the premier forum for the Saba community to gather and learn how they can create the new, game-changing opportunities in people management for their organizations that will drive the next wave of innovation and business transformation,” said Bobby Yazdani, Chairman and CEO for Saba. “We look forward to empowering the Saba community with best-practices that will help them create a performance-driven culture that connects and engages teams to achieve organizational goals.”
For a complete People 2009 – Saba Global Summit agenda and to register, please visit http://www.sabapeople.com
For more information on Saba, please visit www.saba.com
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August 15, 2009
HRchitect featured Cornerstone OnDemand 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. Charles Coy participated in the HRchitect WebMingle on January 16, 2009. Cornerstone OnDemand participated in the Talent Management Systems Beauty Pageant in December 2008, where they were crowned the winner. Cornerstone OnDemand also participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow event. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
To support its continued global expansion, Cornerstone OnDemand announced it is partnering with Talent2, the leading talent management and HR outsourcing firm in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Talent2 will resell Cornerstone’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based talent management suite – including solutions for learning management, compliance, employee performance management, onboarding, succession planning, compensation, enterprise social networking, and more – in markets such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.
Josh Bersin, president of industry analyst firm Bersin & Associates, estimates that the size of the global talent management systems market will reach $2.4 billion in 2010. “We would put the APAC market at close to $250 million today and project the growth rate to be about three times the rate of the U.S. and Europe, primarily because the economies there are growing at a much faster pace,” commented Bersin.
“More companies in the Asia Pacific region are looking to invest in SaaS solutions for talent management because the total operational cost of traditional, on-premise software is too high,” said Adam Miller, President and CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand. “Partnering with Talent2, which has a strong presence in APAC, allows Cornerstone to immediately take advantage of these new market opportunities. Our formidable network of strategic alliances worldwide, combined with the success of our team in EMEA, continue to play a key role in the rapid expansion of Cornerstone’s global footprint.”
Headquartered in Australia, Talent2 specializes in helping organizations with HR staffing and talent management needs. The company’s outsourcing services include executive search and recruitment, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), payroll, and consulting and learning. Clients include blue-chip companies such as Coles Group Ltd., Johnson & Johnson Pacific, Unisys, QBE Insurance and Telstra, as well as many Australian universities and government departments.
“Our strategic relationship with a talent management software category leader such as Cornerstone OnDemand is a perfect complement to Talent2’s existing learning and HR applications portfolio,” said Peter Goldrick, Asia-Pacific General Manager for Talent2’s Optimise division. “In the past year, we have seen significant growing interest and demand for integrated talent management software in markets such as Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. With Cornerstone, we are now able to offer our clients a comprehensive, best-in-class learning and talent management software solution as an integral component of our Learning Outsourcing and talent management services.”
For more information about Cornerstone OnDemand, visit www.cornerstoneondemand.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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July 21, 2009
Non-GAAP Earnings Grow 52% and Cash Increases 56% Over Prior Year
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. Saba participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. A.G. Lambert, the VP of Marketing with Saba will appear on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 14, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended May 31, 2009.
“We are very pleased to report record annual non-GAAP earnings and cash generation while increasing deferred revenue and maintaining solid revenue results,” said Bobby Yazdani, Chairman and CEO of Saba. “During the fiscal year, we achieved several key milestones as we strengthened our overall business model. We successfully streamlined our business to better match to our profitability objectives, signed a record number of new OnDemand customers, grew our total recurring revenues year over year and extended our partner relationships with the addition of IBM’s software group and Hewlett-Packard, as well as a number of regional alliance partners.”
Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results
Fiscal fourth quarter revenue was $25.6 million compared to $28.2 million in the same period of the prior year. For the year ended May 31, 2009, revenue was $102.8 million compared to $107.8 million in the prior year. Assuming constant foreign currency rates, revenue in both the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 would have remained substantially similar to the revenue in the comparable periods of the prior fiscal year.
On a GAAP basis, net loss for the fourth quarter was $1.1 million, or $0.04 per share, compared to a net loss of $310,000, or $0.01 per share, for the same period of the prior year. GAAP net loss for the year ended May 31, 2009 improved by $1.2 million to $2.4 million, or $0.08 per share, compared to a net loss of $3.5 million, or $0.12 per share, for the prior year. Fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 GAAP net loss included non-cash tax charges related to a prior acquisition of $1.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively.
On a non-GAAP basis, net income for the fourth quarter increased by $0.2 million to $2.2 million, or $0.07 per share, compared to $2.0 million, or $0.07 per share, for the same period of the prior year. Non-GAAP net income for the year ended May 31, 2009 improved by $2.2 million to $6.5 million, or $0.22 per share, from $4.3 million, or $0.15 per share, in the prior year.
Non-GAAP results are computed by adjusting GAAP results to exclude the impact of certain items including (i) non-cash amortization of intangibles, (ii) non-cash charges related to share-based compensation expenses, (iii) costs incurred related to potential strategic transactions that are no longer under consideration, (iv) restructuring costs, and (v) certain non-cash acquisition-related tax expenses. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is included in the financial statements accompanying this press release.
Cash balances increased 56% year over year to $26.0 million at fiscal year end. Deferred revenue at May 31, 2009 increased 13% to $35.3 million from $31.3 million at the end of the prior fiscal year.
Fourth Quarter Highlights
During the fourth quarter, Saba signed new customer contracts and expanded existing relationships with a number of organizations worldwide, including Autofin, AXA, Brinker International, City of Houston, Deloitte, Finning International, Grupo Comercial Chedraui, Liebherr Worldwide, Telekom Malaysia, Petróleo Brasileiro, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker, The Indian Hotels Company Limited, U.S. Army, and Unum Group.
In addition, key announcements by Saba in the fourth quarter included:
- An expanded relationship with IBM pursuant to which IBM will offer a new Learning Accelerator for WebSphere Portal that is based on Saba Learning. As part of this relationship, IBM announced that customers with active maintenance agreements for IBM Lotus Learning Management System or IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning will be entitled to Saba Learning licenses, provided they purchase support for Saba Learning from Saba.
- The appointment of Jeff Carr as President of Global Field Operations, assuming responsibility for the company’s worldwide field operations, including sales, professional services, alliances and customer success. Carr’s extensive experience includes executive roles with PeopleSoft and Taleo.
- Saba’s recognition as the provider with the most experience in large-scale implementations, according to the recently published Bersin & Associates study, LMS and Learning Platforms 2009: Facts, Practical Analysis, Trends, and Provider Profiles.
Fiscal Year 2009 Highlights
Saba signed 98 new enterprise customers, including Haier, Aircel, Vodafone Australia, Canada National Department of Defense, Media Saturn, Future Electronics, Sonic Automotive, Arvin Meritor, Sydney Water and BDO Stoy Hayward.
- Existing customers continued to standardize on Saba across the enterprise, including HP, Cisco, Intel, US Army, Ministerio De Defensa de España, Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Petróleo Brasileiro. Approximately 50% of product bookings came from our existing customers as they continued to expand their use of Saba.
- Saba OnDemand exceeded the three million user mark and continues to demonstrate superior scalability with 15 global deployments each having more than 50,000 users, seven of which have more than 100,000 users.
- Saba shipped new releases of Saba Centra and Saba Enterprise. The latest release of Saba Enterprise advances the value of unified people management with new talent, learning and performance management innovations. Saba Centra has new features to better support enterprise expertise sharing, including RSS publishing, one-click knowledge capture and enhanced evaluation and learning event administration.
- Saba also announced a number of industry accolades and awards garnered by its product offerings, including:
- Saba was positioned in Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner 2008 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems;
- In the Bersin & Associates two part study, The Essential Guide to Performance Management Practices and The Essential Guide to Employee Performance Management Systems, Saba received the highest possible rating in all six core performance management areas;
- Saba received the top award in the “Excellence in LMS” category of Chief Learning Offer Magazine’s Learning in Practice Awards; and
- Saba received a Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders’ Award for vendor innovation, which recognized the Saba Knowledge Center for its ability to deliver Web 2.0 collaboration.
For more information on Saba, please visit www.saba.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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July 21, 2009
SuccessFactors Announces Instant, Easy-to-Use Performance Management for Small Businesses — SuccessFactors Express Delivers Simple, Turnkey, Web-Based Performance Reviews and Goal Management for Companies with Less Than 50 Employees
HRchitect featured SuccessFactors 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 vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
SuccessFactors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFSF), the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced the release of SuccessFactors Express, a complete, automated performance management solution for companies with less than 50 employees. This on-demand solution helps emerging, high-growth companies to instantly create a performance review process, as well as track progress against critical company goals to ensure success of their small business.
SuccessFactors Express comes preconfigured to allow customers to immediately start a meaningful evaluation process right out of the box by adding employee information to the system. Built-in best practices tools like SuccessFactors’ Writing Assistant, Coaching Advisor and Legal Scan give users clear, appropriate, professionally written feedback. Express also includes goal planning and tracking to help instill ownership and accountability among employees and guide the company to success. An interactive employee directory, a core part of SuccessFactors Express, helps maintain up to date contact information and aids users to connect with each other simply.
Success Factors Express is a web-based solution delivered through next generation cloud computing technology, which eliminates the need for a customer to require any additional IT or HR expertise or incur any additional costs for hardware and software, upgrades, or maintenance.
“Our 2009 research shows that performance management is one of the most critical components of talent management and has clear financial impact for companies of all sizes. Interestingly, performance management in small companies is sometimes more complex because employees typically wear many hats,” said Leighanne Levensaler, Director of Talent Management Research, Bersin & Associates. “SuccessFactors Express is targeted to this large, fast-growing, and underserved market segment.”
“With SuccessFactors Express, SuccessFactors reaches small businesses in a whole new way,” said Shelly Davenport, General Manager of Small Business for SuccessFactors. “Having a complete and meaningful review process is as essential to small businesses as it is to huge corporations because each employee must do more with less. Employees need to know exactly what managers need them to do, and it’s essential that managers know if an employee is falling off track so they can immediately take steps to help them out before it affects the business. Express gives small business owners an ‘out-of-the-box’ solution to do just that.”
Additionally, SuccessFactors has partnered with global business services provider Ceridian to include SuccessFactors Express into its current best-of-breed product portfolio for customers.
SuccessFactors Express is a part of SuccessFactors’ suite of performance and talent management software which includes Performance Management, Goal Management, Succession Planning, Recruiting Management, 360-degree review, Compensation Management, Career Development Planning, Variable Pay and analytics and reporting applications.
SuccessFactors’ solutions create a company-wide network of information related to employee performance, including skill-sets, interests, career aspirations, ability to relocate, experience, languages spoken and more. By providing deep, real-time, company-wide visibility into such critical performance data, companies are able to make better, more informed decisions about how to promote, recruit, compensate, reward and manage their entire employee base. For more information on SuccessFactors Express please visit: http://www.successfactors.com/express.
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July 15, 2009
Public webinar to be based on highlights of new Bersin & Associates report, The Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused on enterprise learning and talent management, today announced it will offer a free webinar, “Highlights from the New (and First) Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals.” The webinar will be presented by Josh Bersin, president, on Thursday, July 16, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. ET. To register, go to http://events.interwise.com/?p=501972&t=7&s=bersin.
During this webinar, Bersin will share findings from Bersin & Associates’ recently published study, The Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals, an in-depth analysis of the demographics and characteristics of today’s HR and learning profession. Based on key findings of a survey of more than 1,300 HR and learning professionals, the webinar will help attendees gain insight into which skills and experiences translate into professional success. The session also will include statistics and trends in these and other areas: career development, professional skills and competencies, compensation, and career satisfaction and progression.
“This study was designed with the particular goal of helping HR and L&D professionals and executives understand what really drives career success,” said Josh Bersin. “This webinar is an excellent opportunity for HR and L&D professionals – as well as business leaders and others who work with them – to see not only how they compare to peers worldwide in terms of skills and experience but the biggest challenges they face in organizations today.”
The Factbook can be downloaded for free by visiting http://marketing.bersin.com/HR_Career_Factbook.html.
Following are representative findings:
- HR and learning professionals are highly motivated by a desire to help people, improve their organizations, and gain the respect of their organizations. Compensation is a relatively low driver of job satisfaction in most areas of the profession.
- Experience, rather than education, is the biggest differentiator between executives and practitioners in the HR and learning profession. Most executives have line-of-business experience and emphasize skills such as planning, communication, and budgeting.
- The profession is comprised of highly educated individuals. Thirty-four percent of respondents have bachelor’s degrees, 51% have master’s degrees, and 7% have doctorate degrees. Generally, individuals are highly tenured. More than 40% have fifteen or more years in the profession; 66% have ten years or more. Sixty-two percent of individuals in the profession are female; yet senior HR and learning executives are more likely to be male.
- Average compensation ranges $67,381 for those with two to five years of experience to $115,200 for those with 15 or more years of experience. Managers can expect to earn 7% more than non-managers, directors can expect to earn 42% more than managers, and vice presidents and other senior executives can expect to earn 25 to 30% more than directors. But, it’s important to note that compensation is near the bottom of the list of motivators for those in the HR and learning profession.
- Professionals highly value talent management software, learning management software, assessment solutions, and executive coaches as important support resources for their organizations. Applicant tracking systems, HR technology consultants, and strategic HR consultants were rated lowest in perceived value.
For more information on Bersin & Associates, please visit www.bersin.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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July 10, 2009
Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals Offered Courtesy of Bersin & Associates
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Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused on enterprise learning and talent management, today announced the publication of The Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals. The Factbook is an in-depth analysis of the demographics and characteristics of today’s human resources and learning profession. This study was designed with the particular goal of helping HR and L&D professionals and executives understand what really drives success, job satisfaction, career growth, compensation, and engagement. The Factbook can be downloaded for free by visiting http://marketing.bersin.com/HR_Career_Factbook.html.
Professionals can use the data in this report to compare themselves and team members to professionals worldwide and to learn what skills and experiences translate into professional success. The findings will help professionals: advance their HR careers by better understanding the career progression and different paths of HR and learning professionals and executives; identify professional development needs by role and career level; compare compensation in HR and L&D roles; and educate business leaders and others who work with HR and learning professionals about the profession.
“It’s not surprising that the HR and learning profession is under great stress, given downsizing and restructuring taking place throughout business today,” said Josh Bersin, president. “Surprisingly, the biggest challenge facing HR and L&D leaders is not a lack of resources, but rather, the lack of support and engagement from business leaders. The biggest challenge to the profession is building strong business alignment, credibility throughout the enterprise, and business acumen within the HR and L&D ranks.”
The Factbook is based on data provided by approximately 1,300 survey respondents. Bersin & Associates estimates that approximately 1.2 million employees in the United States work in jobs related to corporate HR and learning.
Following are representative findings:
· HR and learning professionals are highly motivated by a desire to help people, improve their organizations, and gain the respect of their organizations. Compensation is a relatively low driver of job satisfaction in most areas of the profession.
· Experience, rather than education, is the biggest differentiator between executives and practitioners in the HR and learning profession. Most executives have line-of-business experience and emphasize skills such as planning, communication, and budgeting.
· The profession is comprised of highly educated individuals. Thirty-four percent of respondents have bachelor’s degrees, 51% have master’s degrees, and 7% have doctorate degrees. Generally, individuals are highly tenured. More than 40% have fifteen or more years in the profession; 66% have ten years or more. Sixty-two percent of individuals in the profession are female; yet senior HR and learning executives are more likely to be male.
· Average compensation ranges $67,381 for those with two to five years of experience to $115,200 for those with 15 or more years of experience. Managers can expect to earn 7% more than non-managers, directors can expect to earn 42% more than managers, and vice presidents and other senior executives can expect to earn 25 to 30% more than directors. But, it’s important to note that compensation is near the bottom of the list of motivators for those in the HR and learning profession.
· Professionals highly value talent management software, learning management software, assessment solutions, and executive coaches as important support resources for their organizations. Applicant tracking systems, HR technology consultants, and strategic HR consultants were rated lowest in perceived value.
For more information on Bersin & Associates, please visit www.bersin.com
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July 4, 2009
Halogen and SkillSoft Team to Deliver Seamless Performance Based Learning Experience
HRchitect featured Halogen Software in our 2008 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. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Market leader Halogen Software and e-learning provider SkillSoft (NASDAQ:SKIL) recently announced that they will deliver 10 SkillSoft e-learning courses as a standard component of Halogen eLearning Manager, providing outstanding value to corporate learning centers everywhere. In addition, organizations will benefit from the truly seamless user experience for performance-based e-learning.
“We know that for e-learning initiatives to be truly successful, they have to be easy to use and produce a measurable return in the areas they are targeting,” said David Mallon, senior analyst, Bersin & Associates. “The Halogen and SkillSoft partnership gives users an experience in which the whole process is completely seamless – the first we’ve seen of its kind. From assigning a development plan during the performance appraisal process, to registering for and completing courses, and signing off on learning activities, HR, learning leaders, managers and employees should find this closed loop experience to be extremely efficient and effective.”
The combination of Halogen’s performance-based approach to learning with SkillSoft’s targeted and effective courseware helps organizations of all sizes get up and running quickly with e-learning – with no additional work required. All courses are fully integrated and pre-mapped to competencies in the Halogen library, eliminating tedious and time consuming tasks for training administrators. The tight integration also means users can select an appropriate development activity to address a particular skill gap, and even launch an e-learning course right within the employee’s performance appraisal or development plan, without ever having to login to another system, or switch between user interfaces.
“We chose Halogen eLearning Manager because of the way it tightly links performance and developmental plans with learning,” said Michael Schott, Vice President Human Resources, Swank Audio Visuals. “This will make it much easier for managers and team members to address career progression during their mid-year and annual reviews. In addition, the accessibility of the appropriate training resources from within the team member’s appraisal section will be a viable tool for all. The SkillSoft courses will be a great addition to our learning portfolio.”
The SkillSoft courses included with Halogen eLearning Manager have been specially selected and vetted by business experts to help develop key competencies. Industry-specific e-learning bundles have also been created for healthcare, professional services and financial services organizations. Customers will also be able to purchase additional SkillSoft courses that will map seamlessly into the application.
“The Halogen-SkillSoft integration provides organizations with an immediate way to derive value from their e-learning investments,” said John Ambrose, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development and Emerging Business, SkillSoft. “Learning is a critical component of any successful talent management strategy, and this combined offering levels many of the hurdles companies traditionally face.”
“We work very hard to deliver exceptional value to our customers,” said Donna Ronayne, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Halogen Software. “This partnership and the inclusion of valuable SkillSoft courseware with Halogen eLearning Manager is a perfect example of our commitment to deliver a world class customer experience.”
For more information on Halogen Software, please visit www.halogensoftware.com
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June 24, 2009
Special Offer for SumTotal Customers Makes it Easy to Migrate to Saba Learning and Implement a Solid Foundation for People Management that Drives Organizational Transformation
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. Saba participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. A.G. Lambert, the VP of Marketing with Saba will appear on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 14, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today announced a groundbreaking learning management system (LMS) exchange as a limited-time offer for qualified SumTotal customers. Available now, this offer is designed to provide an option for SumTotal customers to take advantage of Saba’s award-winning people management solutions at attractive prices.
“By electing to participate in the exchange program, customers will be gaining a business partner that is dedicated to continued investment in innovation as well as support for both OnDemand and on-premise customers,” said A.G. Lambert, vice president of marketing for Saba. “We are pleased to provide customers facing uncertainty in their vendor’s product investment and direction with a cost-effective alternative that can mitigate risk.”
By selecting Saba, organizations are partnering with the market leader. Saba’s financial strength, product breadth, and worldwide customer depth have positioned Saba at the forefront of the learning technology marketplace. Saba recently received the Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Award for Vendor Innovation, where the Saba Knowledge Center was recognized for its ability to deliver Web 2.0 collaboration, recommendation, and search capabilities that improve learning effectiveness. In addition, Chief Learning Officer Magazine awarded Saba with the top prize, Gold, in the “Excellence in LMS” category for the publication’s Learning in Practice Awards.
About the SumTotal Learning Exchange Offer
The exchange program is available to all current SumTotal learning customers irrespective of their deployment model. The exchange program provides participating customers with the ability to select Saba Learning either on premise or OnDemand, with discounts available for each. For customers electing to take advantage of a more complete approach to organizational learning that includes social learning, virtual classrooms, and enterprise-wide knowledge capture, the exchange program also provides additional incentives for Saba Centra and Saba Collaboration.
In order to streamline the transition to Saba Learning, Saba offers a proven migration methodology and toolset. The Saba migration methodology and toolset was developed and validated in conjunction with converting to Saba Learning more than 100 customers previously using a different LMS.
Qualified SumTotal customers will have until November 30, 2009, to take advantage of the Saba offer. For more information, please visit http://www.saba.com/products/sumtotal-replacement/
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June 24, 2009
Softscape Increases Global Talent Visibility with Latest People Management Software Release
HRchitect includes Softscape in its list of Talent Management Systems that businesses should consider. 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, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Softscape, the global leader in people management software, today announced the latest version of its top rated Softscape Apex software, offering the industry’s most flexible and configurable HR platform to help customers increase global talent visibility and better manage every aspect of the employee lifecycle. The Company’s latest innovation includes hundreds of new features and represents the new system of record standard for human resources to improve operational efficiencies, meet regulatory compliance, and reduce total cost of ownership, all in a single platform.
“In this economic environment, it’s critical for HR organizations to squeeze the most out of their technology investments,” said Leighanne Levensaler, principle analyst, Bersin & Associates. “By giving its customers a way to easily configure their applications, Softscape can help customers more quickly adapt to economic, regulatory, or global changes while reducing the overhead costs related to deploying, managing, and upgrading their talent management systems.”
New advancements to Softscape’s comprehensive HR solution span every suite within the platform, including hiring and recruiting, performance management, compensation management, incentive management, succession and talent planning, 360 feedback, learning management, career development, collaboration and social networking, workforce analytics, and core HR management. Softscape represents one of the few vendors that offer this level of breadth and depth of functionality in a single, inherently connected platform that provides a real system of record for all employee information.
A sampling of other new features includes.
· Bench Strength Developer
· Candidate Filter Management
· Candidate Accelerator
· Compensation Compliance Management
· Compensation Process Dynamics
· Benchmark Management
· Employee Engagement Accelerator
· Dynamic Talent Pool Management
· Drag & Drop Talent Explorer
· Configurable GUI Themes
· Expanded Currency Support with Variable Scope Control
· Multi-sequential Batch Processing
· Synchronized Datamart with Auto Reporting
· Advanced Log Management
· Upgrade Management Wizards
· Report Navigator for Easily Accessing Hundreds of Standard Reports
· …and hundreds of other new enhancements
In addition, Softscape’s expanded Talent Planning functions enable the creation of dynamic talent pools supported by in-depth search and security features to provide HR and line executives with unparalleled visibility into their bench strength, workforce plans, and overall demand pipeline. Coupled with enhanced reporting capabilities, including expanded report navigation & previews, and extended Microsoft Excel integration, executives and managers can use an easy-to-use interface to achieve a truly global view of their workforce.
“You can’t fix what you can’t see, and once you solve the visibility challenge you’re able to focus on growing your business,” said Dave Watkins, Softscape CEO and co-founder. “Increasing an organization’s ability to quickly and easily view every aspect of how their workforce is operating, their efficiencies, weakness, and gaps for improvement is what makes strong companies flourish and under-optimized organizations grow. With the most global experience in core HR management, Softscape is helping some of the world’s largest global enterprises get the most from their workforces and their people management investments.”
Additional capabilities of Softscape Apex 2009 focus on helping customers improve IT productivity, while simplifying technology deployments and reducing administrative costs. New wizards and user aids make it easier for customers themselves to make changes to the entire system on-the-fly, whereby significantly reducing the need for support and maintenance.
Softscape Apex 2009 R1 is available today. For more information about Softscape’s solutions, please visit www.softscape.com
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June 10, 2009
Cornerstone achieves its best first quarter results in company history, including an 185 percent surge in new client bookings and triple-digit active subscriber growth
HRchitect featured Cornerstone OnDemand 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. Cornerstone OnDemand will participate in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a leader in on-demand learning and talent management software and services, today announced the company achieved its best first quarter results in Cornerstone’s history. The company had record new client bookings in Q1 2009 (ending March 31) – up 185 percent from the previous year – with first quarter billings up by 31 percent. Its active subscriber base also grew substantially, surging to 2.5 million users in March – a 250 percent jump from 2008.
“The first half of 2009 has been game-changing for the company, if not the entire talent management software industry,” said Adam Miller, President and CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. “Cornerstone’s phenomenal growth, industry-leading client retention and continued product innovation are propelling the company into the market leader position, far exceeding the performances of our competitors. Signing the industry’s largest reseller deal with ADP further validates Cornerstone as the top talent management software choice for organizations worldwide.”
Cornerstone has taken key steps in recent months to further fuel its considerable growth. The company significantly expanded its global reach via a new relationship with leading HR, payroll and benefits services provider ADP® Employer Services. ADP, which has more than 550,000 clients worldwide, will leverage Cornerstone’s software suite to optimize its own employer talent management offerings. Cornerstone also secured a new $12.7 million round of financing led by Meritech Capital Partners, allowing the company to pursue new market opportunities and further enhance its service offerings. And, in an effort to capture more mid-market business, the company launched Cornerstone Business Edition, a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based talent management suite built specifically to meet the needs of organizations with up to 1,500 employees.
Other recent company highlights include:
- New Client Wins: Since the start of the year, Cornerstone has secured 27 new clients, representing more than 500,000 additional users. A mix of mid-size and large, global organizations in a wide variety of industries, the new signings include premier companies such as a leading insurance, benefits and financial services provider; a top global interactive entertainment and video gaming company; and a leading audio technology firm. The company also added the nation’s largest drugstore chain (with 250,000 subscribers) to its roster – making it the eighth Cornerstone client with more than 100,000 users.
- Global Capabilities: Earlier this year, Kelly Services announced it is deploying Cornerstone’s integrated talent management suite to 659,000 users worldwide, in what is the world’s largest global SaaS implementation to date. Cornerstone also continues to expand its presence in EMEA, securing new clients such as Booz & Company, Contour Housing, Manchester Airport Group and Turkcell in the UK, France, Germany, Turkey, Austria and Switzerland.
- Empowering Communities: In Q1, Cornerstone welcomed three new strategic partners to the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, which leverages the company’s expertise in workforce development, education and software deployment, as well as other organizational assets, for philanthropic and community benefit. New partners include Teach for America, Oxfam America and Save the Children.
- Awards: In April, Adam Miller was named the 2009 CEO of the Year by the Technology Council of Southern California. The award recognizes the leader of a Southern California-based technology company that has best-in-class performance in areas such as profitability, team building and product innovation.
- Corporate Partners: Cornerstone continues to expand its global partner channel, forming new alliances with service and distribution firms such as Cox eLearning Consultants, Genpact, Learn2Perform, TriNet and XnX.
- Client & Partner Conference: Last month, Cornerstone hosted more than 150 attendees at its annual Convergence 2009 Client & Partner Conference in Santa Monica, Calif. The event brought together valued clients and partners with top thought leaders and industry analysts from firms such as IDC, Bersin & Associates, and Forrester, providing a rich, interactive forum for addressing today’s most challenging human capital management issues.
For more information about Cornerstone OnDemand, please visit www.cornerstoneondemand.com
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June 9, 2009
HRchitect featured StepStone 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 vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
A free, research-based benchmarking tool (www.talentstrategyassessment.com) demystifying talent management for public and private sector organizations wanting a health check in the discipline has been launched today. The tool has been jointly developed by StepStone, the leading provider of human capital management solutions, and Bersin & Associates, an industry research and advisory services company dedicated to enterprise learning and talent management strategies. With this benchmarking tool, HR executives can quickly assess how their organizations’ talent strategies compare to those of other organizations – and pinpoint potential strengths and weaknesses.
“This is the first time an independent research based, assessment tool has been built around talent strategy for use by HR professionals around the world, highly relevant in these challenging economic times. The tool is aimed at developing the most successful talent management strategy possible – one born out of best practice and the right level of governance,” explains StepStone’s Chief Marketing Officer, Jim Cassidy.
StepStone’s interactive tool is available now and covers 19 assessment areas of a comprehensive talent management strategy, including data management, talent processes, communication and alignment with the business. Additionally, the tool also evaluates key areas of recruitment and employee performance such as internal mobility, succession planning, benefits packages and employer branding.
“Whilst the current economic conditions demand transformative business changes in all industry sectors, most companies are woefully behind in their talent strategies. Consequently, organizations make layoff, staff reduction, and other important talent decisions in the dark,” said Josh Bersin, president, Bersin & Associates.
The self diagnosis tool compares a user’s answers against best-practice benchmarks, and provides tiered summary scorecards which identify and analyze organizations’ effectiveness in each area.
This innovative online resource goes beyond the initial personalized scorecard, and allows participants to delve into an in-depth report which provides specific guidance and talent strategy recommendations. It also presents the opportunity to discuss the results further at a Talent Strategy Discovery Session with representatives from StepStone.
For more information on StepStone, please visit www.stepstone.com
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June 5, 2009
Provides A Worldwide Knowledge Exchange Connecting Individuals with “Job Ready” Skill Development And Potential Employers with “Job Ready” Individuals
HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, today became the first company in history to provide a single, integrated platform for those seeking skill improvement for a particular job profile and those seeking to hire skilled, “job ready” workers.
The Learn.com Personal Edition is built on the Learn.com LearnCenter platform, trusted by Fortune 500 companies and top government agencies for over decade. Allowing members to achieve a Skill Score ranking – a number reflecting their skill and knowledge for their selected Job Profile – the platform gives employers a way besides a resume to evaluate whether candidates will be ready to go and make a positive impact on day one.
“We believe the Skill Score will become as important as a credit score within the next few years,” said Learn.com President and CEO Jim Riley. He continued, “This new tool not only gives job seekers an important edge in today’s economy, it also helps employers make better decisions about whom they hire.”
For the first time ever, the Learn.com Personal Edition gives people the skills they need, exactly when they need them – on demand. For job seekers and others wanting to improve career skills and earn a top Skill Score to show job readiness, Learn.com offers subscriptions to online training courses from industry experts, or users can simply select a job profile and receive all the relevant training required for that position. Learn.com also offers access to the world’s largest library of courses in software, sales, communications and courses created by members, as well as compliance and continuing education courses for fields such as nursing, teaching and accounting.
“Employees at all levels of organizations need ongoing workforce development to stay current and certified in their chosen profession,” said Josh Bersin, CEO of Bersin & Associates, an leading industry analyst firm in enterprise learning and talent management. “Learn.com’s Personal Edition addresses this need by giving people in all professions as well as the unemployed access to a wide variety of internal and external training and certification in a very easy to use environment. We think Learn.com’s approach is innovative and highly valuable to employees and employers in organizations of any size.”
Whether the goal is to earn a degree, read the latest abstracts or just take a personal development course, like how to negotiate, there’s truly something for everyone with the Personal Edition. People can even publish their own courses and receive a percentage of the revenue their courses generate.
Riley maintains, “Ideal for people wishing to increase their knowledge and skill level on any subject, or to share their knowledge and domain expertise with the world, the Personal Edition from Learn.com is the place to go. It truly is the world’s first and only on-demand knowledge network. This platform fully supports President Obama’s call for a rigorous new approach to higher education and technical training by launching a comprehensive new skill development platform.”
Get your Skill Score at http://My.Learn.com
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June 3, 2009
Latest validation of pioneering system in analyst’s new study
HRchitect featured TEDS 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 vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Bersin & Associates, a leading analyst in the fields of Talent Management, Learning Management and human capital development, has recognized TEDS’ fully integrated Talent Management system in their recent industry study, Learning Management Systems 2009. “TEDS Talent Management Solution is an integrated technology platform designed to handle all aspects of learning and talent management,” the report said. “The company was one of the first providers to see the value of an employee development, management and planning system. Overall, the system is far-reaching and complete in its vision for integrated learning and talent management.”
TEDS, Inc. is a Virginia-based software development and consulting firm that provides talent management systems and support services for world-class companies and organizations throughout the U.S. and around the world. The company developed and launched the first Learning Management System ( LMS ) in 1989 and soon began integrating other elements of human capital planning, development and management. The current version of TEDS’ Talent Management System integrates learning, performance, competencies, succession, compensation, workforce planning, talent acquisition and staffing on one platform utilizing a single database.
Bersin & Associates’ Learning Management Systems 2009 goes on to say, “TEDS pioneered the development of an integrated platform for employee development and management. In fact, the company was ahead of its time – often promoting and selling the benefits of workforce management before most companies realized the potential benefits of an integrated system.”
The report also recognized TEDS’ dedication to customer service and satisfaction. “TEDS also prides itself on a deep level of involvement, engagement and understanding of its customers,” the study concludes. “The company’s TEDS Consortium is a collaborative group of customers who learn from each other to understand how to build talent management strategies, initiatives and solutions. In these early days of integrated talent management, we believe such an initiative is highly valuable and important for a customer’s success.”
“We commend Bersin & Associates’ team for another outstanding study and analysis of market trends, company practices and vendor offerings in the learning and talent management industry,” said Joe Ellis, TEDS’ CEO. Learning Management Systems 2009 is a detailed and comprehensive work and we are proud of the recognition the study gives to TEDS and our work on fully integrated talent management.”
For more information on TEDS, please visit www.teds.com
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