May 11, 2009
Offerings Enable Employers to Most Effectively Manage and Develop Their Workforce
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 competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Management Systems in November 2008, where they were crowned the winner. Charles Coy from Cornerstone OnDemand also participated in the HRchitect WebMingle in January 2009.
ADP Employer Services, a leading provider of HR, payroll and benefits administration services, today announced the launch of a comprehensive suite of talent management solutions to the marketplace through its relationship with leading talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand. This marks the expansion of ADP’s global talent management solutions by offering best-in-class performance, succession management, learning, compensation and enterprise social networking, along with powerful reporting and analytics.
“The market is demanding a robust, global talent management solution set that complements and enhances employers’ current HR and payroll solutions,” said Regina Lee, President, ADP National Account Services and Employer Services International. “Our clients’ most valuable asset is their human capital. This relationship with Cornerstone OnDemand helps us significantly improve the HR experience and workforce programs for our clients and their employees.”
Cornerstone OnDemand’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based platform offers a scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-use talent management solution for enabling high-impact success around employee collaboration, development and performance. Employers operating around the world can take advantage of this comprehensive talent management solution immediately.
“We are elated to partner with ADP to expand the global delivery of our talent management software suite,” said Adam Miller, President and CEO, Cornerstone OnDemand. “Coupling the industry’s best talent management solutions with the industry leader in the space is a game-changer for the marketplace. Cornerstone’s unique approach, which integrates learning, performance and social networking solutions, will help ADP’s clients maximize business impact by providing those organizations with the tools they need to empower their people and foster a high-performing, engaged and productive workforce.”
Benefits of the new talent management solution include:
- Performance management: enables employers to align individual goals with departmental objectives and organizational strategy to ensure that workforce activity is translated into positive business results.
- Succession planning: handles workforce and employee succession management through automated career profiling, team building, internal recruiting and comprehensive succession planning capabilities, as well as identifying promising talent and critical roles within organizations to ensure that the right people are promoted to the right positions.
- Learning management: allows businesses to strategically and cost-effectively create, manage, and deliver personalized training that brings together targeted, fully blended learning programs for all members of the organization.
- Compensation management: provides the tools to allow organizations to reward the behaviors and outcomes they desire most.
- Social networking: enables more effective on-boarding, workplace collaboration, improves employee performance, and drives innovation from customer and partner communities by fostering social (informal) learning, organizational memory, professional networking, and better communication across the organization’s employee base and the extended enterprise.
For more information, please contact ADP at 1-800-CALLADP.
For more information on Cornerstone OnDemand, please visit www.cornerstoneondemand.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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April 15, 2009
HRchitect, the leader in HR systems strategic consulting, and the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management systems consulting firm, has confirmed that theHRshow 2009 is going virtual and has been extended to a three day event.
“As we continue to be in one of the most challenging business environments in recent memory, we’ve decided to postpone theHRshow on-site conference until early 2010 AND create a virtual event in place of the currently scheduled 2009 event,” stated Matt Lafata, Conference Chair for theHRshow and the Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for HRchitect.
Today’s economic conditions are forcing people to make smarter HR technology decisions than ever before. As a result, theHRshow was created by industry experts and senior level practitioners who know what kind of challenges HR and HRIS professionals face on a daily basis. theHRshow will include 18 virtual sessions and four moderated panel discussions of invaluable information on the puzzling world of HR Technology over a three day period. Best of all, this will all be made available FREE of charge to the HR community through the generosity of our sponsors.
Multiple tracks of sessions will take place on June 11 and June 12 around:
· Talent Acquisition including Onboarding, Assessments, Background checking, and more
· Talent Management including Compensation, Performance Management, Workforce Planning, and more
· Emerging Trends and Technologies including Social Networking, Web 2.0, HCM portals, and more
· HCM Strategy
· Managing HR Systems
· Professional Development
Four panel discussions will take place on June 10 from leading vendors in the areas of Onboarding Systems, Talent Management Systems, HR Systems, and Learning Management Systems.
“HRchitect has attended three HR related trade shows this year and each has had a fraction of the attendance they had in 2008, added Tiffany Appleby, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications for HRchitect and theHRshow. “In looking forward to upcoming shows, we are hearing the same thing that attendance is expected to be down by 50% or more. We want to be sensitive to HR professionals in these trying times while providing a tremendous resource at the same time.”
theHRshow 2009 virtual conference will sessions are innovative, thought-provoking and will appeal to many different groups of people who play any role in the use of talent management and/or HR systems. The world class list of presenters and leading vendors participating in the panels have been carefully selected over the past few months. HR professionals can visit www.thehrshow2009.com to see a list of sessions and register online.
“As the HR community knows from your past dealings with HRchitect, we don’t settle for second best in anything we do,” stated Lafata. “There are simply too many organizations cutting travel budgets for shows in 2009 so we believe it is in everybody’s best interest to provide a first-class virtual conference this June and delay the on-site conference itself until early 2010 so it can truly be the largest regional HR technology conference in the industry, as advertised.”
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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February 18, 2009
Reduce impact of down economy by aligning compensation to performance, eliminating error and leveraging alternative incentives
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems 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. SumTotal Systems also participated in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Learning Management Systems in December 2008 and will participate in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems on February 19, 2009.
As organizations continue to tighten their budgets, HR managers need to practice greater diligence with compensation management, which has one of the most profound impacts on a company’s bottom line. SumTotal Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), the market leader and global provider of talent development solutions, compiled five tips HR professionals can use to improve and streamline employee compensation management, while continuing to engage, retain and develop the company’s most valuable asset – its workforce.
“With the state of the economy, anything HR professionals can do to ensure the most efficient use of corporate resources will have a significant effect on the bottom line,” said Richard Oyen, director of HR and Talent Development. “Leveraging compensation and performance management systems, such as SumTotal’s Talent Development Suite, and implementing best practices to optimize compensation management is crucial for HR professionals to help navigate their companies through leaner periods.”
SumTotal offers the following recommendations to HR professionals wanting to provide a valuable impact through a well-rounded compensation management model:
1. First and foremost: Align compensation with performance – To effectively use valuable budget it is important to evaluate pay-for-performance by thoroughly assessing the organization’s performance, calibrating results to eliminate any managerial bias, and ultimately compensating individuals for accomplishing their goal targets.
2. Eliminate any opportunities for error – Simply relying on spreadsheets to manage employee data is no longer the most accurate process for compiling information due to human inaccuracies. Implementing a compensation management system automates the process and mitigates the risk of manipulation and errors.
3. Hung up on dollars? Consider mixing in alternative incentives – When rewarding employees for their hard work, consider offering alternatives to pay raises such as stock options or one-time financial bonuses. These alternatives reflect the company’s faith in key employees while defining clear conduits for career growth.
4. Stay in touch with the market – By keeping a beat on the market pulse you can better gauge fair merit increases and bonuses, as well as highlight any salary gaps that may need adjustment. Having this insight is especially crucial for those roles facing high turnover risk.
5. Involve your managers – Collaboration between HR professionals and managers is crucial in determining the most appropriate compensation allocations. With the right tools, managers can make effective performance decisions and work with HR to ensure consistency and control costs.
For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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February 17, 2009
SuccessFactors’ Position is Based on Its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
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.
SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFSF), the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced that it has been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant by Gartner, Inc. for the Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software.
The “Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software,” by Jim Holincheck and Thomas Otter, and published February 3, 2009, estimates, “that the market for EPM software was more than $450 million for the 12 months ending on 30 September 2008.” Gartner defines leaders in this Magic Quadrant as companies that had “strong product functionality and superior customer experience with the vendor and its products… and strong or emerging multinational solutions (with corresponding service and support).”
With SuccessFactors’ announcement that the company exceeds 4.5 million global users, with more than 1.5 million users added in 2008, SuccessFactors is now one of the largest SaaS companies and is the leading provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions.
“Now more than ever, organizations of all sizes are looking for unbiased, thoughtful analysis of where to invest their dollars, so SuccessFactors is honored to be recognized as a leader by Gartner in its Magic Quadrant for our market. I would personally like to thank the hard-working team I’m fortunate to lead at SuccessFactors,” said Lars Dalgaard, founder and president of SuccessFactors. “I believe this recognition validates the constant innovation and customer-first attitude that the world has come to expect from SuccessFactors.”
The SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Suite, which includes Performance Management, Goal Management, 360 Degree Reviews, Succession Management, Compensation Management, Learning and Development, Recruiting Management, Employee Profile, and Analytics and Reporting applications, creates 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, please visit www.successfactors.com
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February 6, 2009
Employee Performance Management Software Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
HRchitect featured Halogen Software 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. Halogen Software also participated in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Management Systems on November 21, 2008.
Halogen Software, a leading provider of employee performance and talent management software, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for ‘Employee Performance Management Software’ report. Gartner’s report examines 24 vendors offering employee performance management software, assessing the vendor’s ability to execute and the completeness of their vision.
Gartner states that: “Employee performance management (EPM) software includes performance, succession and compensation management capabilities.” Vendors positioned in the leaders quadrant of this Magic Quadrant are defined by Gartner as having “strong product functionality and superior customer experience with the vendor and its products. In addition, leading vendors had strong or emerging multinational solutions (with corresponding service and support).”
Halogen’s award winning suite of products puts employee performance management at the core of all talent management functions. Halogen offers organizations a convenient and cost-effective way to develop their critical talent and align organizational goals – year-round. The company’s products address key talent management functions such as employee performance management, compensation, succession planning, and learning management. Halogen’s solutions are designed to make HR best practices accessible to companies of all sizes, and enable nearly 1400 organizations worldwide to drive higher levels of employee engagement and true business value from employee performance and talent management initiatives.
Halogen helps to assist companies like L-3 Communications Interstate Electronic Corporation provide measurable value from the employee performance management process, while supporting strategic business objectives through goal setting. “We’ve always seen Halogen as a leader in the employee performance management space,” said Alicia Van Blair, HR Manager, L-3 Communications. “Since rolling out the Halogen system more than two years ago, we’ve gained actionable insight into performance data, helping us make better decisions, and we’ve seen improved goal alignment across the organization. Employee engagement and retention have also increased, since the entire team has a clear picture where they are heading and how their contribution ties to the organization’s overall objectives.”
“In my opinion, our position in the leaders quadrant by Gartner reinforces our proven track record in delivering industry leading performance management solutions and remarkable value to our customers,” said Paul Loucks, President and CEO, Halogen Software. “Halogen’s focus on meeting the real business needs of HR, combined on a best practices driven approach enables our customers to do so much more than just automate processes. Our customers have the power to turn talent management into a strategic function within their organization, making an impact on retention, employee engagement and business performance on a day-to-day basis.”
For more information on Halogen Software, please visit www.halogensoftware.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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January 28, 2009
Latest 8.2 Version Offers New Compensation Management Module, Reporting Architectures and Unified Talent Development Workflows
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems 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. SumTotal Systems also participated in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Learning Management Systems on December 19, 2008.
SumTotal Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), the market leader and global provider of talent development solutions, today announced the 8.2 version of its Talent Development Suite, empowering organizations to align, engage, develop and retain employees to gain productivity and a significant competitive advantage. The latest release includes a new compensation management module, tighter integration of the performance management and learning management systems (LMS) for unified talent development, new reporting architecture, and continuing education credits to align talent development with strategic initiatives such as compliance.
Unlike siloed Learning and Performance solutions on the market, SumTotal is the only vendor that allows actionable career development based on performance ratings with the ability to launch Learning courses from the Performance Management module based on identified skill gaps. Additional new features and cross-platform workflows include improved, unified reporting capabilities, enhanced 360-feedback functionality and continuing education credits to help meet the compliance needs of industries such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals and other regulated industries.
The new compensation module enables managers and the HR team to import up-to-the-minute performance ratings into a user-friendly worksheet that helps businesses allocate pay increases based on merit, provide incremental bonuses, manage raises during promotions and make other adjustments, all while adhering to budget guidelines. By integrating compensation with performance management processes, organizations ensure that employee increases are fair, equitable and merit-based.
For more information about the Talent Development Suite version 8.2, or SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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January 28, 2009
Scholle Corporation Embarks on Global Initiative to Enhance Business Through its People
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.
SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFSF), the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced that Scholle Corporation, a privately-held leader in the design and manufacture of flexible packaging for the food, beverage and industrial markets, has selected a comprehensive solution from SuccessFactors to manage goals, performance, succession planning, career development, compensation and 360-degree reviews in Portuguese, English, Mandarin, and French.
Scholle Corporation is an innovative leader in barrier technology and metalized solutions to enhance its customers’ package quality as well as image. Products include bag-in-box packaging for the wine, spirits, food products, juices, industrial, cleaning solutions markets. The company also produces specialized labels and metalized barriers, including the ability to produce high impact silver, super silver, and holographic images designed to achieve customer differentiation. A family-run business with strategic intent to become the world’s largest private flexible packaging company, Scholle Corporation sought a tool to impact the most dynamic part of its business – employee performance and development.
The company was looking for a state of the art tool for assessing its talent pool to gain visibility and address competency gaps, enhance coaching, and more effectively develop its people.
Ultimately, Scholle wanted a solution to bridge the gap between the company’s evolving global strategy and their employees’ ability to effectively implement strategic actions in a dynamic competitive global environment. The solution had to be user friendly and uniformly adopted by employees worldwide.
The SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Suite, which includes Performance Management, Goal Management, 360 Degree Reviews, Succession Management, Compensation Management, Learning and Development, Recruiting Management, Employee Profile, and Analytics and Reporting applications, creates 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, please visit www.successfactors.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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January 22, 2009
Low Cost Leader of Flexible Human Capital Software grows its customer base by 133% in 2008
HRchitect includes HCR Software in our list of Talent Management vendors that businesses should consider.
HCR Software announced today that it experienced significant growth and market success in 2008. HCR, the low cost solution for high performance automation tools for human capital management processes (including compensation planning, performance appraisals, and staffing and recruitment), is based in Jacksonville, FL.
In addition to numerous new customers and strong sales growth, key 2008 achievements include:
- Compensation Management – HCR Software increased the number of new CompensationXL customers by over 100% in 2008 compared to the prior year. Although new customers came from many different industries; manufacturing, financial services, and the public sector showed particularly strong demand. Customers who implemented during the past year report strong and quick ROI. For example, Wendy’s reported a 172% return on investment during their first year’s usage of the product.
- Performance Management – Adoption of HCR Software’s Performance management, application, PerformanceXL , also increased by 100% compared to prior year. A new product release provided significant enhancements to cascading goals, log events, a configurable dashboard, and the addition of legal check functionality.
- Applicant Tracking – StaffXL, the newest addition to the company’s product suite was launched in late 2008, was an instant and unqualified success with rapid customer adoption exceeding our projections due to particularly high demand from professional service organizations. HCR Software also became the service provider of record for the customers of TalentSecure, a robust applicant tracking system focused on the temporary staffing market.
- Oracle Partner – HCR Software’s product CompensationXL was selected by Oracle Corporation for inclusion in its ISV partner network, is listed in Oracle’s solution map, and was a featured presenter at Oracle Apps Unplugged. Consequently, HCR has enjoyed strong demand from Oracle customers looking for extremely flexible compensation management software.
For more information on HCR Software, please visit www.hcrsoftware.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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January 8, 2009
Leading Market Research Firm’s Comprehensive Overview of Integrated Talent Management Vendors Places SuccessFactors at the Forefront
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.
SuccessFactors, Inc., the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced impressive results in being named a leader in Integrated Talent Management by IDC, premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets.
The IDC vendor assessment for the integrated talent management market entitled IDC Marketscape: Worldwide Integrated Talent Management 2008 Vendor Analysis represents IDC’s opinion on which vendors are well positioned today through current capabilities and which are best positioned to gain market share over the next few years. In Integrated Talent Management – defined as functions that serve to attract, develop, reward and retain the workforce on a single platform with a common shared database and underlying architecture – IDC clearly positions SuccessFactors in the leader category, based on its capabilities, strategy, market share and growth. IDC also cites Software-as-a-service (SaaS) as the emerging delivery model for these solutions.
In its analysis, IDC cited SuccessFactors as “one of just a few vendors…that comes to the market directly to end-to-end talent management with an initial focus on performance management… SuccessFactors’ strengths include strong brand recognition and marketing messaging, innovative capabilities and user experience, formal tools for helping buyers justify investments, and a focus on internal talent.”
The SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Suite, which includes Performance Management, Goal Management, 360 Degree Reviews, Succession Management, Compensation Management, Learning and Development, Recruiting Management, Employee Profile, and Analytics and Reporting applications, creates 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, please visit www.successfactors.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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December 31, 2008
Record Demand Abroad for Highly Configurable Talent Management Software Fuels Company Growth
HRchitect featured Softscape 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.
Softscape, the global leader in integrated people management software, recently announced record sales growth in Asia Pacific region, prompting the development of an expanded APAC Data Center to locally support the Company’s rapidly growing customer base. Increasing global demand for talent management across Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong and other countries are fueling Softscape’s rapid growth in the region.
Most recently, Foxtel, Australia’s leading subscription television provider, selected and deployed Softscape’s solutions for Learning Management and Workforce Analytics. Implementing Softscape’s award winning software has enabled Foxtel to manage all aspects of employee education including student registration, site administration, curriculum management, class scheduling, instructional administration, distance learning, asset management, evaluations, and transcripts. Softscape’s Workforce Analytics has also helped Foxtel develop comprehensive analytical reporting and analysis that is key to effectively managing employee resources.
Even with the economic slowdown in the United States, the global demand for talent management continues to increase as organizations recognize the critical need to identify and retain top performers and maintain productivity. Softscape has seen positive growth across its global operations, and a significant surge specifically in Asia Pacific. Overall cash flow from operations for the Company has also increased over two hundred percent compared to the same period twelve months ago, and Softscape continues to expand its global reach into emerging markets.
As the pioneer in people management software, Softscape is recognized by leading industry analysts as the most comprehensive human capital management (HCM) solution, providing complete employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, in a single, integrated platform. Softscape offers fully integrated workforce performance, learning & development, succession planning, 360 feedback, compensation management, incentive compensation, talent acquisition, HR management, workforce management, workforce planning, workforce analysis, all with complete configuration control.
For more information on Softscape, please visit www.softscape.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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December 23, 2008
Partners With Bristlecone Labs to Deliver Free Software Toolkit Enabling Joint Customers to Share Information Between Two Systems
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.
SuccessFactors, the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced that the SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management suite passed all tests required to be SAP-Certified for Integration with SAP Applications. The SAP certification status validates successful, repeatable integration. Working with SuccessFactors’ partner, Bristlecone Labs, the companies have developed and delivered the SuccessFactors Connector Toolkit 2.0 for SAP, enabling customers to quickly pull master data from any SAP instance and share it with SuccessFactors. SuccessFactors’ customers can take advantage of this option to facilitate data integration between the two systems, and accelerate deployment and return on investment in their strategic talent management initiatives.
SuccessFactors already has a proven track record of integrating with SAP and dozens of traditional Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) for master data exchange. Customers have faced challenges in extracting common data such as job titles and contact information from large HRIS systems for use in their SuccessFactors’ instances, but in delivering the Connector Toolkit for SAP, SuccessFactors is making data integration faster and easier with an automated, certified approach.
The Connector Toolkit for SAP is available to SuccessFactors customers on the SuccessFactors Customer Community for free, and includes instructions for installation and use. Technical support and additional consulting are both available through Bristlecone Labs, a services provider in SAP custom integration and development and a trusted SAP Labs development partner.
SuccessFactors is pleased to provide the Connector Toolkit for SAP in order to continue a long-standing tradition of highly successful joint SucessFactors-SAP customers. Existing joint customers including highly recognizable and respected companies such as Kimberly Clark, New York Life Insurance, Baker Hughes, First Energy, and Citrix, will be able to take advantage of the Connector Toolkit for SAP immediately.
The SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Suite, which includes Performance Management, Goal Management, 360 Degree Reviews, Succession Management, Compensation Management, Learning and Development, Recruiting Management, Employee Profile, and Analytics and Reporting applications, creates 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, please visit www.successfactors.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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December 12, 2008
Industry Leaders Continue to Select Salary.com Products and Services, Highlighting Company’s Leadership in Providing On-Demand Compensation and Integrated Talent Management Solutions
HRchitect featured Salary.com 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. Salary.com also participated in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Management Systems on November 21, 2008. Just this week, Salary.com also announced the acquisition of Genesys Software.
Salary.com surpassed 3,000 enterprise customers with the addition of Lego Systems, Inc. to the company’s customer roster. Customers in an array of industries turn to Salary.com for leading products and services to help HR and business professionals address the most pressing issues and drive better business performance by strategically managing employee compensation, performance and succession.
Lego Systems selected Salary.com’s CompAnalyst®, the data-rich, on-demand market pricing software, to accurately and quickly benchmark a comprehensive array of positions, thereby enabling the company to competitively compensate employees. Competitive compensation is a critical component of retaining employees as well as attracting top talent. Lego Systems, among other customers such as Express and Pacira Pharmaceuticals, have turned to Salary.com for the integrated, on-demand solutions that unlock the strategic value of human resources, drive performance gains and increase retention of their top talent. Salary.com achieved its 3,000th customer milestone through this approach of delivering market leading data, products and services and partnering with customers to provide comprehensive HR solutions.
For more information on Salary.com, please visit www.salary.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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December 11, 2008
Expands Talent Management Offering with the Addition of HR Administration, Benefits, Payroll, and Tax Filing Offerings
HRchitect featured Salary.com 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. Salary.com also participated in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Management Systems on November 21, 2008.
Salary.com, a recognized leader in on-demand compensation and talent management solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Genesys Software Systems, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand human resource management systems (HRMS), benefits and payroll services.
During its 27 year history, Genesys has provided a range of products to support the transactional needs of enterprise customers including HR administration, benefits, payroll and tax filing services. Currently, they provide HRMS services for more than 1.6 million people at customers like Land’s End, Morris County – New Jersey and Tenet Healthcare Systems. Genesys is well respected for its proven, true multi-tenant payroll technology; their payroll, tax, benefits and HRMS services are sold primarily as software-as-a-service technology and support a diverse set of industries including government and hospital systems throughout the United States and Canada In addition, they spent the last several years developing a new .Net 2.0 version of their comprehensive web-based HRMS system which Salary.com will be bringing to market. The Genesys services offering scales to address the needs of companies of all sizes and requirements, including those in industries with complex needs such as government and healthcare.
Leading industry analysts have predicted the convergence of strategic and transactional solutions as the future of HR. In a recent article, Hype Cycle for Human Capital Management Software, 2008, Thomas Otter and James Holincheck, stated, “For HR organizations to leverage technology to become more-strategic contributors to the business, the proper foundation must be in place. This means that organizations must implement core HRMSs (employee systems of record). Also, it is important to have a well integrated set of talent management applications built on top of a common competency foundation.”
Plunkett has tapped human resources technology veterans Randy Cooper and Dave Fiacco to lead the new initiative. As President of Salary.com’s HRMS and Payroll division, Cooper will replace Genesys founder and current CEO Larry Munini, who will be retiring later in 2009. Cooper is the founder and former CEO of Empagio, Inc., a leading provider of mid-market focused human resource outsourcing solutions. Cooper has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in the HRMS and payroll fields. Dave Fiacco, will be handling the service implementation and operations. Fiacco has held numerous executive-level positions over his 30-year career in business and information technology, including president of MyBenefitSource, Inc. a provider of integrated payroll, benefits and HR data management (acquired by H&R Block in 2003).
For more information on Salary.com, please visit www.salary.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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November 21, 2008
Earlier today, the second HRchitect beauty pageant took place. This time it was on Talent Management Systems and the participants included Cornerstone OnDemand, Halogen Software, Plateau Systems, Salary.com and Workscape. At the end of the exciting and informative event, Cornerstone OnDemand was crowned the “Talent Management Systems 2008” beauty pageant winner and Plateau was the runner-up. Congratulations to Cornerstone OnDemand and thank you to all the vendors for participating.
For those that missed out on the event, here is a quick recap.
The pageant started with an introduction by HRchitect and an overview of the Talent Management Systems marketplace. From there, we moved into the ground rules of the pageant itself.
Starting off was a presentation by Halogen Software, then Plateau Systems, Salary.com, Cornerstone OnDemand, and finally Workscape. The order was chosen at random prior to the contest beginning.
We talked about the format of these beauty pageants in our November 14 blog so I won’t repeat them here. In that blog, we discussed the news about iCIMS being crowned the “Talent Acquisition Systems 2008” beauty pageant winner last week with Authoria coming in as the runner-up.
The beauty pageants are receiving a tremendous amount of interest and may span a reality show soon. Actually I’m sort of kidding but we are very pleased with the response to these great events which are allowing vendors an additional avenue of exposure to a large audience and on the flip side, allowing businesses to have exposure to a number of vendors in a fun and informative format.
Lastly, I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank our Marketing Director, Tiffany Appleby, for her tremendous work as the Production Manager of these pageants. I know there is a great deal of effort involved and we appreciate her hard work and dedication in ensuring these pageants flow smoothly.
Here is the schedule for upcoming beauty pageants along with instructions for registering:
December 12 – 11am CST – HRIS (Human Resource Information Systems)
December 19 – 11am CST – LMS (Learning Management Systems)
January 9 – 11am CST – Mid-market ATS
January 16 – 11am CST – Onboarding
January 23 – 11am CST – EPM (Employee Performance Management)
February 6 – 11am CST – Mid-market HRIS
February 13 – 11am CST – T&A (Time & Attendance Systems)
February 20 – 11am CST – Workforce Planning
March 13 – 11am CST – Compensation Management
March 20 – 11am CST – Succession Planning
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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November 19, 2008
I’ve blogged about this before but after last week’s widely successful beauty pageant on Talent Acquisition Systems, where iCIMS was crowned Ms. Talent Acquisition Systems 2008, I want to make sure you don’t miss this Friday’s beauty pageant on Talent Management Systems …
This week’s beauty pageant will feature five vendors from the Talent Management Systems world – Cornerstone OnDemand, Halogen Software, Plateau Systems, Salary.com, and Workscape.
The 90-minute webinar agenda will look like this:
Intro by HRchitect
Overview of the TMS marketplace by HRchitect
Short vendor presentations (vendor order will be determine at random)
Q&A of vendors from the audience
Crowning of Ms. Talent Management Systems 2008
Wrap-up
The session will be moderated by Matt Lafata, our VP of Sales & Marketing. HRchitect developed a format to help guide each vendor with an outline of what should be covered during each portion of the pageant. Since we have billed this as a beauty pageant, we tried to come up with pageant categories for vendors to loosely follow. Of course each vendor is free to follow their own format as this is simply a guideline:
Evening gown – To start off each portion, we are asking the vendor to come out in their best ‘outfit’ – corporate overview, history, specific identity, financial viability, marquee clients, leadership team, etc. This will be the grand entrance.
Swimsuit – Here the vendors will show some skin in this portion – usability, configurability, etc.
Talent – This portion will cover functionality, technology/integration, global ability, etc.
Interview – This will be the Q & A section from the audience.
These beauty pageants are designed to give the audience a quick overview of five leading vendors and we are looking for creativity in presentations. HRmarketer said it best in their blog on Friday, November 14, when they made several statements including, “I won’t call anybody out in particular, but overall I thought the sales pitches just weren’t very good. Most of them lacked clarity and marketing creativity. The workflow productivity improvement solutions were confusing. Now step it up, folks, ’cause I’ll be watching.”
Here is the schedule of upcoming beauty pageants along with instructions for registering:
November 21 – 11am CST – TMS (Talent Management Systems)
December 12 – 11am CST – HRIS (Human Resource Information Systems)
December 19 – 11am CST – LMS (Learning Management Systems)
January 9 – 11am CST – Mid-market ATS
January 16 – 11am CST – Onboarding
January 23 – 11am CST – EPM (Employee Performance Management)
February 6 – 11am CST – Mid-market HRIS
February 13 – 11am CST – T&A (Time & Attendance Systems)
February 20 – 11am CST – Workforce Planning
March 13 – 11am CST – Compensation Management
March 20 – 11am CST – Succession Planning
As of November 19, 2008, the following vendors have confirmed for the December 19 beauty pageant on Learning Management Systems:
Cornerstone OnDemand, Plateau Systems, and SumTotal.
Watch this blog and our web site for updates on all of our upcoming beauty pageants and register today so you won’t be left puzzled by HR Technology!
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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