June 19, 2013
WESTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, is celebrating 15 years of being publicly traded on NASDAQ.
Ultimate was founded in 1990 and later went public in 1998 — with a focus on developing and delivering outstanding human resources technology solutions, backed by a culture of loyalty, passion, and a commitment to excellence. Over the past 15 years, Ultimate has grown to more than 1,700 employees supporting more than 2,500 customers whose operations span 144 countries.
Today, Ultimate is a leading cloud HR and payroll provider, managing more than 10 million people records for some of the world’s most recognized and respected brands, such as Adobe, Culligan International, and Texas Roadhouse. Ultimate’s company culture has also received national recognition as one of FORTUNE magazine’s top 10 Best Companies to Work For.
Ultimate Software’s ‘People First’ culture is the foundation of the company’s success and is regularly part of the selection and renewal criteria for customers. The company’s 96% customer and employee retention rates are among the very best in the HR technology industry.
“Ultimate’s people are professional, on the ball, and go the extra mile when needed. I can see why Ultimate is so successful,” said Genia Stuart, HR director at Ripley Entertainment Inc., an Ultimate customer since 2011. Ripley uses the UltiPro solution to handle its payroll and end-to-end HR for both Canada and U.S.-based employees. “I believe people do business with people rather than corporations, and Ultimate’s people and culture stand out and make the company extraordinary.”
While Ultimate’s products have evolved and innovated — from a leader in unified HCM software topioneering the move to the cloud in 2002 — the company’s primary commitment to its culture has not changed.
“I have always believed that if we take care of our employees, they will take care of our customers, and our stock holders will be happy with the results,” said Scott Scherr, president, CEO and founder at Ultimate Software. “We believe this guiding principle sets us apart from other providers in the human capital management (HCM) market and will continue to differentiate us in the years to come.”
‘People First’ Is the Foundation for Business Success
According to a 2011 Gallup study, organizations with engaged employees and a strong culture have 3.9 times the earnings per share growth rate compared to organizations with lower engagement in the same industry. Also, the stock performance of companies on FORTUNE’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” has consistently outperformed the S&P 500. Since Ultimate Software began providing HR solutions in the cloud in 2002, the company has grown recurring revenue from $29.3 million to $266.4 million.
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June 18, 2013
Ultimate Software Receives 2013 Informatica Award for Innovation in Cloud Integration
WESTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, announced today that it has been named a winner of the 2013 Informatica Innovation Awards in the Cloud Integration category for its launch of the UltiPro Carrier Network — a centralized integration hub that powers data exchange and management for Ultimate Software’s customers.
The winners were announced at Informatica World 2013, Informatica’s annual data integration showcase and user conference, which took place at the ARIA Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
The UltiPro Carrier Network enables data exchange using pre-built ‘connectors’ between UltiPro, Ultimate’s cloud-based human capital management solution, and third-party benefits providers. The UltiPro Carrier Network delivers an extensive catalog of configurable templates for connecting to commonly used providers in the marketplace without the burden of having to build and support custom integrations. Ultimate Software has already seen significant business benefits from the UltiPro Carrier Network, including cutting integration project duration times by 50%, reducing technical debt, and increasing customer satisfaction.
The Informatica Innovation Awards honor organizations that have achieved exemplary return on data through their use of the Informatica platform and demonstrated leadership in using Informatica solutions to drive business success. Results include new revenues at lower cost, forging stronger and more profitable customer relationships, ensuring competitive differentiation for the business, and more.
“Using Informatica’s leading data-integration technology, the UltiPro Carrier Network delivers a better, more efficient experience for our customers,” said Bill Hicks, chief information officer at Ultimate Software. “Ultimate believes in creating a technology experience driven by the needs of people, and Informatica’s technology is helping us achieve this. We are pleased to have Informatica as our partner and extremely honored to have received this recognition.”
Individual winners were selected from Informatica’s more than 5,000 customers and recognized in 11 award categories. Some categories include B2B Data Exchange, Enterprise Data Integration, Data Quality, Master Data Management, and Cloud Integration. All recipients of the 2013 Informatica Innovation Awards include can be viewed in Informatica’s press release: www.informatica.com/us/company/news-and-events-calendar/press-releases/06062013-innovationawards.aspx
“Informatica has been a great partner to Ultimate Software throughout this initiative, and we plan to extend the relationship by delivering additional packaged templates to our customers for connections to more third-party applications,” said Hicks. “Informatica and Ultimate have a mutual goal — to help businesses better serve their own people by choosing providers based on the unique needs of their organization rather than having to adapt their business to work around technology hurdles. This award affirms the value of our partnership, and we look forward to strengthening our relationship in the in future.”
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June 5, 2013
Peoplefluent Unveils TalentUnity, a New Workforce Acquisition Solution Giving Companies Unparalleled Access to Talent Pools to Support Strategic Hiring Decisions
Peoplefluent TalentUnity Combines Recruiting and Contingent Sourcing Workflows to Enable Holistic Talent Acquisition
WALTHAM, Mass. – May 30, 2013 – Peoplefluent®, a leading social human capital management technology company, today announced Peoplefluent TalentUnity® , an enhanced version of its recruiting and contingent workforce management solutions. The unified solution combines common recruitment and contingent sourcing workflows into a single interface, giving business managers, HR professionals, and internal and external recruiters unparalleled access to a total workforce talent pool to support strategic, cost-effective decisions.
Companies across the globe are under pressure to compete for the best talent to fill existing and future skill gaps. To do so, companies must have a holistic view of all active workforce talent pools available in order to fill positions that require specific, hard-to-find skill sets. Companies that have seamless access to prequalified prospects for temporary, part-time and full-time roles can make faster, smarter hiring decisions and gain a significant advantage in the battle for talent, which has significantly heightened over the past year. Peoplefluent TalentUnity empowers business managers, HR professionals and recruiters to identify, attract and onboard the best candidates, whether they join the team as hourly, salaried or contract.
Peoplefluent TalentUnity also includes common business intelligence and analytics, combining data from recruiting and contingent workforce management systems. This creates a single source for all reporting needs delivering total workforce visibility for HR, Procurement and Executive leadership, and providing insight to make key strategic decisions.
Peoplefluent TalentUnity changes the way companies acquire talent. It is the only solution to enable hiring decision managers to look across recruiting and contingent workforce solutions, which is particularly important in the following scenarios:
- Considering both contractor and full-time hire talent options: As workforce demands shift and more prospective employees prefer flexible employment, leveraging talent with specific skill sets on a contract basis could be strategic to a business’s bottom line as well as employee satisfaction. Peoplefluent TalentUnity enables companies to leverage vendor networks or talent pools to identify the best source of hire for a specific opening.
- Transitioning a contractor to full-time employee: At the conclusion of a contractor engagement, companies may have a business need to hire the contractor full time. Peoplefluent TalentUnity simplifies this transition by sharing contingent management information with the recruiting portal, saving HR professionals time and resources spent acquiring a new full-time hire and also streamlining the onboarding process.
- Direct Sourcing: By utilizing the capabilities provided by the recruiting solution, companies can capitalize on their corporate brand to attract talent for contingent opportunities. Peoplefluent TalentUnity lets companies leverage their career sites to post contingent opportunities which can lead to additional cost savings.
“Our clients, many companies within the Fortune 100, look to Peoplefluent for solutions that will enable their HR and procurement teams to make strategic talent acquisition decisions, better utilize human capital assets and unlock workers’ potential,” said Jim Bowley, vice president, product management, Peoplefluent. “Our investment to tightly integrate recruiting and vendor management processes and bring Peoplefluent TalentUnity to market was fueled by industry demand and customer feedback, which confirmed companies are looking for a solution that considers the total workforce, including services procurement and contingent labor management along with employee recruitment.”
Peoplefluent TalentUnity features common recruiting, applicant tracking, contingent workforce management and business intelligence with similar user interfaces to improve and simplify the user experience. As a solution that delivers a cohesive view into the recruiting pipeline, talent pools, preferred vendors and current contingent staff, Peoplefluent TalentUnity is unique among all other stand-alone talent acquisition and management products.
Peoplefluent TalentUnity is now available. For information on Peoplefluent’s talent acquisition products or any solutions within the Peoplefluent Social HCM Software Platform, please visit:
http://www.peoplefluent.com/solutions/overview
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June 4, 2013
SUMTOTAL NAMED A “CHAMPION” IN MCLEAN & COMPANY’S TALENT MANAGEMENT SUITES VENDOR LANDSCAPE REPORT
SumTotal Earns Highest Scores Overall; Interoperability Strategy, Analytics and Advanced Workforce and Succession Planning Highlighted as Key Strengths
Gainesville, Fla. – May 23, 2013 – SumTotal® Systems, LLC, the only human resources solution provider that helps organizations discover, develop and unleash the hidden potential within their workforce, today announced that it was listed as a “Champion” in McLean & Company’s recently published Vendor Landscape: Talent Management Suites report, earning the highest overall vendor score in the report. The report states that “Champions” receive high scores for most evaluation criteria and offer excellent value. They have a strong market presence and are usually the trend setters for the industry. SumTotal was also the only vendor to earn “Exemplary,” the highest possible rating, in six of the seven major criteria areas. View the report here and McLean and Company’s Vendor Short-list Tool here.
“SumTotal was the highest scoring vendor overall, landing them at the top of the Champion pile. They offer nine talent management modules, including the four core modules: Recruiting & Hiring, Performance Management, Learning Management, and Compensation Management,” according to the report.
This breadth of offering earned SumTotal recognition as an “Exemplary Performer” for providing functionality for full employee lifecycle management. In addition, the report specifically recognized SumTotal for its advanced capabilities in analytics, workforce planning and succession planning, stating: “The Workforce Planning and Succession Planning modules offer advanced functionality to meet the needs of large and/or complex organizations – and they’re visually appealing as well.”
These advanced features – which also include mobile, end-user interface customization, social, workforce planning, succession planning, skills tracking and pay-equity analysis – are the capabilities that allow for granular market differentiation.
“We are pleased that McLean & Company recognized SumTotal as a Champion in its latest market analysis,” said Holly Rollo, chief marketing officer at SumTotal. “The report’s thoughtful and detailed evaluation highlights the depth and breadth of our market-leading Talent Expansion™ Applicationsand validates SumTotal’s vision and strategy around delivering solutions that help employees to get better at their jobs while they are doing them. We believe this focus on employee enablement, combined with the flexibility the SumTotal elixHR™ Platform provides by allowing customers to link with existing HR investments, is a significant and notable differentiator for Sumtotal.”
McLean & Company’s Vendor Landscape: Talent Management Suites focused on vendors that offer broad capabilities across multiple platforms and have a strong market presence or reputational presence among mid- and large-sized enterprises. To be considered for inclusion, vendors had to offer performance management and learning modules, as well as a recruitment module, a compensation module or both. The report evaluated 10 vendors across several vendor- and product-focused criteria.
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June 4, 2013
New Oracle Service Cloud Mobile Agent App Strengthens Oracle Service Cloud’s Cross-Channel Contact Center Solution
If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
Redwood Shores, Calif. – May 28, 2013
News Summary
Today one in seven Oracle customer service sessions come from mobile devices, allowing customers to instantly request service whenever and wherever they are and leading to an expectation of an instant response. As a result, roaming service agents need mobile applications to increase their productivity and responsiveness to customers. The latest release of Oracle Service Cloud, which includes Oracle RightNow with Oracle RightNow Mobile Agent App, is designed specifically for the iPad and ensures that in today’s busy, multifaceted world service agents, specialists, and managers can stay connected and productive, even while on-the-go. Better access, both online and offline, puts mobile business users in a prime spot for increased customer resolutions. As a result, this improves customer satisfaction and strengthens relationships.
News Facts
Oracle today announced the latest release of Oracle Service Cloud that includes Oracle RightNow and the debut of Oracle RightNow Mobile Agent App for the iPad.
Introducing new robust capabilities to support servicing customers when agents are away from their desks, Oracle Service Cloud now leverages the power of
Oracle Fusion Tap, a native application for iPad that redefines user productivity while on-the-go.
Designed specifically for mobile agents, specialists and managers,
Oracle RightNow Mobile Agent App, part of Oracle Service Cloud, helps improve productivity and resolution time.
The May 2013 release of Oracle Service Cloud also includes enhancements to the Customer Portal by utilizing mobile device cameras, optimizing for mobile SEO and removing the dependency on CSS and Javascript, thus enabling use on a wider array of mobile devices such as hand-held game-systems and Ketai phones. These enhancements allow customers to get service from any device, find mobile content more easily, and enhance problem descriptions with images to shorten resolution time.
Oracle RightNow Mobile Agent App, part of Oracle Service Cloud
Features include:
Ability to leverage native iPad capabilities and innovative usability patterns, easy navigation and integrated apps such as live maps and FaceTime.
Secure mobile access to key service and support information, including accounts, contacts, incidents and tasks.
Offline caching for a snappy experience and remote access to key information even when disconnected.
Reporting on contact center performance and the ability to monitor exceptions while away from the desk.
Better control and traceability of what is happening with improved transaction auditing, diagnostic logging, server side access control and more.
Available in Apple App Store, easy to install and configurable by business users.
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June 3, 2013
Comprehensive HR Platform Combines Hiring, Training and Scheduling for Restaurant Operations
PeopleMatter, the largest provider of comprehensive service-industry HR software, is shaking up how the foodservice industry schedules its workforce. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made employee scheduling more complex. The ACA makes accurate hourly scheduling critical to the profits of the foodservice industry with the creation of “29er” employees and the “49er” employers. PeopleMatter offers the only online scheduling solution – PeopleMatter SCHEDULE™ – with a free employee mobile app that understands the importance of accurately tracking the hours worked across multiple locations in relation to these key thresholds. The PeopleMatter Platform does more than just scheduling – it is an end-to-end talent management system that helps find, hire, train and schedule the people of the service industry.
That’s why Jerry Roberts, Owner of Gator’s Dockside locations in Florida believes “it makes sense to take advantage of all the PeopleMatter products – HIRE, LEARN and SCHEDULE – since they were designed to work together.”
Today’s reality is that many restaurants still use paper and spreadsheets to schedule their employees. But the days of posting a paper copy of the schedule in the back of the house are over with SCHEDULE. PeopleMatter’s online employee scheduling software gives managers the tools to share schedules instantly with team members and optimize coverage as the week evolves.
“SCHEDULE is the wave of the future. Accessing a schedule via a smartphone is much more manageable for both the associates and managers,” shared Robert Fleming, Owner Magnolia Pancake Haus.
SCHEDULE makes it easy for team members to know when they are working. Employees no longer need to call their manager or go in on their day off to find out when they are working because their schedule is available on their mobile device.
“Automated scheduling is what today’s employees want,” said Marc Hinson, Director of HR for The Palm Restaurant Group. “Employees want to be connected to their employers with easy access to their schedules. They want to communicate with their managers through that same system. SCHEDULE does these things and more.”
PeopleMatter is currently highlighting SCHEDULE at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, IL. Show attendees who stop by the booth are able to receive live demos, interact with the mobile app, review case studies and hear live testimonials from PeopleMatter customers who use SCHEDULE every day to create, manage and communicate schedules.
“We have created a better way to manage frontline employees in the service industry,” said Nate DaPore, PeopleMatter President and CEO. “We’ve built a modern, mobile scheduling tool in the PeopleMatter Platform that facilitates real-time communication, flexible shift management and cost-control. We did this because scheduling is such an important part of the relationship between the hourly worker and employer. With the recent legislative changes brought on by the ACA, it has become even more important to have technology to manage employee schedules.”
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May 31, 2013
Award Honors Progressive Customers for Dedication to Market Education
SilkRoad, a leading global provider of cloud-based social talent management solutions, today announced its 2013 SilkRoad Champions at the Company’s fourth annual global user conference, SilkRoad Connections. The program recognizes Life Suite® software solutions customers at the leading edge of HR that have served as industry thought leaders and championed SilkRoad’s product innovation.
“Our customers are advancing the HR agenda both at their own companies and on an industry level,” said Edward Vesely, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, SilkRoad. “Whether educating peers by appearing in industry publications, or serving as a case study that will help other HR professionals implement change and empower their own employees, the experiences and successes of our customers need to be recognized and celebrated. Champions is our way of saying ‘thank you’ for every time a customer goes above and beyond.”
For 2013, SilkRoad named Ulthera, a high-growth med-tech company, as its top SilkRoad Champion. Ulthera’s Vice President of HR, Stacie Mallen, drove the Company’s growth by integrating multiple SilkRoad Life Suite products for talent acquisition and development, including its HeartBeat® HRMS, which provided time savings of at least one hour per hire.
Other customers recognized for their dedication in the 2013 SilkRoad Champions Program include:
- McLeod Health – a not-for-profit health system serving northeastern South Carolina
- Amyx – a business offering Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance, Business Process Re-engineering, Information Technology, Software Design and Development and Program and Acquisition Management
- Braun Intertec – a company providing geotechnical, environmental and testing solutions in the private and public sectors
- Citrix – market-leading cloud, networking and virtualization technologies that are transforming how people, businesses and IT work and collaborate in the cloud era
- Life Care Services – a senior lifestyle products company
- Provident Bank – an independent community bank, dedicated to the delivery of quality financial products to its customers
- Lee County Electric Cooperative – a company providing reliable, cost-competitive electricity to customers throughout Southwest Florida
“When you are a VP of HR, the software you select represents your department. It’s your face to the company,” said Stacie Mallen, VP of HR, Ulthera. “We did a thorough market analysis before deciding upon SilkRoad, a perfect fit for our organization thanks to its intuitive interface and easy integrations. Sharing the knowledge I gained to help other HR professionals understand what’s right for them is rewarding, and being named SilkRoad’s 2013 Champion is icing on the cake.”
The SilkRoad Champions Program is a point-based system that recognizes customers’ participation in activities like product co-creation and input; referrals and references; and thought leadership. For more information and to get started with the Champions Program, visit
http://www.silkroad.com/Customer_Care/Customer-Reward-Program.html
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May 30, 2013
Peoplefluent Updates Talent Management Solutions to Enable Strategic Workforce Development Planning and More Effectively Engage Employees.
Enhanced Integration between Talent Management and Learning Solutions Strengthens Talent Development and Training Programs; New Workforce Communications Features Help Inform Workforce Decisions
WALTHAM, Mass. – May 28, 2013– Peoplefluent®, a leading social human capital management technology company, today announced enhancements to Peoplefluent Talent Management, core solutions within its Social HCM Software Platform. Among new features, Peoplefluent Talent Management now more tightly integrates with Peoplefluent Learning Management, enabling human resource (HR) professionals to make better informed talent development and training program decisions. The company also enhanced its Workforce Communications solution with new user experience features to better deliver rich content to managers and employees about benefits, policies and life events
Among workforce management challenges, HR professionals and executives across industries struggle to develop leaders and then retain their essential skills via engagement and career opportunities. As such, the HR industry has seen a resurgence in learning programs (particularly in the form of on-time learning opportunities) as companies opt to train existing talent on emerging skills to foster a highly productive workforce while contributing to sustainable talent development. By integrating talent management functions – performance management, career planning, leadership talent reviews and succession planning – with learning management solutions, Peoplefluent gives HR professionals the tools to:
• Gain deeper insight into the skill gaps that could exist within an organization;
• Focus learning investments on the roles and in-demand skills to build bench strength in anticipation of demand;
• Identify the employees best suited to fill skill gaps and tie employee development with skill development, and;
• Develop customized learning programs to propel employees and the organization to succeed.
In addition to alignment of the user experience and interface, Peoplefluent’s Learning and Talent Management solutions now feature a synchronized Talent Management Development Plan, delivering single-click access for HR professionals to add, register and launch content, view competency gaps and review messages from either solution. The Talent Management Dashboard also includes learning-related tasks along with existing Compensation, Performance, Recruiting and career development tasks.
Tighter integration between Peoplefluent Talent Management and Peoplefluent Learning follows news from Peoplefluent noting Bedford Funding’s acquisition of KZO Innovations, an on-demand video technology provider. HR managers can expect further enhancements to Peoplefluent communications, collaboration and learning offerings with premier collaborative video technology.
“Providing employees ready access to training options as part of the career planning process is an effective tool HR professionals can use to simultaneously engage employees and diminish skill gaps,” said Jim Bowley, vice president, product management, Peoplefluent. “Tools like video collaboration enable HR to communicate the benefits of employment at their organization while driving employee and manager knowledge of the latest tools available to help guide their professional growth and success.”
Effective communication and employee engagement is also critical to employee satisfaction and retention. Peoplefluent Workforce Communications now features enhancements to presentation, functionality and navigation to more effectively communicate the full value of employment and help employees and managers make informed decisions. New functionality includes:
• Total Rewards Statement module: Provides employees with a more dynamic look at total rewards delivered by the employers with navigational enhancements and graphic displays to encourage employees to more carefully review and fully understand benefits.
• Integrations with Google Analytics: Shows analytics based on employers’ and managers’ interests, including the pages they visit and search queries they use most frequently.
• Decision Tree capability: Provides functionality to walk employees and managers through a reactive decision process for more complex HR decisions.
• New content modules: New content modules’ added on dependent eligibility and social media policies provide additional HR information to employees to streamline HR processes.
• Legislative Updates: As always, the release includes legislative content updates for the existing plan and policy content library.
The latest versions of Peoplefluent Talent Management, Peoplefluent Learning and Peoplefluent Workforce Communications are now available. For more information, please visit: http://www.peoplefluent.com/solutions/overview.
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May 23, 2013
New SuiteApp Provides Innovative Social Talent Management
If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SilkRoad, a leading global provider of cloud-based social talent management software, today announced the Life Suite® SuiteApp, built using NetSuite’s SuiteCloud Computing Platform. The new SuiteApp extends NetSuite’s (NYSE: N) capabilities with a talent management system that powers businesses of every size with an end-to-end cloud ERP and social talent management software solution that manages employee and workplace information while driving employee engagement, including talent acquisition, talent development, and HRMS.
NetSuite’s SuiteCloud is a comprehensive offering of cloud-based products, development tools, and services designed to help customers and commercial software developers take advantage of the significant economic benefits of cloud computing. SuiteCloud Developer Tools provide a comprehensive cloud customization environment, whether you’re extending NetSuite to fit your business needs or developing completely new applications. SuiteCloud Developer Tools include workflow management, scripting, analytics, web services and more.
‘SilkRoad and NetSuite have a shared philosophy of building accessible configure-and-go technologies to address a serious mid-market need for cohesive and affordable cloud-based solutions,’ said Flip Filipowski, Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer at SilkRoad. ‘We’ve integrated two industry-leading solutions into a seamless, innovative platform to foster employee engagement and drive business agility.’
Working with NetSuite Customers using NetSuite’s ERP and payroll systems can now easily access a complete talent management solution that includes talent acquisition, talent development, and core HR, which serves as a self-service system of record for employees, making the entire human capital management process more efficient and seamless. The two systems integrate with minimal IT configuration, bringing to market a solution for maintaining secure, up-to-date employee data within NetSuite.
The Life Suite® SuiteApp for NetSuite allows companies of all sizes to benefit from this innovative, cloud-based solution by:
- Supporting virtually all employee and business needs from a single, integrated suite
- Connecting, engaging, and growing employees’ skills in surprising ways to unleash innovation and drive competitive advantage
- Empowering people and rapidly boosting sustainable business performance
‘With this new integration between SilkRoad and NetSuite, our customers can easily access talent management and HR capabilities from within the core ERP solution, to efficiently manage and recruit employees and drive global growth,’ said Zach Nelson, NetSuite CEO.
For more information about the integrated solution, please visit
http://www.suiteapp.com
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May 20, 2013
Skillsoft Marks 10th Anniversary of its Groundbreaking Learning Growth Model
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NASHUA, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Marking the 10-year anniversary of its Learning Growth Model®, Skillsoft introduced an updated whitepaper that illustrates the transformation of training into learning and includes the most recent innovations in the learning industry. Initially developed in 2003 to help organizations chart a realistic direction on their path to learning optimization, the five-stage model aligns learning with strategic business goals, leading to increased cost savings, productivity, performance, employee retention and competitive advantage. A new infographic was also developed that outlines the latest version of the Learning Growth Model and is available at:
http://on.fb.me/14HOiic
. Skillsoft is a pioneer in the field of technology-delivered learning with a long history of innovation and delivering solutions for its customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and education to mid-sized and small businesses.
The Learning Growth Model is detailed in Skillsoft’s whitepaper, The Skillsoft Learning Growth Model: A Blueprint for Integrating Learning into the Life of the Enterprise in Five Manageable Stages. The whitepaper presents a clear business value for linking learning to organizational business goals to increase the value and impact of the learning program. Organizations can learn how to transform learning from skills-focused training to business-focused learning that aligns with strategic business goals and provides a greater business value. A key phase in this process is reaching strategic transformation, which is the minimal position for all organizations that seek to align learning to business goals and are focused on building the optimum transfer of learning into the workplace.
“Developing talent is an organizational imperative as the demand for innovative, leading edge talent is intensifying with no sign of slowing down. Industry experts estimate that 55-80 percent of what people learn is lost or not applied to the job. This puts pressure on organizations to justify the time and resources they dedicate to learning,” said John Ambrose, senior vice president, strategy, corporate development and emerging business, Skillsoft. “By closely correlating a learning program with tangible business goals, organizations can improve knowledge retention and document a return on their learning investment. Our whitepaper and infographic are excellent tools for guidance through this process, which transforms basic training into integrated learning.”
The five stages of the Skillsoft Learning Growth Model are:
Stage 1 – Supplement. In this stage, elearning is introduced to address scalability challenges and reduce costs. New elearning resources address a backlog of demand for skills-based training that could not be delivered via traditional methods due to high costs. Reduced travel costs, design and development costs, instructor time and learners’ time away from work all contribute to significant cost savings.
Stage 2 – Targeted. During stage two, targeted learning begins to support specific initiatives and job roles. This stage expands earlier results and provides elearning in new workplace areas. Elearning resources replace redundant classroom training, which further reduces learning costs. Executive support typically increases during this stage of the Learning Growth Model.
Stage 3 – Strategic. Learning is aligned to strategic business objectives and begins to connect to talent management to increase the value and impact of learning during stage three. This is the most pivotal stage in the Learning Growth Model and marks the transformation from skills-focused training to business-focused learning and is a major point of change into a new learning paradigm.
Stage 4 – Integrated. Stage four is marked by increasing talent and accelerating organizational agility. Organizations that reach this stage have successfully woven learning into the fabric of the organization. Learning is focused on accelerating business results, deepening the talent pool and creating an agile, empowering, productive and creative organization.
Stage 5 – Optimized. Organizations at the optimized stage have fully matured and are focused on deepening talent and broadening learning to the extended enterprise. Elearning is branched out to the organization’s supply chain, customers, etc. Learning has become globally ubiquitous and seamlessly integrates into the workplace.
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May 16, 2013
Cornerstone OnDemand Announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
- Record quarterly revenue of $37.7 million, up 57% year-over-year
- Record quarterly gross profit of $26.4 million, up 54% year-over-year
- Record first quarter bookings of $35.9 million, up 50% year-over-year1
- Ended the quarter with over 1,300 clients and over 11 million users2
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — May 1, 2013 — Talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSOD) today announced results for its quarter ended March 31, 2013.
Revenue for the first quarter of 2013 was $37.7 million, representing a 57% increase compared to the same period in 2012.
Bookings, which the Company defines as gross revenue plus the change in deferred revenue for the period, were $35.9 million for the first quarter of 2013, representing a 50% increase compared to the same period in 2012.1 Deferred revenue at March 31, 2013 was $90.5 million, representing a 62% increase compared to the balance at March 31, 2012.
“As our results demonstrate, the momentum at Cornerstone has continued unabated,” said Adam Miller, the Company’s President and CEO. “Even with our success, we have addressed just a fraction of the estimated 400 million potential global seats for our software, leaving us with an enormous market opportunity ahead. Through the continued build out of our global distribution capabilities across segments, geographies and verticals, we believe we are well-positioned to capture that opportunity.”
Gross profit for the first quarter of 2013 was $26.4 million, representing a 54% year-over-year increase compared to the same period in 2012. Non-GAAP gross profit for the first quarter of 2013 was $27.3 million, representing a 54% year-over-year increase compared to the same period in 2012.1 Gross margin for the first quarter of 2013 was 70.1%. On a non-GAAP basis, gross margin for the first quarter was 72.2%.1
The Company’s net loss for the first quarter of 2013 was $9.9 million, or $0.20 net loss per share. Non-GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2013 was $5.3 million, or $0.10 net loss per share.1
At March 31, 2013, the Company’s total cash and cash equivalents were $76.2 million and accounts receivable were $37.2 million, yielding a total of approximately $113.4 million.
The Company ended the quarter with over 1,300 clients and over 11 million users.2
1. Bookings, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP net loss per share are non-GAAP financial measures. Please see the discussion in the section “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the reconciliations at the end of this release.
2. Includes contracted clients and active users of any combination of our cloud-based solutions, excluding Cornerstone Small Business Solution, or “CSB”.
Quarterly Conference Call
Cornerstone OnDemand will host a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2013 results at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) today. A live audio webcast of the conference call, together with detailed financial information, can be accessed through the company’s Investor Relations Web site at
http://investors.cornerstoneondemand.com/events.cfm
. The live call can be accessed by dialing (888) 359-3624 (U.S.) or (719) 325-2361 (outside the U.S.) and referencing passcode: 5136257. A replay of the call will also be available at
http://investors.cornerstoneondemand.com/events.cfm
or via telephone until 11:59 p.m. PT on May 5, 2013 by dialing (888) 203-1112 (U.S.) or (719) 457-0820 (outside the U.S.), and referencing passcode: 5136257.
About Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. is a leading global provider of comprehensive talent management solutions delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). We enable organizations to meet the challenges they face in empowering their people and maximizing the productivity of their human capital. Our core solution consists of the Cornerstone Recruiting Cloud, the Cornerstone Performance Cloud, the Cornerstone Learning Cloud and the Cornerstone Extended Enterprise Cloud. In addition to our core solution, we offer Cornerstone for Small Business and Cornerstone for Salesforce. Our clients use our solutions to source and recruit top talent, develop employees throughout their careers, engage employees effectively, improve business execution, cultivate future leaders, and integrate with their external networks of customers, vendors and distributors. We currently empower more than 11 million users across 190 countries and in 41 languages. www.csod.com
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May 15, 2013
WESTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, announced today that three companies — Advanced Health Media, Credit Union of Texas, and Karl Strauss Brewing Company — have chosen Ultimate Software’s cloud-based UltiPro solution to consolidate HR processes, deliver better and faster reporting, improve accuracy of workforce information with one master system of record for employees, and increase overall efficiencies.
Many organizations rely on multiple systems, paper forms, and disparate databases to manage, track, and plan a range of vital HR and talent management functions. Some businesses also use external services and payroll service bureaus, which can add additional levels of complexities and difficulties. Frequent business challenges include redundant effort; cumbersome and often inaccurate reporting; inconsistent or incomplete data that requires reconciliation; and confusion among stakeholders about which source of information is truly accurate. As a result, the productivity of HR declines, systems administration takes precedence over strategic initiatives, and the lack of efficiencies impacts the overall business.
Many organizations are using UltiPro’s comprehensive HCM functionality and capabilities to address these issues as well as expand the strategic contributions of their HR teams.
Advanced Health Media, LLC, is the leading global provider of technology-enabled services designed to manage compliant interactions with healthcare professionals for the highly regulated pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries. The service provider had been using multiple systems provided by a payroll service bureau, but often experienced issues with a lack of integration, inaccurate or delayed reporting, as well as extra costs. The company selected UltiPro in March 2013 so that its information related to recruitment, onboarding, payroll, benefits, performance management, succession management, and time management will be in sync, easily reportable, and immediately accessible to all.
“We need one solution to efficiently and effectively manage our HR and payroll,” said Renée De Franco, senior vice president of human resources at Advanced Health Media. “UltiPro provides the right strategic HR, payroll, and talent functionality for our business — without requiring the administration needed to transfer data back and forth among multiple systems. We’re really looking forward to the ease of use, the instant access to information, as well as the cost and time savings by not having to double-check information and fix problems when we had multiple systems for HR management.”
Credit Union of Texas, with over $1 billion in assets, is ranked as one of the top 10 credit unions in the state of Texas by asset size and serves more than 142,000 members. The nonprofit’s HR processes had been distributed across six separate systems — each with its own software, log-in, and database. Because the interfaces between these systems were limited, the same data had to be manually entered into the multiple programs and spreadsheets. The credit union selected UltiPro in March 2013 to solve its HCM challenges.
“Multiple systems create much more work than is necessary,” said John-Paul Morgante, vice president of human resources at Credit Union of Texas. “The inefficiency and lack of quality for reporting was an even higher concern. For example, with these systems, three people had to compile data just to generate companywide HR reports. With different log-ins and passwords, employees and managers also get frustrated when using a half-dozen different systems. UltiPro’s intuitive platform will provide a smoother, more enjoyable experience for our end users. By automating our processes in one single solution, UltiPro will deliver significant benefits to our teams, managers, employees, and the overall business.”
Karl Strauss Brewing Company is a San Diego-based craft brewery, ranked #44 on the list of top craft breweries in the U.S. In addition to being available at the company’s seven Brewery Restaurant locations, its beers are sold at over 3,000 restaurants, bars, and retail stores across California. According to Molly Brooks, HR director at Karl Strauss Brewing Company, the primary driver for seeking a unified HCM platform was healthcare reform. With its previous system, the HR team and managers could not address companywide reporting needs related to new and upcoming legislation. The company chose UltiPro in April 2013.
“With an expanding workforce and more locations, we needed a single, easy-to-use HCM solution to centralize employee data so we can generate accurate reporting quickly and ensure compliance,” said Brooks. “With the right technology in place, we can make a significant impact on our organization. We’re looking forward to having UltiPro as our one system of record, and business benefits will include better reporting, more operational efficiencies, and improved communication.”
“In addition to automating and streamlining processes, UltiPro’s unified HCM provides organizations with end-to-end functionality that delivers strategic data to upper-level executives and managers that can strengthen decision-making,” said Chris Phenicie, chief sales officer for UltiPro Workplace at Ultimate Software. “With our cloud-based technology, diverse organizations — across all industries and of all sizes — can see business benefits very quickly. We’re very pleased that UltiPro will support Advanced Health Media, Credit Union of Texas, and Karl Strauss Brewing Company as each organization builds an efficient, people-centric environment and, as a result, becomes better positioned to meet its unique business goals.”
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May 15, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO – April 30, 2013 Jobscience Inc., the leader in Recruiting Engagement software, today announced the appointment of Miranda Nash as the company’s President and member of its Board of Directors. As a Silicon Valley technology veteran, entrepreneur and investor – Nash brings a wealth of business and technical expertise to Jobscience. At Jobscience, Nash will lead product development, engineering and professional services as the company creates next generation cloud services that power ‘just-in-time recruitment.’
“The way people find and hire talent is dramatically changing,” said Miranda Nash. “In order to remain competitive, companies need to adopt new recruiting strategies like talent pools and closed-loop social media engagement so they can quickly identify and hire top candidates as soon as new positions open. Jobscience has incredible potential to transform the way companies and agencies recruit great talent. I am looking forward to guiding the team through this exciting phase of growth.”
Nash will leverage both her enterprise technology expertise and business experience at Jobscience. Nash’s experience includes 16 years working in the product division at Oracle, most recently as VP of Product Management. She launched Oracle’s data integration business and quickly grew it to a market leading position with $150M in software license revenue within four years.
Nash also founded Oxygen Equity, LLC, a specialized private equity investment firm, where she recruited and raised money from 20 limited partners, including institutional capital. Nash began her career as an engineer and has a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
“We are thrilled to have Miranda join our team,” said Ted Elliott, CEO and Founder of Jobscience. “Her experience scaling company operations and deep knowledge about data-centric applications and analytics will be invaluable as we apply ‘just-in-time’ technology and process automation to recruitment.”
About Jobscience
As the leader in Recruiting Engagement software, Jobscience understands that social connectivity is more than a feature – it’s the future. Deployed on salesforce.com’s Force.com platform, Jobscience’s agile solutions bring social, mobile and CRM processes to talent management, keeping corporations and staffing agencies connected with and attracting top talent. For the last five years, Jobscience has been voted the AppExchange Customer Choice Award in HR and Recruiting by salesforce.com customers, and won the 2011 Brandon Hall Gold Award for Best Advance in Talent Acquisition Technology. Discover what Jobscience clients already know: great people, great technology and great companies are all connected. To learn more, visit www.jobscience.com.
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May 14, 2013
Infor Applications to Support HR Shared Services for Employees Across 10 Campuses & Five Medical Centers
NEW YORK - Apr 23, 2013
Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced that the University of California has selected Infor Enwisen HR Service Delivery to help complete its HR transformation project, UCPath, to deploy a single payroll and human resources system across all ten campuses and five medical centers. The UCPath Center is the University’s new HR shared services center that will employ Infor’s cloud-enabled, HR-specific Portal/Knowledgebase and Case Management applications to standardize business processes for nearly 190,000 employees and move the institution toward a true human resource shared services model. Further, the solution will offer a more user-specific experience to employees and managers, drastically reducing redundancies and inefficiencies across the network while increasing employee engagement levels.
Infor Human Capital Management solutions facilitate faster day-to-day processes so staff can spend less time navigating systematical issues and more time focusing on the value of service. The Infor solution in particular was selected to help UC provide important options for employees seeking answers to critical HR, payroll and benefits questions. With Infor HR Portal/Knowledgebase, UC employees will have the ability to quickly find answers to most of their own questions via a personalized, searchable self-service experience without ever placing a call to HR. Through Infor Case Management, employee inquiries that require HR assistance can be tracked and resolved more quickly, with fewer matters requiring escalation to subject matter experts.
News Points
- The University of California selected Infor due to the human resource-centric nature of its HCM solutions, and integration with other third-party applications and overall successful reputation with higher education installations. The Infor solution helps the UCPath Center with its primary objective of providing the highest degree of service and the lowest possible cost.
- The University of California will also benefit from a faster, cloud-based implementation. The Infor application can be accessed through a web portal, which contains useful tools, information and reports, and unifies multiple functions into a single application, providing extensive flexibility and customization potential. When an employee signs in, information specific to his/her campus, job level, union or benefits plan will be displayed.
- Infor Case Management will help UC human resource service representatives manage inquiries when employees cannot find the answers to questions on their own. Complex employee and manager HR inquiries are also initiated through the online AskHR feature and then they are escalated to HR subject matter experts within the HR Shared Services Center, when necessary.
- Infor Portal/Knowledgebase is a personalized, searchable online source for information and decision support, providing UC with a multi-tier approach to HR service delivery.
- The Infor HR Shared Services Solution for UCPath is designed to be easily integrated with existing third-party products to provide a more complete snapshot of performance, enabling consolidated data access for employees and a more complete view of the network for faster business decisions.
University of California Quote
“Infor delivered a complete solution of technology, resources and experience in the HR and payroll arena that other vendors lacked,” said Randy Anderson, UCPath Center Technical Lead. “Most case management and knowledge management tools available grew up in the IT or retail sales space. It was refreshing to find a product and service specifically designed to meet our HR needs.”
Infor Quote
“Infor understands that cost effectively scaling human resources capability while simultaneously improving services to University of California employees needs specialized technology that engages employees and facilitates resolution in real-time,” said Tarik Taman, general manager, Human Capital Management, Infor. “We are uniquely able to help unify our customers’ complex and heterogeneous HCM systems and processes by putting data at both the fingertips of the employees and managers – providing enhanced HR services with fewer dedicated resources and lower costs.”
About The University of California
Founded in 1868, the University of California opened in 1869 with 10 faculty members and 38 students. Today, UC has 10 campuses, five medical centers, 18 health professional schools and programs, six business schools and five law schools, plus professional and enrichment courses and agricultural and natural resources programs that extend learning throughout California. UC also manages Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and is a partner in limited liability corporations that manage Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories. The UC system includes nearly 240,000 students, more than 190,000 employees, 50,000 retirees and roughly 1.7 million living alumni.
About Infor
Infor is fundamentally changing the way information is published and consumed in the enterprise, helping 70,000 customers in 194 countries improve operations, drive growth, and quickly adapt to changes in business demands. Infor offers deep industry-specific applications and suites, engineered for speed, and with an innovative user experience design that is simple, transparent, and elegant. Infor provides flexible deployment options that give customers a choice to run their businesses in the cloud, on-premises, or both. To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.
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May 14, 2013
Experienced Analyst Brings In-depth Industry Insight to Help Customers Transform Their HR Strategy with SuccessFactors Employee Central
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California — May 10, 2013 — SuccessFactors, an SAP AG(NYSE: SAP) company and the global leader in business execution (BizX) software, today announced the hiring of Thomas Otter as vice president of Product Management. A Gartner analyst and recognized HR expert with 21 years of experience in the IT industry, Otter will help SuccessFactors evolve a new generation of Human Capital Management (HCM) software and best practices.
Otter will help SuccessFactors bring innovation to more than 24 million cloud application subscribers by driving the product direction of Employee Central, SuccessFactors’ cloud-based core HR system designed for global enterprises. The scalable cloud-based solution provides a foundation for global HR processes, local compliance, and enables smart decision making with powerful analytics and social collaboration. Otter’s decision was partly motivated by his desire to build solutions that solve real problems, for real customers.
“I’ve been watching and analyzing the players in the industry for years and SuccessFactors, now an SAP company, has done a tremendous job innovating its products,” said Thomas Otter. “I wanted to join a group of people excited about delivering core HR and ultimately redefining how HR systems deliver value to organizations. SuccessFactors is a dynamic company with a great team of people who have offered me an intriguing opportunity to contribute to building something I believe in. It’s exactly the itch that I want to scratch.“
An expert in the IT industry, Otter has spent the past five years at Gartner, most recently as research vice president covering HCM trends and technologies. Otter was Gartner’s lead analyst on SAP from 2009 to 2011.
“This maybe the most exciting time in enterprise software in the last 20 years – companies are craving solutions that are in the cloud, are mobile, social and engaging. At SuccessFactors, we have passion for building beautiful, innovative HR solutions that allow companies to run their businesses better. Core HR is key to this vision and the area where we have aggressively invested extraordinary resources and the best minds,” said Dmitri Krakovsky, senior vice president of Products, SuccessFactors. “Over the last three years we have been meticulously assembling the best team to help us imagine and execute—and Thomas is a huge piece of this blueprint. He is knowledgeable, well regarded in the industry, and intimately understands our customers’ business issues. We’re excited to leverage that knowledge to help us evolve our products.”
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