This year Oracle OpenWorld conference opened with a fiery speech by Larry Ellison, who has stepped down from his role as CEO to become Executive Chairman and CTO. Filling his rhetoric with claims of market leadership and attacks on competitors SAP and Workday, Ellison set an aggressive tone for those who followed him. In a talk relevant to my research practice, Chris Leone, senior vice president of applications development, asserted that Oracle is making progress in human capital management...
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Topics:
Mobile,
Social Media,
HCM,
Human Capital Analytics,
Human Capital Management,
Core HR,
Employee Engagement,
Platform as a service,
TM,
Wellness,
Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Mobility,
Oracle,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Social,
PaaS
The human resources management system (HRMS) have been a central part of human resources departments for decades. Though useful to HR, these systems have also been static. Speaking generally, their functionality has not advanced greatly while other technologies have made great strides, and the information in them has been restricted to mostly use by HR professionals. However, along with growth in distinct and integrated talent management systems and in workforce management systems, this has...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Mobile,
Social Media,
HCM,
TM,
WFM,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Information Applications,
Workforce Performance,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Workforce Management,
HR Management,
HRIS
Our recently released benchmark research on optimizing payroll management assesses how organizations use payroll information, processes and technology. It finds that most of them still need to improve. Our analysis compared the forces motivating investment in payroll management systems to broader strategic drivers for human capital management (HCM) that I previously outlined and found substantial agreement. Three of the five leading factors – demand for higher employee productivity (48%),...
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Topics:
Big Data,
HCM,
Office of Finance,
Employee Productivity,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
HR,
Talent Management,
Workforce Management,
benchmark,
Pay for Performance,
Payroll Management
Ultimate Software is one of the larger players in the market for human capital management (HCM) software, with roots in providing human resources and payroll management products. Recently I attended its annual Connections conference. Last year the company focused attention on expansion of its global capabilities, which I analyzed, while this year it highlighted broadening and modernizing of the product suite.
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Topics:
Mobile,
HCM,
Office of Finance,
Recruiting,
Ultimate Software,
Business Collaboration,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
HR Management
At Saba’s recent global customer conference executives discussed the company’s latest product enhancements, progress made during the past year and plans for the future. Saba provides a talent management suite that includes all capabilities except compensation management and is a leading vendor of corporate learning management systems. The majority of its 2,200 customers and 31 million users in 195 countries use the learning system, Learning@Work.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Mobile,
Social Media,
HCM,
Human Capital Management,
Predictive,
Recruiting,
Learning Management,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Saba,
Talent Management
At its recent 2014 analyst day Ceridian showed the progress it has made on its Ceridian and Dayforce human capital management (HCM) platform since last year’s launch of its broader HCM portfolio. Ceridian’s overall HCM business, which the company says had revenue of $950 million in 2013 and now has more than 100,000 customers, consists largely of payroll-related products and services such as tax filing and payroll cards, but also benefits, human resources and workforce management products.
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Mobile,
SaaS,
Social Media,
HCM,
Operational Performance,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Workforce Performance,
Ceridian,
Document Management,
HR,
Talent Management
In the near future, technology will be something we wear or attach comfortably to our bodies. Wearable computers have been evolving for some time, and while that might seem futuristic to the uninformed, in the technology industry it is rapidly becoming real. This trend is important for businesses to note, as our business technology innovation research shows that it is very important to more than half (56%) of organizations to find methods to use technology innovation to support both business...
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Supply Chain Performance,
HCM,
Human Capital Management,
Wearable Computing,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Customer & Contact Center,
Information Applications,
Information Management,
Operational Intelligence,
Workforce Performance,
Talent Management
At Oracle’s first-ever HCM World conference, the technology company demonstrated its commitment to human resources customers, explaining its strategy for Modern HR in the Cloud, which is focused on meeting the needs of employees in a large, dispersed workforce. The conference was insightful both intellectually and practically in its discussions of how workforces are changing. Oracle also showed its commitment by having both President Mark Hurd and CEO Larry Ellison present keynotes. This was...
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Supply Chain Performance,
Human Capital Analytics,
Human Capital Management,
Recruiting,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Customer & Contact Center,
Financial Performance,
Information Applications,
Oracle,
Workforce Performance,
HR,
Talent Management,
Workforce Management
Human capital will continue to be an organization’s largest investment in 2014 and if productive will be one of its most valuable assets and differentiators. It also continues to rank as top priority by CEOs across the industry. We anticipate that businesses that take advantage of the innovative technology now available for human capital management (HCM) will gain a competitive advantage. Ventana Research will track these technological advances and how they are put to use by organizations that...
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Topics:
Sales Performance,
Social Media,
Supply Chain Performance,
Governance,
HCM,
Human Capital Management,
Recruiting,
CHRO,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Customer & Contact Center,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
Compensation,
HR,
Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Talent Management
In our benchmark research on business technology innovation, organizations ranked analytics the number-one priority (for 39%) among six technology trends. Big data, perhaps because it is a more technical concept, ranked fifth, with 11 percent of organizations calling it a top innovation priority. But in this time of global business, nonstop communications and fierce competition, more organizations are finding that big data and analytics together can help them cope with constant change. They can...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Predictive Analytics,
Human Capital,
IT Research,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Customer & Contact Center,
Information Applications,
Talent Management