Flowers and HCM Systems Architecture.
(The following is a Guest post by Thomas Otter, Research Director @ Gartner, and fellow Enterprise Irregular.) I’ve tried this metaphor on several client calls recently, so let me inflict it on you...
View ArticleThe Strangest Enterprise Software Ad I’ve Ever Seen
I’ve seen some strange ads before, but this one by Enterprise SaaS provider SuccesFactors is beyond imagination – not the ad itself, but where it is placed: Yes, it is on Youtube, and the video shows...
View ArticleGartner’s HCM Magic
My friends at Gartner – Jim Holincheck and Thomas Otter, just published a shiny, new, detailed analysis of the Employee Performance Management technology landscape. I want to accomplish 2 things with...
View ArticlePerformance Reviews – Infographic
Top management still thinks of performance reviews as “time consuming” and employees consider it to be one of the most stressful times of the year. Nobody finds reviews helpful and none of the...
View ArticleSocial Recruiting – 3 Questions Answered
One of the pressing questions surrounding social media these days is it’s applicability to recruiting and other people management processes within an organization. Specifically, there is an ethics...
View ArticleThe Enterprise Social Goodness
“Everyone is entitled to my opinion” – this famous tweet from Madonna, and a good definition for what Twitter was really meant for, became timeless just like the performer herself. Ever since the word...
View ArticleOracle HCM (con)Fusion
As far as Silicon Valley goes, I try to read up, keep up and put to practice any and all of the new ideas that come around. I am a fan of experiments. I follow founders, inventors, bold thinkers and...
View ArticleThree Wrongs When it Comes to Profiles in HCM Technology
We have to admit it – the modern world loves profiles. Every major service that “sticks” has a profile component that is meant to describe us. HR technology isn’t an exception. Every major vendor has...
View ArticleModern Day Enterprise Software: Workday Example
Even before cloud computing became the household name, enterprise software industry has started seeing disruption. Even though legacy software still holds enterprise market to ransom, companies like...
View ArticleYear End Trends In Enterprise Software: HCM Is Hot And Integrated Suites
Picture Credit: Appliedpathways.com As the year 2011 is winding down, I am seeing few trends in enterprise software which might generate quite a bit of discussion among the pundits next year. I thought...
View ArticleSAP and SuccessFactors Roadmap Analysis
SAP issued the following press release this morning: SAP and SuccessFactors Accelerate Unified Product Direction which covered their product direction across core HR, Talent Management, HCM Analytics...
View ArticleThe Future of (SAP) HCM Consulting and SuccessFactors
SAP recently released their first public product roadmap on their acquisition of SuccessFactors and I provided my initial thoughts in an article titled SAP and SuccessFactors Roadmap Analysis. A lot of...
View ArticleSAP and SuccessFactors – Key topics I Want to Hear About at SAPPHIRE
Ever since SAP announced they were acquiring SuccessFactors there has been a lot of interest in the marketplace on the impacts to customers, partners and consultants. It appears that due to the timing...
View ArticleSAP and SuccessFactors – SuccessConnect Conference Recap
I spent last week in San Francisco attending SuccessConnect which is the middle of three SuccessFactors events with the last happening this week in London in which fellow SAP Mentors Luke Marson and...
View ArticleSuccessFactors and Employee Central – Whats New
SuccessFactors follows a quarterly release cycle and their most recent update was released on July 27th. One of the things that struck me at SuccessConnect in San Francisco was the fact that although...
View ArticleNew SAP and SuccessFactors Cloud Payroll Offering
SAP and SuccessFactors quietly launched the beta release of cloud payroll for USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, and India for customers using Employee...
View ArticleSAP Briefing – Cloud, Mobility and HCM
I recently had the opportunity to attend a briefing with 16 bloggers at the SAP Labs in Palo Alto. It was a day and a half session covering Cloud, Mobility and HANA although Stacey Fish was kind...
View ArticleThe Real Truth about SAP and SuccessFactors Integration
There is no doubt that integration between SAP and SuccessFactors is the top priority for most SAP HCM customers. Over the past month SAP has released several blog on the topic such as Integration...
View ArticleSAP and SuccessFactors – Proven Integration is Hype
Early last month I wrote The Real Truth about SAP and SuccessFactors Integration to try to clear up some of the confusion in the marketplace. To my surprise I had several SAP customers reach out...
View ArticleSAP and SuccessFactors – Four Key topics I Want to Hear About at HR2013
The 10th Annual SAP HR2013 Conference will be in Las Vegas from February 26 to March 1 and it is regularly considered the premierevent for SAP HCM Professionals, consultants and customers. There are...
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