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Looming HR Technology War Will Touch Thousands Of Organizations, Millions Of Employees
Friday, 12 October 2012, was turning point in the world of HR technology. The event was the highly anticipated initial public offering of a human resources technology firm called Workday became the biggest technology stock debut since Facebook. Workday, a Pleasanton, Calif., based-maker of Web-based human-resources software, saw it’s stock rocket up 78% in its […]
It’s Up To Me – Day One At The HR Technology Conference
10/10/2012 Comments Off on It’s Up To Me – Day One At The HR Technology Conference
From Paul Smith’s Welcome to the Occupation blog– Attending the HR Technology Conference for the fourth year in a row, I wondered if this year’s conference would have any impact on me. In the past, I’ve gone home with more ideas than I could implement in one year. The question after four years is, are there any […]
Continue reading …Oracle Speaks At Taleo World, Telling The Future Of Its HR Technology
13/09/2012 Comments Off on Oracle Speaks At Taleo World, Telling The Future Of Its HR Technology
Oracle has wasted no time combining the technology gained from purchasing HR software firm Taleo into its existing employee management systems, which are used by many large companies. Speaking 12 September 2012 at the annual Taleo World conference in Chicago, Oracle executives detailed the company’s vision for its new Taleo division. Oracle bought Taleo in […]
Continue reading …IBM Gets Kenexa In Another Move Into Human Resources Software Services
28/08/2012 Comments Off on IBM Gets Kenexa In Another Move Into Human Resources Software Services
Technology giant IBM is purchasing human resources technology provider Kenexa in a deal valued at $1.3 billion. The deal, announced 27 Aug. 2012, is the latest in string of acquisitions and mergers in the human resources technology realm. These mergers have major implications for thousands of corporations, their employees and job-seekers. Kenexa, based in Wayne, Pa., […]
Continue reading …Accenture Wins Australian Defense Dept. HR Contract
15/02/2012 Comments Off on Accenture Wins Australian Defense Dept. HR Contract
The Australian Department of Defense has awarded Accenture a five-year contract as the Department’s Human Resources (HR) Applications Managed Service partner, the company announced 15 February 2012. Accenture will provide strategic consulting, operations and process design, as well as application development, maintenance and support for the department of defense, including the development and integration of […]
Continue reading …HR Technology Merger – Ceridian Buys Dayforce
07/02/2012 Comments Off on HR Technology Merger – Ceridian Buys Dayforce
Ceridian Corp., a major provider of workforce management software, announced 7 February 2012, that will it acquire human capital management software maker Dayforce Corp. of Toronto. The deal enables Minneaplois-based Ceridian to deliver complete cloud-based human capital management (HCM) software solutions. The acquisition moves Ceridian’s software solutions toward cloud-based technology and builds on its February […]
Continue reading …Workday Springs From Oracle’s Hostile PeopleSoft Takeover
07/10/2011 Comments Off on Workday Springs From Oracle’s Hostile PeopleSoft Takeover
From Business Insider: Aneel Bhusri was a top executive and board member at PeopleSoft in 2004 when Larry Ellison’s Oracle made its hostile takeover bid. After they lost a bruising 18-month battle, he and cofounder Dave Duffield quietly left the company and nursed their wounds. A few months later, they teamed up to start a […]
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