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- SnapLogic snaps together different data flows and cuts integration costs
- I recently had a chance to catch up with one of my favorite Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs Gauruv Dhillon. When I first met Mr Dhillon he was CEO of Informatica, one of the top software companies in Silicon Valley. These days he is founder,...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Developer, Consultant, Snap, SnapLogic, Cloud Computing, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Figuring the value of software
- Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., SAP AG, Phil Wainewright, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Two Views of the Software Market
- A Bridge Too Far? In a blogger briefing this week at SAP’s TechEd, SAP CTO, Vishal Sikka, drew a chart of the application software market and what new areas of technology are of interest to the firm. I’ve tried to reproduce his freehand drawing into the following...
- Tags: ERP, Vishal Sikka, S-curve, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Two Perspectives of the HR Technology show
- Some positive surprises - strong attendance Last week, Dr. Katherine Jones and I attended the HR Technology show. Katherine is one the best known HR analysts out there and covered the space for Aberdeen Group for a number of years. Together, we sat down with 21...
- Tags: Human Resources Inc., Katherine, Herewith, HR Tech, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- HRMall Automates Customer HR Functions, Makes HR Processing Up to 80% Faster
- HRMall Inc., established in 2006 by Philippines-based Ayala Corporation, is a Business Process Outsourcing BPO organization which offers integrated Human Resources HR and payroll support services to companies in the Ayala group. The company created HRMall after recognizing the need to streamline HR functions across the group. Many of its...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Human Resources Inc., Ayala Corp., HRMall
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- Perks for all workers: remote/metro, small/large firms, etc.
- Leveling the playing field for workers' perks I’m on the board of a firm with operations throughout the United States. About half of their workforce and plants are in major metropolitan areas while the other half are in some pretty remote areas. Management is challenged to find...
- Tags: Employee, Worker, Next Jump, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Companies to offer free foreign travel for their sick
- Wow, a great way to force our overpaid doctors to compete. Doctors should have a comfortable life, but, they do not need to earn 100x what they do in other countries.and if there are complications?If a US citizen travels abroad for a procedure and returns home, who will treat any...
- Tags: Financial Planning, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate
- Any bets on how long it takes someone to hack in and screw it up? nt...Why don't I feel good about this???Hmmm... Could it be that some government a55-clown could store sensitive data in the cloud... And that there are tons of other countries with extremely skilled hackers that would...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Virtualization, Apps.gov, agency, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Taleo, Talent Management and What???s Wrong With ERP Spending
- He's not far off.Brian, I blogged and provided details on my blog in 2005 "So, even without factoring in costs of your own staff or incremental hardware you are looking at $7.50 at the low end and $ 21 or more at the high end for every $ 1 dollar...
- Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, talent management, talent, Taleo Corp., ERP
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Taleo, Talent Management and What’s Wrong With ERP Spending
- Is your career worth at least one security patch? This week, Taleo is conducting its user conference in Las Vegas. They are announcing their Taleo 10 product this week to coincide with the show. Rarely do I get to see a software vendor...
- Tags: Talent, Taleo Corp., ERP, Talent Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Workforce Management, Professional Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Career, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- SuccessFactors: Backing into business intelligence?
- Good Luck to SuccessFactorsSuccessFactors has a great offering. What Siebel got completely wrong with ERM, Successfactors got it right from a product and On-Demand delivery perspective. Given that they are now public, I can imagine the growth pressures being faced, now.However, the reporting mashup initiative is naive. It has been...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, Sales strategy, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, cloud computing, SuccessFactors Inc., business intelligence
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Successfactors: Execute, Execute, Execute!
- Successfactors SFSF the Strategic Human Capital Management/people performance software as a service company I last wrote about in June, today expanded their scope to embrace 'Business Execution Software', which is now the strap line under their company logo. As Larry Dignan covered here...
- Tags: Talent, Performance, SuccessFactors Inc., Talent Management, Business Alignment Category, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- HP to Cut Loose its BPO operations?
- Why sell what you just bought? A recent Channel Insider article raised the concern that HP might sell off or shutter some of its outsourcing business. Specifically, the article speculated on the BPO operations that EDS brought into the firm as part of HP’s acquisition of EDS....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., BPO, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-07
- Course Credits as a Reward for Collaboration
- Distance learning - providing access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and/or distance - has been around since the dawn of postal delivery services. In the current economic climate further education seems likely to take...
- Tags: Education, Distance Learning, Collaboration, Training, Enrollment, Straighterline, Employee Orientation Training Day, E-learning, Training And Certification, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-06
- Effortless HR Software Suite 2009.08.24 (Windows)
- A complete suite of HR tools which includes business and HR forms, employee management, time tracking, employee portal, benefits management, company news posting, assests management and tracking, skills and certifications management. Version 2009.08.24 adds more reports, local date and time for administrators, and cosmetic changes.
- Tags: Human Resources Inc., Microsoft Windows, Management, EffortlessHR, Portals, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-09-02
- Need a job? Microsoft stores now hiring
- RE: Need a job? Microsoft stores now hiringExcellent opportunity! This would be a great way to get your foot in the door with Microsoft. After that you can work your way up the ranks and into the corporate office where all the fun really is. I do hope...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Sales strategy, Microsoft Corp., job, hiring
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Who's the fairest HR product of them all.......
- Every year, I set aside some budget monies to attend a couple of events/shows. I’m fortunate that some software vendors waive some of the costs if I’m covering the event as a press/analyst person. Events are expensive to attend and hurt my chargeability at the same time. I choose carefully...
- Tags: Software, Human Resources Inc., Registration Site, Tools & Techniques, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-16
- So you're going to sell software or work a trade show booth...
- ...it's time to get it right! I get pitched software 24/7. Along the way, I hear and see some pretty amazing things but too often I get my ear bent for way too long by folks who can’t get to the point. Why? Because these pitchmen and...
- Tags: Software, Trade Show, Empathy, Sales Strategy, Telemarketing, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Healthcare, Sales, Marketing, Marketing Research, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- The Reference Letter Redux
- Brian Revisits an Earlier Blog Believe it or not, I read the comments that many of you post to my blogs. I read them all. When I covered the Satyam saga, layoff rumors and other topics, the topics generated a lot of comments. However, few comments really...
- Tags: Reference, Herewith, Chances, Sales Strategy, Social Networking, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Force Management, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
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