Not All SaaS Is Created Equal

September 30, 2011

Let me preface by saying I’m a SaaS bigot. My SaaS bigotry stems from nearly every vendor that has rushed to plastered a “look at me, I am now SaaS” on their front door (metaphorically speaking of course). Borrowing a phrase from my friend Anshu Sharma of Salesforce.com, “…you can’t put a car on a [...]

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Peopleclick Authoria – A Perfect Merger or Act of Desperation?

January 5, 2010

Today, Authoria announce the merger with Peopleclick to create Peopleclick Authoria.  Bedford Funding, the private equity firm that owns Authoria is spending $100 million to acquire and merge the companies.  I’d love to say I had my crystal ball out when we recorded the Bill Kutik Radio Show a few weeks ago and predicted further [...]

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What To Do With The Gartner Magic Quadrant?

December 7, 2009

As you may have noticed, last week Gartner published its annual E-Recruitment Magic Quadrant.  With every Magic Quadrant comes the press releases from vendors telling people how great Gartner thinks they are, other vendor quietly complaining about their precise positioning in the graph, and the myriads of “influencers” challenging Gartner’s vendor rankings due to their [...]

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Oracle Fusion Apps Have Finally Arrived…Kinda

October 15, 2009

Today was a long anticipated day in the most recent chapter of Oracle applications.  Larry Ellison, Oracle’s CEO, announced “code completion” of Oracle Fusion Applications in his keynote speech at Oracle’s annual OpenWorld Conference.  While Ellison’s announcement was much anticipated and has begun to answer many questions, many questions still remain.  How To Interpret Today’s [...]

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Who Should Taleo Acquire Next?

August 27, 2009

After reading speculation this week that Taleo is preparing for another acquisition, it got me thinking…“Who should they buy?”  The prospective acquisition options are all over the map.  They could acquired another talent acquisition vendor to really expand their market share and leadership position.  They could acquire another talent management suite provider.  They could enter [...]

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Are You Attending the HR Technology Conference?

August 6, 2009

The HR Technology Conference is the one event every year I always look forward to attending.  Its a great mix of learning, sharing, and connecting. This year the conference is Sep 30 – Oct 2 in Chicago.  We all know the economy stinks and budgets make it difficult to travel and attend conferences.  I think [...]

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How Important is Private Equity in Human Capital and Talent Management?

July 27, 2009

Over the past few years, we’ve seen new and traditional private equity firms slowly gain interest in the HR technology space.  Private equity investment isn’t actually new to the HR vendor market.  General Atlantic Partners has been one firm that has take interest in HR over the years.  Private Equity & HR Technology More recently, [...]

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Interested to Understand Customer Satisfaction in Talent Management?

July 10, 2009

Our friends at Bersin & Associates are conducting some great research to identify customer satisfaction and experience among the Talent Management vendors.  Please help and complete the Survey Now. Technorati Tags: talent management, bersin, survey, customer satisfaction  

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Is This What Customer Service Will Look Like in the Future?

July 2, 2009

Over the past month, my Internet connection has been flaky.  Jokingly, I took that frustration to Twitter yesterday and what resulted was actually quite amazing.  My story in pictures… My post on Twitter at 11:40A… …within one minute, @ComcastBill responded to provide assistance… …a few communications later, he diagnosed my issue… …resulting in schedule a [...]

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Is Your Vendor Really Operating "In the Cloud"? The 3 Most Important Questions to Understand About SaaS

June 30, 2009

I have written a lot about the advantages and disadvantages of the SaaS model over the past years.  As many of you know, I am a huge advocate for SaaS done right and by all indications (including some forthcoming research) the use of SaaS is continuing to increase at significant rates. The branding of “SaaS” [...]

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