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Workday rolled out the latest version of its human resources and finance cloud service
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Cornerstone announced significant enhancements to its talent acquisition solution
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Lumesse launches comprehensive on-demand learning content service
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ADP unveiled its next-generation ADP Workforce Now® cloud-based platform for midsize organizations
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Korn/Ferry and SuccessFactors establish strategic partnership to develop solutions
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Peoplefluent expands integration with LinkedIn Recruiter
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IBM to acquire Kenexa to Bolster Social Business Initiatives
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Halogen Software and SHL partnered to provide Talent and Assessment Solutions
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November, Q3, 2012
Partnerships, alliances and M&As
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A sneak peek at SaaS industry (2/2)
November, Q3, 2012
Kronos received the NorthFace ScoreBoard Award from the Omega Management Group for excellence in customer
satisfaction for 2011
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ADP ranked 68, up 19 spots from last year on Forbes’ List of World’s Most Innovative Companies
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Silkroad named as a finalist in the 4th Annual 2012 Golden Bridge awards for SaaS/Cloud computing
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Ceridian has been named to leading strategy and consulting firm LAROCQUE's #HRWins 2012 HR Companies to Watch
program
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Kenexa to unveil its fall 2012 lineup of new HR technology products during the 15th annual HR Technology
Conference & Exposition in Chicago
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Meta4 to showcase their Global SaaS HR solution at the international HR Tech Europe 2012 conference
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SumTotal announced the opening of new EMEA headquarters in Reading, U.K
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Events and awards
Analysts speak
Workforce
management
HRMS SaaS can be categorized into core HRMS, compensation & benefits, talent, learning,
recruitment and workforce management
HRMS SaaS Solution blueprint
HRMS Solution
Source HRM Solutions: Traditional models clash with next generation processes and technology, Forrester Research, 2010; CC India Analysis;
HRMS
Solutions
(Cloud &
Mobile)
Learning
management
Recruiting
management
Compensation
& benefits
Talent
management
Core HRMS
Payroll Employee records Salary administration Compliance Jobs & Positions Shared & selfservice HR Analytics Time & Attendance Absence management Workforce scheduling Performance Succession planning Career planning Goals Organisation charting Competency management Course management Virtual classroom Mentoring Learning content management Applicant tracking Sourcing
On-boarding Social recruiting/ networking Strategic Workforce
planning
Pay-for-performance
Stock based & deferred compensation Incentive
compensation Market comparisons Benefits
administration
Enrollment & communication
Learning management has made the transition from on-premise solutions to SaaS and
leading vendors indicate new deals coming in are heavily weighted towards SaaS
Learning management
Source: HRM Solutions: Traditional models clash with next generation processes and technology, Forrester Research, 2010; The Forrester Wave: Talent Management: Learning, 2011;
Vendor Landscape
Description Vendor ExampleNew Players in Learning management
Talent management solution vendors are looking to enter learning management market
SuccessFactors is moving toward an informal learning offering through its recent acquisition of Jambok
Lumesse developed a learning platform via its acquisition of ExecuTRACK
Learning point solution vendors have built or acquired
performance capabilities
As learning has become more central to employee
development, vendors have responded by expanding their solutions' existing functionality and adding performance management to it
Cornerstone OnDemand, Plateau, and Saba had built performance solutions and now have robust integrated offerings
SumTotal added performance solutions through acquisition of Softscape
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Coursemanagement Virtual classroom Mentoring
Learning content management
Workforce
management
HRMS SolutionHRMS
Solutions
(Cloud &
Mobile)
Learning
management
Recruiting
management
Compensation
& benefits
Talent
management
Core HRMS
Learning
management
“The SaaS model currently accounts for 45% of product revenues in
Learning Management”
Completeness/Strength of the offering;
Recruiting management solutions have a fair bit of SaaS based solution providers prevalent
in the market
Recruiting Management
Source: HRM Solutions: Traditional models clash with next generation processes and technology, Forrester Research, 2010; Recruitment Aligns with Talent Management, Forrester Research, 2011;
Workforce
management
HRMS SolutionHRMS
Solutions
(Cloud &
Mobile)
Learning
management
Recruiting
management
Compensation
& benefits
Talent
management
Core HRMS
Description Vendor Example
Market consolidation
Acquisitions in the applicant tracking system (ATS) area mean fewer vendors and cater to the needs of both enterprise and SMB customers
Kenexa acquired BrassRing, Cerdian acquired RSI, Sumtotal acquired Softscape and Cybershift
Growth of installed bases of the
existing players
Many vendors have made acquisitions for intellectual property, advanced technology, and increase of customer base
Oracle acquired Taleo to provide a richer recruiting application Applicant
tracking Sourcing On-boarding
Social recruiting/ networking
Recruiting
management
Strategic Workforce planningVendor Landscape
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“Forrester estimates that 83% of the recruitment solutions market is
deployed via SaaS”
Completeness/Strength of the offering;
Compensation & benefits tools become a component of broader talent management
suites and there have been significant mergers & acquisitions targets in the market
Compensation & benefits
Source: HRM Solutions: Traditional models clash with next generation processes and technology, Forrester Research, 2010; Hype Cycle for Human Capital Management Software, Gartner-2011; The Four Pillars Of Talent Management, Forrester Research, 2010;
Vendor Landscape
Description Vendor ExampleCompensation vendors leverage
pay-for-performance
Compensation specialists leverage the link between rewards and performance
The link between performance and compensation is at least as strong as the link between performance and learning
Workscape added performance to its compensation & benefits capabilities & positioned as an integrated player
Salary.com added performance-based talent management solutions via internal development
Mergers & Acquisitions
There have been significant mergers and acquisitions in the compensation market during the past few years
Examples include Kenexa acquiring Salary.com and ADP's acquisition of Workscape
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management
HRMS SolutionHRMS
Solutions
(Cloud &
Mobile)
Learning
management
Recruiting
management
Compensation
& benefits
Talent
management
Core HRMS
Compensation
& benefits
“SaaS Penetration in the compensation and benefits function has gained
momentum and is currently 52% of the market ”
pay-for-performance
Stock based & deferred compensation Incentive compensation Market comparisons Benefits administration Enrollment & communication Completeness/Strength of the offering;
Mobile based workforce management (WFM), retailers & public sector industries relying
on WFM solutions to improve productivity are some of the trends in the space
Workforce management
Source: HRM Solutions: Traditional models clash with next generation processes and technology, Forrester Research, 2010; Workforce management software, SearchCRM.com product directory, 2009; Factiva;
Workforce
management
HRMS SolutionHRMS
Solutions
(Cloud &
Mobile)
Learning
management
Recruiting
management
Compensation
& benefits
Talent
management
Core HRMS
Description Vendor Example
Strong demand for Mobile WFM
There is an upsurge in adoption of mobile based workforce management solution
Kronos - Licensed to more than 250,000 employees across a wide variety of industries
Demand for WFM solutions in retail
Growing demand for WFM in retail industry, it is estimated to have a CAGR of 3% till 2015
Reflexis claims that it has signed 30 new clients in retail over past 1 year
Increasing instances of public sector usage
WFM
Counties and other departments are extensively relying on WFM solution to streamline utilisation
Boulder county implements Kronos WFM to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve productivity
Workforce
management
Vendor Landscape
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“SaaS adoption has slowly started to evolve, as the leading vendors offer
both on-premise and on-demand”
Time & Attendance Absence management Workforce scheduling Completeness/Strength of the offering;
Only new generation software vendors throng the SaaS based core HRMS market and are
slowly seeing acceptance in the market
Core HRMS
Source: HRM Solutions: Traditional models clash with next generation processes and technology, Forrester Research, 2010; Recruitment Aligns with Talent Management, Forrester Research, 2011;
Workforce
management
HRMS SolutionHRMS
Solutions
(Cloud &
Mobile)
Learning
management
Recruiting
management
Compensation
& benefits
Talent
management
Core HRMS
Core HRMS
Vendor Landscape
“Mainstream adoption of SaaS based core HRMS has a long way to go with
about 18% revenue contribution”
Description Vendor Example
HRMS Footprints Gain In-Depth Talent, Analytics, And Global
Capabilities
Although the overall breadth of HRMS application suites has not evolved significantly over the past several years, their depth of functionality has improved in several areas
Vendors are improving their depth through acquisitions
- Oracle acquired Taleo
- SAP acquired Successfactors
Outsourcing vendors and ERP vendors are introducing mobile
HR apps
Outsourcing and ERP vendors are introducing mobile HR capabilities to their clients
Introduces new benefits and flexible spending account functionality to its ADP mobile solutions application
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Payroll Employee records Salary administration Compliance Jobs & Positions Shared & selfservice HR Analytics
Completeness/Strength of the offering;
Integration challenges with Core HRMS, growing importance of social talent management
are the key trends in Talent management
Compensation & benefits
Source: HRM Solutions: Traditional models clash with next generation processes and technology, Forrester Research, 2010; Recruitment Aligns With Talent Management, Forrester Research, 2011 ; The Talent Management Suite Market Emerges , Gartner Research, 2011;
Vendor Landscape
Description Vendor Example
Growing importance of social talent
management
Organisations that want to be at the forefront must move their HR practices into social media age now
An organisation's social HR strategy reflects its culture, it can enhance productivity within an organisation and also collaboration and connectivity
Provides a new breed of HRIS software which is social open and measurable
Integrating challenges with Core HRMS
More than 35% of organizations are not integrating their talent management applications with their core HRMS applications, according to customer reference survey
Lack of usage of an integrated talent management suite is the main reason for integration challenges
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management
HRMS SolutionHRMS
Solutions
(Cloud &
Mobile)
Learning
management
Recruiting
management
Compensation
& benefits
Talent
management
Core HRMS
Talent
management
“58% of total revenue from talent management is through SaaS solutions”
Performance Succession planning
Career planning Goals Organisation charting Competency management Completeness/Strength of the offering;