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HR Software Vendor Gets $35M Infusion

Buyers of human resources software and talent management tools might be hearing more from iCIMS, an HR SaaS provider, after the company secured $35 million in private equity funds.. More

Salesforce.com Buys Into HR Software Market

With its acquisition of social human resources software provider Rypple, Salesforce.com hopes to gain new ground against rivals SAP and Oracle.. More

New App Aims to Speed SAP HCM

Users of SAP’s Human Capital Management software this week got news of a new bolt-on application billed as a way to cut time from the process of onboarding new employees into the system.. More

Study Reveals Best-in-Class Workforce Practices

Research from Aberdeen shows that best-in-class companies practice a brand of human capital management that focuses on skills identification, talent retention, and happy managers.. More

Human Capital Management Vendor Rebrands

From a small payroll outsourcing company, Payroll Solutions evolved into a provider of human capital management software now to be known as Sentric Inc.. More

HCM Upgrades, Embedded BI Dominate New Workday ERP Release

SaaS ERP provider Workday releases version 14, with embedded intelligence features said to enhance customers’ human capital management abilities.. More

HCM Software Startup With SMB Focus Gets $1M Boost

TribeHR, maker of human capital management software for small to midsize companies, receives $1 million in seed capital from Matrix Partners, plans product expansion and sales ramp-up.. More

Open-Source App Gets Update as HCM Market Grows

Against the backdrop of a growing human capital management software market, OrangeHRM releases a new version of its software featuring leave management and other enhancements.. More

New HCM Release Looks at Global Workforce

The SaaS-based UltiPro human capital management offering gets an upgrade, allowing for better analysis of global compensation trends, greater flexibility in employee reviews, and improved integration with enterprise systems.. More

Implementation Partner Chosen for SAP HCM Installation

Oil and gas company Denbury Resources selects consultancy AspireHR to implement SAP HCM software that will replace point tools and paper-based processes.. More

Report: Workforce Scheduling Key to Customer Sat, Business Performance

A new Aberdeen report finds that strong human capital management and scheduling practices help companies improve customer satisfaction and rein in labor costs.. More

HCM Case Study: Workforce Improvement Clocks In

Engine manufacturer MAN North America was wasting time with paper punch cards and job-costing estimates until it employed a human capital management system to automate the production flow in its job shops.. More

Taleo Scores Big HCM Contract with Global Manufacturer

On-demand human capital management software vendor Taleo lands a 70,000-seat deal to outfit global manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent with HCM performance management and analytics capabilities.. More

Manufacturing Workers Bid for Shifts With New App

TeamWork 3.0, from human capital management provider ScheduleSource, allows manufacturing employees to bid for shifts and simulate possible scheduling outcomes.. More

Plantronics Selects SuccessFactors for Human Capital Management

The communications device manufacturer chooses the BizX human capital management system to help drive its pay-for-performance work culture.. More

Mobile Apps for Human Capital Management Revealed

Kronos and ScheduleSource, two vendors of human capital management software, unveil mobile workforce management applications said to relieve HR managers of low-value, time-consuming tasks.. More

We’re Not for Sale, Says Maker of UltiPro HCM Software

Human capital management software specialist Ultimate Software denies that it is seeking a buyer, even as sources say the company has hired an investment bank to evaluate its options.. More

Lawson to Acquire Human Capital Management Vendor

In the second such acquisition in just a week, mid-market ERP provider Lawson Software announces that it will acquire human capital management software maker Enwisen.. More

Epicor Adds Human Capital Management Via Acquisition

The enterprise applications vendor broadens its product functionality with the addition of Spectrum’s human capital management software for various HR processes.. More

Manufacturers: Retire the Apprenticeship

From operations management jobs to line workers to product engineers, the language manufacturers use must change to attract the next generation of workers.. More

Skills Shortage: Educate or Automate?

As Baby Boomers retire and walk off the factory floor, manufacturers are turning to technology and training to solve what is quickly becoming a dire skills shortage in operations management. . More

Steve Jobs on Sustaining the Future

The death of Apple founder Steve Jobs reminds us that a business is only as strong as its next idea, and that business sustainability depends on a company’s ability to project its worth far into the future.. More