Human Resources Software Vendor Profiles

Selected Suppliers of Human Resources Software (In alphabetical order)

Kaba Workforce Solutions

Kaba Workforce Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly listed Kaba Holding AG. Founded in 1983, Kaba Workforce Solutions is led by CEO Richard Souders. Kaba Workforce Solutions’ HCM offering is AutoTime. The functionality in AutoTime includes time and attendance, workforce scheduling, data visualization and analytics, regulatory compliance, employee self-service, labor collection, and fixed/mobile data collection.

Kenexa

Founded in 1987, Kenexa had revenues of more than $157 million in 2009. Under the leadership of CEO Rudy Karsan, the company provides business solutions for human resources management. Kenexa's HR software provides a complete recruitment technology system that helps reduce overall hiring costs, and streamlines and automates the recruiting process. The software also provides companies with visibility of and access to hiring and retention data.

Kronos Inc.

Kronos Inc. is a single-source provider of integrated human resources, payroll, and labor management software. Kronos was founded more than 25 years ago. Today, led by CEO Aron Ain, the company has more than 40,000 customers worldwide.

Through its Kronos for Manufacturing HCM offering, companies can address the complexities of workforce management. The software is designed with a core of applications that include time-and-attendance, payroll, scheduling, and talent management.

Lawson Software

Lawson Software was founded in 1975. The company serves nearly 4,000 customers in 40 countries worldwide. It reported revenues of $736 million during its 2010 fiscal year under the leadership of Harry Debes, its CEO.

Lawson's Human Capital Management system is made up of Lawson Talent Management, Lawson Human Resource Management, and Lawson Workforce Management. The three modules help companies manage a variety of employee-related management requirements.

Oracle

Founded in 1977, Oracle’s annual revenue for fiscal year 2010 was $26.8 billion. Oracle’s CEO is Lawrence J. Ellison. The company serves 370,000 customers globally across a wide range of industries; products include Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise, Oracle’s JD Edwards Enterprise One, and Oracle’s JD Edwards World. Oracle offers a global, Web-based, single-system HCM package that covers every aspect of the HCM road map—from core human resources transactional functionality through service automation and delivery, to complete enterprise talent-management solutions. .

Perfect Software

Perfect Software, founded in 1984, is led by CEO Michael Gabriele. The Perfect HCM Software Suite provides business process administration functionality across the core and strategic areas of human resources. Delivered as a SaaS or on-premises software, Perfect HCM offers the capabilities needed to effectively manage the entire employee lifecycle.

Saba

Saba, founded in 1997, is lead by CEO Bobby Yazdani. The company has 1,400 customers and had revenues of $110 million in 2010. The company provides an HR system that combines learning, performance, and collaboration features. Companies use Saba's software to mobilize and engage people around strategies and initiatives; align and connect people to accelerate the flow of business; and, cultivate, capture, and share individual and collective know-how.

Sage Software

Founded in 1982, Sage delivers scalable and customizable business software. Sage North America, part of The Sage Group, a U.K.-based software company, provides a variety of business management applications for small and midsize companies. The company’s 2010 revenues totaled more than $2.2 billion. It has more than 3 million North American business customers, and its global client base tops 6 million. The CEO of Sage is Paul Walker.

The company's entry into the HCM space is called Sage Abra HRMS. The software is a human resources management package offering a wide range of HR management and payroll functionality.

SAP AG

Founded in 1972, SAP AG is the world’s largest business software company. Its 2009 revenues were more than €10.6 billion. The company has more than 95,000 customers in over 120 countries. Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe are co-CEOs.

SAP ERP HCM is the company's product offering. The talent management functionality of the SAP ERP HCM software enables companies to retain, motivate, and promote top performers through the right mix of compensation, benefits, and career development programs.

SuccessFactors

Led by Founder and CEO Lars Dalgaard, SuccessFactors serves more than 3,000 customers in 168 countries. The company provides integrated, on-demand business execution software that is centered on the company's Business Alignment and People Performance software modules. SuccessFactors’ HCM offering, SuccessFactors Business Executive Suite, is designed to provide insight into a wide range of human resources management issues.

SumTotal Systems

With more than 2,300 customers, SumTotal is led by CEO John Borgerding. The company provides talent management software that enables organizations to manage business strategy. With SumTotal, users are better able to optimize resource planning and allocation, control administrative costs, motivate employees and managers, align the workforce with corporate objectives, and drive business performance.

Taleo

Taleo is an on-demand talent management software provider; the company’s CEO is Michael Gregoire. Taleo's 2010 revenues were $250 million. More than 5,100 customers use Taleo for talent acquisition, performance, learning, and compensation management. The company's Talent Grid cloud community provides access to the expertise of Taleo customers, more than 200 million candidates, and 140 partners and industry experts.

Ultimate Software

Ultimate Software was founded in 1990. The company, led by CEO Scott Scherr, has annual revenues of more than $195 million and over 2,000 customers.

Ultimate provides unified HCM SaaS software for global businesses, offering UltiPro as SaaS to manage a multinational workforce. Web-based features include recruitment, onboarding, benefits, payroll, performance and learning management, business intelligence, compensation planning, time and attendance, and self-service.

Workday

Workday, founded in 2005, has more than 165 customers. The company is headed by co-CEOs Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri.

Workday HCM provides the core system of record enterprises needed to manage the full hire-to-retire process for both employees and contingent workers. With Workday, companies can align and realign their organization, workers, and the supporting HR processes in real time to support the company’s strategic objectives.

(Editor’s Note: This select list of Human Resources Software suppliers is based on market research reports, analyst reports, and company information.)