To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Knowledge, Social Software Issues: How will enterprises take advantage of new ways to share knowledge and expertise? What are the best practices for leveraging social software to gain a competitive advantage. Summary: On August 27th, IBM announced that it was buying HCM provider [...]
Jim Holincheck exits Gartner for Workday: A Farewell but not Goodbye
August 3, 2012 By 5 Comments
By Jim Lundy In case you hadn’t heard, Gartner Managing Vice President Jim Holincheck left Gartner in July and joined HCM provider Workday. So when Jim announced via Twitter that he was joining Workday, I watched and waited. The same thing happened to Jim that happened to me when I left Gartner: nothing. A funny thing happens [...]
HCM -Talent Go Cloud, Windows 8 and iPad 3
February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Jim Lundy This week was full of announcements from major HCM players, such as SAP (solidified its Cloud Roadmap based on SuccessFactors) and Oracle (which sought to reassure customers on its pending acquisition of Cloud Talent provider Taleo). In related First Cuts, we predicted the move by Oracle and we also think this will not be [...]
Talent and HCM Part III: Kenexa Buys Learning Provider Outstart
February 20, 2012 By
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Knowledge Issue: How will enterprises acquire and distribute knowledge? Summary: On February 6th, Kenexa announced that it was buying Learning Suite provider Outstart for US $38.9 million in cash. Event: In its earnings announcement, Kenexa revealed that it was buying Outstart [...]
HCM and Talent Merger Wars Claim more Victims
February 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
By Jim Lundy With the announcement today that Oracle is in the process of buying Taleo less than sixty days after SAP announced it was buying SuccessFactors, the race is on to offer the most complete Talent/HCM Suite. This comes on the heels of Kenexa announcing yesterday that it was buying Learning Suite provider Outstart. [...]
