Comments on: How Will Talent Management Software Vendors Fare During the Economic Crisis? http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_holincheck/2008/11/04/how-will-talent-management-software-vendors-fare-during-the-economic-crisis/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:56:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 081117 Talent Management Links (Nov 17, 2008) | johnsumser.com: Recruiting News and Views http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_holincheck/2008/11/04/how-will-talent-management-software-vendors-fare-during-the-economic-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-657 081117 Talent Management Links (Nov 17, 2008) | johnsumser.com: Recruiting News and Views Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:32:39 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_holincheck/2008/11/04/how-will-talent-management-software-vendors-fare-during-the-economic-crisis/#comment-657 [...] How Will Talent Management Software Vendors Fare During the Economic Crisis?Do you follow Jim Hollincheck? He’s one of the pivotal voices in the industry. [...] [...] How Will Talent Management Software Vendors Fare During the Economic Crisis?Do you follow Jim Hollincheck? He’s one of the pivotal voices in the industry. [...]

]]> By: John Holt http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_holincheck/2008/11/04/how-will-talent-management-software-vendors-fare-during-the-economic-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-632 John Holt Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:48:44 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/jim_holincheck/2008/11/04/how-will-talent-management-software-vendors-fare-during-the-economic-crisis/#comment-632 2 cents worth from a vendor Jim - firstly it seems to me that no one gets away without some negative impact from current conditions ! Second, having recently had the luxury of getting the "vibe" from the industry all in one place at the HR Technology Conference and Exhibition it seems clear that some vendors are in a better space than others. It seemed to me that several are doing very very well and the rest are fair to middling with all having a predominant focus and reliance on the US market which could makes things interesting. To your point in regards M & A there still seems to be quite a bit of cash around for the right deals and I think there is definitely going to be consolidation and some players falling over in the next 6 - 12 months. I'm slower to blame the economy entirely for those that don't make it might speed up the demise but looking through the stands a few weeks ago there just seems to be a bunch of players in the "middle" with old technology. TIme will tell ! 2 cents worth from a vendor Jim – firstly it seems to me that no one gets away without some negative impact from current conditions !

Second, having recently had the luxury of getting the “vibe” from the industry all in one place at the HR Technology Conference and Exhibition it seems clear that some vendors are in a better space than others.

It seemed to me that several are doing very very well and the rest are fair to middling with all having a predominant focus and reliance on the US market which could makes things interesting.

To your point in regards M & A there still seems to be quite a bit of cash around for the right deals and I think there is definitely going to be consolidation and some players falling over in the next 6 – 12 months.

I’m slower to blame the economy entirely for those that don’t make it might speed up the demise but looking through the stands a few weeks ago there just seems to be a bunch of players in the “middle” with old technology.

TIme will tell !

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