by Thomas Otter | June 14, 2011 | 7 Comments
LinkedIn has over 100 million users, and a market cap today of over 7 Billion USD. If the market is prepared to give LinkedIn that sort of valuation for what is essentially data that should be in your HRMS, then it tells me that your people data is a lot more valuable than you probably [...]
Category: HCM HR Social Software software industry Tags: HRMS, linkedin
by Thomas Otter | February 15, 2011 | 3 Comments
Atlassian is an Australian software vendor, active in the social software and developer tools space. I’ll leave the product evaluations to folks like Nikos Drakos, Tom Austin and Jeff Mann but I would like to call them out for something else. I have been watching the company from afar for a number of years. I’ve [...]
Category: HCM HR Social Software Tags: Dan Pink, employee brand., HR, recruiting, Social Software
by Thomas Otter | October 7, 2010 | Comments Off
I’ve just read Stephen’s note on the iPad in the enterprise. (Gartner subscription required) here is the summary. CEO Advisory: Seize the iPad Opportunity Now The Apple iPad and associated ecosystem are likely to disrupt existing technology usage profiles and business models. CEOs should take a moment to ensure that the potential opportunity is [...]
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Category: HCM HR UI software design Tags: analytics, BI, HCM, iPad
by Thomas Otter | October 4, 2010 | Comments Off
In between calls today, I followed the Ryder Cup, and I’m pleased to note that Europe managed to win it. It was rather close. And damp. Well done to Colin’s merry men. For two days, once every two years, the cry of “Yurop” rings out. The blue flag with the circle of stars is waved [...]
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Category: ERP HCM HR Law meme politics software design Tags: HRTech; HRtechconf; payroll
by Thomas Otter | August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
When it comes to HR technology, I tend to think of it largely as a horizontal play. Yes, there are some exceptions, like hospital or retail shift management, but most of the time HR seems like it is just HR. To borrow from Depeche Mode, People are People. Vendors who do well in one industry [...]
Category: HCM HR software industry Tags: HR tech, norway, shipping, vertical
by Thomas Otter | July 7, 2010 | 6 Comments
I read many HR blogs, and one of my favourites is the Evil HR lady. She blogs a much of her HR stuff on the BNET site. I have been speaking to a lot of HR audiences lately, and sometimes they get a little uncomfortable when I bring up the analytics topic. Most HR departments [...]
Category: Applications HR measurement software design Tags: analytics, HR
by Thomas Otter | June 21, 2010 | 3 Comments
Several vendors have sent me links to World Cup related versions of their analytics tools. Some of them are really clever. I can drill down into skills, real time results and so on. Neat stuff, mashing up data sources from all over the place, with compelling charts and stats, and good social sharing features. Easy [...]
Category: HR UI south africa Tags: analytics, World Cup
by Thomas Otter | May 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
I’m looking forward to this event. Most of the events I go to are single vendor events, but this one is different. It is the event that brings most of the HR technology community together. Bill runs an excellent show. I’ll get to see Jason, Steve , Phil and Naomi, and I’ll be on a [...]
Category: HCM HR software design software industry Tags: HR, HRTech, Kutik
by Thomas Otter | March 18, 2010 | 8 Comments
A friend of mine is a GRC expert. He configures and advises on Governance, Risk and Compliance software. He is also really up on cameras and the latest technology gadgets. His XING profile pinged me today, asking me to validate his skills. The app is in beta, and it is still quite basic, but I [...]
Category: HR Social Software UI Tags: HCM, Social Software, XING
by Thomas Otter | December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
Thinking of strikes, it is easy to imagine coal miners, railway workers and automobile assemblers with shop stewards quoting Trotsky, Gramsci and Marcuse, and brandishing a well worn copy of the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. This is a naive and foolish stereotype. As this example from Yahoo! shows, industrial action is alive and well in the [...]
