Clik here to view.
Event Report - Ultimate Software UltiConnect - People first and an exciting...
Ultimate Software is having their 25 year anniversary this year and having their user conference in Las Vegas at the Bellagio Hotel and Resort (again). The conference is well attended, with a record...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2014 HCM Highlights - Month by Month
End of the year is a good time to review on what happened through the last 12 months – so I took a look at what made me blog about vendor events. Of course there are many other ways to look at this,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Event Report - Oracle HCM World - Full Steam ahead, a Learning surprise and...
We had the opportunity to attend the 2nd edition of Oracle’s HCMWorld conference in Washington last week. The event was well attended, the audience had more senior HR leaders than the audience we say...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RIP Klaus Tschira - HCM Giant and great person
The other week we learnt that Klaus Tschira has left us way too early, a sad event certainly, but also the chance to remember what a great person Klaus was and what massive contribution he has provided...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Workday 24 - ‘True’ Analytics, a Vertical and more - now needs customer proof...
Workday this morning unveiled Workday 24 as part of their twice a year release cycle. All customers are live and the vendor is (rightfully) proud that the overall application of the release took little...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Event Report - AWS pushes the platform with Analytics and Storage [From the...
AWS is holding their kickoff to the by now traditional worldwide AWS Summit conference tour. And as in the last years Amazon kicked the event series off in San Francisco. Given that the April timing is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
News Analysis - Workday supports UK Payroll - now speaks (British English)...
Payroll and related services are somewhere beyond 80 to 90% of HCM enterprise spend, and making sure that an enterprise is compliant with legal and statutory updates, and can pay its employees...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Event Report - Equifax EFX Forum - Compliance Insights in the cross hairs -...
We had the opportunity to attend Equifax Workforce Solutions yearly client forum in New Orleans this week. The event was well attended, similar to last year’s event in Scottsdale (see my event report...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Progress Report - WorkForce Software powers on into more Workforce Management...
We were invited to the WorkForce Software user conference Vision2015, happening in at a non Vegas like location at Lake Las Vegas. The conference was well attended with over 200 attendees and 20+...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Market Move - Salesforce (re) enters HCM - will it rypple the market this time?
Salesforce.com has stuck to CRM as core automation area for so long, that even analysts got nervous about how much runway the vendor can get from CRM (and yes platform and PaaS), too. Salesforce execs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First Take - Apple wants to change the Future of Work. Partners with cloud...
The way how, when, and what we work is a key research area for us at Constellation Research, that we call ‘Future of Work’ (FoW). As such we track the events in the industry that may affect the FoW –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don't miss - Digital Disruption Tour 2015
As a small ‘boutique’ analyst firm, we can’t chase and cover every business trend and every technology space. So at Constellation Research we choose to look at key business trends that are relevant for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First Hand with Microsoft Hololens
On the prelude of Microsoft’s yearly Build conference we had the chance to a firsthand experience with Microsoft’s Hololens. In one of the best choreographed and marshalled events I have seen in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Progress Report - Oracle Cloud makes progress - but key work remains in the...
We were invited to attend the Oracle Cloud Summit held recently at the beautiful Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay. A year ago the analyst summit was in Indian Wells, and what was a ‘cozy’ event back then...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In depth - SAP S/4HANA Qualities by Plattner - play by play
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to attend SAP’s S/4HANA launch in New York. It is always a privilege to be part of a new product launch and see how much thought, time and energy vendors put...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Event Report - Microsoft Build - Microsoft really wants to make developers'...
We had the opportunity to attend Microsoft’s Build conference in San Francisco. The conference is targeted at developers and development managers using Microsoft tools and technology stack. As...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First Take - SapphireNow - Bill McDermott Day #1 Keynote
This morning SAP CEO Bill McDermott kicked off Sapphire in Orlando. Here are my Top 3 takeaways:HANA remains front and center– It was very clear from the selection of customer stories (Under Armour,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First Take - NetSuite SuiteWorld - Zach Nelson Day #1 Keynote
We have the opportunity to attend NetSuite SuiteWorld conference in San Jose today. The conference is well attended with over 7000 attendees – up from 5000 a year ago – a great testament of NetSuite’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Analysis - SAP, IBM Join Forces to Transform Talent Management with...
It is spring and the partnership announcements are blossoming… In April it was NetSuite and Ultimate (read here) and in May it is IBM and SAP partnering in the HCM market. So let’s look at the press...
View ArticleClik here to view.
News Analyis - NetSuite announced Cloud Alliance with Microsoft
At NetSuite’s user conference SuiteWorld in San Jose, CEO Zach Nelson announced a partnership with Microsoft. Satya Nadella was at hand (via pre-recorded video, I guess he is busy in Chicago at...
View Article