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Workday has tapped Carl Eschenbach, Sequoia Capital and VMware veteran, to work with co-CEO Aneel Bhusri for a year before taking on the chief executive role alone. → Read More
HR platform vendor Ceridian unveiled its internal marketplace -- but unlike other vendors, its platform integrates contractors and staffing agencies, along with employees. → Read More
Employees affected by an Oracle layoff turned to LinkedIn Monday to post the news. Several called it 'widespread,' but it seemed limited to certain business units. → Read More
UKG has appointed its former president, Chris Todd, as its new CEO. Todd replaces Aron Ain, who became UKG's CEO after the merger of Kronos and Ultimate Software. → Read More
Oracle has released an employee experience platform that uses some customer experience techniques. → Read More
Codecademy, a software development learning platform with 40 million users worldwide, is being acquired by Skillsoft, a learning platform focused on the corporate market. → Read More
Workday adds extended workforce management capability to its HCM platform with its acquisition of Vndly. Increasing use of contingent labor and competition motivated the buy. → Read More
Workday invested in Zimit, and later integrated its configure, price and quote software. Now, it's acquiring the company as part of its plan to build enterprise services. → Read More
The four-day workweek has been around for decades without much uptake, but the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on the workplace has revived interest in it. → Read More
NASA is implementing a graph database to serve as the foundation of its people analytics. It will give managers and employees insights into skills and training needs. → Read More
The CEO of the firm that publishes the Washingtonian wrote an essay critical of remote work and the hybrid workplace. Her employees organized a work stoppage. → Read More
Oracle Cloud HCM is now using low-code/no-code development processes to simplify development for HR employees. → Read More
Epicor Software Corp. has been sold to a private equity firm, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (CD&R). The Epicor sale may drive new investments in the firm's ERP systems. CD&R may also seek to utilize Epicor's ERP systems in its portfolio of manufacturing, retail and services firms. → Read More
Newly merged Kronos-Ultimate Software will be called UKG or the Ultimate Kronos Group. While the merger brings advantages, analysts say the firms have much work ahead. → Read More
Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. is taking next steps in its acquisition of Saba Software. Saba CEO, Phil Saunders, will lead the combined company. It's counting on innovation to win new customers -- and keep old ones. → Read More
The new coronavirus may deliver a shakeup to the HR tech market. HR vendors that are still in early stages of building revenue may be vulnerable as customers reconsider buying plans. Other HR vendors may look for bargains and firms with attractive intellectual property. → Read More
Kronos Inc. and Ultimate Software are merging and to create a $3 billion, 12,000 employee firms. But the Kronos-Ultimate Software combination raises many questions, beginning with the name of the new firm. → Read More
Koch Industries, a large privately held multinational, is acquiring ERP vendor Infor. The Infor-Koch agreement ends Infor's plans to seek an IPO and analysts say that's a plus for customers. The IPO was creating uncertainty about Infor's investments. Koch is expected to invest heavily in Infor. → Read More
Epicor recently upgraded its ERP platform that takes advantage of Microsoft Azure advance capabilities. On-premises ERP users are treated equally with cloud users, but on-premises ERP users need to stay relatively current to get the upgrades. → Read More
The head of Job.com has set a target of 2021 to address the problem of gender bias in AI. Analysts agree that AI bias is an unsolved problem but question whether Job.com's goal is achievable. → Read More