Technology

Coverage of developments in artificial intelligence, products that address issues from diversity to effective performance management, and developments impacting HCM system implementation and support. Also news and information on the growing market for HR technology solutions that address the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.

Technology executives say the coronavirus has had a “devastating” impact on the business-technology supply chain, leaving large employers without thousands of new computers and examining how and when they’ll carry through on plans to distribute new tools and applications to their workforce. The comments were made in an interview held just before the federal...
Ethics will move to the center of HR technology discussion during 2020, with “the first conversations” beginning around the idea that “every HR department needs an ethics organization,” said John Sumser, principal analyst at HRExaminer. “Every HR department needs an ethics organization because we’re going to be installing tools in our companies without...
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Oracle rolled out a new data science platform for Oracle Cloud, with a service called Infrastructure Data Science at its core. The system is meant to help data scientists collaborate on and deploy machine learning models. Oracle said Infrastructure Data Science is different from other offerings because it focuses on teams rather...
Transcript Mark Feffer: Welcome to People Tech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. This edition is brought to you by Ultimate Software, a leading innovator in HR technology. Ultimate's dedicated to putting people first with cloud-based solutions designed to engage, motivate, and empower your workforce. Learn more at www.ultimatesoftware.com. Ultimate Software,...
Hireology, a Chicago-based recruiting platform for dispersed businesses, announced an integration with auto dealership technology firm Dealerltrack. Separately, the company said it will release a new mobile app this summer. Hireology said the app is one of several platform enhancements it plans to offer automobile retailers this year. Intended...
Paycom released Manager on-the-Go, a tool within its mobile app that provides managers with around-the-clock ability to perform tasks such as approving time-off requests or expense reimbursements. Acknowledging that “work doesn’t stop coming in when leaders are away from their desks,” Paycom founder and CEO Chad Richison said Manager on-the-Go...
Cornerstone OnDemand, SAP, SumTotal Systems and Ultimate Software are among the 15 HCM and educational technology vendors who’ve become founding members of a nonprofit focused on the research and development of blockchain solutions and promoting their adoption. The nonprofit, called the Velocity Network Foundation, seeks to create a global, open-source blockchain-powered “Internet of...
Workday co-founder and CEO Aneel Bhusri reiterated his company’s commitment to blockchain, describing it to CNBC as “a technology looking for a problem to solve,” then adding, “we found one to solve, which is credentials.” Speaking from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Bhusri said a blockchain system would prevent...
On January 1st, the highly contentious overtime rule will take effect after years of negotiation. The new rules will impact an estimated 1.3 million workers and, of course, their employers. We spoke with Ian Cook, Visier’s vice president of people solutions, about the new rule’s implications and how analytics can help employers address...