Reveille and Hyperbole: Kenexa, a leading provider of talent acquisition and
retention solutions, announced the delivery of release 9 of its Kenexa Recruiter BrassRing
applicant tracking system (ATS.) Delivered via software-as-a-service (SaaS), Kenexa Recruiter
BrassRing is ideal for large multi-national organizations with more than 10,000 employees with
strong global requirements, such as multiple languages and localized functionality.
Cartesis, the world's leading specialist in finance and
performance management software, together with Perception
Partners, announced the findings of a new report on eXtensible Business Reporting Language
(XBRL), titled "New Format and Technology Drives Enhanced Business Reporting." The report
concludes that beyond expected investor benefits, XBRL provides strategic internal and external
advantages to early adopters who integrate third party data with performance management applications.
The entire "New Format and New Technology Drives Enhanced Business Reporting" report can be
accessed at www.cartesis.com/ebr.
Tidal Software, a leading provider of application scheduling and performance management software, announced Goss International, the leading provider of web offset printing solutions, has implemented Tidal Horizon™ for SAP Solutions to simplify analysis and management of SAP® R/3. In a move to expand its product line, Goss acquired Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG's web offset printing business, enabling Goss to provide a complete print solution for all aspects of Web Offset production. As part of the integration, Goss is implementing an IT strategy for leveraging and implementing best practices across all its operations, standardizing on SAP solutions. To optimize this process, Goss has adopted Tidal Horizon for automated performance analysis of their SAP landscape.
Technology Fast 500
The North American Technology Fast 500, founded in 1995, is a program of Deloitte's Technology,
Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Group. The Technology Fast 500 recognizes the 500
fastest-growing technology, media and entertainment, telecommunications and life sciences
companies in the United States and Canada. Winners, selected from nominations and extensive
research, are announced each fall. The Fast 500 Rising Star program recognizes younger companies
on track to make the Fast 500 list. Also visit the Global Technology Fast 500 site.
Quick review of Industry Players on the list:
You Should Know:
India: New features added by Web2 Corporation has quickly transformed a powerful India specific search
engine, ByIndia.com, into a one-stop web destination for visitors
throughout India creating what can be labeled one of the Internet's first Super Center Websites.
Using today's most popular Web 2.0 technologies similar to those found in Craigslist.com,
YouTube.com, MySpace.com, eBay.com, Blogger.com and others, Web2 Corp's integration of these
features into ByIndia is paying off and creating a growth trend ahead of its projected timeline
to one day soon rival Baidu.com, the China specific search engine.
(Web2 Corp)
UK: Brainvisa and Learning Sphere have formed a strategic alliance to offer product, solutions and services around RapideL – an authoring workflow solution.
Brainvisa, a global learning solutions provider based out of India, US, UK and Australia recently signed a partnership agreement with Learning Sphere, a UK-based company to offer RapideL to Corporates in the United Kingdom. RapideL- the rapid eLearning authoring tool, which makes quality content authoring up to 50% faster, will now be offered along with its suite of services by Learning Sphere.
"Brainvisa's RapideL will allow quick development of company specific courses for new product launches, systems rollouts and induction courses amongst others" said Simon Royce, Managing Director of Learningsphere. "It breaks the mould of rapid elearning authoring tools by automatically generating interactive flash content via Microsoft Word templates, and this combined with a robust review mechanism and a customisable interface ranks it as the most efficient elearning development tool of it's generation". "We are looking forward to working with Brainvisa to bring the development of engaging elearning to a new and expanded audience"
(NewsWire)
Deep Release:
Consultants Suggest
Business New Year's Resolutions (Or Not)
The Society for Advancement of Consulting (SAC) has surveyed its international members to develop its annual suggestions for New Year's Resolutions for businesses.
Member Gayle Lantz suggests In the New Year, companies will want to sharpen their strategic focus, build leadership bench strength, and increase accountability at all levels. With consulting and coaching support, these companies will be translating lofty resolutions into concrete goals and action plans to achieve best results. Gayle Lantz is president of WorkMatters, an organizational development consulting firm based in Birmingham, Alabama.
"Many of my leadership coaching and succession management clients are in the habit of making New Year's Resolutions for their business with the best of intentions," according to Dr. Maynard Brusman, Consulting Psychologist & Executive Coach and President of Working Resources, a talent management and leadership consulting firm located in San Francisco, CA specializing in working with law firms and attorneys.
"I don't make New Year's recommendations for my own business and don't recommend them for clients. The problem is that people get wide-eyed, overwhelmed with too much on their list, and feel guilty when things fall through the proverbial cracks. I'm going to recommend to my clients that they relax, reflect and renew their energy for a great 2007 business year. Look back to the future and appreciate your successes. What one strength contributed the most to their success and happiness and leverage that capability. Billiards might be the apt metaphor. Hit one ball right and everything else falls into alignment. Focus on this strategy throughout the year and resolve to enjoy your New Years guilt and resolution free."
The New Year's resolution that I'm hearing the most from my clients, reports Erin Ferree, Principal of elf design, inc., in Belmont, CA, is that they want to get their marketing pieces sent out consistently, on time and with less stress in 2007. Whether they're doing a monthly newsletter or a postcard, I'm advising them to plan their pieces well in advance, to work in batches (setting up four newsletters at once, for example), and to take advantages of advance scheduling and printers' mailing services to make things as easy as possible.
Roberta Chinsky Matuson, President of Human Resource Solutions in Northampton, MA says that the new year is a great time for a fresh start. If you've been retaining employees who have not been performing, it's time to take action. Decide whether or not they are worth keeping. If you believe they are worth retaining, work with them to improve in those areas where they are weak. If you've already tried this and nothing has changed, then it's time to cut the cord.
Alan Weiss, Ph.D. and CEO of SAC, summarizes by saying that one resolution kept is worth more than a thousand that are ignored. If you have to do just one thing right, find out what your customers really need and produce it ahead of and beyond their expectations. "Make your resolution who provide not what the customer says is wanted, but what the customer really needs. That is your true value."
SAC is an international association of consulting professionals who subscribe to an industry code of ethics and have provided evidence of significant consulting results among their clients. For more information, please go to http://www.consultingsociety.com, write to info@summitconsulting.com, or call 800/825-6153 (401/886-4097).
Strategic E-HR Conference
Using Technology for Comprehensive Talent & Performance Management
February 28 – March 1, 2007
Coronado Island Marriott
San Diego, CA
$2,195
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