HR Tech Conference 2014 - Holger Mueller's Takeaways

October 16, 2014

I attended this year's HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas - and as usual the show was massive. Tons of vendors, too many announcements to keep the overview, etc. and a lot of briefings - so instead of typing it all up, I tried to sum it all up in a video / webcast.
 
 
The vendors  I cover in the video are (in alphabetical order):
 
  • Achievers,
  • ADP (Progress Report - here)
  • Cloudpay
  • Equifax (Equifax Workforce Solutions Event Report - here)
  • FinancialForce 
  • Findly
  • FurstPerson
  • Halogen
  • HireVue (HireVue Digital Disruption First Take - here)
  • Hireology
  • IBM (Connections First Take - here)
  • Infor (Infor Inforum Event Report - here)
  • Jabra
  • Jobvite
  • Kronos (KronosWorld (2013) Event Report - here)
  • Lumesse
  • Mercer
  • NGA HR (Analyst Summit Progress Report - here)
  • onesource VIRTUAL
  • Paychex
  • Qualtrics
  • Sentric
  • Skillsoft (the acquisition of SumTotal Market Move blog post is here)
  • Smashfly
  • Randstad Sourceright
  • Technomedia
  • Towers Watson
  • Haufe Umantis
  • Visier
And then I mention my recent blog posts of the major, major players (again in alphabetical order)
  • Oracle (HCM Analyst Summit Progress Report - here)
  • SAP (SuccessConnect Event Report - here)
  • Worday (Tech Summit Progress Report - here)
Hope you enjoyed that video, I shared my quick takeaways, now it's your turn to share yours, please comment.
 
And should you care - my HR Tech Conference of 2013 can be found here. 
2012, 2013 & 2014 (C) Holger Mueller - All Rights Reserved

 

Holger Mueller
Vice President and Principal Analyst Constellation Research
Holger Mueller is VP and Principal Analyst for Constellation Research for the fundamental enablers of the&nbsp;cloud, IaaS, PaaS and next generation Applications, with forays up the tech stack into BigData and Analytics, HR Tech, and sometimes SaaS. Holger provides strategy and counsel to key clients, including Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Product Officers, Chief HR Officers, investment analysts, venture capitalists, sell-side firms, and technology buyers.<br>&nbsp; Coverage Areas: Future of Work Tech Optimization &amp; Innovation<br>&nbsp; Background: Before joining Constellation Research, Mueller was VP of Products for NorthgateArinso, a KKR company. There, he led the transformation of products to the cloud and laid the foundation for new Business… Read more
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October 16, 2014
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