HR Vendor: Avilar

Avilar: Will New Leadership Translate Into Market Leadership? We recently spoke with the leadership of Avilar, a learning and talent management solutions firm. That briefing resulted in this 6 page research note.  Here is an excerpt from the Overview section of the report: “We recently received a short briefing from Avilar’s new CEO, Tom Grobicki. […]

PSA Coverage: CA Clarity PPM

CA Clarity PPM: Insight into Services Initiatives For our second report in the PSA (Professional Services Automation) and PPM (Project Portfolio Management) space, we examined CA Clarity PPM. This product has its roots in the Niku solution that CA bought several years ago. Our assessment of the product line remains bullish as the product possesses considerable functional […]

PSA Coverage: OpenAir

New OpenAir Report We recently completed the first in a number of PSA (Professional Services Automation) and PPM (Project Portfolio Management) reports that will be produced this summer and fall. We have started with OpenAir, a firm we have watched for some time. OpenAir has consistently received good word-of-mouth recommendations from users and was recently acquired by […]

Workscape

New Workscape Report We recently caught up with senior Workscape executives at the recent HR Week event in New York City. We created a short update note on the firm and are making it available to interested persons. Simply complete our online request form or email us at .

Coda 2go – A Force to Reckon With

New Research Report – Coda’s New Force.com Based Product Line We recently prepared a research report on the Coda 2go product line. Coda 2go is an all-new product line built off the software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, Force.com. Force.com is the salesforce.com development platform being featured to much fanfare by salesforce.com in events worldwide. We liked the […]

SAP Business ByDesign

Big, Report, Big Investment, Big Product Suite Enterprise Irregular Dennis Howlett  and Vital Analysis founder Brian Sommer have teamed up to write a single, definitive report on SAP’s Business ByDesign product suite.  While both of them have blogged and/or developed short research reports on this product suite, both parties believed that something this big and expansive […]

Salary.com Report Available

  Data on Compensation Data We are pleased to announce the availability of a new research report on Salary.com . Salary.com is a well-established provider of compensation data and consulting services. The following is an excerpt from the Prognosis section of the report: “Salary.com has been quietly but successfully building its business.  In nine years, […]

Jobfox report now available

Acquiring Passive Talent? Read This Report We recently spent time with the folks at Jobfox. This firm has a slick new product designed for persons already employed but possibly interested in a new career oppportunity. This approach makes the software quite different from traditional job boards. You can get a copy of this report from […]

CODA’s NEON Product Line

NEON – Coda’s New Product Line Neon, briefly, builds on strong core financial modules CODA’s had for decades. It incorporates a new user interface and very tight integration with Microsoft Office products (e.g., Outlook, Infopath, SharePoint, Excel, etc.). We’ve documented the Neon solution in an analyst report and it can be requested, free of charge […]

Kenexa – Playing in the Big Leagues

New Kenexa Report We recently attended an analyst day at Kenexa’s headquarters outside of Philadelphia. We were briefed on a number of product and company announcements and have included much of this in a detailed report. Here is a brief excerpt from the Product Direction section of the report: “Kenexa is spending approximately $35 million […]