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, […]
OpenAir Web Seminar
Point of View Selling in Professional Services On June 11 (1 pm EST), Brian Sommer from Vital Analysis will be leading a discussion on Selling Professional Services via a Point of View style. The web-based seminar is being hosted by PSA (professional services automation) vendor OpenAir. Registration information and call-in details will be found soon […]
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 […]
Oracle SMB Coverage
Oracle’s Accelerate Strategy There’s been a flurry of press releases and announcements re: Oracle and their re-doubled partner program in the SMB (small-medium business) space. We recently spoke with Jeff Abbott, Vice President Global Accelerate Strategy of Oracle, about the program and its new momentum. Here’s a quote from the Prognosis section of the […]
Futurestep Coverage
Futurestep – A Global Provider of RPO and More We meet with executives of Futurestep, a Korn Ferry International firm, at the recent HR Week show in New York City. We received a fairly complete briefing and developed a research note on the firm and its offerings. Here is an excerpt from the Prognosis section […]
Varicent Coverage
Sales Performance Management Vendor: Varicent We spent time at the HR Week conference with an executive of Varicent and received a brief product demonstration of their Sales Performance Management solution. We developed a summary report on their offerings and the company. An excerpt from the Prognosis section of the paper states: “We believe Varicent’s focus on […]
Emportal – New Sales
Emportal Gaining Momentum We were already preparing this report based on the HR Week show in NYC recently: Emportal Update Report. The key theme of this update was that Emportal had acquired a number of new clients. Now, Emportal has released details on their new market success (see: https://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=848867) . The gist of this […]