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New Kenexa Report<\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Here is a brief excerpt from the Product Direction section of the report:<\/p>\n “Kenexa is spending approximately $35 million in R&D this year.\u00a0 <\/span>While significant enhancements are being made to existing Kenexa products such as BrassRing, CareerTracker and Assessments, the big story is Kenexa’s development of its next-generation platform currently called Kenexa 2X.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n The 2X platform works with an all-new common services architecture.\u00a0 <\/span>The common services layer will include a significant number of technologies that can be used across an array of talent management applications.\u00a0 <\/span>These would include capabilities such as charting, background checks, surveying, etc. The 2X platform sits between the applications in the common services layer.\u00a0 <\/span>The 2X platform provides a more detailed set of critical services that are shared and tightly integrated with all applications.\u00a0 <\/span>Examples of this shared functionality and include workflow, competencies, organization structure, etc.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n By the end of 2008, Kenexa Recruiter BrassRing functionality will be built anew with the common services architecture.\u00a0 <\/span>Likewise, Kenexa CareerTracker will also be in beta.\u00a0 <\/span>The new products have been substantially developed already and we have seen working versions of same. The new products are not complete though.”<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n