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Jun 08, 2017, by Gary Bragar
randrr is a free career opportunities platform focused on providing individuals with insights to take control of their career development by helping them to identify and align with the opportunities they are best suited for. randrr’s goal is to be the only resource that people need to manage their career objectives. Here I take a closer look at the randrr platform.
Why the n[...]
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Jun 01, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
Over the last few years, Ceridian has been focused on re-establishing itself as a cloud technology and service provider with its Dayforce HCM platform. Here, I look at the progress the company has made, including a review of current and future Dayforce developments and client successes.
Current Dayforce developments
In all its deals, Dayforce is always the global employee recor[...]
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Jun 01, 2017, by Nikki Edwards
There is so much hype around RPA and AI technology that RPO, MSP, and Total Talent vendors could get carried away in the race to launch the latest RPA or AI technology feature at the expense of delivering excellent customer service.
Cielo has a more grounded approach to technology, suggesting that “Technology is only as valuable as the human experience it improves” and is [...]
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Jun 01, 2017, by Dominique Raviart
Atos recently briefed NelsonHall on M-Frame, IP the company has recently launched focusing on model-based testing (MBT) and integrating it with test data creation, performance, and security testing. M-Frame looks to remove several inhibitors that exist around MBT: complexity of the different MBT software tools, and lack of a business case for building and maintaining the UML diagrams used for MBT [...]
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May 30, 2017, by Rachael Stormonth
In this video,Rachael Stormonth, NelsonHall’s EVP Research, reports from the Infosys Confluence 2017 event in SanFrancisco.
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May 30, 2017, by Ivan Kotzev
NelsonHall recently attended the HGS Analyst and Advisory Summit in NYC. The event combined client perspectives with an update on the company’s healthcare business, a review of the latest offerings within its DigiCX suite of digital services, and discussion of the changing nature of customer experience (CX).
Optimizing the healthcare payer member experience
In 2015, HGS acquired a [...]
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May 27, 2017, by Rachael Stormonth
NelsonHall recently attended the Infosys Confluence customer event. Last year the theme was covered in the interlinked motifs of Automation, Innovation, and Education (see here). This year, the theme evolved to ‘Unlimit’, which on the surface is more outward facing. We were not looking so much for an update on developments at Infosys over the last year (we cover thes[...]
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May 27, 2017, by Dominique Raviart
CGI recently briefed NelsonHall on its capabilities for the manufacturing sector and how it is addressing opportunities around digital manufacturing/Industry 4.0.
CGI’s service portfolio for digital manufacturing addresses the manufacturing sector also other industries with similar needs around supply chain and distribution operations, including retail/distribution, and life[...]
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May 25, 2017, by Elizabeth Rennie
Earlier this year I published a blog detailing Excelity Global’s rapid start to 2017, highlighting their multiple strategic partnerships, client wins, technology investments, and continued expansion and growth in the APAC payroll services market. Recently, I met members of Excelity’s executive team to discuss this month’s formal launch of the ezpayroll technology offering and[...]
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May 23, 2017, by Ivan Kotzev
Last week, NelsonHall attended the Sitel Summit in Miami. Titled ‘Expanding the Digital CX Frontier’, the event was an opportunity for Sitel to update the analyst community on their new structure, introduce new senior executives, show its new global HQ, and share first-hand experiences of successful CX digital journeys.
From contact center company to a group of global[...]
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May 19, 2017, by Dominique Raviart
There continues to be momentum in software testing, with many IT services vendors investing in automating different steps in the software development lifecycle (SDLC), notably through the creation of testing platforms. Platforms, involving the integration of open source software, COTS, and proprietary accelerators, are redefining the testing industry. Gradually, vendors are expanding[...]
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May 18, 2017, by Rachael Stormonth
Genpact has had a traditional presence in offshore-based adjudication support services for the property & casualty sector but is now, supported by its acquisition of BrightClaim, aiming to reposition as a disruptive provider of claims managed services.
The acquisition of BrightClaim provides Genpact with deep onshore domain and loss adjusting capability, which Genpact is looki[...]
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May 18, 2017, by Gary Bragar
Last week, Randstad Sourceright (RSR) held its annual client forum. Amongst the many topics discussed was Randstad’s and RSR’s commitment to invest in and transform its clients’ recruitment technologies, with a focus on innovation. Here I look at some of their initiatives in play.
Reviewing new recruitment technology
Per NelsonHall research, access to improved[...]
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May 17, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
In this video, NelsonHall’s David McIntire reports from day one of the 2017 SAP Sapphire Now user conference with his thoughts on how SAP is expanding its core business footprint.
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May 16, 2017, by Mike Smart
Last Friday morning, the largest ransomware cyber attack infected an unprecedented number of machines across organizations worldwide. The ransomware named WannaCry demanded $300 in Bitcoins to be paid in three days, otherwise the ransom would double. If no payment was made after seven days, data would be deleted forever.
WannaCry ransom message
Each time this ran[...]
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May 12, 2017, by Andy Efstathiou
This is the second in a series of blogs on current activities, use cases, POCs, and pilots with Blockchain in the financial services industry. In this one, I look at some of what Wipro is doing to support banks and financial services companies in deploying Blockchain solutions.
Blockchain technology & services
Wipro has been active for the past three years in offering Blockchain cons[...]
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May 08, 2017, by Andy Efstathiou
This is the first in an occasional series of blog articles over the next year on Blockchain initiatives related to the financial services industry. Blockchain is an emerging technology for which there are no current operational deployments, with initiatives still primarily at the consulting and design stage. Pilots have been deployed, but are relatively rare despite the rapid growth in experim[...]
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May 03, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
Equifax Workforce Solutions’ 2017 client forum was themed “Expanding Horizons”, and here I take a quick look at three areas in which Equifax is expanding its HR solutions.
Expanding Verifications Business
Equifax’s verification services business is expanding beyond the U.S., launching first in Canada, followed by the U.K., and then Australia. Curre[...]
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Apr 28, 2017, by Nikki Edwards
After attending a HR technology event, I always come back on a high having spent one or two days talking with positive people who are passionate about what they do in the HR tech space. HR tech continues to develop apace, and has become very user-friendly.
Having spent most of my career in HR, I sometimes wonder whether the HR end-users in attendance are there to take a serio[...]
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Apr 28, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
NelsonHall recently completed an analysis of the digital transformation capabilities and offerings of selected IT services vendors. While all vendors are investing in offerings under the ‘digital transformation’ umbrella, their investments range from industry-focused offerings using proprietary IP, to packaged solutions, to digital strategy consulting.
One area of focu[...]