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IBM Buys Kenexa — A Dramatization

IBM Buys Kenexa — A Dramatization

By Naomi Bloom on August 27, 2012

I’ve been experimenting with GoAnimate, trying to make quick videos on a range of personal and professional topics.  Here’s one I just did on the latest deal in HR technology: IBM buys Kenexa  http://goanimate.com/videos/0MW0S_pmXbek?utm_source=linkshare.  For a more complete treatment, you may want to join the discussion over at LinkedIn (free registration required).  I’ll look forward […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Debunking/Calling Out, enterprise software, GoAnimate, ibm, Kenexa, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes, Social Technology, talent management

Naomi’s Top Ten List — Coping With Vendor Consolidation

Naomi’s Top Ten List — Coping With Vendor Consolidation

By Naomi Bloom on June 11, 2012

Don't Let This Happen To You!

Last week I delivered a keynote for HR Technology Week  which I hope many of you attended and/or for which you have access to the replay.  I thought that the top ten preparedness list I created for this session, with many thanks to Ed Frauenheim for suggesting it, might make a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged best practices, Debunking/Calling Out, HRM Software, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes, Ruminations | 1 Response

Potential HRM Enterprise Software Landscape Disruptions — Introduction And Kronos

Potential HRM Enterprise Software Landscape Disruptions — Introduction And Kronos

By Naomi Bloom on May 7, 2012

It’s Not The Ripples From A Single Pebble But Their Interactions With Others That’s My Mental Image of Market Disruption Introduction The idea for this series comes from the work I did to update my competitive landscape talking points before several recent client meetings.  After updating the vendor by vendor notes which are at the core […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged disruptive technologies, enterprise software, HRM Software, HRMS Disruptions, Looking Back/Looking Forward, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes, Preferred Architectural Behaviors, Ruminations | 1 Response

A Tale Of Two Perspectives — Customers Of And Investors In HR Technology

A Tale Of Two Perspectives — Customers Of And Investors In HR Technology

By Naomi Bloom on March 22, 2012

Cover of serial Vol. V, 1859 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged HRM/IT Intersection, linkedin, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes, Rypple, sap, SuccessFactor, Taleo

Reprise — HRM #EnSW Vendor Consolidation Fairy Tales

Reprise — HRM #EnSW Vendor Consolidation Fairy Tales

By Naomi Bloom on February 13, 2012

Fairy Tales Can Come True, It Can Happen To You…  2-12-2012 I just couldn’t help myself on this one.  After another week of non-stop M&A fall-out from Oracle/Taleo, I was reminded of the post below, written just over a year ago, and thought it was not only worth a reread but also an update.  Some of […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Debunking/Calling Out, enterprise software, Fairy Tales, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes

Lars From Mars, The Wookey, Carmen Miranda And Me

Lars From Mars, The Wookey, Carmen Miranda And Me

By Naomi Bloom on December 19, 2011

Island Of Lost Souls — 1932 When Ron and I moved near DC in 1977, there was a late night TV program, called “Creature Features,”  that we loved.  It was hosted by Dick Dyszel  who, for reasons lost in the mists of marital life, I nicknamed Lars from Mars.  Dick played rarely shown early SciFi films, many […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Holiday Thoughts, HR Tech, HRM/IT Intersection, Lars Dalgaard, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes, Rypple, salesforce.com, sap, SuccessFactors, Wookey

What Just Happened To The Talent Management Technology Spend?

What Just Happened To The Talent Management Technology Spend?

By Naomi Bloom on December 8, 2011

What Happened To The Rest Of My Pie? I’m still working on my magnum opus (perhaps never to be finished?) post on the SAP/SFSF/Jobs2Web/all things consolidation in the HRM enterprise software market, but one question keeps pushing its way to the surface, demanding a quick post.  It’s a much broader question: what just happened to the […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged enterprise software, HRM Software, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes, Market Segmentation, oracle, sap, SAPSFSF, SuccesFactors, talent management, workday

M&A Observations: Oracle, Infor And… SumTotal?

M&A Observations: Oracle, Infor And… SumTotal?

By Naomi Bloom on October 1, 2011

When SumTotal announced in April a not unexpected acquisition of Accero (really more of an aggregation because both firms were already owned by Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm with a now substantial stake in HRM #EnSW) along with the acquisition of CyberShift, I was not surprised.  One could speculate at length, and others have done so, about the […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Debunking/Calling Out, HRM Software, Licensed/On-Premise Software, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes, SaaS, SumTotal

Lawson Software — A Very Sad Ending

Lawson Software — A Very Sad Ending

By Naomi Bloom on April 8, 2011

Lars Lawson — The Symbol Of All Things Lawson I first wrote about the HRM enterprise software “Snowdons of Yesteryear” (with apologies to Joseph Heller for this misuse of his famous phrase, “where are the Snowdons of yesteryear” in Catch-22) in the earliest days of this blog (so 11/2009).  In that original post, I reflected […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged enterprise software, ibm, Infor, Lawson, Looking Back/Looking Forward, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes, PeopleSoft, SaaS, talent management | 5 Responses

HRM #EnSW Vendor Consolidation Fairy Tales

HRM #EnSW Vendor Consolidation Fairy Tales

By Naomi Bloom on January 7, 2011

“Fairy Tales May Come True, It Could Happen To You” There was a ton of consolidation in the HRM software and services market during 2010, and 2011 is off to a roaring start with SumTotal’s acquisition of GeoLearning.  There’s a lot more to come, and speculation is already rampant about: which LMS vendor SuccessFactors and/or Peopleclick Authoria […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Debunking/Calling Out, enterprise software, Fairy Tales, HRM, Human resources, M&A, M&A/PE/Ownership Changes, Mergers & Acquisitions, software as a service | 3 Responses

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