HR
RSS HRF-Secure welcomes new COO
News He was formerly responsible for the finance and HR departments. Kimmo Alkio has been appointed as COO of Finnish security firm F-Secure. Alkio - previously the CEO of the group's F-Secure Online Solutions (F-SOS)... [18 Jun 2001]
Peoplesoft claims superiority over Oracle
News Conway admitted that when it bought Vantive, Peoplesoft's entire development effort was focused on the HR, financial and supply chain products. Peoplesoft has launched its next generation of customer relationship... [05 Jun 2001]
Voters @ a loss over how to contact their MPs
News Christine Russell, City of Chester (Labour) 1 hr 2 mins Anne Campbell, Cambridge (Labour) 1 hr 11 mins David Amess, South End West (Conservative) 1 hr 13 mins David Stewart, Inverness... [19 May 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': That old enemy ageism and BT's charge to the police
Comment The public execution of a couple of ageist HR directors might improve the situation, but I suspect that's too much to hope for. From the past week, here we present reactions to a story we ran about ageism in IT... [16 Mar 2001]
The Director's Cut: The Scrooge of IT past
Comment He had no wish to do this, but a memo from HR had suggested that in future managers should be more 'visible'. Charles hated Christmas and everything that went with it. He did not believe in giving Christmas cards - a... [22 Dec 2000]
Siemens plans major US shake-up
News Siemens, set to float on the New York stock exchange in March, will create four divisions in healthcare, airports, ecommerce and logistics, while accounting, financial control and HR are set to be centralised in its New... [27 Nov 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: a BPO upstart to watch
Comment In October this year Xchanging won a 10-year, £800m deal with BAE to create a joint venture called Pro-cur that will manage BAE System's procurement, HR and other administration functions. Business process outsourcing... [23 Nov 2000]
Sainsbury's outlines Andersen outsourcing deal
News Improvements to our ecommerce shop and to our HR systems are planned by April, 2001. The supermarket group announced the details of the plan it had unveiled in August and said that the deal was an attempt to cap the £200... [14 Nov 2000]
Employers must ditch 'Big Brother' attitudes, says DPC
News He said: "Technology is enabling people in HR to exploit sources of information that they couldn't before. The draft code of practice covers all aspects of HR from online applications for job openings to... [18 Oct 2000]
ERP: Yesterday's news
Comment The other problem is that the systems are so huge with finance, HR and manufacturing applications, you're really talking about a huge solution. To be an ERP vendor is like admitting you still eat prawn cocktails and are... [06 Oct 2000]
The rise of ecommerce and the return of the old order
Comment A survey by Andersen Consulting reports that 97 per cent of major European businesses are now engaged in ecommerce, with management consultants identifying e-procurement, sales and marketing and HR as the key 'e' functions. [08 Sep 2000]
BT adds human resource applications to ASP services
News The latest addition is a human resources (HR) application developed by SAP. BT claims the service could knock 30 per cent of costs of HR management. BT has announced the latest addition to its suite of... [09 Feb 2000]
Business process outsourcing to threaten the old world order
Comment NelsonHall believes billing will be commonly outsourced by telcos HR and accounting in the financial sector HR, procurement and logistics by retailers and HR and billing by... [02 Feb 2000]
Stonebridge announces fast-food intranet contract
News US-based ecommerce specialist, Stonebridge Technologies, will supply fast-food chain, Chick-fil-A, with an intranet to streamline its payroll and human resource (HR) operations. The intranet will link Chick-fil-A's 850... [26 Oct 1999]
The end of client/server as we know it?
Comment Human resources (HR) departments are beginning to employ kiosks to allow staff to update their personnel records. Back in the mid-90s, client/server was the 'paradigm' of the moment, and the PC was at its heart. [22 Jul 1999]
