2015

Boost HR task execution with action search!

A more intuitive search-based navigation helps people to find what they are looking for fast and be more efficient when they execute HR activities. For HR that means increased user adoption of services and processes and reduced effort for support. Read more in Anke Doerzapf's blog or have a look to this short video. 08 April 15

All you need to know about SuccessFactors Solutions

Claire Donelon points out in her blog that in this new openSAP course, An Introduction to SuccessFactors Solutions, the team will walk you through the full SuccessFactors suite with demos and tests to build your understanding.  24 April 15

Salary Negotiation Report: What Goes on Behind Closed Doors

Susan Galer points out in her blog that the PayScale’s latest Salary Survey may raise more questions than provide answers, it may even improve employee engagement which is all-important to attracting and keeping the top talent companies need for growth and innovation. 20 January 15

Recruiting does it again: IDC MarketScape names SuccessFactors Recruiting as a Leader

Jeff Mills thanks in his blog our customers for this wonderful support and explains that we are dedicated to helping our customers deliver on these needs - not only to help businesses grow and be more profitable, but for the communities to employ people and give everyone a better life. 29 January 15

SAP Helps Brazilian Entrepreneur Innovate for a Healthier New Year

Susan Galer reports in her blog about in Rio de Janeiro-based startup Fumajet. Fumajet is getting significant help in achieving its vision having become one of the first five local entrepreneurs to participate inSAP Exponentesan emerging entrepreneur program inBrazillaunched in 2013.20 January 15

Mike Ettling: HRO Today Magazine 2014 Superstar Winner for Technology

Luke Marson reports in his blog about the Superstar Winners in the HRO Today Magazine. The magazine is a producer of HR content for senior-level HR decision makers, reaching over 100,000 individuals. Among the many winners is Mike Ettling, President of SAP HR Line of Business. 16 January 15

SuccessFactors Q3 2014 Release: SuccessFactors Mobile

One of the most interesting part of the Q3 2014 SuccessFactors Mobile Release are the QuickGuides.Enric Gili Fort presents in his blog this new feature in SuccessFactors Mobile that allows employees to create, publish and consume quick how-to guides. With just one finger, users can take photos, annotate, and sort them right from their smartphone. 6 October 14

Trajectory. The future is bright for SuccessFactors

Thomas Otter explains in his blog why he is convinced that the combination of SuccessFactors and SAP has created something rather special with a successful future. 6 October 14

SuccessFactors 1408 release: talk with Kevin Simpson from IBM on Compensation

Yannick Peterschmitt shares in his blog the interview he did with the compensation expert Kevin Simpson from IBM about the SuccessFactors Compensation release. 15 September 14

2014

Integration Add-on 3.0 for SAP HCM and SuccessFactors: Service Package 1

Luke Marson describes in his blog the latest Integration Add-on. It adds the first half of process integration to the packaged integrations for SAP ERP HCM customers who want to perform Variable Pay planning processes in SuccessFactors. 8 December 14

Integration Add-on 3.0 for SAP HCM and SuccessFactors

Luke Marson gives in his blog an overview about the third packaged integration for SAP HCM and SuccessFactors (Integration Add-on for SAP ERP Human Capital Management and SuccessFactors. Business Execution 3.0). This packaged integration introduces qualification integration between SuccessFactors HCM suite or SuccessFactors Learning and SAP ERP HCM. 20 November 14

Q&A: Mike Ettling on the future of HR, customers, and putting the Service in SaaS

In this blog Luke Marson gives a summary of his interview with Mike Ettling about the future of HR, customers, and putting the Service in SaaS. Mike was recently appointed President: HR Line of Business at SAP. In this role, Mike now leads both the on-premise and Cloud HCM business areas for SAP. 6 November 14

Q&A: SuccessFactors Employee Central with Heike Kolar – Part 2

This is part 2 of the Q&A interview that did Luke Marson with Heike Kolar, Business Development Manager – hr expertise at inside Unternehmensberatung GmbH to discuss some of the common questions and challenges about implementing and using Employee Central. You can read Part 1 here. 2 October 14

SuccessFactors August 2014 Release Highlights

Beate Baumbeck describes in her blog the highlights which are now available with the 1408 release: beautiful user interfaces as well as improvements across the SuccessFactors® HCM Suite. 08 September 14

Extended timeline for the SAP HANA and SAP HANA Cloud Challenge for Partners

SAP is again looking for the hottest applications that help our mutual customers revolutionize their business. All partners are invited to take part in the 2014 challenge for SAP HANA and SAP HANA Cloud applications. Build your application, publish it on the SAP Store, fill out the submission form - and you are in the race ! Read more about it in Clemens Suter-Crazzolara 's blog. 08 September 14

Recruiting and Onboarding at SuccessConnect 2014: A guide to get the most out of this year’s sessions

There are two days packed with great content in the Recruiting and Onboarding track during the SuccessConnect 2014 conference. Anke Doerzapf put together in her blog the sessions that are right for you and your needs. 04 September 14

Q&A: SuccessFactors Employee Central with Heike Kolar – Part 1

Luke Marson spoke to Heike Kolar, Business Development Manager – hr expertise at inside Unternehmensberatung GmbH to discuss some of the common questions and challenges about implementing and using Employee Central. Heike was previously with SAP Product Management for Employee Central. Read more ... 25 September 14

SuccessConnect 2014 – Core HR and Payroll - What happens in Vegas..

This year’s SuccessConnect will deliver an esteemed group of customers, partners and our own experts. Please attend our 10 breakout sessions where you will listen to their stories and leave with valuable insights from experienced folks about Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll and Integration of Employee Central with SAP HCM. Read more about it inEva Woo's blog. 03 September 14

What’s new in SAP Jam: New work patterns, integrations, and engagement enhancements

Mika Sissonen gives an overview in his blog about the new features in the latest release of SAP Jam: new work patterns for sales teams, new integrations, and additional flexibility to help drive user engagement. 01 September 14

The New Role of IT in a Cloud HR World

Cloud computing is changing the workplace – not just in the way we work, but in the way organizational functions operate. IT is not exempt. In the Cloud-based world, the role of IT has fundamentally shifted – but not diminished. Read more about it in Luke Marson's blog. 19 August 14

Diversity in the workplace helps your organization and your customers

Eva Woo had recently the pleasure of hosting 70 business execs from Latin America. She explains in her blog that bringing together people who have shared interests or backgroundsis is one of the ways to support diversity within SAP and SuccessFactors. If you want to learn more about diversity in the workforce, please attend our free webinar July 9. 1rst July 14

Believe it: Effective Performance Management boosts the top and bottom lines

In her blog Margit Bauer starts the discussion on how to make performance processes more efficient and valuable. A continuous dialog, an increased focus on collaboration and development, user friendly tools, and simplified processes are just a few of the ‘fixes’ she recommends. 30 June 14

What Just Happened in the New Gartner Talent Management Report? -- Here are the Facts

Gartner just published the 2014 Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Talent Management Suites.This is the second year in a row Gartner has published this MQ and SuccessFactors, is once again grateful, and honored, to be positioned as a Leader in Talent Management. Read more about it in Mark Brandau's blog. 25 June 14

SuccessFactors Q2 2014 Release: Locate apps and experts quickly

This quarterly release blog from Vinod Choudhary includes information on two major feature enhancements that help you to find specific resources and tools easily and quickly within your SuccessFactors instance. 25 June 14

How SAP use SuccessFactors Learning and SAP Jam for its new SAP Learning Hub

Luke Marson tested out in his blog the new SAP Learning Hub and his statement is that the SAP Learning Hub has definitely taken a step up in terms of its capabilities and functionality. In addition, it will soon be the place where consultants can get trained on SuccessFactors – whether at a SuccessFactors partner of independently.

SuccessFactors Cloud Learning Center

The simple and easy-to-use Cloud Learning Center provides customers and partners with easy-to-consume content to help them implement and administer each of the SuccessFactors modules. Look for further information in Luke Marson's blog. 25 June 14

SuccessFactors Q2 2014 Release: SuccessFactors Mobile

Enric Gili Fort summarizes in his bog the new mobile features of the SuccessFactors Q2 2014 release. One example: iPhone app users can now enjoy a complete redesign that follows the look-and-feel of the SuccessFactors iPad app. 16 June 14

Why “inclusion” is the secret sauce of recipes for diversity

Sylvia Lehnen summarizes in her blog the basic challenges of workplace diversity and invites you to explore these differences by joining a webinar with Gilda Stahl of the Economist magazine on July 9, at 10 a.m. PT. 12 June 14

SuccessFactors Q2 2014 Release: Reporting and Analytics

Kouros Behzad points out in his blog that in the new release the enhanced administrative tool set provides greater self-support to configure and deploy the Headlines and that it is now possible to run favorite reports and dashboards directly from Quick Links on your home page. 11 June 14

SuccessFactors 1405 Release: what is cool and what is game changing in Compensation Management/

In his blog Yannick Peterschmitt gives an update of the SuccessFactors Compensation Management in the 1405 release: he had an interview with Amy Dines, Senior Product Manager, where she gave her thoughts on the design and benefits of the two major enhancements available with the 1405 release. 05 June 14

SuccessFactors EC and Cloud HCM Kickaround

Luke Marson had the pleasure of speaking with Jon Reed and Jyoti Sharma about SuccessFactors Employee Central in a 58 minute video conversation. They touched on a number of topics around Cloud HCM and, specifically, SuccessFactors Employee Central. Read and see more ...26 May 14

SuccessFactors Recruiting, get in on the buzz!

SuccessFactors has created an end-to-end recruiting solution that combines an intelligent social recruiting marketing process with a mobile and collaborative selection process that will drive better hiring and better business results. To supercharge your recruiting strategy and get the best results take advantage of these must-have resources.Read more in Anke Doerzapf's blog ... 22 May 14

Key Strategies for HR Leaders to Get Started with Better Analytics

Mick Collins presents in his blog four ways in which you can accelerate the process of building a capability for workforce analytics in your organization. 13 May 14

Spotlight on Workforce Analytics at SAPPHIRE NOW 2014

In his blog Kouros Behzad points out that HR and workforce analytics continue to be hot topics at the SAPPHIRE NOW + ASUG Annual Conference on June 3-5, 2014, which takes place 2014 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Have a look to the list of sessions covering HR analytics.19 May 14

The Cloud Versus On-Premise Challenge: Maximizing the Best of Both

Vinod Choudhary: This blog is intended to give you a quick overview of how SAP and SuccessFactors are working together to give our customers the full power of the cloud, without compromise. To get the full story, download this white paper: “SAP HANA Cloud Platform, extension package for SuccessFactors demystified.” 14 April 14

Did you know - Interesting facts about new hire onboarding

SuccessFactors Onboardinguniquely combines the critical and tactical aspects of onboarding(compliance and clarification) with more strategic aspects (culture and connection) in alltalent management processes. Read more in Anke Doerzapf's blog. 1rst April 14

Managing A Global Workforce with Localization

David Ludlow lists in his blog 5 things that a true global and local HR system should be able to do in order to claim true localization support and help companies better manage their global workforces and he points out that SAP has gone beyond high-level globalization to deliver a “glocalized” cloud HR solution.28 March 14

Talking HCP: Building SuccessFactors apps on the SAP HANA Cloud

In his blog Luke Marson gives a summary of the interviews with Jon Reed and Chris Paine about the SuccessFactors Employee Central extensions package on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform. 25 March 14

Eliminate the HR ‘CPA’ with SuccessFactors Presentations

Mark Brandau describes in his blog the advantages of SuccessFactors Presentations, they represent the new way to provide workforce presentations that have an impact. Beyond static presentations or reports, HR can now provide workforce presentations that are more clear, accurate, engaging, and insightful. 24 March 14

SuccessFactors Q1 2014 Release: SuccessFactors Mobile

Enric Gili Fort presents in his blog the new mobile administration features of the SuccessFactors Q1 2014 Release. The focus is on further simplifying mobile deployment and providing even more control over mobile configuration. 12 March 14

SuccessFactors Q1 2014 Release: Loved the 80’s but glad it’s 2014 and here is why with Employee Central

Eva Woo lists in her blog wat is new with Employee Central. 12 March 14

Preview of my HR2014 presentation on SAP E-Recruiting vs SuccessFactors, making the jump

Mark Ingram shares in his presentation "SAP E-Recruiting or SuccessFactors?" as leading excpert his thougths at the HR2014. 10 March 14

SuccessFactors Recruiting and Onboarding at HR Insider 2014

The HR Insider 2014 kicks off in Orlando in Florida. Parvathy Sankar lists in her blog the most important customer, partner and SAP sessions. 10 March 14

Make the First Day Count – Jumpstart Employee Engagement with Onboarding

Anke Doerzapf describes in her blog four ways how hiring managers can turn a new hire’s “Day 1” excitement into long-term employee engagement: Join on March 12^th for the Webinar “Engagement from Day One.” Register herehttp://info.successfactors.com/EngagementOnboarding312_b.html.

5 March 14

5 Reasons Not To Miss HR 2014 (#HR2014)

HR 2014 (March 11 – 14, 2014 in Orlando, FL) is one of the most important events of the year for organizations using SAP and SuccessFactors solutions to drive HR excellence across the enterprise. Megan Conley lists 5 reasons in her blog why you shouldn't miss it. 4 March 14

HR2014 Orlando: Session picks and how to maximize your conference time

In his blog Luke Marson lists a selection of sessions you might follow taking part in the HR 2014. You can also get some information on the conference on the latest SAP HCM Insights Podcast. 4 March 14

SuccessFactors: all you need to know about Authorizations and Security

Luke Marson discusses the Role-Based Permission (RBP) framework in SuccessFactors that controls data access for different users. 3 March 14

Evolution continues with November version of SAP Cloud for Travel and Expense (1311)

Benno Eberle:Travel and Expense Management is relevant for every company in the world. Have a look how this can be done easier with Handling travel expenses on the flywhile increasing transparency and compliance in global companies, fully integrated with Your ERPlike our great customer Port of San Diego. 3 March 14

Looking back 12 months at SuccessFactors Employee Central and the February 2014 (1402) release

Jyoti Sharma takes a look at some of the key developments that have catapulted Employee Central to the forefront of the leading SaaS core HR systems. The intent of this article is not to provide a catalogue of Employee Central features, but to examine the key product enhancements and their benefit to customers and the solution as a whole. 25 February 14

SuccessFactors Compensation in 1402, short retrospective, tips and tricks, and road ahead

In his blog Yannick Peterschmitt talks with Atif Siddiqui about Success Factors Compensation Management in 1402 as well as the boader solution evolution. Atif is one of the contributors of the SAP Press book “SuccessFactors with SAP ERP HCM” and was responsible for the “Chapter 9: Compensation”. 25 February 14

Part 3: SuccessFactors Employee Central - What is the integration roadmap & FAQ's

In her third blog Heike Kolar outlines what is to come next on the roadmap for the SuccessFactors Employee Central integration as well as it provides answers to the most frequently asked questions.. 24 February 14

Part 2: SuccessFactors Employee Central – What is unique about how SAP offers integration for SuccessFactors Employee Central?

In her second blog Heike Kolar continues the topic about the possible integration scenarios for SuccessFactors Employee Central. 20 February 14

SuccessFactors Q1 2014 Release Highlights

With the February 2014 release of SuccessFactors, SAP continues to deliver enhancements and innovations that put the power of the system in your hands, giving you the ability to customize the user experience to make it relevant to your audience. In her blog Nicole Saunders describes the SuccessFactors Q1 2014 release highlights.

25 February 14

Social Media Learning Model

Edward Cohen points out in his blog that for a successfull social media learning model we need to consider five important steps: What do I need to learn? Where is the material? Validating the learner; Recruiting and Succession Planning; Process and Tools as our industry goes from manufacturing individuals with certain capabilities to one where we guide individuals to achieve certain goals and fill jobs.

In his second blog he lists the main elements of a good training. 27 and 28January 14

The Best Security for Your Cloud Part 3: How We Address Data Security in Europe and Canada

SuccessFactors takes great strides to ensure security and data privacy for all our customers, no matter where they are located or do business. This blog from Vinod Choudhary will address the specific regulations that apply to both the European Union and Canada, and how SuccessFactors not only follows these regulations, but more often than not, go beyond them. 18 January 14

Building a culture of ongoing engagement with compensation management best practices

As part of the “Engaging the 21^st Century Workforce” series from SuccessFactors, Jeremy Masters will be one of the speakers to discuss how to build a culture of ongoing engagement with compensation management best practices.Please register here: http://sfsf.ly/Engage212BlogOSfor our online webinar on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 9am PT/12 noon ET. 11 February 14

Time Off in SuccessFactors Employee Central: demonstration

The Time Off functionality in SuccessFactors Employee Central is simple and easy to use. It is not a full time management solution, but for managing vacation and leave of absences it provides enough basic functionality to support the process sufficiently. Get further information about this functionality in the blog from Luke Marson8 January 14

To Train, and How to Train: That is the Question

Edward Cohen explains in his blog how to do trainings using mobile content and what sort of mistakes you should avoid. According to his thinking, mobile doesn’t actually replace traditional e-learning, but solves a legitimate problem of how to get people information when they unable access a computer. 6 January 14

2013

Here’s to 2013 and Employee Central !!!

Eva Woo describes in her blog a day in her life with Employee Central and lists her personal impressions she had from 2013, like good customer stories about Employee Central and the special competencies of SuccessFactors/SAP people.  2 January 14