Category: Computer Software

MicroStrategy Reseller Partners Offer Business Intelligence Applications for JD Edwards Customers

Dec 03, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that several of its Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners have developed pre-built business intelligence applications for the JD Edwards user community using the MicroStrat

McLean, Va (December 03, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that several of its Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners have developed pre-built business intelligence applications for the JD Edwards user community using the MicroStrategy BI platform. JD Edwards is a suite of enterprise resource planning software.

MicroStrategy’s platform provides companies with easy access to JD Edwards data for enhanced reporting and analytical capabilities. Numerous MicroStrategy VAR partners have developed packaged reporting and analysis applications for JD Edwards customers. These applications, which include pre-defined dashboards, reports, and key performance indicators, enable JD Edwards customers to seamlessly uncover, access, and analyze important business information.

The BI applications delivered through MicroStrategy’s VAR partners allow JD Edwards customers to extend the value of their JD Edwards investment. While JD Edwards is optimized for high-speed transaction processing, customers also may require a business view of their performance. Below are several MicroStrategy reseller partners offering reporting and BI applications for the JD Edwards World and EnterpriseOne user community:

Lancet Software provides business intelligence and reporting applications, including General Ledger, Sales Order Processing, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Inventory. Lancet also provides reporting capabilities over Salesforce.com and specializes in working with healthcare, manufacturing, and several other vertical industries.

“Lancet has worked with numerous JD Edwards clients to develop high-value MicroStrategy dashboards,” said Tom Niccum, President and CEO at Lancet Software. “The dashboard capabilities within MicroStrategy 9 allow us to give managers and executives greater insight into their data in ways that can impact their business decisions.”

ManageForce has developed multiple BI applications for the JD Edwards market, exclusively using MicroStrategy’s business intelligence platform. The applications provide reporting and dashboard capabilities for many of JD Edwards most widely deployed modules.

“We have worked closely with MicroStrategy to develop business intelligence applications for our JD Edwards customer base,” said John Hughes, Managing Partner, ManageForce. “Serving JD Edwards customers for many years, we identified an opportunity to provide enhanced reporting and analytics using the MicroStrategy platform. MicroStrategy gives us one platform to solve the many reporting requirements we see in the JD Edwards installed base.”

RapidDecision has over 200 JD Edwards customers and 18 BI applications for the JD Edwards market. RapidDecision provides real-time reporting over JD Edwards and delivers fixed-fee implementations in five to ten days per application.

GSS Group delivers data integration capabilities to the JD Edwards market. The GSS Group product, VIGILANCE XpressTM, prepares data for reporting and analysis using a simple and intuitive user interface.

“Many of our long-time reseller partners have been serving the JD Edwards community for years and they understand the requirement to deliver BI capabilities against this pervasive platform,” said Sanju Bansal, COO at MicroStrategy. “We continue to work with our reseller partner network to develop integrated BI applications for JD Edwards as well as other enterprise systems.”

For more information on these JD Edwards solutions, please visit www.microstrategy.com/jdesolutions.

About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 9 are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Central Maine Healthcare Live on Kronos

Dec 01, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Kronos® Incorporated today announced that Central Maine Healthcare (CMH) is managing its more than 3,100 employees using Kronos time and attendance and HR and payroll applications

CHELMSFORD, Mass. (December 01, 2009) –

Kronos® Incorporated today announced that Central Maine Healthcare (CMH) is managing its more than 3,100 employees using Kronos time and attendance and HR and payroll applications. With labor amounting to more than 65 percent of its overall operating cost, CMH recognized a need to better measure and manage its labor costs and improve the productivity of all employees.
News Facts

* CMH chose Kronos to replace its McKesson Series HR and payroll solution because Kronos provided a fully integrated workforce management solution that was easy to use.
* Comprised of three hospitals and two long-term care facilities, CMH uses Kronos to centralize its workforce management processes and provide consistency across all locations.
* Before using the HR and payroll solution from Kronos, CMH’s HR department was spending excessive time completing manual paperwork. Now it is more efficient and has access to real-time information about the workforce at a moment’s notice.
* Kronos gives CMH managers access to information that enables them to make smart decisions to reduce premium and overtime pay while improving patient care and employee satisfaction.

Supporting Quotes

* Joyce McPhetres, vice president, human resources, Central Maine Healthcare
“Our implementation team from Kronos made all the difference. They looked not only at how the technology worked, but also at how our organization worked and how the technology could be implemented to work for us. They weren’t just an implementation team; they were true leaders in our organization.”
* Amy Brar, Senior director, HR/Payroll, Kronos
“For healthcare organizations, labor is their most valuable and expensive resource. Making sure employees are compensated correctly and on-time is a critical factor in attracting the best employees and keeping them happy. Providing employees with the technology they need to be more productive just makes smart business sense.”

Supporting Resources

* About Central Maine Healthcare – www.cmmf.org

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.

© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos is a registered trademark of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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MicroStrategy Reporting Suite Provides Seamless BI Reporting for Microsoft Analysis Services

Nov 24, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Free Reporting Software Package Helps Business Users Make Timely Decisions from Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Data

McLean, Va., (November 24, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that its free reporting software package, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, provides a seamless interface to Microsoft® Analysis Services. Microsoft SQL Server® Analysis Services (SSAS) provides online analytical processing and data mining functionality for business intelligence applications.

MicroStrategy Reporting Suite is an easy-to-use reporting and analysis tool that allows business users to interface with SSAS data, enabling basic and advanced analysis, ad hoc reporting, and data visualization. MicroStrategy’s free reporting software package is well-suited for small to mid-sized businesses, as well as departments in any size organization that need an integrated, self-service BI solution for Microsoft SSAS.

“Our customers have benefited from the tight integration between MicroStrategy and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services,” said Darren Edery, CEO, Adastra Canada. “We’re excited to see this capability included in the free MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, allowing companies to employ a best-in-class business user interface and an integrated platform for enhanced BI management against existing investments in Microsoft Analysis Services. Across every industry in which we operate, from financial services to retail to the public sector, we can see the value of this offering.”

MicroStrategy Reporting Suite provides Web-based reporting of Microsoft SSAS data for up to 100 users, at no charge. Free online training, free online support, and other free resources are available to help ensure rapid development and deployment. Business users can download the free software at http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware/ssas and begin building their reporting applications, all in the same day.

“Leveraging existing investments and harvesting business insights from enterprise data via reporting and business intelligence is a top priority for business and IT,” said Mark Smith, CEO and EVP Research, Ventana Research. “MicroStrategy continues to help organizations maximize investments and provide robust reporting in a very cost effective and straightforward offering with MicroStrategy Reporting Suite on Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.”

Some of the capabilities available from using MicroStrategy Reporting Suite with Microsoft SSAS include:

* Build reports and performance scorecards against SQL Server Analysis Services data
* Report, analyze, and monitor SSAS data via intuitive Web-based interface
* Visualize data using graphs and performance scorecards
* Create rankings and time-based comparisons
* Perform business calculations and build advanced analytics against SSAS data
* Schedule reports to run to a personalized history list
* Export to Microsoft Excel and PDF

“In our use of MicroStrategy software to analyze and report on data within Microsoft Analysis Services, we’re able to drive critical business performance improvements,” said Javier Aldrete, Director of Product Management, Zilliant. “As a free package with core components of the MicroStrategy 9 platform, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite presents the opportunity for organizations to provide business users with interactive reporting via an intuitive Web-based interface.”

“The integration of MicroStrategy Reporting Suite with Microsoft Analysis Services enables business users to leverage actionable information easily from Microsoft SQL Server relational and cube data sources,” said MicroStrategy COO Sanju Bansal. “MicroStrategy Reporting Suite extends Microsoft SSAS data analysis to all users, empowering them to readily discover trends and anomalies in convenient Web-based reports.”

To learn more about MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, visit http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware.

About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 9, MicroStrategy Reporting Suite are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Churchill Downs Incorporated Chooses MicroStrategy for Reporting and Analysis for its Online Wagering System

Nov 18, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Churchill Downs Incorporated (â??CDIâ?) (Nasdaq: CHDN) has selected MicroStrategy 9 for reporting and analysis for its online wagering system.

McLean, Va., (November 18, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) has selected MicroStrategy 9 for reporting and analysis for its online wagering system.

CDI’s technology division, TwinSpires.com, is using MicroStrategy 9 for in-depth analysis and reporting for its online pari-mutuel wagering system. MicroStrategy’s intuitive reports and robust analytical capabilities will help CDI’s personnel to uncover critical business insights that can be used for improving promotions and product offerings, and strengthening customer relationships.

“MicroStrategy’s easy-to-use reporting capabilities have already saved us countless hours of time on report creation,” said Carl Ackermann, Senior Director of CRM, Churchill Downs Incorporated. “After conducting an evaluation of numerous BI products, we chose MicroStrategy because of its ease of integration with our existing systems, completeness of the product suite, and commitment to our relationship.”

“We are delighted to welcome CDI as a new MicroStrategy customer,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “MicroStrategy’s powerful reporting platform is designed for business user productivity, with an intuitive, user-friendly Web interface that puts even more control in the hands of business people.”

About Churchill Downs Incorporated
Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI” or “Company”), headquartered in Louisville, Ky., owns and operates world-renowned horse racing venues throughout the United States. CDI’s four racetracks in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky and Louisiana host many of North America’s most prestigious races, including the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, Arlington Million, Princess Rooney Handicap and Louisiana Derby. CDI’s racetracks have hosted seven Breeders’ Cup World Championships. CDI also owns off-track betting facilities and has interests in various advance-deposit wagering, television production, telecommunications and racing service companies including a 50-percent interest in the national cable and satellite network HorseRacing TV, that support the Company’s network of simulcasting and racing operations. CDI trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol CHDN and can be found on the Internet: www.churchilldownsincorporated.com

About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 9 are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Group O Live on Latest Version of Kronos

Nov 17, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Kronos® Incorporated today announced that the more than 1,000 employees of Illinois-based Group O are live on version 6.1 of the Workforce Central® suite

CHELMSFORD, Mass. (November 17, 2009) –

Kronos® Incorporated today announced that the more than 1,000 employees of Illinois-based Group O are live on version 6.1 of the Workforce Central® suite. Group O, one of North America’s largest Hispanic-owned providers of third-party logistics and business process outsourcing solutions, uses Kronos for time and attendance and HR and payroll. Group O is one of more than 220 customers to go live on the latest version of Workforce Central since the product became available in February 2009.
News Facts

* Group O uses Kronos to extend the value of its ERP system, supplementing it with rich time and attendance and HR and payroll functionality from Kronos.
* Prior to using Kronos, Group O’s HR processes were time consuming and decentralized. With the HR and payroll solution from Kronos, all information is accessible in a central database, redundant entry of data is a thing of the past, and automated reports are available on demand.
* The Kronos HR and payroll solution provides improved record-keeping that enables the company to minimize compliance risk.
* Kronos HR and payroll enabled Group O to scale from less than 400 employees to more than 1,000 employees without overwhelming its HR department, allowing them to be more productive and strategic.

Supporting Quotes

* Kim Fox, vice president of human resources, Group O
“Kronos was the only vendor who could provide us with a truly integrated workforce management solution. It brought our HR processes out of spreadsheets and filing cabinets and into a fully automated solution that enables us to save money and be more productive. It also enables us to be compliant with various workplace-related rules and regulations by ensuring our record-keeping is top-notch.”
* Amy Brar, senior director, HR/payroll, Kronos
“Group O is a long-time Kronos customer that recognizes the benefit of an integrated workforce management solution that can grow to meet its business needs. With Kronos, Group O is controlling labor costs, minimizing compliance risk, and improving productivity.”

Supporting Resources

* About Group O

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.

© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos and Workforce Central are registered trademarks of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Information Builders Announces Availability of iWay Cloud Services for Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2)

Nov 17, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

New Cloud Offering Provides Secure, Cost Effective EIM and B2B Solutions

NEW YORK (November 17, 2009) –

iWay Software, an Information Builders company, today announced that its robust, enterprise integration solutions are now available on-demand with the release of iWay Cloud Services for Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2). iWay Software’s on-demand solution dramatically reduces administrative costs and does not require users to purchase, deploy, or test expensive hardware – meaning companies of all sizes now have simplified, affordable access to the enterprise integration and data access solutions they need to support a variety of critical initiatives.

Offering end-to-end integration capabilities, iWay Cloud Services for Amazon EC2 provides users with secure connections to internal applications, systems, and databases within corporate firewalls. It also allows access to Internet-based Web services and databases and can be easily integrated with other Software as a Service (SaaS)-based solutions. Eliminating the need for on-site installation, iWay Cloud Services for Amazon EC2 enables organizations to quickly and easily deploy cutting-edge integration technologies in the cloud without devoting IT resources to ongoing maintenance or paying the high licensing fees typically associated with on-site solutions.

“It’s no secret that as global spending for on-demand solutions continues to rise, the market for technologies delivered via the SaaS model is exploding, and with good reason,” said Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders. “On-demand solutions are affordable, intuitive, and easily accessible anywhere and anytime to companies of all sizes. At Information Builders, we are continuously working to provide our clients with the most cutting-edge enterprise information management (EIM), business integration, and business intelligence (BI) technology. iWay Cloud Services for Amazon EC2 is the next step in that effort.”

From iWay Software’s patented Universal Adapter Framework, which provides connectivity to more than 300 information assets, to its state-of-the-art integration engine, organizations can now access a range of applications via iWay Cloud Services for Amazon EC2, including comprehensive suites for EIM, business-to-business integration (B2B), and business process automation (BPA).

Another key iWay adapter deployed to Amazon EC2 via iWay Cloud Services is the iWay Salesforce.com adapter. Deployed in enterprise search, iWay Data Profiler, and iWay Data Quality Center applications available on an SaaS model, the adapter also supports integration with other corporate applications such as SAP and Oracle.

iWay Cloud Services for Amazon EC2 is pre-installed and pre-configured as Amazon Images (AMIs) and fully hosted by Amazon, providing users with:

* A flexible and scalable deployment model that can be expanded instantly, at any time
* Full customizability to address unique integration requirements
* Convenient, anytime, anywhere Web-based access to integration tools
* A highly secure environment leveraging the iWay RVI Secure Proxy Service – using the secure AS2 protocol – preserves data integrity and security between internal applications and systems, and Amazon EC2 instances of iWay solutions
* A budget-friendly fee structure based solely on system usage

“The need to provide data for business is a top priority and with growing volumes of data in public and private cloud computing environments, this need must be addressed as part of a broader information management and business intelligence investment,” said Mark Smith, CEO and executive vice president at Ventana Research. “Information Builders has introduced a robust and cost effective approach called iWay Cloud Services, which leverages the immediate availability of Amazon EC2 to provide a simple but sophisticated avenue to interconnect, cleanse, and profile data across systems, networks, and cloud-based computing environments.”

iWay Cloud Services for Amazon EC2 is fully compatible with Information Builders WebFOCUS BI platform, enabling users to leverage the capabilities of BI and integration with the simplicity of a cloud solution. iWay SaaS on Amazon EC2 is available immediately.
About iWay Software

iWay Software’s integration methodology is simple: it uses a single, integrated set of graphical design tools to assemble powerful pre-built components for enterprise-class business-to-business (B2B) integration, business process automation (BPA), or enterprise information management (EIM) integration scenarios – without the use of custom code. Integration configurations can be deployed in a stand-alone manner to any environment supporting a JVM – or to Web application servers from any vendor. iWay delivers the fastest, most cost-effective, and simplest way to integrate and streamline critical business processes. iWay Software’s vendor-, platform-, and protocol-neutral solutions achieve the promise of SOA: true reusability.
About Information Builders

Information Builders’ award-winning combination of business intelligence and enterprise integration software has been providing innovative solutions to more than 12,000 customers for the past 30 years. WebFOCUS is the world’s most widely utilized business intelligence platform. It provides the security, scalability, and flexibility needed at every level of global extended enterprises. Its simplicity helps create executive, analytical, and operational applications that reach dozens to millions of users. Information Builders’ iWay Software suite provides state of the art, multi-purpose, pre-built integration components that address all SOA, application, data and information management requirements. Its integration adapters have been adopted by the leading software platform providers. Information Builders also offers solutions in the performance management, business activity monitoring, and enterprise search markets. The company’s comprehensive enterprise product offerings give Information Builders’ customers the ability to grow and innovate according to their needs.

Information Builders’ customers include most of the Fortune 100 and U.S. federal government agencies. Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and has more than 350 business partners.

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Saddle Creek Deploys MicroStrategy for Enhanced Reporting and Analytics

Nov 12, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Saddle Creek Corporation has deployed MicroStrategy software to provide its customers with access to expanded, real-time reporting capabilities

McLean, Va., (November 12, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Saddle Creek Corporation has deployed MicroStrategy software to provide its customers with access to expanded, real-time reporting capabilities. Saddle Creek is a third-party logistics company specializing in dedicated and shared warehousing, transportation, and contract packaging.

MicroStrategy-based reporting capabilities provide Saddle Creek customers with greater levels of access and interaction with data in Saddle Creek’s Warehouse Management System and Transportation Management System to improve inventory management, control costs, speed decision-making, and enhance customer service. The new reporting infrastructure allows customers to customize their individual reporting profile to fit their specific needs and requirements; drill across different sources of data; export reports in a variety of formats, including Excel, PDF, HTML, and Flash; streamline reporting by consolidating reports; subscribe to automatic delivery of reports to one or more e-mail inboxes according to customized schedules; e-mail reports directly to one or more critical contacts; and access information online when it is convenient.

“Our customers have already noticed a significant difference in our reporting environment with MicroStrategy,” said Woody Blaylock, Saddle Creek vice president of Information Systems. “MicroStrategy’s easy to use information dashboards and robust analytics provide exciting new capabilities to help our customers make the critical decisions they need to make on a daily basis. In addition, we have been able to significantly compress the number of reports needed by as much as 70% with MicroStrategy.”

“MicroStrategy’s integrated BI platform delivers user-friendly reports and dashboards that are valuable tools for identifying trends, monitoring key metrics, and making data-driven business decisions,” said MicroStrategy’s COO, Sanju Bansal. “With the addition of MicroStrategy, Saddle Creek customers can gain actionable insights into their large volumes of data.”

About Saddle Creek Corp.
Saddle Creek Corp., headquartered in Lakeland, Fla., provides integrated warehousing, transportation, contract packaging, and value-added services nationwide. For more information, visit www.saddlecrk.com.

About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Kronos

Nov 10, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Kronos® Incorporated today announced availability of Kronos Essentials â?? Hiringâ?¢, a new selection and hiring solution designed specifically for the needs of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs)

LAS VEGAS (November 10, 2009) –

Kronos® Incorporated today announced availability of Kronos Essentials – Hiring(TM), a new selection and hiring solution designed specifically for the needs of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). The solution helps organizations to continuously improve the quality of their workforce, reduce compliance risk, and improve productivity.
News Facts

* Kronos Essentials – Hiring provides the functionality of Kronos’ industry-leading selection and hiring solution in a preconfigured, easy to use, low-cost offering designed to accelerate ROI and deliver low total cost of ownership.
* The solution takes advantage of Kronos’ hiring differentiator: selection science. Now SMBs can make better hiring decisions, improving the overall quality of their workforce on a continuous basis by hiring people who stay longer and perform better.
* Kronos Essentials – Hiring allows organizations to ensure process compliance by integrating background and Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) checks and by providing standard Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEO) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) reports. It’s also easier than ever to ensure new hires have legal work status by conducting employment verifications via e-verify integration.
* Recognizing that SMBs often have limited IT budgets and resources, this new offering requires minimal IT support, providing organizations with employer-branded career sites in both English and Spanish, and a standardized job application template out of the box. Organizations using the new solution are able to electronically on-board new hires, reducing paperwork and improving productivity of both the new hire and his or her manager.
* Thousands of organizations with fewer than 2,500 employees rely on Kronos to effectively manage their workforce through the use of time and attendance, absence management, scheduling, human resources, and payroll solutions.

Supporting Quotes

* Steve Earl, director of product marketing, Kronos
“Kronos Essentials – Hiring is a right-sized software-as-a-service offering at an affordable cost. It gives SMBs access to the same high-caliber selection and hiring solution that many of the world’s largest and most successful businesses have been using for years.”

Supporting Resources

* This announcement was made from KronosWorks(TM), the industry’s largest venue for exchanging ideas on how to effectively manage the workforce. KronosWorks is taking place this week in Las Vegas.

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.

© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos Essentials – Hiring is a trademark and Kronos is a registered trademark of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Kronos

Nov 10, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Based on its ability to uncover hard-dollar savings during these challenging economic times, Kronos® Incorporated is seeing an increased demand for its Optimization Services offering.

LAS VEGAS (November 10, 2009) –

Based on its ability to uncover hard-dollar savings during these challenging economic times, Kronos® Incorporated is seeing an increased demand for its Optimization Services offering.
News Facts

* Kronos Optimization Services are delivered by experienced Kronos consultants who assess an organization’s workforce management processes through a series of consultative interviews and technical reviews and make recommendations that help them derive more value from their existing Kronos solution.
* By uncovering inefficiencies due to lack of complete automation, absenteeism and overtime abuses, Optimization Services save organizations money; help them make better, more informed decisions; and position them for long-term cost savings and success.
* On average, customers who take advantage of Kronos Optimization Services uncover an additional $1.4 million in direct savings.
* More than 100 organizations ranging in size from less than 1,000 employees to more than 70,000 employees have taken advantage of Kronos Optimization Services including Levy Restaurants, Ocean State Job Lot, Pacific Alliance Medical Center, and ProHealth Care.
* Kronos offers a comprehensive portfolio of services designed to solve critical business issues and maximize performance and ROI throughout the lifecycle of an engagement.

Supporting Quotes

* Chris Todd, vice president of professional services, Kronos
“We know that once an organization installs a Kronos solution, they don’t always have time to think about whether or not they are using it to its fullest potential. With Optimization Services, we do it for them, providing organizations with actionable advice they can follow to better control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve productivity.”
* Allan Shubin, chief financial officer, Pacific Alliance Medical Center
“The Optimization Service from Kronos showed us that our payroll staff was spending too much time verifying and correcting timecards. It also uncovered a need for managers and employees to be re-trained on how to effectively use the system to monitor and control labor costs. Finally, it identified areas of significant cost savings which ended up virtually paying for our upgrade to Workforce Central® 6.1. We anticipate that we will continue to see reductions in labor costs as a result of the re-training and more effective use of the Kronos system overall.”

Supporting Resources

* This announcement was made from KronosWorks(TM), the industry’s largest venue for exchanging ideas on how to effectively manage the workforce. KronosWorks is taking place this week in Las Vegas.

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.

© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos and Workforce Central are registered trademarks of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Kronos

Nov 10, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Delivering on its belief that organizations want complete control over how they acquire, deploy, and manage their solutions, Kronos® Incorporated now offers a rent-to-own purchasing option.

LAS VEGAS (November 10, 2009) –

Delivering on its belief that organizations want complete control over how they acquire, deploy, and manage their solutions, Kronos® Incorporated now offers a rent-to-own purchasing option.
News Facts

* With the rent-to-own option, organizations can minimize up-front costs by paying for their solution with fixed monthly payments rather than an initial capital investment.
* Within the first 24 months of the rental, customers have the option to purchase their solution outright for a fixed price and have a portion of their rental payments credited toward the purchase. If they choose not to exercise the buy option, they can continue to rent the solution as long as they wish.
* Technology can be deployed on-site or in a Kronos data center.
* Rent-to-own is the latest addition to Kronos’ portfolio of purchasing options which also includes purchasing a perpetual license, leasing, or subscribing on a monthly basis.
* The rent-to-own purchasing option is available for all Workforce Central® products.

Supporting Quotes

* Jim Kizielewicz, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Kronos
“Rent-to-own is another example of Kronos making its solutions easy to buy and easy to own. Our goal is to enable organizations to have complete control over how they acquire their Kronos solutions, and we offer more flexible purchasing options than anyone else in our industry.”

Supporting Resources

* This announcement was made from KronosWorks(TM), the industry’s largest venue for exchanging ideas on how to effectively manage the workforce. KronosWorks is taking place this week in Las Vegas.

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.

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