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How does SAP Payroll Control Center improve efficiency?

The SAP SuccessFactors payroll front end can vastly improve efficiency and accuracy. It can also save time -- and your sanity -- by eliminating crunch-time surprises. Here's how. Continue Reading
What can employees do with the SuccessFactors mobile app?

Self-service SuccessFactors features for employees and managers are numerous, and learning tools, including online course downloading, will run on some Android and iOS devices. Continue Reading
What data should you migrate from SAP HCM to Employee Central?

Replication goes far if you still need SAP HCM for some things. If migration is inevitable, you must choose what to move, how to move it and what happens to the data left behind. Continue Reading
How do I get data from the SAP HCM module to Employee Central?

When it comes time to move data from the SAP HCM module to SuccessFactors Employee Central, there are four main options. Here's how they differ. Continue Reading
How does the TCO of Employee Central Payroll compare?

The higher upfront costs of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll don't seem so bad when you consider the fees charged by competing payroll providers. Continue Reading

SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll vs. MCPO: Which wins?

Learn how combining Employee Central Payroll with multi-country payroll outsourcing may be the best way to cover smaller workforces across the globe. Continue Reading
How can SuccessFactors Presentations make talent reviews more dynamic?

SuccessFactors Presentations can merge static PowerPoint slides with dynamic, real-time information from the SuccessFactors talent management system. Here's how to use the Presentations application. Continue Reading
What are some best practices for working with SuccessFactors support?

Avoid wasting time with SuccessFactors support by communicating the right information about your issue. Here's what support representatives typically need to know. Continue Reading
What's new in the SAP Talent Hybrid packaged integration?

SAP's Talent Hybrid packaged integration could make qualifications management a smoother process. Here's what you need to know. Continue Reading
How can companies keep track of SuccessFactors software upgrades?

SuccessFactors releases enhancements on a quarterly and ongoing basis -- here's how to stay on top of important updates and select the features your company needs. Continue Reading
SAP SuccessFactors admin tasks -- where should you start?

Several administrative and maintenance activities will help prevent problems with a SuccessFactors implementation -- here's how to perform the most common tasks. Continue Reading

Assigning personnel numbers in SAP HR

An SAP HR users wants to know how to assign a person to two different personnel numbers in SAP HR while generating a single invoice. Continue Reading
How to generate Time Quotas in SAP HR

SAP HR expert Sheryl Middleton explains how to view data in quota overview tables after running Time Evaluation in SAP HR. Continue Reading
Calculating salary grades in SAP HR

An SAP HR user wants to know if there a way to automatically calculate an allowance in SAP HR that is based on the basic salary of the next higher grade of one's salary. Continue Reading
The pros and cons of using an SAP Incentive Compensation module

In this expert Q&A , learn about the advantages and disadvantages of using the Incentive Compensation module from SAP. Continue Reading

Epicor debuts EVA, an AI virtual assistant for ERP

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Blockchain is proving to be useful in the supply chain, but without a strong understanding of it and a viable use case, your ...

Del Monte Foods makes SAP ERP migration to AWS

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Oracle cloud adoption and hybrid cloud adoption pros and cons

More businesses are adopting cloud systems or thinking about it. But cloud and hybrid cloud setups have pluses and minuses that ...

Oracle Digital Assistant unifies use of enterprise chatbots

With Oracle Digital Assistant, users are able to create digital assistants with multiple chatbots that handle different tasks to ...

Oracle Database 19c new features and what users need to know

Oracle Database 19c is the last update to the 12c Release 2 line of Oracle's database software. This handbook examines its new ...

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Google takes a run at enterprise cloud data management

New Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian is putting databases and data management at the forefront at Google. The vendor has forged ...

4 factors to consider in a Hadoop distributions comparison

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Kafka at center of new event processing infrastructure

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Centralize DevOps and development on AWS with CodeStar

Learn how to set up AWS CodeStar to centralize your dev toolchain. The service is built to be a place for developers to start, ...

Oracle vs. AWS: Compare cloud databases, PaaS and SaaS

Oracle and AWS gear their clouds toward different users, so it's important to know where your organization falls. See which ...

Decide if Amazon Corretto is the best fit for Java devs on AWS

AWS plans to support Java developers with Corretto, its OpenJDK distribution with longer free support than what Oracle offers. ...

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How to integrate Power BI and SharePoint via embedded reports

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Data-rich organizations turn focus to ethical data mining

As data analytics have increasingly become a core component of organizations' strategies, concerns have arisen around how data is...

Cloud AutoML, BigQuery ML upgrades expand Google stake in ML

Google introduced a raft of updates to its cloud-based machine learning and AI products, including expanded capabilities for its ...

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Business software strategies strengthen the inbound marketing process

It's not enough to just purchase new marketing software. Your overall business strategy will determine your company's needs and ...

Sensible contact center infrastructure updates for 2017

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Guide to call center operations

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How cloud services can empower the future of work

The Akumina Employee Experience Platform and Templafy show how cloud services are changing the way employees work, whether the ...

Business objects are the future of content services platforms

The focus of enterprise content management must shift from a CSP-based approach to a business object services model in order to ...

5 unusual ways to use AI in content management

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Diversity in hiring a key to eradicating AI bias

HR is turning to AI systems to help rank and sort job candidates. But the systems like these are mostly designed by men, who may ...

Technology can aid diversity and inclusion in HCM, with caveats

Vendors are increasingly building AI applications to be bias-free to address concerns around diversity and inclusion. The ...

As baby boomers exit, AR and VR tools help to capture their expertise

Demand for virtual and augmented reality tools is soaring, and the need to capture expertise from retiring baby boomers may be ...