It has brought Elvis and Sinatra back to life, but can holographic video work for internal communications and training? When the late rapper Tupac Shakur "performed" at last year's Coachella music festival in the US, the audience could barely  More...
14 February 2013 16:53

Martin Couzins looks at how social media can be used to take part in learning and development (L&D) conferences across the globe. Last week, the Learning Solutions exhibition and conference took place in Orlando, Florida. The conference program  More...
26 March 2012 17:29

When it comes to delivering HR applications via cloud computing, executives at technology multinational Oracle have recently undergone a major change of heart. Jessica Twentyman reports. For years, their position was clear: HR software worked best w  More...
05 March 2012 09:22

In February 2011, it looked like things couldn't get any worse for Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone company. The now famous "burning platform" blog post by CEO Stephen Elop (which many at first thought to be a leaked internal memo) rapidly went viral, wi  More...
08 December 2011 08:52

Just one company in four has a dedicated social media policy to govern employees' use of sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a survey has found. The research, published by law firm DLA Piper, also reveales that just 43% of organisati  More...
13 October 2011 15:04

Software as a Service (SaaS) looks to be changing from a flavour of the month to an accepted alternative for HR. As reported in Gartner's "Magic quadrant for employee performance management software" report in March 2011, external hos  More...
11 October 2011 08:53

There has been a global explosion in the popularity of social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn in recent years. As well as the benefits they confer, social media throws up some huge challenges for employers around the world. We look he  More...
22 August 2011 00:01

Workplace technology is undergoing a shift. Organisations are increasingly moving away from the old model of purchasing and maintaining IT hardware, and are instead encouraging employees to buy and use their own devices for work. This strategy - oft  More...
29 July 2011 09:56

The recent CIPD HR Software Show 2011, held at London's Olympia, provided a good insight into how employers might be putting software and technology to use in the near future. With technology's general shift in the direction of social media, ap  More...
27 June 2011 15:52

Personnel Today's Smart Buyer provides expert guidance on HR software... BEFORE YOU BUY Planning your HR software purchase How to measure ROI 10 steps to a decision   More...
28 October 2010 14:36

Social media has become so pervasive that even some of the most hardened sceptics are beginning to investigate how the likes of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn might work for them. Georgina Fuller reports. There was a time when blogging and soci  More...
27 October 2010 14:54

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21 October 2010 13:34

Next week, the social networking community ConnectingHR host the first "unconference" for the HR profession - HR and the Social Organisation. Rob Moss asks event organisers Gareth Jones and Jon Ingham what the event is all about, beginning wi  More...
13 October 2010 09:44

All training requires effort to make it work, whether face-to-face or over a computer. Once you have an e-learning course up and running, however, it has distinct advantages. Here's why e-learning can be as easy as counting to 10. &n  More...
07 October 2010 12:47

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NasdaqGS: CKSW) , the leading provider of workforce management and service optimisation solutions, has announced that Cable&Wireless Worldwide, provider of mission critical communication solutions to large us  More...
13 July 2010 13:12

The Royal Parks (TRP), an executive government agency responsible for administering and maintaining London’s Royal Parks, is rolling-out human resource (HR) self-service and workflow functionality from COA Solutions . This HR functionalit  More...
13 July 2010 10:40

Full service e-learning solutions provider, IMC (UK) Learning Ltd, today announces the next stage of its successful learning management system, ‘CLIX 2010’. With a completely revised design, a high degree of usability and new service features, CLI  More...
13 July 2010 10:23

This guide is part of Smart Buyer, a free service from Personnel Today developed to help you make an informed purchasing decision for your organisation No matter how much you're spending on a payroll software solution, nobody l  More...
09 July 2010 16:53

This guide is part of Smart Buyer, a free service from Personnel Today developed to help you make an informed purchasing decision for your organisation Choosing between integrated or separate HR and payroll software is one of the most  More...
09 July 2010 16:33

This guide is part of Smart Buyer, a free service from Personnel Today developed to help you make an informed purchasing decision for your organisation You've found the best payroll software for your organisation. You've negotiated a gr  More...
09 July 2010 16:28