Archive for March, 2014

SAP to Acquire Fieldglass

Just yesterday, SAP announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Fieldglass, a "provider of cloud-based vendor and labor management services." As Business Cloud News noted, SAP "said the acquisition will help bolster the company’s enterprise resource management offerings amongst businesses that require strong contingency-based resource management capabilities." With the rise in popularity of the cloud, more and more businesses have been looking for HCM software that utilizes the flexibility and scalability that the cloud offers. And with SAP's acquisition here, there's a ... Read more

4 Tips for Making the Most of a Business Conference

If you've been following our blog within the past couple of weeks, you've probably seen the many posts we've done recently on HR 2014. And even if you haven't been following our blog, if you're involved in the SAP HCM space, you're probably very familiar with the many HR and SAP HCM conferences that take place throughout the year. Business conferences are a great time to learn and to network--but there is certainly a right and a wrong way to go about attending ... Read more

HR 2014: Final Photo Recap

As we mentioned in our last post about HR 2014, HR 2014 was truly a delight. To wrap up our several-post series about HR 2014, have a look at the rest of my photos from this year's excellent conference: Want to learn more about how ICG’s SAP HCM solutions, or how we can help your entire business–HR included–run more efficiently? Let us know on Twitter or LinkedIn–we’d love to hear from you and would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Read more

HR 2014 Recap

HR2014 was a delight, and the days went way too quickly to catch all the great content! It was obvious from the start that SuccessFactors was going to take center stage, and all attending had the opportunity to learn in great detail. We learned from David Ludlow that SuccessFactors and SAP ECC has an ever-growing amount of new and stable virtual integration. If you missed the keynote, you can catch it on demand at SAPInsider. I had great conversations throughout the days and evenings ... Read more

HR 2014 Photo Update: Day 2

A lot has happened at HR 2014 since my first update on Tuesday morning. Of everything I've seen thus far, one of my favorite events was the panel discussion in Bay Lake between Sharon Newton (@sharonnewton) and Steve Bogner (@stevebogner), moderated by Brandon Toombs (@brandontoombs). One of the best quotes--made in jest, of course--was that "you'll have to fire everyone," in response to an attendee asking what moving to the cloud would mean for their staff. It was obvious from the questions and answers ... Read more

HR 2014 Photo Update: Day 1

If you've been keeping up with ICG on Twitter and Facebook, and if you read my HR 2014 preview from last Thursday, you'd know that through the rest of the week, I'll be attending the HR 2014 Conference in Orlando, Florida. I've yet to speak at HR 2014, but I have had the time to see some wonderful speakers and to take a look around at all of the great things happening at this year's conference. I'll have more photos later, but ... Read more

HR 2014 Preview

  HR 2014, set for next week (March 11-14, 2014 at Swan and Dolphin, Orlando, Florida), is fast approaching, and it's set to be very valuable and informative to those attending. During HR 2013, SAP provided more details about integrating SAP and SuccessFactors along with what their intentions with SuccessFactors were for the road ahead. Customers and colleagues left understanding that a significant shift was taking place, and many left wondering exactly how it would fit within their existing IT structure. SuccessFactors has garnered many more ... Read more

Mike Timm of ICG presenting at HR 2014 in Orlando

Omaha, Nebraska – March 5, 2014 – ICG is proud to announce that Mike Timm will be speaking at SAPinsider’s HR 2014 conference to offer proven advice to attendees. The event takes place at the Walt Disney World® Swan and Dolphin in Orlando, March 11-14, 2014. Attend to learn proven methods for continuously improving and transforming key HR processes. If you’re able to attend the event, please be sure to catch Mike Timm educational sessions: An up-to-date guide to troubleshooting the payroll process ... Read more

ICG’s Mike Timm Participating in HR 2014 Next Week

If you or your business is an SAP user, or specifically, an SAP HCM user, there are few ways for you to better use your time than attending an HR conference. HR 2014--an annual SAP and SuccessFactors human resources conference--is a conference for SAP and SuccessFactors users looking to improve their knowledge base and drive HR excellence. HR 2014 features 98 speakers and 120 sessions, and is packed with great information for users in the space. This year, as with many previous years, ... Read more