3 Benefits of Cloud Computing for Human Resources
March 24, 2015
Grazed from SAP. Author: Susan Galer.
For many Human Resources (HR) organizations, the move to cloud-based software delivery is inevitable. Cloud is already living up to its promise at many companies, empowering HR to be more strategic and employees to be more productive. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean everyone fully understands its benefits, or isn’t concerned about the risks inherent to change. Conversations between companies and vendors are cutting through the hype, hope and fears to discover the practical value cloud can bring.
Benefit 1: Fast access to innovation
According to David Ludlow, Group Vice President of HR Line of Business at SuccessFactors/SAP, the benefit of cloud is first and foremost about access to innovation. Unlike on-premise software, cloud delivery allows companies to provide software release updates to HR departments and employees company-wide automatically, on a regular basis throughout the year. “In cloud, you have much faster access to innovation than you could ever get in the on-premise world so customers can actually use much more effectively and easily what the vendor delivers,” said Ludlow…
Benefit 2: Simple user experience
Coming off a 15-year run as part of SAP’s on-premise Human Capital Management software group, Ludlow is now deeply involved with the company’s entire HCM portfolio, including cloud-based solutions. He thinks people can learn a lot from on-premise software experiences, and he shared some lessons learned during a recent broadcast of the video series, “Firing Line with Bill Kutik.”…
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