Yesterday I was privileged to sit in a group of 20 or so analysts (many of them fellow Enterprise Irregulars) invited to Workday’s first ever Technology Summit. For short background, Workday’s original call to fame came from it’s Founder, Dave Duffield, an Enterprise Software Legend, who built PeopleSoft from nothing to a position of challenging SAP, the market leader in Enterprise Business Suites. Then came Craig Conway, Oracle, an extended hostile takeover, and the rest is history. So when by Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri started Workday, they got a lot of attention, since “they’ve done it before, they will pull it off again”.
Then we heard nothing for a while – and nowadays the tone has changed. It’s not about Dave and Aneel anymore, and that’s a good thing. It’s about an emerging SaaS offering that’s decidedly Enterprise ready, boosting customers with over 100K users (I believe the highest number we heard was 200K). It’s about the underlying technology layer, with a strong core system, in-memory data, Business Process framework, built-in native BI, integration framework…etc. In other words Workday is emerging as a technology innovator, and that’s a good message. (At the risk of jumping ahead, one of the dilemmas is that while anyone with a few years Enterprise Software experience knows relying on IT / CIO only is dangerous, you need Business ownership, Workday’s differentiators are decidedly in the underlying technology infrastructure, which is a message for IT….)
Back to yesterday’s Summit – it was absolutely intense, very open, and, boy, they did take the “Technical” part in the name seriously.. There was no marketing fluff, just information, information, information. I am still trying to process all I absorbed – more detailed analysis to follow … unless my esteemed colleagues beat me to it
But there’s something else I want to talk about: how Twitter changed the nature of the entire event. All of us were tweeting, using the hashtag #workdaytech. At times there was as much discussion online as in the room itself – but it did not become disruptive, whatever questions emerged on Twitter, Aneel and his Workday team responded to. In fact we even had “tweet-in” questions. Not that the event was announced, but our followers found out soon on their own. The stats below show about half the #workdaytech tweet-stream consisted of retweets. Those were mostly outsiders – I personally recognized several followers who I would not have pegged as the “enterprisey” type, yet they stuck with us throughout the day.
Another notable item is the Top Users list: @InFullBloomUS was the most active – but she was not even there! Yet by following the tweetstream, commenting heavily and asking questions she became an active participant. Now, let’s admit not everyone could have pulled it off, but we’re talking about Naomi Bloom, Queen of HRM, long-time industry observer, consultant to Workday, PeopleSoft, Dave’s previous company and the one before that, and the one before the one before if there was one
Using Twitter essentially changed the nature of the event, reaching a much larger audience than those sitting in the room. Of course this could not have happened without Workday’s openness: they decided to embrace social media, rather then trying to control it. Press embargos are dead! In fact in the last minute Aneel jumped in with a little preview of a new product they only plan to announce at the upcoming user conference, Workday Rising. I don’t want to spoil the show, let me just say it is a nice touch.
Finally, about that Firehose. I offered a scrolling live feed during the event, and obviously many followed using their favorite Twitter client – but it’s not that easy to serve up a complete record after the fact. Several services attempt it:
Most of them appear to focus on stats, and as such offer a download to Excel. I have not found an easy way to present the stream as it was, with the user avatars included. So here it is, unedited, hard-to-read, but all-inclusive:
Workday Technology Summit Tweet Stream
Transcript from August 23, 2010 to August 24, 2010
All times are Pacific Time
August 23, 2010
4:37 pm Ankit_A: RT @rwang0: RT @dahowlett: @dealarchitect: picking on SAP is safer than picking on ORCL. SAP won’t sue yer ass anytime soon #workdaytech
4:37 pm mkrigsman: From @aneelb: Expecting SAP to make Business byDesign the new ERP. #workdaytech
4:38 pm rwang0: RT @ScottGuinn: #workdaytech Workday: We’ve had a full in-memory db from the beginning
4:38 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech salesforce is a great partner and is a workday customer
4:38 pm ggheorghiu: R they looking 4 the 84th? @mkrigsman: Flextronics has 83 #HR systems — Workday sees
great opportunity to help them a lot #workdaytech
4:38 pm rwang0: @mhweier What’s holding back big legacy vendors fr getting it right? @aneelb “need a clean she
et of paper” #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:39 pm SameerPatel: RT @dahowlett: @dealarchitect: picking on SAP is safer than picking on ORCL. SAP won’t sue yer ass anytime soon #workdaytech
4:39 pm jimholincheck: RT @rwang0: @aneelb I’d suspect either ORCL or SAP will get it right. Not both or Google out of left field #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:39 pm vendorprisey: RT @rwang0: RT @ScottGuinn: #workdaytech Workday: We’ve had a full in-memory db from the beginning
4:39 pm ggheorghiu: #SaaS Adoption trends highlight shift in focus. See report: http://bit.ly/drJJeE #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm RT @sandhillpr: RT @rwang0
4:40 pm aerosmith071: RT @merv: #workdaytech “Staying focused on the 1000-up market, direct. Today, every go-live event is known to the whole company.” That intimacy a key.
4:40 pm dahowlett: @jimholincheck – Surely GOOG would be more than left field? #workdaytech
4:40 pm aerosmith071: RT @merv: RT @connectme: @merv With outsourced payroll and MBPaaS, companies won’t know if a govt (US or otherwise) has been snooping. #workdaytech
4:40 pm cefaloworkday: RT @rwang0: @mhweier What’s holding back big legacy vendors fr getting it right? @aneelb “need a clean sheet of paper” #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:40 pm rwang0: Brian Sommer asks “Who do you admire in the SaaS space? ” @aneelb “Salesforce. Marc has stayed true message” #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:40 pm merv: #workdaytech respect here for salesforce, and Benioff, is high.
4:40 pm mkrigsman: Flextronics clarification from @Leighanne: they HAD 83 systems; now 100,000 employee equivalents on Workday #workdaytech
4:40 pm mkrigsman: “Salesforce could come into our market” but doesn’t think it likely. #workdaytech
4:41 pm sctechman: RT @rwang0: RT @dahowlett: @dealarchitect: picking on SAP is safer than picking on ORCL. SAP won’t sue yer ass anytime soon #workdaytech
4:41 pm vendorprisey: Workday has major respect for salesforce. #workdaytech
4:41 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech “who do you admire in apps/tech space?” salesforce, Google and Amazon
4:41 pm rwang0: @aneelb “google and amazon revolutionary.most companies don’t understand. IBM & HP won’t be able to compete” #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:41 pm rhirsch: RT @mkrigsman: From @aneelb: Expecting SAP to make Business byDesign the new ERP. #workdaytech
4:41 pm paulhamerman: #workdaytech Aneel holds Salesforce in high regard, innovative vendor. Google and Amazon as well.
4:41 pm rwang0: @aneelb Gmail is surfacing a lot as an Exchange replacement. Not sure if Google is focused on enterprise #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:42 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech often find gmail already in new accounts as a Exchange replacement and one of the first enterprise SaaS deployments
4:43 pm rwang0: Legacy issues continue to hamper cloud adoption. See report. http://bit.ly/cUokCO #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:43 pm toppundit: Depending on what you mean, though, #workdaytech SAP had a working in-memory database b4 Workday. T-Rex.
4:43 pm cefaloworkday: RT @vendorprisey: Workday has major respect for salesforce. #workdaytech
4:43 pm djboulia: RT @ggheorghiu: #SaaS Adoption trends highlight shift in focus. See report: http://bit.ly/drJJeE #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm RT @sandhillpr: RT @rwang0
4:43 pm ggheorghiu: RT @mkrigsman: Workday core tenets: Real Saas, Strength from the Core, Enterprise Class, Innovation Weaved Throughout <<< AND blah blah blah #workdaytech
4:43 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @workday: RT @rwang0: Workday focused on Real Cloud Platform. We are an Apps Company. We are not a platform play. #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:44 pm jimholincheck: Yes, but they could have an interesting biz model. RT @dahowlett: @jimholincheck – Surely GOOG would be more than left field? #workdaytech
4:44 pm techguerilla: RT @rwang0: Legacy issues continue to hamper cloud adoption. See report. http://bit.ly/cUokCO #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:44 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jimholincheck: #workdaytech @aneelb MT matters for custs, not just vends. For me, it is a means to an end. Not all SaaS vendors pass on bens to custs
4:44 pm jimholincheck: Also, Zoho already doing, not a total stretch RT @dahowlett: @jimholincheck – Surely GOOG would be more than left field? #workdaytech
4:44 pm rwang0: RT @toppundit: Depending on what you mean, though, #workdaytech SAP had a working in-memory database b4 Workday. T-Rex.
4:44 pm LeightonTJP: RT @rwang0: RT @dahowlett: @dealarchitect: picking on SAP is safer than picking on ORCL. SAP won’t sue yer ass anytime soon #workdaytech
4:45 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech why not be platform? serving 2 masters, not place of app vendor (salesforce is the exception)
4:45 pm paulhamerman: #workdaytech Platform as a service is not the same as Infrastructure as a service. Response why Workday is not there seems to confuse the 2
4:45 pm rwang0: @aneelb We will not be in CRM. We partner with salesforce.com #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:45 pm vendorprisey: SAP’S execs view of salesforce totally opposite from workday’s. interesting #workdaytech
4:45 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jasonaverbook: Not going to let legacy vendors get away with “warmed over hosting” as “cloud” – #workdaytech #ki
4:45 pm dahowlett: Not sure I get the GOOG/AMZN/CRM schtick: assume they know something fundamental we don’t #workdaytech
4:45 pm
0; mfauscette: #workdaytech good partnership with salesforce for CRM, no plans to be a CRM vendor
4:45 pm vendorprisey: RT @rwang0: @aneelb We will not be in CRM. We partner with salesforce.com #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:45 pm rwang0: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech why not be platform? serving 2 masters, not place of app vendor (salesforce is the exception)
4:45 pm mkrigsman: Workday as apps provider. Contrast with Salesforce as a platform vendor. Drawing clear non-competition lines with Salesforce #workdaytech
4:45 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: Brian Sommers asks the questions “When are you taking the gloves off?” @aneelb Now. #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:46 pm LeightonTJP: RT @rwang0: Legacy issues continue to hamper cloud adoption. See report. http://bit.ly/cUokCO #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:46 pm vanheukelom: RT @jimholincheck: Also, Zoho already doing, not a total stretch RT @dahowlett: @jimholincheck – Surely GOOG would be more than left field? #workdaytech
4:46 pm ggheorghiu: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech good partnership with salesforce for CRM, no plans to be a CRM vendor
4:47 pm jonll: Great backchannel on #workdaytech – some really interesting reading! Great analyst coverage. #cloud #saas #hcm
4:47 pm paulhamerman: #workdaytech a PaaS layer for extensibility would enhance any apps vendor’s offering. It’s critical for ERP to be successful as SaaS.
4:47 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: @aneelb roadmap – 2008/9 Core HR, 2010 Payroll, 2010/11 Talent, 2011 Projects, Spend 2011/12 Core Financials #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:47 pm rwang0: Integration is a key part of Workday strategy. Hence acquisition of Cape Clear. http://bit.ly/d0u5GB #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:48 pm jimholincheck: #workdaytech Looks like they might develop a student information systems as they increase focus on higher ed – interesting vertical focus.
4:48 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jimholincheck: #workdaytech Does not plan big push into Financials until 2011/12 (targeting US midmarket now). Slower than I thought it would be.
4:48 pm rwang0: Sat with a #workday customer on the way back from #ams. They were 30 days from go-live. Love UI #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:48 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @dahowlett: Raised $165 million to date #workdaytech
4:49 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mkrigsman: Workday co-CEO @aneelb on small- and med- market: “That’s not where we want to be” #workdaytech
4:49 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: @aneelb up against 20 of the toughest analysts in the market with a crossfire of questions #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:49 pm ggheorghiu: RT @jasonaverbook: The HR buyers have much to learn about benefit of “true SaaS” as part of justification for new tools; not just pretty UI #workdaytech #ki
4:49 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech the toughest barrier for new competitors is the SaaS knowledge
4:49 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: @Workday has a good pricing model. Flat line pricing for a 5 year period #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:49 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @merv: #workdaytech “Usability was our lever into the market” says Bhusri. Despite all their experience, “field” learnings early mattered greatly.
4:49 pm juliebhunt: RT @rwang0: MY POV: Culture at #workday extremely collaborative, lots of smart people, ego’s checked in at the door #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:50 pm jeffreybreen: looks like #workdaytech is the place to be today — in person or on Twitter!
4:50 pm cefaloworkday: RT @rwang0: Sat with a #workday customer on the way back from #ams. They were 30 days from go-live. Love UI #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:50 pm vendorprisey: insightful comment. TM vendors are like I2 and manugistics. not owning system of record. #workdaytech
4:50 pm rwang0: @ZoliErdos has a live tweet feed of the #workdaytech summit. See here. please retweet http://bit.ly/cn7riE #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:50 pm paulhamerman: #workdaytech ByDesign has a cloud-based extensibility layer in the app environment. Workday’s extensibility configuration only, I believe.
4:50 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech Standard contract is 3 yrs, most customers negotiate to 4 yrs for greater predictability
4:51 pm juliebhunt: RT @rwang0: Integration is a key part of Workday strategy. Hence acquisition of Cape Clear. http://bit.ly/d0u5GB #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:51 pm jimholincheck: #workdaytech @aneelb Accenture, Deloitte, and Towers Watson are ramping up consulting practices with Workday.
4:51 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech Indus and geo focus: us, Canada, UK now, next australia, 2011 and beyond japan, korea, Germany, France, scandinavia, india
4:51 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jasonaverbook: Exciting to see Australia as a “short-term” target for Workday – very needy market for unified HCM #ki #workdaytech
4:51 pm billkutik: Not @ #workdaytech? Thanks RT http://bit.ly/bPuzqe Great Stuff at HR Technology @InFullBloomUS @stelzner @vanheukelom @AquireInc #hrtechconf
4:51 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech average time to live is 4-5 months for SaaS ERP
4:51 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech Indus focus: pub sector now, next fin services and healthcare
4:52 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech core tenets: real SaaS, strength from core, enterprise class, innovation throughout
4:52 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech core implementations must be done quickly, part of the value
4:52 pm mkrigsman: “Core implementation needs to be
done quickly or it defeats our purpose” #workdaytech
4:52 pm vendorprisey: RT @jimholincheck: #workdaytech @aneelb Accenture, Deloitte, and Towers Watson are ramping up consulting practices with Workday.
4:52 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jasonaverbook: The HR/HCM/Talent Management space is about to learn what “true SaaS” is; not just for IT anymore – #ki #workdaytech
4:52 pm SameerPatel: RT @rwang0: @ZoliErdos has a live tweet feed of #workdaytech summit.please retweet http://bit.ly/cn7riE #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:52 pm merv: RT @jimholincheck: #workdaytech @aneelb Accenture, Deloitte, and Towers Watson are ramping up consulting practices with Workday.
4:52 pm rwang0: RT @vendorprisey: insightful comment. TM vendors are like I2 and manugistics. not owning system of record. #workdaytech
4:53 pm jonerp: RT @rwang0 @ZoliErdos has live tweet feed of #workdaytech summit. See here. http://bit.ly/cn7riE #workdaytech >>sharp group of analysts
4:53 pm TBilly: RT @jimholincheck: #workdaytech @aneelb Accenture, Deloitte, and Towers Watson are ramping up consulting practices with Workday.
4:53 pm rhirsch: RT @rwang0: @ZoliErdos has a live tweet feed of the #workdaytech summit. See here. please retweet http://bit.ly/cn7riE #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:53 pm workdayscott: RT @rwang0: Sat with a #workday customer on the way back from #ams. They were 30 days from go-live. Love UI #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:54 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @merv: #workdaytech “First redefinition of the core in 15 years. Org and security model, BPM and workflow, embedded BI” all needed change. – Bhusri
4:54 pm rwang0: RT @TBilly: RT @jimholincheck: #workdaytech @aneelb Accenture, Deloitte, and Towers Watson are ramping up consulting practices with Workday.
4:54 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech at least half of integrations are done with on prem legacy systems
4:54 pm paulfallon: RT @rwang0: @ZoliErdos has a live tweet feed of the #workdaytech summit. See here. please retweet http://bit.ly/cvFtam #saas #hcm
4:54 pm rwang0: Anyone know if #workdaytech is a trending topic yet? #saas #cloud #hcm
4:54 pm johnrrymer: #workdaytech Workday: More than half of implementations require integration with on–premise systems.
4:54 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @merv: #workdaytech “If you?re going to be a core ? you have to have integration; that?s why we bought Cape Clear.” – Bhusri
4:54 pm amiassayag: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech average time to live is 4-5 months for SaaS ERP
4:55 pm rwang0: LMS partnership w/ Plateau #LearningManagement #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:55 pm juliebhunt: RT @rwang0: @ZoliErdos has a live tweet feed of the #workdaytech summit. See here. please retweet http://bit.ly/cn7riE #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:55 pm rwang0: #saba, #sumtotal can also integrate via #webservices #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:55 pm jonll: RT @rwang0: Brian Sommers asks the questions “When are you taking the gloves off?” @aneelb Now. #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:55 pm HelenJLashe: looks like #workdaytech is the place to be today — in person or on Twitter! :@
4:55 pm rwang0: RT @johnrrymer: #workdaytech Workday: More than half of implementations require integration with on–premise systems.
4:56 pm paulhamerman: #workdaytech Workday’s LMS partner is Plateau systems. Can orchestrate integration. Working with Taleo, Mr.Ted (Stepstone) for recruiting.
4:56 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech largest deployment 100,000 employees, average deal in current pipeline over 10,000 employees
4:56 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: 3 types of adoption: Tier 1 legacy, Tier 2 upgrade to ent class, Net new: spin out or fast growing entity #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:57 pm johnrrymer: #workdaytech No Workday equivalent to Force.com. Curious to see how customizations work, given that.
4:57 pm amiassayag: @mfauscette Interesting stat – can you post a link to where you found the stats? Thanks! #workdaytech
4:57 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mkrigsman: Sales pattern is very simple: Need to win over HR and then becomes question of #CIO embracing SaaS #workdaytech
4:57 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @johnrrymer: #workdaytech Classic: Customers consider Workday when they face upgrade of conventional app, with big costs, outdated “core” models.
4:58 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @toppundit: #workdaytech “Seeing a changing of the guard in CIOs. More business-oriented. More tolerant of managing vendors by SLAs.”
4:58 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech distribution strategy: direct in the large and upper mid and partner for small and mid.
4:58 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: We see more #sap conversions than #peoplesoft converstions. Lots of legacy like #lawson. #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:58 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @merv: #workdaytech “Staying focused on the 1000-up market, direct. Today, every go-live event is known to the whole company.” That intimacy a key.
4:59 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @merv: #workdaytech @jimholincheck asks who is the biggest competitive threat?
4:59 pm Jason_J_Davis: Happens a lot > RT @jasonaverbook: Not going to let legacy vendors get away with “warmed over hosting” as “cloud” #workdaytech
4:59 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: @aneelb we had the full in memory database frst. Pure OO development Sep UI from Apps layer #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
4:59 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mkrigsman: Workday uses “full in-memory DB and uses relational for persistence” only #workdaytech << pressing hard against #SA
P
5:00 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mkrigsman: From @aneelb: Expecting SAP to make Business byDesign the new ERP. #workdaytech
5:00 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: @mhweier What’s holding back big legacy vendors fr getting it right? @aneelb “need a clean sheet of paper” #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:00 pm elliotross: Interesting RT @rwang0: LMS partnership w/ Plateau #LearningManagement #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:00 pm vanheukelom: Where’s the real systems of record today – HR or TM? Workday going to own everything HCM? hope so #workdaytech
5:01 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: Brian Sommer asks “Who do you admire in the SaaS space? ” @aneelb “Salesforce. Marc has stayed true message” #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:02 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mkrigsman: Flextronics clarification from @Leighanne: they HAD 83 systems; now 100,000 employee equivalents on Workday #workdaytech
5:02 pm Jason_J_Davis: RT @jasonaverbook: Like that Workday is talking about business benefits of “true SaaS” and not just an IT benefit – huge market shift #workdaytech #ki
5:03 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech why not be platform? serving 2 masters, not place of app vendor (salesforce is the exception)
5:03 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mkrigsman: Workday as apps provider. Contrast with Salesforce as a platform vendor. Drawing clear non-competition lines with Salesforce #workdaytech
5:03 pm rhirsch: @johnrrymer do you mean customizations work better or worse with a Workday equivalent to Force.com #workdaytech
5:03 pm deepakalur: @johnrrymer: #workdaytech Aneel Bhusri emphasizing “real” multitenancy. are there different types of multi-tenancy? would love to know more.
5:04 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jimholincheck: #workdaytech Looks like they might develop a student information systems as they increase focus on higher ed – interesting vertical focus.
5:04 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: Sat with a #workday customer on the way back from #ams. They were 30 days from go-live. Love UI #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:04 pm vanheukelom: RT @rwang0: RT @vendorprisey: insightful comment. TM vendors are like I2 and manugistics. not owning system of record. #workdaytech
5:04 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech the toughest barrier for new competitors is the SaaS knowledge
5:04 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @vendorprisey: insightful comment. TM vendors are like I2 and manugistics. not owning system of record. #workdaytech
5:04 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: @ZoliErdos has a live tweet feed of the #workdaytech summit. See here. please retweet http://bit.ly/cn7riE #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:05 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jimholincheck: #workdaytech @aneelb Accenture, Deloitte, and Towers Watson are ramping up consulting practices with Workday.
5:06 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech average time to live is 4-5 months for SaaS ERP
5:06 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: LMS partnership w/ Plateau #LearningManagement #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:07 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: #saba, #sumtotal can also integrate via #webservices #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:07 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @paulhamerman: #workdaytech Workday’s LMS partner is Plateau systems. Can orchestrate integration. Working with Taleo, Mr.Ted (Stepstone) for recruiting.
5:07 pm mkrigsman: RT @rwang0: @ZoliErdos has live tweet feed of the #workdaytech summit. http://bit.ly/cn7riE #workdaytech
5:07 pm rwang0: @LeighLevensaler and Nitler up on deck to talk about Apps in the context of the technology #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:07 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @vanheukelom: Where’s the real systems of record today – HR or TM? Workday going to own everything HCM? hope so #workdaytech
5:08 pm InFullBloomUS: SOR and TM are inextricably intertwined. #workdaytech
5:08 pm mkrigsman: “In the beginning, Hasso gave us ERP” #workdaytech
5:08 pm ggheorghiu: #LMS partnership w/ @PlateauSystems #LearningManagement #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm RT @InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0
5:08 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech moving from things based biz to a people based biz, new systems needed #socbiz
5:09 pm zolierdos: Mark Nittler speaking now #Workdaytech. Moving from “things oriented” business to “people oriented” business
5:09 pm InFullBloomUS: Be sure to ask about definitional development at #workdaytech Get a demo of exactly how it’s done.
5:09 pm zolierdos: RT @mkrigsman: “In the beginning, Hasso gave us ERP” #workdaytech
5:09 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech solutions happen when biz and tech come together
5:09 pm vanheukelom: @InFullBloomUS Agreed. Workday needs to own the stack. #workdaytech
5:10 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: Nitler – We are making a shift from Thing- oriented business to People oriented biz – Not just Service biz #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:10 pm toppundit: #workdaytech “Focus on companies w/a high ration of employee costs to capital costs. ” Nittler. Back to the days of the skilled craftsman.
5:10 pm toppundit: RT @InFullBloomUS: SOR and TM are inextricably intertwined. #workdaytech << Agreed. Not clear Workday has this in the gut.
5:11 pm rhirsch: RT @zolierdos: RT @mkrigsman: “In the beginning, Hasso gave us ERP” #workdaytech >> sort of like ‘Let there be light’
5:11 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech people oriented biz: follow the $, 44% goes for people costs
5:11 pm jasonaverbook: One Workday’s big
gest challenges is getting HR to understand the biz benefit of multi-tenancy-some of IT gets it, few in HR #workdaytech
5:11 pm rwang0: People make up 57% of the costs at a company. – Source: Compilation of Workday Estimates #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:12 pm merv: #workdaytech “Follow the money ? people management is a core operational process, not a support function.”
5:12 pm vendorprisey: good people management isn’t just HR . move it from back office to operational #workdaytech
5:12 pm rwang0: Managing a people Business – HR answers first part – “who works here” #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:12 pm InFullBloomUS: Multi-tenancy reduced time/cost/errors to market, enabling more rapid/lower cost innovation. #workdaytech HR folks, please pay attention.
5:13 pm ddebow: RT @rwang0: Nitler – We are making a shift from Thing- oriented business to People oriented biz – Not just Service biz #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:13 pm rwang0: RT @vendorprisey: good people management isn’t just HR . move it from back office to operational #workdaytech
5:13 pm Scott_Schmidt: Mark Nitler now presenting at #workdaytech #ki
5:13 pm rwang0: Nitler “The real question is not who works here but who here works?” #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:13 pm ggheorghiu: Why R vendors picking on each other – what value does this bring to anyone? @AlainClapaud #workdaytech @dahowlett @dealarchitect @rwang0
5:14 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech not who works here but instead who here works?
5:14 pm zolierdos: #Question is not “who works here?” but “who here works?” 🙂 #workdaytech
5:14 pm jasonaverbook: @aneelb is one of the few HR tech executives that actually gets the value of technology to drive HR innovation – #workdaytech #ki
5:14 pm vendorprisey: who here works is a more important question than who works here. #workdaytech (I may need to steal this one).
5:14 pm jcorsello: RT @InFullBloomUS: SOR and TM are inextricably intertwined. #workdaytech
5:14 pm BSStoltz: RT @rwang0: RT @vendorprisey: good people management isn’t just HR . move it from back office to operational #workdaytech
5:14 pm zgur: RT @jasonaverbook: One Workday’s biggest challenges is getting HR to understand the biz benefit of multi-tenancy-some of IT gets it, few in HR #workdaytech
5:14 pm Scott_Schmidt: With huge investment being made in people it’s important to understand what they’re doing, are goals met, and performance #workdaytech #ki
5:14 pm mrinal: RT @InFullBloomUS: Multi-tenancy reduced time/cost/errors to market, enabling more rapid/lower cost innovation. #workdaytech
5:14 pm dahowlett: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech not who works here but instead who here works? < asking the right question. But what about the slackers?
5:15 pm toppundit: #workdaytech Long talk at break on leveraging the in-memory database to do things like entering partial data and saving it. Good progress.
5:15 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech strength from the core: worker -work – performance
5:15 pm merv: Nourishment for #workdaytech is modular and portable. http://twitpic.com/2hitp8
5:15 pm jimholincheck: #workdaytech People-driven business harkens back to the pre-Oracle acq PeopleSoft messaging. Not a new message, but still valid for svc biz
5:15 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jasonaverbook: @aneelb is one of the few HR tech executives that actually gets the value of technology to drive HR innovation – #workdaytech #ki
5:16 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @toppundit: #workdaytech Long talk at break on leveraging the in-memory database to do things like entering partial data and saving it. Good progress.
5:17 pm ask_questions: RT @zolierdos2010#Question is not “who works here?” but “who here works?” 🙂 #workdaytech
5:17 pm mkrigsman: Mark Nitlerm Chief Architect, discussing implications of people-orientation rather than financial-orientation. #workdaytech
5:17 pm ggheorghiu: People make up 57% of the costs at a company. – Source: Compilation of Workday Estimates #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm RT @rwang0
5:17 pm spencerchen: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech at least half of integrations are done with on prem legacy systems
5:17 pm merv: RT @zolierdos2010#Question is not “who works here?” but “who here works?” 🙂 #workdaytech
5:17 pm spencerchen: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech average time to live is 4-5 months for SaaS ERP
5:18 pm rwang0: Nitler talking about next generation apps. Here are 10 elements of what’s next. http://bit.ly/130WiO #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:18 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech new systems must provide agility and provide real integrations across orgs
5:18 pm mkrigsman: Workday core system addresses goal of agility and integration (mashups) with other systems, to create bus systems across orgs #workdaytech
5:18 pm rwang0: Mark Nitler is the Chief Architect @workday and part of the dream team with @sswete and Petros #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:18 pm spencerchen: Can u explain? –> RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech people oriented biz: follow the $, 44% goes for people costs
5:19 pm CMac123: RT @dahowlett @mfauscette: Who here works is more important than who works here. #workdaytech
5:19 pm mkrigsman: Traditional enterprise systems were not built for people to use << YES, key insight #workdaytech
5:19 pm zolierdos: traditional enterprise systens were not built for people to use – mark nitler, #workdaytech
5:19 pm toppundit: #workdaytech Big fan of Mark Nittler, now discussing list of what ERP does well. A disagreement. “Model of business” ERP model very weak.
5:19 pm mkrigsman: RT @rwang0: Mark Nitler is the Chief Architect @workday and part of the dream team with @sswete and Petros #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:20 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech people-centric sys: easy to use inc search, tags, links, self-serve, collaborative, connected, contextual, mobile, Pers prod
5:20 pm vendorprisey: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech people-centric sys: easy to use inc search, tags, links, self-serve, collaborative, connected, contextual, mobile, Pers prod
5:20 pm rhirsch: @mkrigsman ask if Workday has APIs that allow apps to create mash-ups with WorkDay data #workdaytech
5:21 pm merv: #workdaytech watching people taking pictures of people taking pictures of people presenting pictures here. Media madness.
5:21 pm rwang0: Now on deck: @LeighLevensaler Heads up HCM product strategy #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:21 pm rwang0: RT @rhirsch: @mkrigsman ask if Workday has APIs that allow apps to create mash-ups with WorkDay data #workdaytech
5:21 pm mrinal: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech people-centric sys: easy to use inc search, tags, links, self-serve, collaborative, connected, contextual, …
5:21 pm mikeboysen: RT @mkrigsman: Traditional enterprise systems were not built for people to use << YES, key insight #workdaytech
5:22 pm ggheorghiu: Wondering who were they built for… @mkrigsman: Traditional enterprise systems were not built 4 people to use #workdaytech
5:22 pm mikeboysen: RT @rwang0: Nitler talking about next generation apps. Here are 10 elements of what’s next. http://bit.ly/130WiO #workdaytech #saas #cloud
5:22 pm workday: Now on deck: @LeighLevensaler Heads up HCM product strategy #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:22 pm rwang0: SaaS , Native XML, OO, Web UE, Mobile, Auditability, Worktags, Contextual Info, BPM, Builtin BI, Integrations #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:22 pm jasonaverbook: Workday at point with core HR now where they plan to drive “distruption” in typical HR technologies #workdaytech #ki
5:23 pm mkrigsman: RT @rhirsch: ask if Workday has APIs that allow apps to create mash-ups with WorkDay data #workdaytech << answer is Yes
5:23 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: Mark Nitler is the Chief Architect @workday and part of the dream team with @sswete and Petros #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:23 pm zolierdos: @dahowlett the cameraman http://twitpic.com/2hiv6v / #workdaytech
5:23 pm jimholincheck: #workdaytech seems collaboration strategy tied predominantly today to formal biz processes, need to see more on ad-hoc processes.
5:23 pm Scott_Schmidt: @LeighLevensaler now talking at #workdaytech. Heads up HCM product straegy #ki
5:24 pm ms_lbd: Haha – love this! RT @CMac123 @dahowlett @mfauscette: Who here works is more important than who works here. #workdaytech
5:24 pm vendorprisey: RT @jimholincheck: #workdaytech seems collaboration strategy tied predominantly today to formal biz processes, need to see more on ad-hoc processes.
5:24 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mfauscette #workdaytech peop-centr sys: ez to use inc search, tags, links, self-serve, collab, connected, contextual, mobile, Pers prod
5:25 pm mrinal: @mkrigsman @rhirsch workday does have APIs https://community.workday.com/wws #workdaytech
5:25 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: SaaS , Native XML, OO, Web UE, Mobile, Auditability, Worktags, Contextual Info, BPM, Builtin BI, Integrations #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:25 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jasonaverbook: Workday at point with core HR now where they plan to drive “distruption” in typical HR technologies #workdaytech #ki
5:25 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mkrigsman: RT @rhirsch: ask if Workday has APIs that allow apps to create mash-ups with WorkDay data #workdaytech << answer is Yes
5:25 pm johnchavens: RT @mikeboysen: RT @rwang0: Nitler talking about next generation apps. Here are 10 elements of what’s next. http://bit.ly/130WiO #workdaytech #saas #cloud
5:26 pm rwang0: @dealarchitect asks @jasonaverbook if companies are losing to Workday b/c of unified core #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:26 pm rwang0: RT @mrinal: @mkrigsman @rhirsch workday does have APIs https://community.workday.com/wws #workdaytech
5:26 pm paulhamerman: #workdaytech Workday says you don’t need a point talent solution with their app, built into the product. I’ve heard that before from others.
5:26 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @rwang0: @dealarchitect asks @jasonaverbook if companies are losing to Workday b/c of unified core #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:26 pm johnrrymer: #workdaytech Interesting but not yet clear discussion of people-oriented mgt of business (as opposed to thing-oriented mgt).
5:27 pm rwang0: @LeighLevensaler was an #staranalyst at Bersin&Associates covering HCM #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:27 pm rwang0: that felt like a Vh-1 popup #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:27 pm Jason_J_Davis: HUGE challenge! RT @jasonaverbook: 1 of Workday’s biggest challenges: Getting HR to understand the biz benefit of multi-tenancy #workdaytech
5:27 pm Scott_Schmidt: @jasonaverbook being asked to fact check #workdaytech claim on if cos are losing Talent Mgmnt deals to Workday bc of integrated core #ki
5:28 pm zolierdos: @jimholincheck but it’s kinda interesting the new-style collaboration tools focus on ad-
hoc, not much tie in to biz processes #workdaytech
5:28 pm WebKrunk: RT @mfauscette: #workdaytech solutions happen when biz and tech come together
5:28 pm jasonaverbook: Workday plans to ensure orgs do not need point talent solutions now and going forward #workdaytech #ki
5:28 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech managing work is a core focus for apps strategy
5:28 pm pjtec: RT @paulhamerman: #workdaytech Workday says you don’t need a point talent solution with their app, built into the product. I’ve heard that before from others.
5:28 pm debwolf: RT @rwang0: RT @mhweier: analyst @jasonoverbrook says more and more talent vendors losing deals to workday because of its core hr+talent #workdaytech
5:29 pm rwang0: @jimholincheck bet @JimLundy wishes he was in this room. his ears must be burning #saba #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:30 pm johnrrymer: #workdaytech Interesting notion: “operationally relevant” applications.
5:30 pm rwang0: Breakfast time at #workdaytech http://tweetphoto.com/40929818
5:30 pm mhweier: analyst @jasonaverbook says more and more talent vendors losing deals to workday because of its core hr+talent #workdaytech
5:30 pm Scott_Schmidt: @jasonaverbook Bringing knowledge and exp from HR trenches to analyst mtg. All part of the Knowledge Infusion difference. #workdaytech #ki
5:30 pm jimholincheck: No doubt RT @rwang0: @jimholincheck bet @JimLundy wishes he was in this room. his ears must be burning #saba #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:30 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @jasonaverbook: Workday plans to ensure orgs do not need point talent solutions now and going forward #workdaytech #ki
5:31 pm toppundit: #workdaytech Do talent management vendors let you say what you’re working on? “Saba” the quick answer. Others, but not connected. Thanks.
5:31 pm rwang0: @dealarchitect is your definition of talent just employees? @LeighLevensaler no. it’s workforce, suppliers.. #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:31 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mhweier analyst @jasonaverbrook says more and more talent vendors losing deals to workday because of its core hr+talent #workdaytech
5:31 pm merv: #workdaytech great question from @dealarchitect – who is the workforce? Just employees? Answer: no. (suppliers, contingent emps, etc)
5:31 pm RiverLogicInc: RT @rwang0: People make up 57% of the costs at a company. – Source: Compilation of Workday Estimates #workdaytech #saas #cloud #hcm
5:31 pm rhirsch: RT @rwang0: Breakfast time at #workdaytech http://tweetphoto.com/40929818 >> what – no picture of the donuts?
5:32 pm jasonaverbook: Many different flavor of talent mgmt spend – bolt on to legacy, ERP or shift to unified core – #workdaytech
5:32 pm zolierdos: Not a healthy meeting M&Ms abound http://twitpic.com/2hixoj #workdaytech
5:33 pm rwang0: RT @jasonaverbook: Many different flavor of talent mgmt spend – bolt on to legacy, ERP or shift to unified core – #workdaytech
5:33 pm jasonaverbook: HR users continue to see value in talent and talent management suites vs single point solutions – #hrtech #workdaytech
5:33 pm rwang0: Workday #m&ms #workdaytech a nice touch in the customer center http://tweetphoto.com/40930286
5:34 pm zolierdos: Workday expects to be a full ERP replacement around 2012 – Mark Nitler, #workdaytech
5:34 pm mfauscette: #workdaytech be a full ERP replacement by 2012
5:34 pm mkrigsman: Workday has “intense focus” to build out talent mgt and then financials and full ERP replacement in 2012 (estimate) #workdaytech
5:34 pm zolierdos: Yes, Vinnie, those are m&ms, help yourself:-) (sitting next to me) #workdaytech
5:35 pm jimholincheck: Collaboration discussion at #workdaytech RT @JimLundy: @jimholincheck , @rwang0, what am I missing?
5:35 pm paulhamerman: #workdaytech In theory, you want a one-stop shop for all HR and talent processes. The talent point solutions are still deeper, however.
5:35 pm pjtec: @mfauscette #workdaytech “be a full ERP replacement by 2012” > Including manufacturing, SCM, etc.?
5:36 pm SameerPatel: RT @zolierdos: Workday expects to be a full ERP replacement around 2012 – Mark Nitler, #workdaytech
5:36 pm Perficient: RT @mkrigsman: Predominant way to purchase #CRM is through SaaS #workdaytech
5:36 pm mgperry: RT @mkrigsman: Workday core system addresses goal of agility and integration (mashups) with other systems, to create bus systems across orgs #workdaytech
5:36 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @merv: #workdaytech great question from @dealarchitect – who is the workforce? Just employees? Answer: no. (suppliers, contingent emps, etc)
5:36 pm mrinal: RT @mkrigsman: Workday has “intense focus” to build out talent mgt and then financials and full ERP replacement in 2012 (estimate) #workdaytech
5:36 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @zolierdos: Not a healthy meeting M&Ms abound http://twitpic.com/2hixoj #workdaytech
5:36 pm vendorprisey: dislike “business user”. #workdaytech http://theotherthomasotter.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/i-dislike-the-term-business-user/
5:36 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @zolierdos: Workday expects to be a full ERP replacement around 2012 – Mark Nitler, #workdaytech
5:37 pm InFullBloomUS: RT @mkrigsman: Workday has “intense focus” to build out talent mgt and then financials and
full ERP replacement in 2012 (estima
