HR Tech Escape the Commoditization of HR Technology Trap: A Guide for Mid to Large Enterprises to Invest Wisely Amol Pawar, December 10, 2024June 25, 2025 It’s hard not to notice the flood of bold promises from HR tech providers. Big launches, glitzy features and the term “AI” sprinkled across nearly every marketing message. Yet, if you’re like me, you’ve probably noticed how similar many of these solutions have become despite all the tall claims. This… Continue Reading
HR Tech Zoho People 5.0 is Here: The All-new Comprehensive Software Suite Amol Pawar, July 11, 2024June 25, 2025 Zoho has just rolled out its all-new Zoho People 5.0 and I was one of the first to get an inside view of the features and functionalities (the perks of being an authorized partner!) Zoho People 5.0 is truly an enterprise-grade platform with the necessary security, scalability, and stability built… Continue Reading
HR Tech Why Do HR Tech Projects Overrun Time and Costs? Amol Pawar, April 30, 2024June 25, 2025 HR Technology (HR tech) has become an indispensable tool across industries and scales of business. The good part? As per the 2023 ISG Survey on Industry Trends in HR Technology and Service Delivery, 20% of the participating companies said they were saving up to 40% of costs with HR tech…. Continue Reading
Featured Q-1-2020 For HR Tech Amol Pawar, April 26, 2020June 25, 2025 The JFM quarter in 2020 for HR Tech has been a great start. This is all of course before the world was gripped in the Coronavirus pandemic. I have used 2 data sources for this analysis. Both are credible sources and the stories they tell are similar yet different. The… Continue Reading
Featured Sierra-Cedar-HR Systems Survey 2019-20- Highlights Amol Pawar, March 21, 2020June 25, 2025 This article briefly reviews the 22nd Sierra-Cedar HR system survey 2019-20. The objective of this article is to highlight key points from the survey and interpret the same for both buyers and sellers of HR Technology solutions. The Story of the Buyer We looked at the report from a buyer’s… Continue Reading
HR Technology HR Tech News – October-November-2019 Amol Pawar, December 14, 2019June 25, 2025 This month we are talking about HR Tech deals in October and November 2019. In these 2 months, we have seen approximately USD 130 million invested in this space. These two months have been one of the mute periods as far as the volume of activity is concerned. These 2… Continue Reading
Featured HR Tech News- August-September-2019 Amol Pawar, October 8, 2019June 26, 2025 This month we are talking about HR Tech deals in August and September 2019. In these 2 months, we have seen approximately USD 470 million invested in this space. At a total of USD 800 million Q-3 of 2019 has been the slowest quarter this year. But when investors are… Continue Reading
Featured HR Tech News – July -2019 Amol Pawar, August 11, 2019June 26, 2025 The month of July saw USD 328 million invested in HR technology deals across the globe. The start of Q-3 is thus better than Q-1 but not as good as the start of Q-2. Excluding the Ultimate deal of USD 11 Billion, we have USD 3 Billion invested in HR… Continue Reading
Featured HR Tech News – June 2019 Amol Pawar, July 7, 2019June 26, 2025 10 deals and a total of USD 764 million invested in various HR technology deals, the month of June maintains the steady pace of activities. This month we see 3 deals with more than USD 100 million invested in Wellness, Benefits and Talent management domain within HR tech space. The… Continue Reading
Featured HR Tech News – May 2019 Amol Pawar, June 6, 2019June 26, 2025 HR Tech News – May 2019 In the month of May things have become quiet in the world of HR Technology. Overall the market saw a total of USD 153 million invested across 6 deals. This number is the lowest both in terms of total dollars invested and number of… Continue Reading