{"id":581,"date":"2017-08-31T14:48:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/talent-management\/?p=581"},"modified":"2019-07-05T10:51:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T14:51:46","slug":"key-takeaways-from-gartners-2017-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-hcm-suites-for-midmarket-and-large-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/talent-management\/2017\/08\/31\/key-takeaways-from-gartners-2017-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-hcm-suites-for-midmarket-and-large-enterprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Takeaways from Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites for Midmarket and Large Enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gartner Inc., the world’s leading research and advisory company, has released their 2017 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) Suites<\/a> for midmarket and large enterprises. Application leaders in work environments with over 1,000 employees and emerging global needs that are pursuing a cloud HCM strategy should use the research in this magic quadrant report to help identify vendors in the space.<\/p>\n

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In the 2017 magic quadrant for HCM suites, Gartner evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of 11 vendors that it considers most significant in the HCM market and provides readers with a graph (the Magic Quadrant) plotting the vendors based on their ability to execute and their completeness of vision. That graph is divided into four quadrants: niche players, challengers, visionaries, and leaders. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product, or service depicted in its research publications.<\/p>\n

The vendors\u00a0featured in the report include, in alphabetical order:\u00a0ADP, Ceridian, Infor, Kronos, Meta4, Oracle, Ramco Systems, SAP, Talentia Software, Ultimate Software and Workday.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here at Solutions Review, we’ve read the report, available here<\/a>, and pulled a few of the most important takeaways:<\/p>\n

What Does an HCM Suite Consist of?<\/em><\/h4>\n

HCM suites enable core HR, payroll, talent and workforce management, and HR service delivery processes. Gartner defines cloud HCM suites as platforms that deliver functionality in order to help organizations attract, develop, engage, retain and manage their workforces. These solutions support a variety of HCM capabilities including:<\/p>\n