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Companies looking to enhance employee experience (EX) and maximize the performance of increasingly agile workforces are driving advances in workforce management software, according to a new study from Ventana Research, the software research business of Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.

Ventana Research, now part of ISG, the leading technology research and advisory services firm is advancing its market efforts and commitment to the growth of ISG with its subject matter experts. In this regard, Ventana Research announces the hiring of Matthew Brown as Director of Research of Human Capital Management (HCM). Matthew joins the analyst team and will be reporting to Robert Kugel, CFA, Executive Director of Business Research.

Ventana Research released its 2023 Buyers Guide for Payroll Management, a quantified, research-based report evaluating technology providers and products. The Buyers Guide assesses 8 vendors’ products using our Value Index methodology to evaluate software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research. The Buyers Guide for Payroll Management evaluates products that address key elements of payroll management as we define it.

Today Ventana Research released its 2023 Buyers Guide for Global Payroll, a quantified, research-based report evaluating technology providers and products. The Buyers Guide assesses 13 vendors’ products using our Value Index methodology to evaluate software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research. The Buyers Guide for Global Payroll evaluates products that address key elements of global payroll as we define it.

Today Ventana Research released its 2023 Buyers Guide for Domestic Payroll, a quantified, research-based report evaluating technology providers and products. The Buyers Guide assesses 11 vendors’ products using our Value Index methodology to evaluate software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research. The Buyers Guide for Domestic Payroll evaluates products that address key elements of domestic payroll as we define it.

Ventana Research today released its 2023 Learning Management Value Index, a quantified, research-based index evaluating technology providers and products. The Value Index assesses 14 vendor products using the Ventana Research methodology and blueprint, evaluating software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research. This research aimed to evaluate the maturity of software vendors and products and their value for enterprise use in...

Ventana Research, the leading market advisory and research services firm in providing consulting, advisory, research and education (CARE) products to organizations worldwide, continues to advance the corporate values of the organization in excellence, reliability, and teamwork with its growth. The firm’s dedication to its clients and use of its products, in what is called the Ventana eXperience (VX), requires a commitment to the expansion of the organization through subject matter experts. In...

Ventana Research today released its latest market research on Total Compensation Management (TCM). We undertook this research to determine the attitudes, requirements and future plans of those organizations that use TCM software and to identify the best practices of those exhibiting the most competencies and outcomes related to it. Ventana Research set out to examine both the commonalities and the qualities specific to major industry sectors and across organization size. We considered how...

Ventana Research today unveiled a uniquely focused and digitally engaged market agenda for 2022. The agenda is designed to enable organizations to plan and gain insights from trends and best practices so they can retain and advance their competitive edge. It also highlights the research and expertise-based services at Ventana Research that provide a roadmap for the year ahead and include the most authoritative guidance available on best practices to support informed technology choices, using a...

Ventana Research today released its 2022 Value Index on Workforce Management, a quantified, research-based index evaluating technology providers and products. This Value Index assesses 13 vendors’ products using our Ventana Research methodology and blueprint, evaluating software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research. The Value Index is designed to ensure that it provides objective research and guidance to organizations looking to...

Ventana Research today unveiled a distinctively focused and digitally innovative market agenda for 2021. This agenda details the areas of expertise the firm will focus on this year. The overview described in this annual agenda, and continuously updated calendar, provide support to enable business and IT to maximize and refine their people, processes, information and technology using enterprise software and technology.

Ventana Research today launched its latest benchmark research initiative into Total Compensation Management. The purpose of this research is to determine the awareness of organizations, their willingness to adopt modern total compensation management systems and their intentions. It will provide valuable insights by identifying market opportunities to accelerate organizations’ adoption of total compensation management systems while also identifying the impediments to doing so as well as benefits...

Ventana Research today released its 2020 Value Index on Learning Management Systems (LMS), a quantified, research-based index evaluating technology providers and products. This Value Index assesses 12 vendors’ products using our LMS blueprint, evaluating software in seven key categories that are weighted based on our expertise and research to reflect buyers’ needs.

Ventana Research today released its 2020 Value Index on Total Compensation Management, a quantified, research-based index evaluating technology providers and products. This Value Index assesses seven vendors’ products using our TCM blueprint, evaluating software in seven key categories that are weighted based on our expertise and research to reflect buyers’ needs. The structure of the Value Index reflects our understanding that proper evaluation involves far more than just examining product...

Ventana Research today unveiled a distinctively focused and digitally innovative research agenda for 2020. This agenda details the areas of expertise the firm will focus on this year. The research described in this annual agenda and continuously updated research calendar provides support to enable business and IT to maximize and refine their people, processes, information and technology using enterprise software.

Ventana Research today released its 2020 Value Index on Payroll Software, a quantified, research-based index evaluating technology providers and products. This Value Index assesses product adequacy based on the functional requirements and capabilities of our payroll software blueprint, which reflects what every RFI/RFP should include in an evaluation. The Payroll Software blueprint includes all aspects of the gross-to-net calculation process, compliance support, as well as tax withholding,...

Ventana Research announced today its newest market research into the Employee Experience in the form of a new Ventana Research Dynamic Insights. Ventana Research’s Dynamic Insights methodology delivers market research that can provide actionable insights and identify trends as they happen while also providing personalized, real-time feedback to survey participants. The employee experience is one of the key topics of expertise for Ventana Research, as employee satisfaction with the workplace...

Ventana Research today released its 2019 Value Index for Workforce Management, a quantified, research-based index evaluating technology providers and products. This Value Index assesses product adequacy based on the functional requirements and capabilities of our workforce management blueprint, which reflects what every RFI/RFP should include in an evaluation. The Workforce Management blueprint includes forecasting and scheduling, absence management, activity and task management, time and...

Ventana Research today launched its newest market research study, designed to examine and benchmark the current state and future of learning management and the variety of technologies that support it.

Ventana Research today launched its newest market research study, designed to examine the current state and future of payroll management. This research will remedy the lack of adequate empirical information on the deployment and use of payroll management processes and systems and will produce insights on how to meaningfully advance payroll operations.

Ventana Research today launched its newest market research study, designed to re-examine how organizations are advancing workforce management and embracing talent management practices when planning, deploying, tracking and managing segments of their workforce.

Forward-thinking organizations strive to consistently deliver positive business outcomes, and today that requires systems to support this goal. Modern workforce management software platforms are no longer solely tactical and...

Ventana Research today announced the 10 recipients of the 2017 Digital Leadership Awards. These awards, presented annually, spotlight organizations and those individuals with supporting technology vendors that utilize technology to advance business and IT. The Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards is a prestigious leadership awards program, backed by a proven industry analyst firm with market research and expertise across business and IT. The awards recognize individuals and companies that...

Ventana Research today announces that veteran analyst Steve Goldberg is joining the firm as Vice President and Research Director. Goldberg will be responsible for the overall direction of the Human Capital Management practice at Ventana Research, covering major research areas including Human Resources Management Systems (HRMS), Talent Management and Workforce Management, with an emphasis on advances and innovations in recruiting, learning management, performance management, compensation...

Ventana Research today released its latest benchmark research, The State of Workforce Management. Historically workforce management has been centered on scheduling, tracking time and attendance, absence and leave management. Today, as workforces become younger, more diverse and more globally dispersed, workforce management is being transformed. Employers must adapt how they schedule workers for shifts and manage them to address their demands for the flexibility they want to accommodate today’s...

Bend, OR January 24, 2017 - Ventana Research today released its 2017 Value Index for Workforce Management, the only quantified, research-based index evaluating technology vendors and products. The Workforce Management Value Index assesses software for workforce processes that support the role of executives and management, workers, managers, administrators, and IT professionals for serving workforce processes including absence, scheduling, task management, time and attendance, timeclock support,...