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The Human Resources Software Handbook : Evaluating Technology Solutions for Your Organization

April 14, 2003 - HR Technology is a major growth market with increasingly sophisticated HR information systems (HRIS), HR management systems (HRMS), applicant tracking software and other IT products become available. Web-based HRIS is fast becoming a basic element of people management. Large corporations use HRIS extensively and more and more providers are addressing the potential of web-based HRMS solutions for medium and smaller businesses.

HRevents and the International Quality & Productivity Center officially announced the winners of the 2003 Inaugural HR Technology Excellence Awards at HRtech 2003.

"The HR Technology Excellence Award winners represent the very best of human resources technology throughout the world. Nearly 75 leading organizations worldwide applied across five categories for the right to be named best in class," commented Seth Kerker, Executive Director of the HR Technology Excellence Awards program.

The HR Technology Excellence Advisory Board of Judges made up of industry experts selected one winner, one runner up, and an honorable mention across each category. The winners were announced live April 10 at the awards ceremony held at the Sheraton in Chicago. The official results of the 2003 HR Technology Excellence Awards are:

Innovative & Creative Development of Human Resource Technology Solutions Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS)
Winner, ProcureStaff Ltd.
Second Place, iCIMS, Inc.
Honorable Mention, NuView Systems

Innovative & Creative Development of Human Resource Technology Solutions e-Learning/Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Winner, Plateau Systems
Second Place, Catavo Learning Company
Honorable Mention, GeoMetrix Data Systems

Most Innovative Use of Human Resource Technology (practitioner)
Winner, Regions Financial
Second Place, LexisNexis
Honorable Mention (Four-way tie) Eli Lilly, Envision Financial, Agilent Technologies, QUALCOMM

Innovative & Creative Development of Human Resource Technology Solutions Benefits/Comp/Attendance/Payroll
Winner, Cronus Technologies
Second Place, Kadiri
Honorable Mention (Three-way tie), ProAct Technologies, PeopleSoft, Complink

Innovative & Creative Development of Human Resource Technology Solutions Workforce Planning/Recruiting/Staffing/Human Capital
Winner, Eliyon Technologies
Second Place, BrassRing
Honorable Mention (Two-way tie), Insala Group, TimeVision

In the category of Innovative & Creative Development of HR Technology Solutions - HRMS, the Honorable Mention was awarded to NuView Systems, Inc. for its MyHRIS product suite, which includes comprehensive tools for HR & Benefits administration, Applicant Tracking, Training & Development, Succession Planning, Workflow, ESS, MSS and Metrics.

"The award application was quite rigorous", explained Shafiq Lokhandwala, NuView Systems CEO, "requiring applicants to document adherence to accepted technology standards, provide evidence of creativity and originality, proof of measurable productivity gains from usage of the product, and demonstrate how ROI was achieved by end users."

"This is a great honor for NuView Systems and it only serves to underscore our mission to provide innovative, cost-effective tools for HR professionals," commented Saïd Eastman, Director of Sales, NuView Systems, who was on-site to receive the award.