Oracle Implementation Partners Develop Rapid Implementation Offerings

Oracle (News - Alert) has announced that the company’s Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) systems implementation partners (SIs) around the world are developing rapid implementation offerings for Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management (HCM) to offer additional options to Oracle customers.

In a software as a service (SaaS (News - Alert)) model, customers can more quickly realize the value of Oracle Fusion HCM through these rapid implementation offerings, whether they elect to use individual applications coexisting with their existing Oracle’s PeopleSoft, Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle’s JD Edwards HR applications, or to adopt the full capabilities of the Fusion HCM suite.

Partners are developing structured programs that can accelerate time to value for every customer by combining expertise in implementation approaches and methods with leading practice setup templates and business process flows delivered with Fusion HCM Cloud Services.

“Oracle believes that SaaS should be simple to adopt and implement,” said Gretchen Alarcon, vice president, Oracle HCM Strategy, in company press release. “We are excited to announce the availability of rapid implementation solution offerings from our implementation partners that reliably help accelerate time to value for every customer.”

Leveraging the company’s strong background in implementing SaaS solutions, and deep domain knowledge and experience across Oracle HCM applications, Cognizant (News - Alert) plans to offer AccelHRate, its Oracle Fusion HCM SaaS rapid implementation solution. The solution is supported by Cognizant's Fusion Applications Center of Excellence to harness Cognizant’s strong capabilities in Fusion Applications and provide continuous refinement to the approach.

Looking to manage its own human resources and payroll activities, eVerge Group has contributed to the development of Oracle Fusion HCM and is implementing all available Fusion HCM applications internally, the company stated in a press release.

Recently, the company entered into an agreement to acquire InQuira (News - Alert), a provider of best-in-class service knowledge management software that supports Web self-service and agent-assisted service. Commenting on the rationale of the acquisition, Oracle said that companies are searching for a solution that can provide them with a high-value, differentiated customer experience online and in the contact center. Through this strategic move of acquiring InQuira, Oracle will be able to deliver the most comprehensive cross channel customer support offering.