Based on our unscientific, limited response poll on the Center of Excellence over the past few weeks, I hereby declare[ Lawson|http://www.lawson.com] as the HCM Battle winner. A great recap of the battle can be viewed here . Keep in mind, many non-buyers may have influenced the poll, but nonetheless, I think this is a fairly accurate response based on observations from the audience and listening to people comment as they left the room. Lawson did a great job of showing "Spaces" and even some "futures" with Facebook integration.
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Who lost? Obviously, Oracle missed the mark in the presentation, partially because of usability (since much of the presentation focuses on the interface). Both Workday and Lawson showed stuff that was "cool", as the gentleman in front of me called it, demoing new, AJAX/Flex-based usability. Oracle showed a user interface that is about 5 years old.
Who won and lost at the same time? SAP. SAP won, of course, by Oracle faultering. Their lack of presence, though, did nothing to show they are making any progress in HCM or talent management (which presumably they are). What was interesting was seeing David Ludlow, head of HCM at SAP sitting in the back of the room.
Congratulations to Lawson.
