StepStone Solutions
Founded in 1994 by Lois and Ross Melbourne as TimeVision, Aquire is the leading provider of automated organisation charting and unified workforce intelligence solutions. The company’s flagship solutions, Aquire OrgPublisher and OrgBuilder, enable human resource and financial executives to visualise the structure of their organisation and automate critical workforce planning, compliance and budgeting processes.
The HR-XML Consortium is an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to the development and promotion of a standard suite of XML specifications to enable e-business and the automation of human resources-related data exchanges. The mission of the HR-XML Consortium is to spare employers and vendors the risk and expense of having to negotiate and agree upon data interchange mechanisms on an ad-hoc basis.
One of the most recognised names in business, IBM is the world’s largest information technology company, and consulting services organisation. IBM has been at the intersection of business and technology, under one name or another, for more than a century - and under this name since 1924. That gives this company a maturity and a long-term perspective about the role a company can and should play in the world today.
Microsoft is the world’s number one PC software maker. The company has a wide spectrum of products and services. Microsoft products include PC and network operating systems, server software for client-server environments, desktop applications, multimedia applications, Internet platforms, and developer tools. Furthermore, Microsoft offers online services, specialist computer literature (MS Press) and input devices.
Founded in 1972, SAP is the recognized leader in providing collaborative e-business solutions for all types of industries and for every major market. Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world’s largest inter-enterprise software company, as well as the world’s third-largest independent software supplier overall. SAP employs over 40,500 people in more than 50 countries.
Named one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America, SoftArtisans produces business-solution products for report and data management, industrial-grade file transferring and Web development. With over 20,000 customers in more than 70 countries, SoftArtisans is privately held and located in Brookline, MA.