News on ePower and HR

ePower nominated for HR Excellence awards!

July 13th 2010 11:50 - ePower has been nominated for the HR Excellence awards in the category "Best HR Information System Provider". It is praised for its innovative software solutions that fully support the HR function.

The HR Excellence awards recognise the best suppliers in a number of categories representing the major key areas of expertise required by HR departments. They are assigned upon a strict, transparent procedure that is organised and controlled by an independent Judging Committee. The Awards winners are determined by the vote of the HR community in one hand, and by the vote of the Judging Committee in the other hand. Announcement of the Awards winners takes place on 18 November 2010.

ePower is Gold Certified Partner.

By attaining the Web Development competency in the Microsoft Partner Program, ePower now becomes a Gold Certified Partner. Microsoft acknowledges the expertise of ePower in the field of "Web Development" and "ISV Solutions".

Microsoft Gold Certified Partners enjoy a wide range of advantages, among which access to training and direct support by Microsoft. Thanks to those we will be able to increase the quality of our services even more.

eSuite version 4.9.0 released.

April 12th 2010 10:44 - As of today, the new version 4.9.0 of the eSuite software is available. This new version contains several improvements on layout and overall performance. The main feature that has been added is a Portal Page which visualizes the different roles a user is assigned: a self service part for the employee and manager, an admin section and a settings part for the administrators.

Please feel free to contact us or take a look at our eSuite software for more details.

Strong HRM increases profits!

March 5th 2010 18:54 - Companies where employees are more quality driven and targeted, and more positive about the pay and management information, prove to be more productive in 2 years.

Scientific research shows that a link is found with improved financial results like profits. For her doctoral research "HRM, employee well-being and organizational performance: a balanced perspective" Karina van de Voorde (Tilburg University) analyzed objective performance indicators from more than 14000 employees at Rabobank and data from questionnaires. Van de Voorde discovered trends in the questionnaire scores that declared a profit mutation of 178 million euros per year. Mainly the positive scores on quality focus, targeting, reward and management information appear to have a predictive impact on the financial performance.

Van de Voorde advises organizations to frequently deploy survey researches for their management systems. The results not only help in monitoring and forecasting the financial performance, they also help in mapping the differences between business units. The measurements can be influenced by the organization, while many external factors (such as economic) are not. [Source: HR update]

ePower launches new website!

November 3rd 2009 16:24 - The new ePower website is a fact! The new design and improved structure and navigation will surely help you find a suitable solution even faster. Please have a look around the new website.

ePower awarded with the European Seal of e-Excellence for second time.

For the second year in a row, Belgian eHR pioneer ePower was awarded with the European Seal of e-Excellence / Silver. At the CeBIT fair in Hannover, Gert Van Meerbergen, CEO of ePower, received the award from the European Multimedia Forum (EMF). The jury honored ePower for offering user-friendly, innovative eHR tools both under a license model, as well as a complete hosted software solution.

In the Fall of 2008, ePower has rolled out the new generation eHR software suite, including Performance & Competence Management tools, Training, Personnel Administration, 360 degree feedback. From now on the eHR software suite is available as a complete hosted solution, which is especially interesting for small or mid-sized companies.

Gert Van Meerbergen: "Companies face difficult times. With our new offering, clients can stay focused on their core business while improving and monitoring employee performance and their HR processes. The award certainly motivates us to keep innovating and enhancing our products and services".

Interesting site on performance management.

Are you looking for an answer on your performance management questions? Have a look at the site of The Performance Factory. It’s packed with more than 40 pages of useful information, tips & tricks and tested ideas about performance management. And it’s free!

Performance management expert Jeroen De Flander : " companies loose lose between 40% and 60% of their potential performance while trying to execute their strategy. A professional performance management approach helps companies to get more return on their strategy."

New information is added on a regular basis and you can post your own questions. We keep you informed when new developments arise.

IDC predicts strong increase in rented software solution market.

Research agency IDC predicts a big increase in popularity of Software as a Service (SaaS), certainly in these economically challenging times. By renting a complete software solution instead of licensing the software and installing it on their own servers, organisations can enjoy the benefits of new functionality, while still keeping the costs low because only the current use is being billed. User-friendly, scalable and high-performing tools are up to a bright future, predicts IDC. In the United States SaaS is already quite popular, IDC expects this development to occur in Europe as well.

Since mid 2008, the user-friendly ePower eHR tools are also available as a complete hosted solution. Performance or Competence Management, a tool for personnel administration becomes just a matter of configuring the right modules on the ePower servers. It's a complete solution, but without the big investments. Intrested? Contact us.