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EFG Companies Selects NetSuite and Rippling for Enterprise Technology to Advance Client Service, Customer and Employee Satisfaction
Dallas-based EFG Companies has chosen Rippling and Oracle NetSuite as the twin pillars of its enterprise technology infrastructure, citing goals of elevating client service alongside customer and employee satisfaction.
Before Autonomous HCM: Three Mistakes I See Every SuccessFactors Learning & Talent Customer Make
An SAP Community post warns SuccessFactors Learning and Talent customers that three foundational mistakes — centered on fragmented skills data and disconnected learning and career processes — will become significantly more costly once SAP's Autonomous HCM suite, including Learning Assistants, Career Assistants, and Joule Agents, rolls out in the second half of 2026. The post includes a readiness assessment guide.
2H 2026: Move from Application to Offer Faster with SmartRecruiters
SmartRecruiters plans to introduce agentic AI into its recruiter workflow for SAP SuccessFactors users in the second half of 2026, according to an SAP Community product preview. The stated goal is to shorten the time between a candidate's application and an offer. Feature details and pricing have not been disclosed.
Rippling steps up AI hiring in India, looks to expand enterprise push - The Economic Times
Rippling is scaling its AI laboratory in Bengaluru, India, hiring senior engineering and leadership talent — including principal engineers, senior staff engineers, and senior directors — to build core components of its global AI platform, according to India head Sonia Parandekar.
SmartRecruiters and OpenText via SAP SuccessFactors
An SAP Community HCM blog post reportedly references a connection between SmartRecruiters and OpenText facilitated via SAP SuccessFactors. No details on the scope, nature, or commercial terms of the integration have been disclosed.
Workday leverages agentic AI, boosting channel partner opportunities - MSSP Alert
Workday is reportedly expanding its agentic AI capabilities in ways that create new go-to-market opportunities for channel partners, according to MSSP Alert. Specific product features and partner program details have not been disclosed in available reporting.
Accenture Partners with Workday to Bring Agentic AI into HR and Finance Operations - digital terminal
Accenture and Workday have reportedly announced a partnership to bring agentic AI — autonomous, goal-directed AI agents — into enterprise HR and finance operations on the Workday platform, according to Digital Terminal. Financial terms, specific product capabilities, and rollout timelines have not been disclosed.
Workday to bring Sana into Claude, Gemini Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, Teams and Slack
Workday announced at its Rising 2026 conference that Sana — its agentic experience and orchestration engine — will operate inside Claude, Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Teams, and Slack. A single connection carries each company's permissions, policies, and approval workflows, allowing Workday's HR and finance agents to complete work inside whichever AI tool an employee is already using, without exposing raw Workday data to third-party platforms.
Workday's Trusted Agent Platform goes headless, letting customers build and run their own HR and finance agents
At Workday Rising 2026 in Las Vegas, Workday announced its Trusted Agent Platform has gone headless, allowing customers to build, deploy, and govern AI agents across HR and finance without requiring users to log into the Workday interface. Five components — Agent-Ready Tools, Workday Data Cloud, Developer Agent, Custom Agents, and Agent Harness — are now generally available. The platform enforces Workday's existing permissions, approvals, and audit trails across every agent regardless of origin. Multi-model support spans Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Meta Llama, Mistral, OpenAI GPT, and newly added NVIDIA Nemotron. Two further capabilities — Agent Context Service and Grounded Reasoning — are on the roadmap for early 2027.
Understanding the SmartRecruiters for SAP SuccessFactors Standard Product Connectors
SAP Community's HCM blog has published a practical guide to the standard pre-built product connectors that come bundled with the SmartRecruiters–SAP SuccessFactors integration. The post explains how each connector keeps recruitment and core HR data synchronized, with SuccessFactors acting as the authoritative system of record — giving HR tech teams a reference point for deploying or auditing this ATS/HCM combination.
Workday to Cut About 2.5% of Workforce, Mainly in Product and Technology
Workday, Inc. disclosed on September 29, 2026 via SEC Form 8-K that it is reducing its global workforce by approximately 2.5%, with cuts concentrated in its Product and Technology organization. The company also announced select leased office space reductions. Total restructuring charges are estimated at $65M–$80M, with the bulk ($55M–$70M) to be recognized in fiscal Q3 2027. Non-GAAP financial guidance for fiscal 2027 remains unchanged from the August 27, 2026 earnings call.
ADP Partners with AWS to Accelerate AI-Powered Innovation in Human Capital Management - HRTech Series
ADP has announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at accelerating AI-powered innovation across its Human Capital Management platform. According to the source report, the alliance represents a deeper cloud-infrastructure commitment intended to speed up product development for enterprise HR buyers. Specific deal terms, financial details, and named product deliverables were not disclosed in the available information.
Salesforce leads $166 million investment in HiBob, valuing Israeli HR tech company at $3.2 billion - calcalistech.com
Salesforce has led a $166 million funding round in HiBob, an Israeli-founded modern HRIS platform, pushing the company's valuation to $3.2 billion. The investment represents one of the largest recent bets on next-generation core HR infrastructure and underscores growing enterprise software interest in the HR technology sector.
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