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• Buried in the Budget: $82.3M to fix government payroll mess

  The "Wellbeing Budget" released yesterday includes millions of dollars to fix flawed departmental payroll systems.

• Oracle adds machine learning features to Cloud ERP, HCM

  Oracle unveils range of machine learning based updates to cloud enterprise resource management (ERP) and human capital management (HCM) suites.

• Oracle's cloud move fix for 'vicious cycle' of 'unpredictable' app upgrades

  The release cadence of Oracle's applications had gotten users into a "vicious cycle" admitted the company's executive vice president of applications product development Steve Miranda today.

• ​Modern HR faces “multiple challenges” from new tech-savvy workforce

  “A fundamentally different culture is required.”

• Oracle's new HCM Cloud adds an array of 'work-life' tools

  Oracle on Monday enhanced its cloud-based human resources offering with a suite of "work-life" applications.

• With fresh cash in hand, HackerRank wants to be the 'default resume' for coders

  Good programmers are notoriously hard to find, but HackerRank thinks it has the answer. A fresh cash infusion suggests it may be on to something.

• Got remote workers? This new website can help you manage them

  Roughly 40 percent of U.S. employees now work remotely at least part of the time, and the jobs site FlexJobs has launched a website dedicated to helping employers navigate the resulting challenges.

• Workday spans finance and HR with real-time planning tool

  Workday has long been known for its financial and HR software, and on Tuesday it rolled out a new enterprise offering that spans both areas with a focus on planning, budgeting and forecasting.

• CareerBuilder sets its sights on enterprises with new recruitment platform

  CareerBuilder has long been known primarily for its namesake jobs-listing site, but on Wednesday the company launched a new recruitment platform that's aimed squarely at enterprise HR departments.

• Gild sharpens its hiring focus with new BI tool

  Specialized analytics tools are increasingly being included in software packages for virtually every part of the enterprise, and Gild wants to make sure that HR is no exception.

• Salesforce for HR puts the focus on mobile and social capabilities

  If there are any overriding trends at work in the enterprise-software market today, consumerization and mobile would have to be among the biggest. Vendors large and small have been racing to add such features to their products, and Thursday brought a fresh example: Salesforce for HR, a new tool that aims to give employees a personalized experience via mobile and social capabilities.

• Workday targets professional services with new suite

  Anyone who's ever worked in professional services knows that the focus there on people and billable projects can open up a world of specialized requirements from any supporting business software. With that very distinction in mind, Workday on Thursday unveiled a new suite of financial and human-resources tools designed specifically for professional services users.

• Workday plots wave of predictive analytic apps

  Workday is expanding its move into analytics with a series of specialized, predictive applications designed to help staff in HR and financial management roles retain top workers and make more accurate forecasts.

• Workday ships first app for higher education in strike against Oracle

  Workday has made good on a promise it issued a year ago with the release Thursday of Workday Student Recruiting, the first in a series of apps it's developing for higher education institutions.

• The mobile revolution will reshape hiring and onboarding

  One of the big enterprise mobility stories of late is the ruling by a California court that companies who require employees to use their personal smartphones for work must reimburse those employees "a reasonable percentage" of their monthly bills. As CITEworld's Nancy Gohring reported last week, similar legal challenges are happening in other states, including Washington, New Jersey, and Michigan.