Western Europe HCM and Payroll Applications 2005 Vendor Shares

This study covers the Western European market for human capital management and payroll applications. Previous studies have analyzed these markets in conjunction, as they are closely inter-related. This time a more granular split of the human capital management applications market will be applied, providing insight into Core HR, workforce management, erecruiting, incentive management, and HR performance management.

"Applications for payroll processing and personnel administration continues to make up the bulk of the European HCM and payroll applications market," said Bo Lykkegaard, program manager for European Enterprise Applications at IDC. "However, in terms of high-growth niche vendors and general R&D investment focus, the market now evolves around the so-called 'strategic HR' applications to manage workforce planning and deployment, HR performance, recruiting, and incentives and bonuses. SAP and Oracle lead today's market and are well positioned for future growth. However, HCM and payroll specialists such as Bluegarden, Meta4, Carmen Systems, and HR Access lead the market in terms of relative growth."