Source: Workday, Inc.
Accenture, Aggressor, Collaborative Solutions and Towers Perrin Lead Sponsorships for Workday's Third Annual User Conference: Workday Rising
Altimeter Group Analyst Ray Wang Keynote to Discuss Enterprise Applications in the Era of the Cloud
PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - October 6, 2009) - Workday, Inc., the leader in
enterprise-class SaaS-based Human
Resources (HR) and Financial
solutions, today unveiled details of Workday Rising 2009 San Francisco.
The three-day event, October 18-21 at the Palace Hotel, will feature more
than 50 educational and collaborative sessions to help human resources,
finance and technology professionals optimize their Workday deployments.
What's New
-- More than a dozen Workday consulting and technology partners
will sponsor the event including: Accenture, Aggressor, Collaborative
Solutions, Towers Perrin, Jeitosa Group International, OmniPoint, Primitive
Logic, BTRG, Ceridian Tax Services, Cornerstone OnDemand, DayNine
Consulting, Deloitte Consulting, Knowledge Infusion, NETtime Solutions,
OneSource Virtual HR, RCM Technologies, Taleo, Wise Consulting Associates
and Xactly Corporation.
-- R. "Ray" Wang, partner and analyst at Altimeter Group will present a
keynote address on "Enterprise Applications in the Era of The Cloud and Web
2.0." Following a distinguished tenure at Forrester Research, Ray joined
Altimeter to lead the Enterprise Strategy practice, bridging the emerging
world of Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 business solutions with today's
enterprise applications and technologies. Wang has provided enterprise
strategy consulting to some of the world's leading organizations, and the
Institute of Industry Analyst Relations named him "Analyst of the Year" in
both 2008 and 2009.
-- Workday co-CEOs
Dave Duffield and
Aneel Bhusri will also keynote the conference to discuss the company's
plans for 2010 and the state of Software-as-a-Service and enterprise
software.
Comments on the News
"Workday Rising is a fabulous platform for collaboration, learning and
exchanging ideas with our customers -- ideas that often become the
foundation for future Workday products and services," said Duffield. "This
year's conference promises to be our best ever, and I want to personally
thank our fabulous group of partners for their committed support of Workday
and our mutual customers' success."
Workday Rising 2009 is open to Workday customers and sponsoring partners,
with special programs for qualified organizations interested in learning
more about Workday solutions. Register at www.workdayrising.com. Event
updates will also be posted to twitter.com/workdayrising.
About Workday
Workday is the leader in SaaS-based enterprise solutions for human
resources and financial management, providing new levels of business
agility for a fraction of the cost of buying, deploying and maintaining
legacy on-premise systems. More than 100 customers, spanning mid-sized
organizations to global Fortune 500 businesses, have selected Workday.
Workday Human Capital Management and Workday Financial Management use
modern, standards-based technologies to provide an unparalleled level of
agility, ease-of-use, and integration capability. For more information
about Workday, please visit www.workday.com.
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are registered trademarks of Workday, Inc. Workday Enterprise Business
Services, Workday Human Capital Management, Workday Business Management,
Workday Financial Management, Workday Resource Management and Workday
Revenue Management are all trademarks of Workday, Inc. All other brand and
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Christine Cefalo
Workday
(925) 951-9260