Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading provider of human
capital management (HCM) solutions in the cloud, announced today
the launch of Xander™, Ultimate's people-first artificial
intelligence (AI) platform, and UltiPro Connect, Ultimate’s all-new
centralized integration hub designed to simplify and standardize
integrations to UltiPro to meet its customers’ evolving business
needs. Both technologies were presented at the 2017 HR Technology
Conference Show and Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada last week.
“Our goal is to create a truly People First experience for our
customers, their employees, and our partners which is centered
around using technology to positively impact businesses and
people,” said Adam Rogers, CTO, Ultimate Software. “We are very
excited to be announcing these two significant People First
developments that affirm Ultimate’s leadership role in the HCM
industry.”
An AI foundation that leverages Natural Language Processing
(NLP) and advanced machine learning technology, Xander can analyze
both structured data elements along with employee sentiment in real
time and deliver insight to help leaders improve organizational
outcomes.
“Xander is a portfolio of advanced AI technologies that are as
sensitive to emotions as they are to statistics, powering
Ultimate’s HCM solutions to intelligently understand, predict, and
act on workforce data,” said Armen Berjikly, Ultimate Software's
senior director of strategy, workforce intelligence. “With the
capability to understand virtually all HCM data, whether it’s a
structured data element like tenure or an open-ended text survey
response, Xander helps leaders understand not only what their
employees are saying, but how they're actually feeling. These
insights help leaders accurately gauge employee sentiment in
real-time, and make informed decisions while proactively
developing, coaching, and engaging their teams.”
Xander's machine learning technology is embedded within UltiPro
and is continuously updating and ‘getting smarter’ with experience.
With its industry-first NLP capabilities, Xander can instantly
analyze open-ended text and decipher more than 100 emotions, 70
workplace themes, and overall sentiment. Managers learn what makes
their employees happy, excited, worried, or anxious, and these
insights are used to inform UltiPro's predictive and prescriptive
capabilities. Xander also uses this feedback to calculate an
organization's Emotional Promoter Score (EPS), similar to a Net
Promoter Score—but used to gauge overall employee experience rather
than customer experience.
UltiPro's unified solution means that Xander can pull from
employee feedback as well as detailed HCM data to predict future
outcomes and prescribe next steps for leaders—UltiPro’s Leadership
Actions is one example. These prescriptive analytics drive
powerful, experience-based recommendations, resulting in an
improved employee experience, retention, and increased business
performance.
“Xander is designed to understand people and the workplace,
helping employees do their jobs best, and increasing their
satisfaction and engagement,” said Berjikly. “It's an evolving
foundational technology at the service of our customers to help
them deliver exceptional organizational results.”
In addition to launching Xander at the HR Technology Conference,
Ultimate also premiered UltiPro Connect. UltiPro Connect was
created to streamline seamless integrations between UltiPro and
third-party solutions or services. Engineered to simplify,
standardize, and automate imports, exports, and event-based
integrations, customers and partners can engage with each other and
share knowledge to maximize the value of UltiPro. Customers can
access the UltiPro Connect marketplace to browse partner apps and
services, filter results to meet their needs, research and select
partners, and submit online requests for more information.
Ultimate’s product partners can join the UltiPro Developer
Network to publish integrations for customer consumption,
minimizing the need for customers to create custom integrations.
Registered partners can view Ultimate’s existing APIs and
supporting documentation as well as build and test integrations in
sandbox environments. Customers can also use UltiPro Connect to
build integrations without having to start from scratch, and can
leverage a support system in the community for additional help.
“With UltiPro Connect, customers can benefit from reduced time
and costs to activate partner integrations, near real-time data
export and import, and the potential to activate complementary
products. UltiPro Connect helps our customers easily integrate,
extend, and configure our solution to meet their unique needs,”
said Travis Burke, vice president, corporate development and
alliances, Ultimate Software.
“UltiPro Connect has been a collaborative effort between more
than 40 partners and our development team to create an incredibly
easy-to-use platform that incorporates a centralized open hub for
integrations, an online application marketplace, and a partner
community, all working together to drive business results. The
number of integrations in the UltiPro Connect marketplace, and thus
the value to our customers, will continue to grow exponentially as
we welcome new partners to the program,” said Burke.
About Ultimate Software
Ultimate is a leading provider of cloud-based human capital
management solutions, with more than 33 million people records in
the cloud. Ultimate’s award-winning UltiPro delivers HR, payroll,
talent, and time and labor management solutions that connect people
with the information they need to work more effectively. Founded in
1990, Ultimate is headquartered in Weston, Florida, and employs
approximately 3,950 professionals. In 2017, Ultimate ranked #7 on
Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list, its sixth
consecutive year in the top 25; #7 on Forbes’ list of 100 Most
Innovative Growth Companies; #2 on People’s 50 Companies That Care
list; and the National Customer Service Association named Ultimate
Service Organization of the Year in the Large-Business category.
Ultimate has more than 3,700 customers with employees in 160
countries, including Bloomin’ Brands, Culligan International,
Feeding America, Major League Baseball, Red Roof Inn, SUBWAY, Texas
Roadhouse, and Yamaha Corporation of America. More information on
Ultimate’s products and services for people management can be found
at www.ultimatesoftware.com.
UltiPro is a registered trademark of The Ultimate Software
Group, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of
their respective owners.
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