Hi, and welcome to my blog.

Here I plan to blog on the current technology issues, news, tips and tricks associated with HRIS (Human Resource Information Systems).  Sometimes the topics will really be technical (like what’s the best one-way hash algorithm for storing passwords) and sometimes the topics will be untechnical (such as what the new buzz acronym “SaaS” really means).  Sometimes I’ll even shamelessly pitch an Achievant service or product.

I hope you find the blog useful.  Feel free to comment on postings, ask questions or suggest topics.  At Achievant, and specifically in the IT group at Achievant, our motto (like that buzz word) really is Software as a Service.  Most geeks (and I mean that in the nicest way possible and include myself in the moniker) tend to be techno-centric, fascinated by what technology they apply to a business challenge.  At Achievant we’re client-centric.  Technology and the things we can do with it exist to serve one thing: the client’s needs.  The most gee whiz, whiz bang piece of technology has zero value if it doesn’t further a business objective.  We get that and for us, a simple as it is, that’s SaaS: put the client first, serve the client’s needs, build technology that furthers a client’s goals.  It’s not about us; it’s about you.

And that’s what I hope my blog is and does: meet a need, provide a service and add an intrinsic value. 

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you’ll come back often and help build the blog into a community where questions are asked, answers are offered and informational discussion takes place that helps us all accomplish our goals and overcome our challenges that much more easily than we might have otherwise.

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