HM Revenue & Customs is one of the brightest government departments with a reputation for utilising IT in positive ways. Having met department representatives recently at a senior level about Real Time Information (RTI), they impressed me. However, three areas cause concern:

1. The amount of non-payroll information demanded through RTI
2. A single view of technology that has yet to recognise how technology has changed for many
3. The timing and speed at which organisations can change their systems through IT providers.


Read more: http://www.payrollworld.com/blog/post/road_to_RTI_is_paved_with_great_intentions#ixzz1WQyaIRG3

Oracle Recognizes Crocus Consulting for Expertise in Delivering and Implementing Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise People Tools
Crocus Consulting an Oracle business solution company and Gold- level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced that it has achieved OPN Specialization for Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise People Tools.

by Paul Grant, Commercial Director of Crocus Consulting

How does one measure the success of a new payroll implementation? It is, of course, particularly problematic in the case of payroll; where you are effectively replacing functionality on a like for like basis. Well to me, one fundamental criterion of success is to monitor the use of secret spreadsheets. The more secret spreadsheets there are, then the more problematic the system is and potentially the more problematic the installation and deployment of any new system will be.

Crocus has for some time seen itself as more than just a consultancy. In 2008 it started offering support to its clients and more recently hosting.

During 2011 HSBC is embarking upon a project to upgrade PeopleTools from 8.47 to 8.51 and convert its DB2 database to Unicode. This project will impact every aspect of their PeopleSoft HCM system and, as this is the source for all payroll data, potentially impact the payslip of every one of its 300,000 employees around the globe.