PLEASANTON, CA, Sep. 28, 2009 (Marketwire) --
PLEASANTON, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/28/09 -- Enterprises continue to select Workday, Inc., the leader in enterprise-class SaaS-based Human Resources (HR) and Financial solutions, for real innovation and fast time-to-value. New enterprise customers include Bristow Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and The Valspar Corporation. More than 100 companies have selected Workday, with more than 60 of those customers in production. Workday solutions are now live in 46 countries around the world.
Major Workday Milestones in 2009
-- New customer wins include Bristow Group, Charles River Associates, Family Health International, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and The Valspar Corporation. Each is a recognized leader in its industry.
-- More than 60 customers are in production with Workday across 46 countries. Recent go-lives include AMN Healthcare, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Elekta, McKee Foods, Savvis, The SSCG Group, and TD Williamson.
- McKee Foods is using Workday Payroll to process paychecks for 6,500 employees in 7 states.
-- Workday has redefined the process of deploying enterprise-class business applications, with a 120-day current average phase-one implementation timeframe. (see related news)
- Workday Solution Center leverages best practices in implementation methodologies and standard configurations to deliver customers the fastest possible time to value.
- StoneRiver deployed Workday HCM in 38 Days and since, has also gone live on Worker Spend Management.
-- The cost to implement Workday now averages 50 percent the cost of a 3-year Workday subscription to our services, in stark contrast with traditional on-premise systems where implementation typically costs two to four times the software license fee or more.
- Workday is consistently bringing customers into production on-schedule and on-budget, unlike on-premise deployments that typically result in time and cost overruns.
- Workday's track record enables us to provide fixed-bid implementation options, further extending the time and cost predictability of our enterprise solutions.
-- Workday continued to deliver real product innovation with Workday 7 and 8.
- Workday has delivered significant new capabilities and performance enhancements in 2009 to support global enterprises, production payroll, and mobile workers.
- Updates typically require just 14 days for customer testing and acceptance, vs. months of work and capital investment required to upgrade on-premise software.
- All Workday customers are on our latest release: Workday 8.
