Appirio's next steps in HCM

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Yesterday's announcement that Appirio is partnering with Cornerstone OnDemand as its preferred solution for talent management should not come as a surprise, following Appirio's recent acquisition of Knowledge Infusion, a specialist HCM consultancy.

On a pre-briefing call, Jason Corsello, VP corporate development and strategy at Cornerstone said: "In the past, we have done most of the hands on deployments ourselves. We can't scale at the rate we need to so this partnership comes at the right time. Knowledge Infusion are the biggest and best HR cloud services providers. We have 30 percent of the business in international plus we are expanding into the Asia-Pacific region where Appirio is already strong."

What may not be well known is that in a past life, Corsello was a senior executive with Knowledge Infusion so it doesn't take too much imagination to understand how the logic of this deal comes together. How it works out going forward is another matter...

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