| Published February 18, 2003 |
Volume 11, Number 2 |
Hacienda's ProBusiness has formed a strategic alliance with Unicru which
will create functionality between Unicru's Hiring Management System software
and ProBusiness' outsourced payroll, HR, and benefits administration services.
The companies have already deployed the new package at Garden Ridge, a
Houston-based chain of home decor and crafts products stores. According
to Kevin Rutherford, senior vice president of human resources at Garden
Ridge, "The Unicru and ProBusiness partnership has helped reduce costs
by streamlining the hiring process, automating the bulk of new hire paperwork,
and has enabled my staff to focus on the company's strategic HR initiatives."
Individual Software's Heritage Family Tree Deluxe received the best marks
overall in Family Tree Magazine's Software Scorecard. The software,
which was compared to eight other programs, was rated "excellent" for key
genealogy tasks as data entry, source documentation, navigation, and family
group sheets and pedigree charts. The Hacienda company's product
also features Web Collaboration, an industry first, which enables multiple
family researchers in remote locations to edit the same family file in
real time.
divine, inc., has been recognized by the Boston/Northern New England Chapter
of the Society for Technical Communication for excellence in the production
of content management "start-up" cards. The cards represent a breakthrough
in technical communication for the software industry by providing easy-to-use
reference cards that answer frequently asked questions and help users build
an effective Web site quickly with divine's content management solutions.
divine received honors in both the art and publication categories, including
the 2002 Most Distinguished Technical Publication award, for a series of
start-up cards for divine Participant Server.
For the third year in a row, Forbes has selected Standard Pacific Corp.
for its annual Platinum 400 list of public companies, designating it as
one of "the best big companies in America." "In another daunting year for
business, these Forbes 400 Platinum companies - all with revenues of more
than $1 billion - showed the resilience to rise above their peers," the
magazine wrote. "To create this prestigious list, we looked across 23 industry
groups and found big companies with the best aggregate scores for both
long- and short- term financial returns, plus other performance and valuation
measures."
The ValleyCare Health Library and Ryan Comer Cancer Resource Center, located
in Hacienda, has received $12,000 from a Community Benefit Fund, due largely
to the work of Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty. The $12,000,
along with matching funds from the ValleyCare Foundation, will provide
better electronic access to the Library's catalog of extensive health information
including the titles of books, videos, medical journals, magazines, models,
and posters.
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