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Workday (WDAY) Solution to Modernize HR Process in Defense Agency
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Workday Inc. (WDAY - Free Report) recently announced that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has opted to utilize Workday Government Cloud to expedite human resource modernization initiatives. The Workday Government Cloud offers the essential tools and insights, enabling organizations to optimize their workforce efficiently. Its innovative features allow the agency to move as fast as private sector firms when it comes to hiring. With a unified data core, WDAY’s HR system eliminates inefficiencies in the talent acquisition process and reduces the time to hire and equip management to compete for top talent.
The solution offers management greater visibility, enabling better assessment of workforce map, retention risks, skill gap, employee sentiment and more. It centralizes all HR data into a single system and empowers leadership to make more informed decisions and enhance collaboration among different teams. Workday’s employee-centric talent foundation increases employee retention by providing personalized employee experiences and provides tools to improve productivity.
U.S. intelligence community and federal agencies are increasingly grappling with several challenges in their HR processes. Recruitment and onboarding of top talent, identification and integration of personnel with the right expertise to nullify the skill gaps amid shifting demographics, have become a daunting task. On top of that, swift technological changes and reliance on legacy systems prolonged the hiring process, resulting in the loss of young potential talent.
An estimate suggests that only 7% of the current federal workforce is under the age of 30 and nearly 30% are set to retire within the next five years. Against this backdrop, there is a growing demand for innovative HR solutions to address the issues of an aging workforce, the retirement of experienced employees and a smaller pool of young workers in the public sector agencies.
Workday boasts a comprehensive human resource management portfolio that can address these issues and facilitate the creation of a diverse, trusted and agile workforce. Around 35 federal and government clients have deployed Workday solutions around the world. Despite downgrading its fiscal 2025 guidance for Subscription revenue, healthy traction in the U.S. federal market will likely support WDAY’s top line in the upcoming quarters.
Workday’s diversified product portfolio continues to yield a steady flow of customers. Its high customer satisfaction rate bodes well for its long-term business model. Moreover, Workday is gaining traction in the international market.
Workday is expanding its portfolio beyond core HCM solutions into the financial domain and is customizing them for diverse industries and verticals, such as education, the public, and financial services, among others. This has helped the company witness strong renewals and expand its customer base as enterprises aim to consolidate spend and improve efficiency levels. This augurs well for the long-term growth of the company.
The stock has gained 2.3% in the past year compared with the industry's growth of 41.6%.
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Workday carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) at present.
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Workday (WDAY) Solution to Modernize HR Process in Defense Agency
Workday Inc. (WDAY - Free Report) recently announced that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has opted to utilize Workday Government Cloud to expedite human resource modernization initiatives. The Workday Government Cloud offers the essential tools and insights, enabling organizations to optimize their workforce efficiently. Its innovative features allow the agency to move as fast as private sector firms when it comes to hiring. With a unified data core, WDAY’s HR system eliminates inefficiencies in the talent acquisition process and reduces the time to hire and equip management to compete for top talent.
The solution offers management greater visibility, enabling better assessment of workforce map, retention risks, skill gap, employee sentiment and more. It centralizes all HR data into a single system and empowers leadership to make more informed decisions and enhance collaboration among different teams. Workday’s employee-centric talent foundation increases employee retention by providing personalized employee experiences and provides tools to improve productivity.
U.S. intelligence community and federal agencies are increasingly grappling with several challenges in their HR processes. Recruitment and onboarding of top talent, identification and integration of personnel with the right expertise to nullify the skill gaps amid shifting demographics, have become a daunting task. On top of that, swift technological changes and reliance on legacy systems prolonged the hiring process, resulting in the loss of young potential talent.
An estimate suggests that only 7% of the current federal workforce is under the age of 30 and nearly 30% are set to retire within the next five years. Against this backdrop, there is a growing demand for innovative HR solutions to address the issues of an aging workforce, the retirement of experienced employees and a smaller pool of young workers in the public sector agencies.
Workday boasts a comprehensive human resource management portfolio that can address these issues and facilitate the creation of a diverse, trusted and agile workforce. Around 35 federal and government clients have deployed Workday solutions around the world. Despite downgrading its fiscal 2025 guidance for Subscription revenue, healthy traction in the U.S. federal market will likely support WDAY’s top line in the upcoming quarters.
Workday’s diversified product portfolio continues to yield a steady flow of customers. Its high customer satisfaction rate bodes well for its long-term business model. Moreover, Workday is gaining traction in the international market.
Workday is expanding its portfolio beyond core HCM solutions into the financial domain and is customizing them for diverse industries and verticals, such as education, the public, and financial services, among others. This has helped the company witness strong renewals and expand its customer base as enterprises aim to consolidate spend and improve efficiency levels. This augurs well for the long-term growth of the company.
The stock has gained 2.3% in the past year compared with the industry's growth of 41.6%.
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
Workday carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) at present.
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NVIDIA is the worldwide leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the graphic processing unit. Over the years, the company’s focus evolved from PC graphics to AI-based solutions that support high-performance computing, gaming and virtual reality platforms.
Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET - Free Report) , sporting a Zacks Rank #1 at present, is likely to benefit from strong momentum and diversification across its top verticals and product lines. The company has a software-driven, data-centric approach to help customers build their cloud architecture and enhance their cloud experience. Arista has a long-term earnings growth expectation of 15.68% and delivered an earnings surprise of 15.39%, on average, in the trailing four quarters.
It holds a leadership position in 100-gigabit Ethernet switching share in port for the high-speed datacenter segment. Arista is increasingly gaining market traction in 200 and 400-gig high-performance switching products and remains well-positioned for healthy growth in data-driven cloud networking business with proactive platforms and predictive operations.
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (SIMO - Free Report) , sporting a Zacks Rank #1 at present, delivered a trailing four-quarter average earnings surprise of 4.72%.
It is a leading developer of microcontroller ICs for NAND flash storage devices. The semiconductor company also designs, develops and markets high-performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for original equipment manufacturers and other customers.