HR tech is getting bigger, but the software in it are getting harder to tell apart. Paylocity has moved beyond HR and payroll into Finance and IT. Rippling connects HR, payroll, IT and Finance. Workday now talks about itself as […]
Monthly Research Recap | September 2026
Upcoming Events HR Technology Conference & Exposition | October 20 – 22, 2026 Join the 3Sixty Insights team as they attend the upcoming HR Technology Conference & Exposition | October 20 – 22, 2026 at the Mandalay Bay in Las […]
3Sixty Insights Welcomes Lance Haun as Principal Analyst, Bringing Deep HR, Workplace, and Technology Expertise to the Analyst Team
3Sixty Insights welcomes Lance Haun as Principal Analyst. Lance will contribute research and analysis focused on HR, workplace technology, talent, and the changes affecting organizations and the people within them. His practitioner background and experience translating complex industry developments into […]
Unleash Article: Ask the Analyst – What Evidence Does HR Need to Make Reskilling the Outcome Instead of a Compromise?
UNLEASH’s “Ask The Analyst” article explores a critical workforce strategy question facing HR leaders: when workforce planning and business conditions point toward reducing headcount, what evidence can HR provide to demonstrate that reskilling and redeploying existing employees may be a […]
3Sixty Insights Introduces Analyst as a Service to Provide Flexible, On-Demand Analyst Expertise
A flexible alternative to traditional advisory and fractional leadership, giving organizations ongoing access to experienced industry analysts without a long-term commitment. Organizations increasingly need access to experienced analyst expertise, but traditional options can require significant commitments. Annual advisory relationships often […]
Press Release: National Payroll Week® Returns September 7-11 to Help Americans Better Understand Their Paycheck
National Payroll Week returns September 7–11, 2026, bringing attention to one of the most fundamental connections between employers and their workforce: the paycheck. Organized by PayrollOrg, National Payroll Week is an annual initiative designed to recognize payroll professionals and help […]
Payroll Used to Be a Transaction—Now It’s Part of the Employee Experience
Payroll can be one of the most overlooked functions within an organization. But over the past several decades, it’s also one that has undergone some of the most significant changes. What was once largely a transaction-focused organization getting people paid […]
Monthly Research Recap | August 2026
Upcoming Events HR Technology Conference & Exposition | October 20 – 22, 2026 Join the 3Sixty Insights team as they attend the upcoming HR Technology Conference & Exposition | October 20 – 22, 2026 at the Mandalay Bay in Las […]
Monthly Research Recap | July 2026
July was an incredibly productive month for the team at 3Sixty Insights, and before we highlight some of our recent research publications, we wanted to share a few company updates. Welcoming Robert Mattson to the Research Team In July, we […]
3Sixty Insights Welcomes Robert Mattson, Expanding Strategic Go-to-Market and Storytelling Expertise
Industry veteran brings decades of experience helping software providers create compelling messaging that differentiates their solutions, builds demand, and accelerates revenue growth. 3Sixty Insights is pleased to welcome Robert Mattson to its analyst team, strengthening the firm’s ability to help […]
Monthly Research Recap | June 2026
Recent Research: Case Study Vignette: Two Days to Two Hours – How Italian Fiesta Pizzeria Used the Insperity HRCore™ Solution to End Its Payroll Struggles Italian Fiesta Pizzeria, a fourth-generation family business operating five locations and employing 160 workers, transformed […]
Nobody Cares What LLM Powers Your AI – They Care About the Problems You Solve.
Artificial intelligence has become the defining narrative across enterprise software. Nearly every briefing, product announcement, and marketing campaign now emphasizes AI capabilities, agents, automation, and the technological advances taking place behind the scenes. From an innovation standpoint, the excitement is […]
Monthly Research Recap | May 2026
Recent Report Publications: Mitratech: State of HR Compliance 2026 Study The State of HR Compliance Report, developed through survey research and analysis conducted by the 3Sixty Insights team in collaboration with Mitratech, examines how organizations are navigating the growing complexity […]
AI Monetization Is Becoming A GTM Systems Problem
Pricing Gets Pulled Into The Workflow The first two articles in this thread focused on AI execution and the GTM interface layer. But once AI systems move from assistance to action, another question becomes harder to avoid: how does the business meter, price, package, govern, bill, […]
Analyst Insight: The AI Access Axis – The New Dimension of SaaS Pricing
Executive Summary SaaS pricing has evolved by expanding dimensionality. Seats defined the early era of subscription software. Secondary metrics such as contacts, storage, and API volume introduced more precise alignment between usage intensity and revenue capture. Cloud infrastructure later normalized […]
Monthly Research Recap | April 2026
Upcoming Events: PrismHR Live 2026 | June 14 – 16th, 2026 PrismHR LIVE brings together HR service providers, PEOs, payroll organizations, and HCM technology leaders for a focused exchange on workforce management, compliance, benefits administration, and platform innovation. Representing 3Sixty […]
Market Alert: Salary.com Launches Max Model
What It Is Early this week, Salary.com announced its new Max model, an AI layer for compensation workflows. Max is the latest addition to the CompAnalyst AI Suite and represents the company’s most significant product evolution since its founding in […]
Monthly Research Recap | March 2026
Recent Research: Research Agenda: Bridging Leadership and Labor – 3Sixty Insights’ 2026 Combined Workforce Agenda This Combined Workforce Agenda outlines the key research priorities for 2026 from 3Sixty Insights, focusing on how organizations can bridge leadership strategy and employee experience […]
Monthly Research Recap | February 2026
Recent Research: Research Agenda: Workforce Strategy, HR Enablement & HR Technology in an AI-Augmented World Nicole Roberts’ research agenda examines how workforce strategy, HR enablement, and HR technology are evolving as AI and automation reshape how work is performed and […]
Rethinking Recurring Revenue: Why Customer Retention Is the Real Growth Strategy
Kyle James and I recently had a conversation with Zuora, one of the early pioneers and leading platforms in subscription-based billing. They have spent more than a decade helping organizations operationalize recurring revenue models. What stood out in our discussion […]