What’s Actually Happening Paychex has introduced WISE Hire, a recruiting solution that extends WISE, the agentic AI platform Paychex announced in May 2026 as the intelligence layer across its HCM portfolio. WISE Hire uses AI agents to handle the routine, […]
HR Dive Article: What High-Performing Businesses Do Differently With a Human Capital Management Partner
According to recent research from 3Sixty Insights, the businesses getting the most value from their HR technology aren’t necessarily relying solely on the technology. They’re taking a different approach. Rather than viewing HCM as a software purchase, they treat it as […]
SAP’s TechWolf Deal Gives SuccessFactors the Data Layer It Lacked
In June 2024, SAP, Workday and ServiceNow all put money into the same Belgian startup. On Tuesday, SAP agreed to acquire that startup outright. The price wasn’t disclosed, and SAP expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter, pending […]
4 HCM Industry Trends: Service, Compliance, Implementation, and Why 49% of Buyers Would Pay More for Better Support
If my experience helping to produce 3Sixty Insights’ recent survey and report taught me anything, it’s that AI is not always the future. The momentum we’ve all experienced as we’ve been thrust headlong into an AI-centric tomorrow has produced a […]
Case Study: From Paper to a Unified Experience – How an NYC Restaurant Group Modernized HR With Harri & ADP
“HR is more than ‘Fill out these forms and don’t get into trouble,’” said the HR Director of an NYC restaurant group 3Sixty Insights interviewed. He will be anonymously referred to as “JS” in this case study. In November 2024, […]
Insperity Press Release: New 3Sixty Insights Analysis Reinforces the Importance of Insperity’s HRScale Service-Enabled HR Solution
Client adoption demonstrates the value of combining enterprise-grade technology with Insperity HR expertise and service HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Insperity, Inc. (NYSE: NSP), a leading provider of human resources and business performance solutions, today announced continued progress for the Insperity HRScale™ solution, extending the reach […]
HR Dive Article: Why Better Support — Not More Features — Is the Missing Link in HR Technology
Organizations continue to invest in HR technology to improve efficiency, HR compliance and the employee experience. But implementation alone rarely meets these expectations. Nearly one in four leaders say their implementation efforts failed to achieve anticipated outcomes. While organizations often focus on […]
Analyst Insight: The Importance of Implementation & How It Sets the Right Direction
“Two things remain irretrievable: time and a first impression,” wrote the author Cynthia Ozick. In HR tech, this couldn’t ring truer. Roughly nine out of ten (87%) of the 524 U.S. business leaders 3Sixty Insights recently surveyed are chronically underserved […]
Video: The HCM Technology Utilization Gap – Why 87% of SMBs Aren’t Using Their Platforms to the Fullest
Many SMBs have invested in HCM technology, yet a significant majority are not using their platforms to their full potential. This video explores the findings behind the 87% utilization gap, examining why organizations often struggle to move beyond core […]
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 […]
HR Dive Article: Human Capital Management Solutions Are Everywhere – So Why Aren’t Businesses Getting the Expected Value?
Organizations have spent years investing in Human Capital Management (HCM) technology to automate processes, improve HR compliance and support employees. Yet many continue to struggle with extracting meaningful value from those investments. The recent 3Sixty Insights Benchmark Report, Why half of businesses want to […]
Analyst Insight: Closing the HR Capability Gap – How the Insperity HRScale™ solution Combines Technology and Expertise for the Middle Market
Executive Summary Organizations today are operating under unprecedented pressure. Economic uncertainty, shifting workforce expectations, increasing regulatory complexity, and continued demands to improve operational efficiency are forcing businesses of all sizes to reevaluate how they manage their people, processes, and technology. […]
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 […]
Analyst Insight: PrismHR Live 2026
Sitting one mile high above sea level was the entrance to PrismHR’s 2026 customer conference, PrismHR LIVE, in Denver, Colorado. The setting seemed appropriate for a company that sets lofty goals for itself. When I was first formally introduced to […]
Infographic: PrismHR – Turning Client Graduation into Long-Term Growth
This infographic explores how PrismHR helps Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) and Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO) providers retain growing clients by creating a structured “graduation” path from full-service PEO to hybrid and self-service HCM, rather than losing customers as their business […]
Research Note: Voice Screening Agents in Talent Acquisition – Balancing Speed, Scale, Candidate Experience, and Trust in AI-Augmented Hiring
Introduction Talent acquisition teams are under increasing pressure to hire faster, improve candidate experience, reduce recruiter burnout, and navigate a more complex hiring environment shaped by AI, automation, and evolving workforce expectations. Across industries, organizations are managing higher application volumes, […]
Where Can AI be Effective in Global Payroll and Compliance?
There is one common thread in every briefing I’m taking with HR Technology vendors, and that’s hearing their AI strategy. AI is not a differentiator. Every vendor, regardless of which AI platform they are using, is trying to solve relatively […]
Analyst Insight: The HRO Graduation Opportunity
Why Losing Clients is a Choice, Not an Inevitability & How Providers Can Retain SMB Clients Through Every Stage of Growth For small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), Administrative Services Organizations (ASOs), and Payroll Service Bureaus (PSBs) […]
Analyst Insight: Flexibility, Service and Trust – Where Partner Ecosystems Deliver and Where They Break
The Challenge for SMB Service Organizations Service organizations focused on small and midsize businesses (SMBs) operate in an increasingly complex and competitive environment. These organizations, referred to throughout this piece as partners, including (but not limited to) brokers, banks, CPAs, […]
Infographic: The Case for Service-Enabled HCM
This infographic highlights key findings from 3Sixty Insights’ benchmark research, completed in partnership with Insperity, on the growing importance of service-enabled HCM. The research reveals that while organizations continue to invest in HR technology, only 13% fully utilize their HCM […]









