System Tackles Tough Payroll Problems - Software Review - Genesys Enterprise Series

HR Magazine, Dec, 2001 by Jim Meade

Summary

These days, HRIS products strive to be glamorous. Payroll administration is hardly glamorous. That's OK with Genesys. Its Enterprise Series isn't about glamour, but rather heavy-duty number crunching. It's a powerful tool for tracking and reporting payroll, taxes and other employee data. And, for those who want the benefits of number crunching without having to do it themselves, Genesys is more than happy to provide outsourcing services.

Jim Meade, Ph.D., based in Boone, N.C., is an author and HR software consultant specializing in software selection. Contact him at words@apptechnc.net

RELATED ARTICLE: Product Specs

Genesys HRMS 5.5

GENESYS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS INC.

5 Branch St.

Methuen, MA 01844

(800) 540-5470

www.genesys-soft.com

PRODUCT USE

Technologically advanced solutions for administering human resources, payroll and benefits; available either for purchase or rental through an ASP.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

For client/server environment: any server running Windows. NT or Windows 2000; works with Windows 95 or later. For mainframe, any IBM mainframe running any MVS operating system. For the ASP option, IE 5.0 or higher. Netscape is not supported.

RELEASE DATE

October 1999.

INSTALLED BASE

600.

PRICING

For those licensing (purchasing) the product, pricing starts at about $100,000 for 1,000 employees. For the hosted version, pricing starts at $6.99 per employee, including payroll, HR and self-service modules.