Zellis has announced the availability of a new connector with Cornerstone HR. The connector, listed on the Zellis Marketplace, will integrate the Zellis Payroll Edition to Cornerstones HCM platform. The connector will enable organisations to more employee data, such as absence data from Cornerstone On Demand HR, into the Zellis HCM Cloud Payroll edition.
Disconnected systems are a challenge for HR and Payroll teams, increasing the amount of manual work and exponentially increasing the risk of errors. The benefit of integration will enable teams to ensure that both solutions are up to date with information such as onboarding, performance, absence and promotion requests. As data changes, the integration gives HR administrators confidence in the data consistency across their systems of record.
The connector also checks the data for consistency, flagging data exceptions directly and instantly to HR administrators. With the extensive HR data from Cornerstone available within Zellis, organisations can leverage the Zellis Intelligence platform better. The suite provides a holistic view across the workforce. It can help identify trends using the platform analytics and inform data-driven decisions.
George Dunnett, Chief Product Officer, Zellis, commented: “We are proud to be collaborating with Cornerstone, an organisation that has been at the forefront of talent and innovation for more than two decades. Enhancing the interoperability of our solution is one of the important ways we help our customers to modernise their businesses, ensuring they stay ahead of the curve. We are excited for customers to see Cornerstone HR’s solution seamlessly operating within our solution and helping them make effective data-driven decisions.”
Partnership or technology integration
This appears at first glance to be a technology integration only. There is no mention of a marketing initiative promoting a combination of the two solutions. Also, that it is Zellis that created the integration is a sign of Cornerstone’s growing footprint in the UK market.
For Cornerstone, the integration makes more sense. Combining its HR solution with Zellis, a leading UK payroll solution, will make it an easier sell to other UK organisations. Zellis has rich functionality specific to the UK market. That is something that would take Cornerstone significant time and resources to replicate.
Mark Debono, VP UK at Cornerstone, commented, “Zellis is one of the leading suppliers of payroll and HR for the UK and Ireland, and we are thrilled to have our solution available to its customers.
“By partnering with Zellis, we can pass on faster, more efficient, and more streamlined learning opportunities to our customers and their people. We’re excited about the possibilities this brings by removing barriers from accessing the data HR professionals need to achieve the insights that we know make a huge difference for business outcomes. We are pleased that our joint efforts to create exceptional solutions have come together so well with this integration.”
Enterprise Times: What does this mean
It seems likely this integration was driven by customer demand rather than a desire to bring the two companies closer. For Zellis, it means that its HR solution, Zellis HCM cloud, has a less competitive advantage over Cornerstone than before. However, in a world of hybrid architecture, it will also protect the Zellis Payroll footprint.
For Cornerstone, it provides a rich ocean of prospects as it looks to expand further in the UK. The question is whether it can or will take advantage of this opportunity. There is no indication of any joint marketing initiative. However, where customers are already both solutions, the connector creates a complete platform for HR. It will enable them to focus on personal and business growth rather than manual tasks.
