SAP's Mike Ettling on the future of cloud HR

[Ahmad Zdenek]

CBR speaks to SAP's new HR tech head about workforce management.

ERP cloud giant SAP further signalled its cloud ambitions in March by hiring the former CEO of NGA Human Resources as its head of Cloud for HR.

Mike Ettling made a fast start, acquiring cloud-based workforce management firm Fieldglass in late March. With customers including American Airlines and VMWare, the company specialised in providing support for contingent labour workforces (temporary employees).