Bloomin’ Brands Receives 2013 Ventana Research Leadership Award for HR Solution Powered by SnapLogic Cloud Data Integration
Customer Recognized for Cloud Computing Business Technology Innovation
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Nov. 7, 2013 — SnapLogic, the Elastic Integration company, today announced that Bloomin’ Brands Inc., one of the world’s largest casual dining companies, was recognized by Ventana Research for their use of SnapLogic to integrate their cloud and on-premise applications and disparate data sources.
“SnapLogic is built on web technologies and was ready for the cloud from day one,” said Charlie Weston, CIO at Bloomin’ Brands. “We had a point of sale system in our restaurants, our corporate IT systems and a cloud-based HR application. SnapLogic is the fast and efficient intermediary between these systems ultimately making them work well together.”
The Ventana Leadership Awards recognize organizations and supporting technology vendors that have effectively achieved superior results through using people, processes, information and technology while applying best practices within specific business and technology categories. The awards distinguish pioneers and leaders — both organizations and individuals that exemplify clear visionary and transformative leadership. The award recipients have demonstrated an understanding that the successful management of their processes and performance requiring a heightened level of expertise, determination and a team effort.
“Bloomin’ Brands represents the next generation of what all HR and Operations teams should do to streamline the processes and data integration of a new generation of cloud-based applications,” said Mark Smith, CEO and Chief Research Officer, Ventana Research. “The company replaced hand-coded integration and built a cloud integration foundation, automating their interfaces, saving significant time and money for the business but most importantly advancing the access to the right employee information at the right time.”
“Bloomin’ Brands is relying on the SnapLogic cloud integration platform to optimize their HR on-boarding processes as well as payroll and inventory management,” said Gaurav Dhillon, co-founder and CEO of SnapLogic. “This required an agile integration strategy that would unify software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications like ServiceNow and Ultimate Software, custom developed applications and on-premises systems like SAP. We’re proud to have worked closely with the Bloomin’ Brands team to deliver a centralized HR and operations platform powered by our innovative cloud integration technology.”
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SnapLogic is the leader in Elastic Integration, helping companies connect enterprise applications in the cloud and on-premise for improved business agility and faster decision making. With the award-winning SnapLogic Integration Cloud, organizations can more quickly and affordably achieve data and application integration and improve the timeliness of their information flow. SnapLogic offers a scalable, elastic integration platform as a service (iPaaS) and a rich library of intelligent connectors called Snaps. Funded by leading venture investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Ignition Partners, SnapLogic is used by prominent companies in the Global 2000.
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