Ultimate Software is the developer and provider of unified human capital management (HCM) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for global businesses. As of December 31, 2010, Ultimate reported total revenues of nearly $228 million.

Headquartered in Weston, FL, Ultimate employs more than 1,200 professionals and has more than 2,200 customers representing diverse industries.

History

Ultimate was founded in 1990 by Scott Scherr, the company’s current CEO and President. The company went public in June 1998 and today employs more than 1,200 professionals..

Products and services

UltiPro is the human capital management

Human resource management systems

A Human Resource Management System or Human Resource Information System , refers to the systems and processes at the intersection between human resource management and information technology...

 solution that manages every aspect of HR, payroll, and talent management—from recruitment

Recruitment

Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, and selecting qualified people for a job. For some components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies.The recruitment...

 through retirement

Retirement

Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...

. Delivered on-demand as SaaS in the cloud, UltiPro provides global organizations one system of record to unify their workforce worldwide.

Marketing

Ultimate Software markets two software suites, primarily through direct sales teams. UltiPro Enterprise is designed for companies with 1,000 or more employees, while UltiPro Workplace is tailored for businesses with 200-999 employees.

Product Development

Ultimate Software was an early adopter of Agile Development Methodologies. Starting with Scrum in March 2005, they have since migrated to Kanban in January 2010. Along the way, Ultimate Software has adopted several engineering practices such as test-driven development

Test-driven development

Test-driven development is a software development process that relies on the repetition of a very short development cycle: first the developer writes a failing automated test case that defines a desired improvement or new function, then produces code to pass that test and finally refactors the new...

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Recognition

• 2010 Named an Optimas Award winner by Workforce Management Magazine
• 2010 Received ISO/IEC 27001 certification for the second time
• 2010 Certified as a "green business" by the Institute for Green Business Certification, Inc. (IGBC)
• 2009 Prestigious Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Certification (eleventh consecutive year)
• 2009 THINKstrategies’ Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Award
• 2009 Named the #1 best medium-sized company to work for in America for the second consecutive year by The Great Place to Work Institute
• 2009 First Place People’s Choice Stevie for Favorite New SaaS Product
• 2009 International Organization for Standardization (IHRIM) Partners Award
• 2008 “Best Product Development Team” by The American Business Awards
• 2008 ISO/IEC 27001 certification
• 2007 The American Business Award for Best IT Team
• 2007 Named one of the world’s 25 leading service providers for the application service provider (ASP), Software-as-a-Service, and Web Services industries for the fourth consecutive year by ASPnews
• 2006 Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA) STAR Award for Best Practices in Managing People
• 2006 The American Business Award for Best Customer Service Organization