Neo4j graph database helps in unveiling the new Network-Based HCM Platform
Over the last 3-4 years ADP has been secretly building an entirely new HCM platform to go along with the company’s completely new re-engineered payroll engine (below). This new platform, which doesn’t have a name yet (originally code-named LIFION), is what I’ve been looking for.
It’s a true team-centric system built on a Graph Database using what is often called “low code development”. In other words, you can change it by moving objects on the screen and the system reconfigures itself.
A Graph Database is a huge new technology, pioneered by a vendor called Neo4J. If you’re a geek like me you’re going to want to read about this. You can get the book from Neo4J and if you’re a SQL database person like me it will blow your mind. This is the technology underneath Facebook, Google, and most big social network systems because it models large groups of people based on relationships, not tables.
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Keywords: data • HCM • neo4j • Payroll system