By John Mark V. Tuazon
Computerworld Philippines
May 5, 2010

Going against market anxieties about the cloud’s security, a local software firm recently unveiled their HR Payroll cloud application, aiming to deliver innovative payroll solutions for local companies.

Through the SaaS-deployed service entitled “iSuweldo,” the developers behind what is claimed to be as the first Filipino HR application in the cloud said they are looking to remove the common pains from payroll processing, which usually takes an HR expert to accomplish.

“We wanted to remove the pain points usually associated with payroll preparations such as deductions, loans, and government reporting,” said Grace Cariño, chairman and CEO of iSuweldo, Inc. “We built iSuweldo with the Filipino company in mind. With [it], we bring payroll management to a higher level where technology perfectly matches the needs of both employers and employees.”

The pioneering cloud application features a self-service module which integrates bundy clock logging, time sheet updating, loans, leaves, and overtime application, and the capability to print one’s own payslips, ITR, and other reports.

“Here [in the Philippines], the cloud is still in its infancy,” remarked Richard Quin, vice president for sales and marketing of iSuweldo, Inc. “But with our application, [we guarantee] no infancy in terms of capability.”

The iSuweldo cloud application—built only in 60 days—is hosted in Steadfast data centers located in Chicago, Illinois, as well as in Vitro and Data One data centers locally, which ensures uptime and service availability whenever needed.

Users who have little to no knowledge of payroll can be guided by the integrated eight-step payroll processing wizard, which takes the administrator from processing employees’ timesheets, other earnings, and allowances to expenses, deductions, and leave credits, among others.

One of the key features of the application, however, is the ability to process and print highly localized reports built-in to the system and is automatically filled out using employee data. Forms needed to comply with BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue), SSS (Social Security System), and Philhealth, among others, are readily available through the applications’ reports module.

“We don’t have clients yet but the system has been tested on an engine already being widely used by some Philippine companies,” Quin said. “[With this pioneering effort], we hope to become the standard [in enterprise cloud applications] locally.”

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