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LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | UKG has earned a prestigious “Top HR Product of the Year” award from The HR Technology Conference and Human Resource Executive Magazine. The annual award program recognizes solution providers for innovative products that help businesses meet HR’s constantly evolving needs.

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | For the sixth consecutive year, UKG received the highest overall score in the 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises in the North America Midmarket Use Case. Both UKG Pro and UKG Ready are named in this year’s evaluation.

LOWELL, Mass., and WESTON, Fla. | For the fifth consecutive year, UKG has been named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises. For the second year running, UKG is also the only solution provider with two offerings included on this year’s Magic Quadrant.

Human Resource Executive | Brian Reaves spent most of his career as a software engineer. But five years ago, he began applying his math and computer science skills to a very different job. “As a young Black man growing up in a socio-economically depressed environment in South Central Los Angeles, this topic in some form has been part of my life,” Reaves says about issues related to diversity.

LOWELL, Mass, and WESTON, Fla. | Ultimate Software and Kronos Incorporated today announced plans to rebrand the company. The combined company’s new name will become UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), effective October 1, 2020.

HCM Technology Report | Ultimate Software and Kronos, who closed their merger in April, unveiled their new corporate identity and began hinting at plans for their combined future. Beginning October 1, the merged companies will rebrand as UKG, for Ultimate Kronos Group, and adopt the tagline “Our purpose is people.” The company said the name is meant to “build on the strength and innovation” of Ultimate and Kronos even while “signaling a singular, shared focus on inspiring workforces and businesses around the world.”