Computer technology has progressed at an incredibly rapid pace since the widespread reliance on relatively large, slow, difficult-to-use mainframes of a mere 10 to 15 years ago. The current environment of client-server networks, LANs and WANs, and the Internet's World Wide Web are evolving and developing at an ever-increasing pace.

The current technology, and the hope of things to come, holds tremendous promise for the further development of the human resource function as a partner in the business strategy. However, a great majority of companies still use relatively outdated hardware and software and use Human Resource Information System (HRIS) for only the most routine of human resource tasks.

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