Payroll Platform FAQs

Most other national providers offer browser-based applications, which have severe limitations. They become limited as to what actions they can perform due to programming restrictions within a browser environment. In addition, there are inherent security concerns when entering your information through a browser. Evolution uses thin-client technology to eliminate these concerns.

With Evolution’s thin-client architecture, there is a small application installed onto your PC, but all of the data resides on our servers. When you log into Evolution, you are securely accessing your data in real-time as if you were sitting at a PC in our office. Since Evolution is running a small application, there are no programming limitation. This allows us to provide you with the tools you need to manage your employees and payroll.

No. Your individual Account Specialist uses the same version of Evolution as you, and since your data resides on our servers, they can access the information you are viewing at the exact same time. This allows your Account Specialist to assist you in ways that that would be unheard of with any other system.

We have over 90 stock reports built into Evolution. Chances are there is a report to satisfy your needs, no matter what you are looking for. There are also Ad-Hoc reports so you can create your own reports by simply selecting the fields you desire. Additionally, GTM will customize reports based on your needs and requirements.

Your technical packet will include system requirements for the Evolution software. It is a simple step-by-step installation process that can be provided by GTM to insure that the Evolution software installed on your systems can communicate with our servers. If you have a desktop firewall (excluding Windows Firewall) installed on your systems, just make sure that this firewall won’t be blocking the communication of Evolution to GTM Servers. On a corporate level, all it takes is 2–3 ports to be opened to ensure proper communication.

Evolution’s Integrated HR Module is completely built-in and uses a single database for increased efficiency. Our HR Module provides the tools necessary to track employee information such as attendance, injury occurrences, COBRA, and more. Check out our Human Resources page for more information.

Any time we apply a new update, Evolution automatically updates itself when you log in. This relieves the stress on your IT staff from having to constantly re-install new software any time there is an update.

Evolution uses 256-bit encryption, thereby ensuring security of your data. Each user is assigned a unique login ID and all changes made to your employee information are tracked through a complete audit trail. We have redundant backups in place and also keep a hot-site in a remote location in case of a regional disaster.