Authoria Completes Acquisition of Advanced Information Management (AIM)

Authoria, Inc., a leader in strategic Human Capital Management solutions, today announced it has completed the acquisition of privately held Advanced Information Management, Inc. (AIM) of Santa Barbara, CA, effective June 18, 2004.  AIM is a leading provider of enterprise performance, compensation and talent management software to Global 5000 corporations.

"The top organizations in the world are driving business results by effectively aligning their employees’ performance and incentives with overall organizational goals," said Tod Loofbourrow, Authoria's president and chief executive officer. “Authoria’s employee and manager communication software, now combined with AIM’s fully-integrated compensation and performance management solutions, offers employers a way to deliver the vision of integrated, effective goal-alignment and pay-for-performance.  Top global leaders are increasingly choosing to standardize on Authoria solutions.” 

About Authoria
Authoria’s strategic human capital management (HCM) solutions help employers support enterprise-wide pay-for-performance initiatives and reach their high-level business objectives through their people. Authoria combines compensation and performance management with just-in-time knowledge and coaching for employees and managers, driving shareholder value at over 200 leading organizations, including Boeing, Pfizer, and Unocal. Authoria provides a strategic approach to effective communication, empowering employees to better understand and use benefit, policy and total compensation information. Visit www.authoria.com/news11

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