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Authoria Showcases Leadership in Integrated Talent Management Solutions, at HR Technology Conference

Hess Corporation, PepsiAmericas, Charles Schwab, Other Large Enterprises Reap Improvements in Talent Management through Implementation of Authoria Solutions

Chicago – October 4, 2006 – 

Authoria, Inc., the leader in integrated talent management solutions, today highlighted the growing momentum of enterprise-scale organizations adopting its market-leading technology for managing all aspects of the talent management lifecycle, at the 9th Annual HR Technology Conference & Expo. The company’s integrated talent management solutions can be seen at HR Technology Booth #720.

Thirty large enterprises rely on solutions from Authoria that integrate three or more strategic talent management functions, such as recruiting, performance management, compensation, succession planning, and benefit/policy communication. They do so both to achieve efficiencies in individual talent management functions via automation, and to leverage the intersection of these functions for even greater advantages, including

• pay-for-performance,
• “private talent communities” including both external and internal candidates, and
• source-effectiveness analysis, showing where the best-performing employees came from.

Hess Corporation, a leading global independent energy company, is implementing the full set of Authoria applications as part of a drive to ensure that talent remains a competitive advantage. (See accompanying release.) “We needed a provider of an integrated talent management process powered by a single, global technology platform,” said Brian J. Bohling, Hess Corporation’s Senior Vice President, Human Resources. “Authoria’s solutions are forming the foundation, bringing together performance management, compensation, and employee development to deliver the information and insights we need to make good, timely business decisions.”

PepsiAmericas has implemented Authoria solutions for performance management, compensation, and succession planning as part of a corporate initiative to tightly link employee performance with compensation, and to align individual goals with business-unit and corporate goals. “We had a very clear vision of what we needed from our talent management process and the kind of partner who could help us get there,” said Anne Sample, Senior Vice President for Human Resources at PepsiAmericas. “Authoria was able to automate our paper-based processes – from objective setting and results measurement, to talent identification and succession planning – and integrate them into our business and culture. Authoria’s integrated approach has made pay-for-performance and strategic talent inventory a reality at PepsiAmericas.”

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. is deploying the full set of Authoria applications to integrate and streamline its talent management efforts, from recruiting through succession management. “As a financial services firm, our employees are a crucial differentiator for us, and their effectiveness is critical to our success,” said Chip Luman, Senior Vice President of HR Shared Services, Compensation & Benefits for Schwab.  ”The competition for talent in our market is fierce, so we need to ensure that we not only find and hire the right people, but assess, develop, and retain them to deliver an outstanding client experience.  We believe that Authoria’s innovative technologies and on-demand delivery model will help us accomplish our goals.”

“Enterprises are implementing Authoria’s solutions because they recognize that an integrated approach to talent management is a source of competitive advantage,” said Tod Loofbourrow, Chairman and CEO of Authoria. “Our large-enterprise customers understand that Authoria’s breadth of functionality, depth of integration, and experience in deploying solutions for the most sophisticated organizations get them to that advantage faster. Hess Corporation, PepsiAmericas, Charles Schwab, and other leading companies have been quick to capitalize on this opportunity, and have raised the bar for other organizations anxious to achieve similar gains.”

Authoria is one of the leading providers of enterprise software on-demand, serving more than 4 million employees in some of the world’s largest companies through on-demand delivery of its talent management solutions. The company’s integrated solutions include Authoria Recruiting™, Authoria Performance™, Authoria Succession™, Authoria Salary™, Authoria Incentive™, and Authoria Communications™. Key areas of emphasis for Authoria’s integrated talent management solutions include:

• tight integration between the individual talent management functions and with the common data platform, to facilitate data sharing,
• enhancements to the user interface, to make it easy for line-of-business managers to access all appropriate information and act on it, and
• close collaboration with customer organizations in implementing integrated talent management solutions quickly and effectively.

About Authoria
Authoria® is the leading provider of integrated talent management solutions, helping employers increase the productivity of their workforce in driving their business strategy forward. Authoria’s products have been awarded Top Product of the Year by Human Resource Executive Magazine six times, more than any vendor in the history of HR technology.  Authoria 2006 includes recruiting, performance management, compensation management, succession planning, and benefit and policy communication, while providing just-in-time knowledge and coaching for managers and employees.  Authoria’s award-winning solutions have proven successful for more than 300 large employers, representing more than 10 million employees. Customer companies include Boeing, Pfizer, Reuters, and Unocal.