Authoria Wins HR Technology Conference Shootout

Authoria, Inc., the leader in integrated strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, won the industry’s first Integrated Performance & Compensation Management Shootout today at the 8th Annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition in Chicago.

The 350 human resources professionals in attendance at the Shootout chose Authoria as the winner after witnessing live demonstrations from all four competitors.  The demonstrations followed a scripted scenario written by Bill Kutik, conference co-chair, and Mark Albrecht, vice president of consulting at Salary.com. The three other competitors were Recruitmax, SuccessFactors and Workstream.

“Studies continue to show that Performance Management is priority No. 1 for HR executives and the C-suite,” Kutik said. “Last year, we staged the industry’s first Performance Management Shootout. This year, we went the next step toward getting full business benefits by integrating performance management with compensation management to compare industry leaders in an apples-to-apples contest, back-to-back for the first time.”

“Increasingly, as large companies deploy strategic HCM systems, they are looking for a single vendor solution,” said Tod Loofbourrow, CEO of Authoria. “They don’t want to create individual silos within their organizations. Instead, they want broad integrated capabilities that are tailored to meet the needs of the front-line managers who actually execute on HR policies.  The tight integration between our performance and compensation capabilities along with Authoria Advisor 2006’s powerful and easy-to-use user interface clearly gave us the edge over our competitors.”

Authoria recently released Authoria Advisor 2006, an integrated strategic HCM solution with capabilities in performance, compensation, hiring, policy and benefits communications with employees, and just-in-time manager coaching.

In addition, Authoria recently announced that it serves 3.7 million employees with its Advisor On-Demand service, which delivers Authoria Advisor 2006 via a secure Internet connection, making it the most widespread enterprise on-demand software in the world. Advisor On-Demand is a fully managed solution in which Authoria takes responsibility for ongoing management and maintenance, including managing the integration of customer employee data, changes in business rules, content authoring, and updates to worksheets, forms and reports.

About Authoria
Authoria is the leading provider of integrated strategic human capital management (HCM) solutions helping employers increase the business value of their workforce. Authoria Advisor 2006 includes recruiting management, 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, Prudential, Pfizer, Reuters and Unocal.