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New Authoria Product Capabilities Drive Pay-for-Performance Initiatives

Integrated Authoria Performance Advisor and Compensation Advisor Solution Aids Development and Retention of Top Employees

Waltham, MA – August 11, 2004 – 

Authoria, Inc., a leader in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced the immediate availability of its new integrated performance and compensation solution, Authoria Performance Advisor™ version 7.0 and Compensation Advisor™ version 7.0 Performance Advisor allows companies to systematically identify, develop and reward their top employees while Compensation Advisor helps attract and retain key talent through implementation of a comprehensive compensation strategy.  In addition, when combined with Authoria’s Manager Advisor™ and Employee Advisor™ solutions, Authoria’s new suite of solutions helps companies effectively address their strategic pay-for-performance initiatives, improving productivity and driving bottom line results. 

“Performance Advisor and Compensation Advisor are next generation solutions that raise the bar in pay for performance,” explains Paul Baier, Authoria’s senior vice president of products.  “These integrated solutions directly address customer requirements as demonstrated by the implementations already in process with some of our strategic customers.” 

According to Jim Holincheck, Gartner, Inc. research director, Workforce and Workplace, the integration of performance management and compensation is vital. (1) "Enterprises create top-level goals and objectives and must communicate them throughout the organization so that, ultimately, there is alignment between the top-level corporate goals and individual goals. Results of performance appraisals are then used to drive merit pay increases and bonuses.  This integration is key to enabling pay for performance." 

The Authoria Advisor Series blends a powerful suite of enterprise performance and compensation solutions with Authoria Manager Advisor and Employee Manager solutions, (just-in-time knowledge and coaching for managers and employees), helping companies address communication, compliance, compensation, and performance enterprise-wide. Employee Advisor and Manager Advisor are Web-based solutions that present managers and employees with a single access point for information, providing just-in-time knowledge and coaching on a company’s policies and programs while also capturing analytics and trends.  No other products impart context sensitive and personalized information that can reduce the risk of managerial errors and provide compliance tracking as well as provide employees and managers with the information they need to solve specific business and personal needs.
 
Authoria’s Performance Advisor version 7.0  blends the strategic elements of performance management, succession planning, career planning, and leadership development. New features include:
• Formal performance plans
• Expanded competency levels
• Organization goal setting and alignment
• Expanded individual objectives setting, tracking and alignment with organizational goals
• Manager and employee evaluations
• Robust and detailed workflow support
• Development links to performance assessment

Compensation Advisor 7.0 provides salary planning and incentive compensation capabilities. New features include:
• New salary planning worksheet and enhancements
• Ability to copy plans and components from year to year
• Deferral calculations
• Financial data import and validation
• Standard bonus and stock export utilities

In addition to the functionality enhancements to the new applications, Authoria has added new workflow functionality to manage the data collection, review and approval processes; customizable email triggers; audit trail capabilities; new search, report, user and administrator interfaces; and new security upgrades. 

(1) Gartner, Inc. Strategic Analysis Report, “Employee Performance Management Software Marketscope,” J. Holincheck, June 10, 2004

Availability and Pricing
Available immediately, Authoria’s Performance Advisor and Compensation Advisor modules are currently shipping to customers.  Pricing is based on the number of employees.

For additional information please refer to Gartner, Inc. Research Note, “Authoria Acquisition Leads to Talent Management Suite Market,” J. Holincheck, July 27, 2004.

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

Note to editors: Authoria is a registered trademark and the Authoria logo and Authoria Advisor Series are trademarks of Authoria, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. All other names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.  The software is protected by U.S. Patent Nos. 6,505,183, 6,633,859, 6,640,216 and other patents pending.