- Authoria, Cornerstone OnDemand, Salary.com and Softscape Step Up for this Year's Signature Event -
HORSHAM, Pa., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Human Resource Executive(R) Magazine today named the contestants for the software "Shootout" at the publication's 11th Annual HR Technology(R) Conference & Exposition, being held October 15-17 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The Conference's signature event -- "The Industry's First Talent Management Shootout" -- will take place on October 16.
Authoria, Cornerstone OnDemand, Salary.com (Nasdaq: SLRY) and Softscape will present custom software demonstrations based on a written script of HR requirements to the session's audience, which is forecast to be about 1,000 HR practitioners, industry and financial analysts, consultants, and vendors. Session attendees will vote electronically to decide the Shootout's winner.
Thirteen companies took part in the two-month screening process to select the contestants. Leighanne Levensaler, director of Talent Management Research for Bersin & Associates, wrote the script with conference co-chair Bill Kutik. Kutik is also the technology columnist for Human Resource Executive(R) Magazine.
"This will be our 12th shootout in eight years," said Kutik, "and Talent Management is certain to be our most popular yet. It's the hottest, most competitive area in HR technology today."
He continued, "The Shootout has become our signature event because HR professionals get to compare -- for the first and only time -- four software systems doing the exact same thing in the same session, which is something they'd never be able to orchestrate in their own offices. Plus, our audience members love to cast their vote and this shootout gives them the chance to weigh in on the features and functionality that are most meaningful to them."
The Shootout script mainly focuses on the functions of performance management, compensation, goal-setting and career development, and also includes succession planning, learning and recruiting. Together, these applications have become known as the Talent Management suite.
About Authoria
Authoria(R) helps the world's most competitive employers achieve superior business results, by optimizing the way they recruit, develop, compensate, retain, and engage top talent. Designed for business managers as well as HR professionals, the company's talent management solutions enable more effective recruiting, performance management, compensation management, and succession planning across an organization. Authoria serves more than 300 large organizations and 4 million managers and employees with our on-demand Internet-based solutions. Customer companies include Aetna, Alcon and Boeing. For more information, please visit http://www.authoria.com.
About Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand helps organizations to empower their people and optimize workforce productivity with a comprehensive suite of integrated talent management solutions for learning, compliance, performance, compensation and succession management, as well as robust reporting and analytics. Cornerstone also provides over 30,000 pre-integrated training titles. The company's multi-tenant, multi-user software-as-a-service (SaaS) architecture provides customers with rapid deployments, minimal IT costs, greater flexibility, proven reliability and a lower total cost of ownership. Cornerstone's triple-digit growth has been supported by a market-leading customer retention rate. Leading enterprises such as Aon, Bank of the West, Flextronics, Pearson, Randstad, Ticketmaster and Trend Micro count on Cornerstone to help them achieve organizational excellence and competitive advantage. Cornerstone OnDemand is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and has international offices in London, Paris, Munich and Tel Aviv. For more information, please visit http://www.cornerstoneondemand.com.
About Salary.com, Inc.
Salary.com is a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions helping businesses and individuals manage pay and performance. Salary.com's highly configurable software applications, proprietary data and consulting services help HR and compensation professionals automate, streamline and optimize critical talent management processes including: market pricing, compensation planning, performance management, competency management and succession planning. Built with compensation and competency data at the core, Salary.com solutions provide businesses of all sizes with the most productive and cost-effective way to manage and inspire their most important asset -- their people. For more information, please visit http://www.salary.com.
About Softscape
Softscape is the global leader in integrated people management software that enables organizations to more effectively drive their business performance. Recognized by industry analysts as the most comprehensive strategic human capital management solution, Softscape provides complete employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, in a single, integrated platform for improved business intelligence. The company offers customers of all sizes and in all industries the most flexibility and choice with multiple purchase, configuration, and deployment options. For more than a decade, Softscape has helped millions of workers across 156 countries be more successful at their jobs while contributing to bottom-line results. Softscape's customers represent Fortune 500/Global 500, mid-market, and government organizations, including Procter & Gamble, Barclays, AstraZeneca, Seagate, GKN, Edcon, LandAmerica, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Softscape is based in Massachusetts with offices in London, Sydney, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Hartford, Washington, D.C., Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Johannesburg. For more information, please visit http://www.softscape.com.
About the HR Technology(R) Conference
The complete conference program is available at http://www.HRTechnologyConference.com.
Registrants will receive a discount when they sign up prior to September 26, 2008. Group discount rates are also available.
A limited number of press and analyst passes are available for this conference. To request a press pass, please contact Jeanne Achille, The Devon Group, 732-706-0123, ext. 11, or e-mail jeanne@devonpr.com.
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