Authoria Drives 93-Percent Growth in Comprehensive Enterprise Talent Management

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Authoria, Inc., the leader in comprehensive talent management solutions, today announced that it solidified its position as the provider of choice for large global enterprises during the first half of 2008. Results included a 36-percent increase in bookings from 2H07 to 1H08, and an impressive 93-percent increase from Q207 to Q208.

“…a monumental event in our emerging talent management systems market.”

Authoria also extended its dominance among large enterprise customers, during the first half of this year. Marquee organizations that either selected Authoria as their talent-management provider, or expanded an existing relationship, included:


-- Aetna		-- Intuit
-- Boy Scouts of America		-- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
-- Citrix Systems		-- Popular Inc.
-- Integrys

In other notable highlights of the first half of 2008, Authoria:

Delivered several major new releases of Authoria Talent Management, lauded by Bersin & Associates as “…a monumental event in our emerging talent management systems market.”¹ Authoria Talent Management is the first solution to give line of business managers and HR professionals single-point access to the strategic talent functions of recruiting, performance management, compensation, employee development, and succession planning.
Celebrated a highly successful 10^th-anniversary Authoria Customer Conference in April, featuring customer presentations from Alcon, Aetna, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), MDS, Inc., Qwest, Regis Corporation, Starbucks, and Wellpoint, among others.
Was positioned in the Visionaries quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s “Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment Software” report.²
Expanded a long-standing partnership with Development Dimensions International, Inc. (DDI), to embed DDI’s market-leading competencies as a core component of Authoria Talent Management (delivered May 2008).

“The first half of this year marked yet another tremendous period of growth and achievement, further cementing Authoria as the ‘vendor of choice’ for enterprise talent management,” said Tod Loofbourrow, Authoria Chairman and CEO. “Strong growth in our customer base in sectors such as retail, financial services, and healthcare, along with the expansion of our existing customer partnerships, continues to validate Authoria’s vision and the value of strategic talent-management initiatives.”

About Authoria

Authoria® 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 comprehensive 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, visit www.authoria.com.

Note to editors: Authoria and the Authoria logo are registered trademarks, and Authoria Talent Management is a trademark of Authoria, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other product names and references contained herein remain the service marks, trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

¹ Authoria’s Latest Release: A Major Step Forward for the Talent Management Systems Market, by Leighanne Levensaler, Bersin & Associates, May 13, 2008.

² Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment Software, by James Holincheck, Gartner, Inc., June 10, 2008.

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