Technology Firm to Improve Human Capital Management with UltiPro® Workplace

WESTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI), the leading provider of unified, end-to-end human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions in North America, today announced that Compellent Technologies (NYSE:CML), a global provider of enterprise storage systems, has selected UltiPro Workplace to consolidate employee information, improve insight into its workforce, and accelerate business execution.

“For high-growth, high-performance companies like Compellent Technologies, speed, efficiency, and flexibility are crucial to HR”

With a portfolio of award-winning technologies, Compellent Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise storage companies in the world. Compellent’s rapid growth rate was one of the key reasons the public company needed to search for a sophisticated HCM platform that will deliver business intelligence to HR management quickly and easily. Previously, Compellent had assembled a loose assortment of point solutions—including a payroll service bureau and homegrown systems—to handle its employee data, compensation, benefits, and performance management.

According to Brian Holsten, director of human resources for Compellent Technologies, the company required one tightly unified solution to support its high-growth culture. Compellent selected UltiPro in April 2010.

“With our previous systems, we were struggling with a great deal of duplication with both processes and a variety of data,” Holsten said. “Given the lean resources in our HR department, it was essential for us to deploy an end-to-end HCM solution that delivers feature-rich functionality and powerful reporting. We selected UltiPro Workplace because it uniquely offers the best combination of payroll, tax reporting, talent management, employee and manager self-service, and time management—as well as provides us with the agility to add functionality as our business needs evolve. We were especially attracted to the fact that any data in the employee lifecycle can be easily retained and instantly reported on—without having to create mirror systems to support our growth.”

With UltiPro, Compellent plans to replace its current benefits portal, connect disparate processes, and reduce costs. All relevant HCM information will become summarized and immediately available across all levels of the organization, and employees can use convenient self-service with its single point of entry to quickly access a comprehensive platform of services in the employee lifecycle.

“UltiPro will deliver the bandwidth to connect our processes that multiple systems can’t provide,” added Holsten.

“For high-growth, high-performance companies like Compellent Technologies, speed, efficiency, and flexibility are crucial to HR,” said Chris Phenicie, senior vice president of UltiPro Workplace. “We’re pleased to partner with this global firm, and we are especially proud that these experts in innovative technology have analyzed the market alternatives for HCM providers and then identified UltiPro as the best solution for optimizing the business. We look forward to a long-term partnership that will bring rapid value to Compellent.”

About Ultimate

The leading provider of unified, end-to-end human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions in North America, Ultimate markets its award-winning UltiPro solution as an on-demand service through Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Based in Weston, FL, Ultimate employs approximately 1,000 professionals who are focused on developing the highest quality products and services. In 2009, Ultimate was awarded first place in the People’s Choice Stevie® competition for Favorite New SaaS Product and was ranked the #1 best medium-sized company to work for in America by the Great Place to Work® Institute for the second consecutive year. In 2008, Ultimate was the first HR/payroll SaaS provider to be audited and awarded the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification for security management and was recognized for having the #1 “Best Product Development Team” in the nation by the American Business Awards. Ultimate has more than 1,900 customers representing diverse industries, including such organizations as Adobe Systems Incorporated, The Container Store, Culligan International, Elizabeth Arden, Major League Baseball, The New York Yankees Baseball Team, and Ruth’s Chris Steak House. More information on Ultimate’s products and services can be found at www.ultimatesoftware.com.

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