Softscape Extends Workforce Visualization Capabilities

Softscape Apex(R) 2008 Offers Latest Industry Innovations with New
Line-of-Sight Visibility to Improve Employee Engagement & Executive
Decision Making
WAYLAND, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Softscape, the global leader in integrated people management
software, today announced a myriad of new software enhancements with
Softscape Apex(R) 2008, the industry's most comprehensive human
capital management (HCM) solution. This latest release builds on over
twelve years of pioneering innovation and adds new functions across
Talent Acquisition, Workforce Performance, Learning and Development,
and a compelling new approach to visualizing an organization's
workforce and its capabilities.

Recognized by industry analysts as the most comprehensive HCM
solution, Softscape's inherently integrated, highly configurable
platform connects critical workforce processes into a single system to
more effectively measure and manage an organization's workforce.
Softscape Apex 2008 continues Softscape's dedication to customers by
enabling deeper insight and visibility across an organization's entire
workforce to improve employee engagement and drive business
performance.

"Organizations are disbanding their legacy point solutions to
circumvent costly integration challenges and moving toward a single,
integrated people management software platform," said Christopher
Faust, Softscape executive vice president of global strategy. "Over
eighty percent of our new customers this year are choosing more than
two integrated suites in their initial deployment, and thirty six
percent choosing more than three."

Expanding on Softscape's extensive configuration foundation and
superior user experience, new features within Softscape Apex 2008
include:

Talent Map(TM)

Softscape's interactive Talent Map(TM) provides a new level of
visualization with a global, multi-level view of an organization's
entire workforce. Leveraging dynamic data visualization, Softscape's
Talent Map provides easy access to organizational structures and
reporting relationships. Then, using fluid zooming, users can
instantly drill down into increasing levels of granularity to quickly
view individual capabilities, performance history, career paths, and
other detailed talent information. With Softscape's robust security
model to ensure proper rights and permissions, this new function
transforms how organizations plan and manage their global talent.

People Centric Views

Softscape's comprehensive Talent Profile has been further expanded
to provide a new definitive "talent-based system of record" for
managers, employees, and human recourses administrators to easily view
every detail of talent related information. People Centric Views
includes core employee record details, task summaries, performance
history, career preferences, awards, certifications, professional
experience, payroll history, absence history, equipment and security
details, and many other employee specific details in a single, secure
location within an easy to use navigation structure.

Ratings Distribution Management (RDM)

New performance Ratings Distribution Management (RDM) within the
Softscape Workforce Performance suite ensures the dissemination of
performance scores are more consistent across an organization. In a
typical diverse, global organization, performance rating scales differ
from division to division. Softscape Workforce Performance with RDM
ensures that employees are rated consistently and fairly across the
entire organization. As a result, incentive and reward initiatives are
applied more appropriately to high performers.

Enhanced Compliance Management

Softscape's enhanced compliance management within the Softscape
Learning & Development suite tracks compliance-related training
programs and lets human recourses administrators automatically remind
employees to enroll and participate. Its flexible email configuration
tools also allows administrators to send messages based on employees'
level of compliance or escalate issues to their managers.

User Experience Themes

Softscape also offers configurable interface skins enabling
individual users to change on-the-fly how they view and interact with
the software. The system comes with a variety of interface themes, and
customers can populate the theme library with any assortment they
choose.

All New Talent Acquisition Suite

Ideal for companies operating on a global scale, Softscape's all
new Talent Acquisition suite streamlines the entire recruiting and
hiring lifecycle from requisition to candidate selection and
on-boarding. New features include job distribution tools to populate
online job boards, resume parsing tools, automatic HRMS integration
and on-boarding best practices, compliance and audit controls, and
dozens of new standard reports and dashboards. Additionally, new
integration to Microsoft Outlook(R) is provided for scheduling and
calendaring to allow recruiting professionals to easily schedule and
manage candidate meetings with hiring managers directly within
Outlook.

"Softscape's integrated approach to strategic people management
offers the flexibility to link every component of the employee
lifecycle to gain unprecedented insight into the overall performance
of an organization's workforce," said Dave Watkins, chief executive
officer, Softscape. "When customers are equipped with this critical
information, they can make better decisions about their people and
their operations. The end results are more effective business
strategies, increased productivity, and more engaged and higher
performing employees."

To learn more about Softscape Apex 2008, please visit
www.softscape.com/Engage to register for a June 10, 2008 webinar and
receive a complimentary whitepaper titled, "Improving Employee
Engagement to Drive Business Performance."

About Softscape (www.softscape.com)

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 Proctor & 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.

The Softscape logo and marks related to Softscape products are
either trademarks or registered trademarks of Softscape, Inc. Other
brand and product names contained herein may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Softscape, Inc.
Christopher Faust, 508-358-1072
cfaust@softscape.com

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