Ultimate Software Wins People`s Choice Award for Favorite New SaaS Product

WESTON, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading provider of end-to-end strategic
human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions, announced today that
Ultimate`s UltiPro delivered through Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has won first
place in the People`s Choice Stevie competition for Favorite New SaaS Product,
sponsored by the American Business AwardsSM.

More than 100,000 votes were cast over in 12 People`s Choice categories
including Favorite New SaaS Product, Favorite Entertainment/Media Product or
Service, Favorite Gadget, Favorite Telecom Product or Service, and Favorite
Smartphone/PDA. In addition to Ultimate, some of the other People`s Choice
winners were Apple, Hulu.com, Mozilla, Symantec, and Quicken. Other companies
competing in the best new SaaS solution category were Salesforce.com, Cisco
WebEx, Citrix Online, NetSuite, and Peopleclick. The nationwide online vote was
open to the public.

For businesses of nearly all sizes, Ultimate provides payroll, human resources,
benefits management, business intelligence, and a portal for conducting business
functions conveniently - and provides strategic talent management solutions like
recruitment, onboarding, performance management, salary planning and
compensation, and career planning - all through SaaS. Ultimate`s newest HCM
solution, UltiPro. NET, delivered as SaaS, reinvents the customer experience
with a redesigned enterprise-wide portal that allows businesses to streamline
management of a global workforce while putting individual users in control,
based on their personal preferences. In addition to social networking
integration with sites such as Facebook to promote team collaboration, the new
SaaS solution also includes multiple languages, many convenience shortcuts, and
dashboards. More than 1 million employees across North America are being
supported in Ultimate`s SaaS environment.

Winners of the People`s Choice Stevie Awards will be presented their awards at
the 7th annual American Business Awards banquet in New York on Monday, June 22.

"Businesses need every dollar spent to count in order to be successful in a
highly competitive market," said Scott Scherr, president, CEO, and founder of
Ultimate Software. "Without requiring organizations to invest in hardware or
dedicate internal IT staff to manage systems, Ultimate`s SaaS solution helps
businesses achieve their goals to align performance, compensation, and human
capital management to ensure that they acquire and retain the best talent to
drive business success."

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The
International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and The
Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types
and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding
performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at
www.stevieawards.com.

About Ultimate Software

A leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent
management solutions, Ultimate markets its award-winning UltiPro products as
on-demand services through software-as-a-service (SaaS) and as on-premise
software. Based in Weston, FL, the Company employs more than 900 professionals
who are focused on developing the highest quality products and services. In
2008, Ultimate was the first HR/payroll SaaS provider to be audited and awarded
the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification for security management, was named the #1
"Best Product Development Team" in the nation by the American Business Awards,
and was ranked the #1 best medium-size company to work for in America by the
Great Place to Work Institute. Ultimate has more than 1,700 customers
representing diverse industries, including such organizations as The Container
Store, Elizabeth Arden, Major League Baseball, The New York Yankees Baseball
Team, Nintendo of America, Ruth`s Chris Steak House, and Sony Music
Entertainment. More information on Ultimate`s products and services can be found
at www.ultimatesoftware.com.

UltiPro and Intersourcing are registered trademarks of The Ultimate Software
Group, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective
owners.

Ultimate Software
Darlene Marcroft, 954-331-7444
darlene_marcroft@ultimatesoftware.com
or
For Sales Information:
Ultimate Software, 800-432-1729
Web site: www.ultimatesoftware.com

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