iContent Expands Workplace Ethics and Employment Law Compliance Training with Leading Courses from Global Compliance

Plateau Customers Gain Access to BrightlineSM Compliance and Ethics Training and “Ask the Expert” Resource to Meet Federal Guidelines

Arlington, Va. - 25 September, 2007 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced a strategic partnership with Global Compliance’s BrightlineSM Learning division enabling the delivery of the entire Brightline suite of online ethics and compliance courses via the iContent portal (www.icontentportal.com). With the addition of the Brightline award-winning ethics and employment law compliance modules, iContent, the industry’s only multi-vendor internet solution for procuring, distributing, hosting and managing custom and third-party talent management content, now includes more than 25,000 training courses.

“The Organizational Sentencing Guidelines prescribe that all organizations establish and maintain effective ethics and compliance programs. iContent users now have efficient access to a host of specialized ethics and compliance training modules allowing them to promote integrity within the business environment and comply with federally mandated guidelines,” said Michael Johnson, Co-President of Global Compliance’s Brightline Learning division. “By partnering with iContent, we are helping organizations deliver critical training that can help them avoid financial, legal and reputational harm.”

Brightline Compliance was founded by former U.S. Department of Justice attorneys and acquired by Global Compliance, the ethics and compliance industry leader, in May 2007. The Brightline Learning division offers a curriculum that includes topics, such as code of conduct, sexual harassment, workplace violence, and dozens of other ethics and compliance topics, and was selected by Elearning! Magazine in the “Best Compliance Content” category of its “Best of Elearning! 2006” awards program. Courses can be customized for job or industry-specific workplace training, such as antitrust and anti-competitive practices, avoiding fraud and abuse, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, government procurement, HIPAA medical privacy, and No FEAR Act. Courses can also be customized for board and C-level executives to address relevant topics, including board and executive members' requirements to create and maintain an ethics and compliance program.

Included with the training courses, iContent will also support the Brightline "Ask the Expert" service, which allows training participants to submit questions by phone or by Internet and to have those questions answered by on-site attorneys who serve as subject matter experts. This provides a venue for follow-up guidance relative to the training.

“This alliance with Global Compliance expands iContent’s growing list of courseware to address employment law compliance and ethics and compliance issues that are critical to our customers’ businesses,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau. “Global Compliance’s Brightline Learning division is delivering topical modules that impact organizations in all industries, and now iContent users can access these specialized courses along with other business-critical training programs to further awareness and training of employees.”

iContent is the next-generation solution for managing and delivering talent management content. Introduced less than a year ago, the solution provides a single place where customers can locate, store and deliver thousands of third-party packaged content offerings as well as industry and customer-specific content. iContent speeds the availability and delivery of content while decreasing the overhead costs and frustration associated with managing and storing learning and talent management content.

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About Global Compliance
Founded in 1981, Global Compliance provides products and services that create and maintain a business culture of ethical and compliant behavior. Their portfolio includes awareness and education products that reinforce an organization’s values and educate on expected behaviors; information intake services that accommodate the reporting of allegations or incidents; online information management services to manage case investigations and analyze, chart, and report data to executive management; and field evaluation services to evaluate and validate compliance with legislation, regulation, and organizational practices and procedures. Global Compliance currently serves one-half of America’s Fortune 100, one-third of America’s Fortune 1000 corporations and many European- and Asian-based corporations along with major colleges and universities and prominent local, state, and federal government entities. www.globalcompliance.com

About Plateau
Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success. Plateau’s award-winning software is powering talent management initiatives across some of the world’s most successful organizations, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service, Capital One Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Industry analysts at Bersin & Associates, Forrester Research and other leading information and technology research and advisory firms continue to recognize Plateau’s leadership in delivering best-in-class functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.Plateau.com.

Plateau's 12th annual User Conference brings together Global Talent Management Customer and Industry Leaders

Industry Experts, Visionaries and Leading Organizations Map Current and Future Talent Management Trends; Plateau Charts Progressive Course in Talent Management

Arlington, Va. - 12 September, 2007–Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced that talent management leaders from more than 200 global organizations recently attended the company’s 12th annual Insights user conference in Boston.

During this year’s conference, keynote presenters addressed top talent management market trends and leadership approaches. In addition, more than two dozen industry leaders representing a diverse range of businesses and industries delivered real-world presentations focused on their talent management initiatives, strategies, challenges, requirements, and best practices. The conference sessions reflected the growing trend towards holistic talent management strategies, solutions and services that deliver learning, performance management, compensation management, and career and succession planning on a unified platform, further underscoring organizations’ desire to streamline the talent management lifecycle.

"Talent management continues to gain momentum as organizations look to unify more of their strategic HR processes," said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau. "By sharing their talent management experiences, best practices, and leadership strategies with conference attendees, Plateau customers and industry thought leaders made this event relevant and compelling. With unparalleled customer and industry expert participation, this year’s conference reinforced Plateau’s long-standing commitment to making our customers successful and validated our success in continually developing and delivering state-of-the-art talent management solutions."

Keynote presentations and panels included:

• Plateau CEO, Paul Sparta, gave an overview of the future of talent management, highlighting the emergence and promise of web 2.0 usability and collaboration technologies. Plateau’s executive management team also provided insight into the evolution of talent management applications and the demand for content and services as well as a view into Plateau’s roadmap and future plans.
• Bill Kutik, Technology Columnist for Human Resource Executive Magazine and Conference Co-Chairman of the HR Technology Conference, facilitated a panel in which top industry analysts and thought leaders from Forrester, Gartner, IDC and Knowledge-Infusion discussed their research, insights and views on current and future trends in talent management. During the session, analysts discussed a wide range of topics, including the value of talent management suites, the importance of integration between HR functions such as performance and learning, and the involvement of CEOs and senior executives in workforce issues today.
• Plateau customer, Dennis Sullivan, Director of Office of Workforce Planning and e-Innovation for the U.S. Department of Labor, detailed the agency’s strategy for managing a transitioning workforce in which 54% of managers and supervisors are eligible to retire in the next five years. DOL was the first agency to achieve green status in the Management of Human Capital as part of the President’s Management Agenda. Sullivan’s presentation focused on how the agency is using Plateau to support skills assessments; support agency learning requirements and provide a single system of record; and plans for future talent management.
• Charles Jennings, Global Head of Learning at Reuters, presented about the relationship between knowledge and skills in driving performance, including the relationship between on-the-job experience, coaching and feedback, and formal learning.
• In a keynote presentation based on her best-selling book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Doris Kearns-Goodwin delivered timeless insights on critical leadership competencies and discussed how today’s organizations can apply similar strategies to build and maintain teams in challenging times.
• Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder of Bersin & Associates, discussed how a business-focused approach to talent management can transform organizations. In addition to detailing key talent management trends, Josh identified the top 22 processes that have greatest business impact and provided actionable advice on how organizations can prioritize these processes to build a talent management strategy that supports and maximizes business goal achievement.

In addition to keynote presentations, several customers including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Regions Financial Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, FedEx, Defense Logistics Agency, Commerce Bank, General Electric, and Capital One presented breakout sessions at the conference.

Complementing customer, partner, and expert-led presentations, customers had an opportunity to participate in product education sessions and hands-on labs. Attendees also had access to several Plateau partners, including Verizon Business, Deloitte Adobe Systems, Element K, Giunti Labs, HRchitect, Leverage Point, milengo Inc., PureSafety, and Vertex Solutions.

Customer Excellence Award Recognition

This year’s conference also served as the backdrop for Plateau’s Annual Customer Excellence Awards honoring customers who have demonstrated innovation and success in deploying talent management solutions. Conference attendees selected the final winners from a competitive field. This year’s Customer Excellence Awards winners were:

• U.S Department of Agriculture for Best Launch to an Organization with Over 10,000 Employees
• GE Community Health Network for Best Launch to an Organization with Under 10,000 Employees
• Excelon Corporation for Best Business Solution
• The Walt Disney Company for Best Overall Use of Product

“These customers demonstrate forward-thinking excellence and innovation,” said Shelly Heiden, Executive Vice President of Global Operations at Plateau. “By prioritizing talent management as a strategic initiative and implementing solutions that streamline their critical talent management processes, these customers are increasing productivity and driving business value across their organizations.”

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About Plateau
Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success. Plateau’s award-winning software is powering talent management initiatives across some of the world’s most successful organizations, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service, Capital One Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Industry analysts at Bersin & Associates, Forrester Research and other leading information and technology research and advisory firms continue to recognize Plateau’s leadership in delivering best-in-class functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.Plateau.com.