Plateau Systems Joins Red Hat Ready Partner Program, Certifies Plateau Talent Management on JBoss Application Server

Support for Open Source Application Server Increases Customer Platform Choice, Lowers Total Cost of Ownership

Arlington, Va. - 13 August, 2008 – Plateau Systems, leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced that the company has joined the Red Hat ISV Partner Program as a Red Hat Ready Partner. Additionally, Plateau announced that its industry-leading talent management solutions are now certified for use with JBoss Application Server 4.2.1.

The Red Hat ISV Program provides Plateau with easy access to the tools and resources necessary to develop and test its industry-leading talent management solutions on JBoss Enterprise Middleware. By joining the Red Hat ISV Partner Program and the Red Hat Ready Partner Program, Plateau will take advantage of the program’s co-marketing and co-branding offerings to expand the footprint of its talent management solutions within the global community of Red Hat customers.

As enterprises increasingly adopt open source and open standards, Red Hat’s JBoss Enterprise Middleware has become the leading choice for enterprise open source middleware. As the industry’s most widely deployed application server, JBoss Application Server has proven itself to be a reliable and scalable solution for users seeking a flexible architecture and simple development experience. By certifying Plateau Talent Management on JBoss Application Server, Plateau offers J2EE talent management solutions that extend the performance and availability, change and configuration, and code quality and optimization capabilities found in the JBoss Application Server.

“Plateau is committed to choice, and offering cost-effective options for companies who are investing in talent management solutions,” said Joe Herman, SVP, Product Management at Plateau. “This certification assures our customers that Plateau’s talent management solutions can readily be run on JBoss and offers an additional application server choice for deploying Plateau’s for flexible and scalable talent management solutions.”

“Joining the Red Hat Ready Partner Program gives us an opportunity to leverage Red Hat’s brand and expertise in the enterprise open source market, and allows us to access additional Red Hat resources related to the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform,” continued Herman. “As a result, customers know that they can receive the highest level of support and service from both Plateau and Red Hat.”

The support for JBoss Application Server extends Plateau’s commitment to building the most advanced architecture in the talent management industry. Plateau provides the only integrated performance and learning management software delivered on a proven J2EE Web-based architecture currently being used by some of the largest, most successful companies in the world. The Plateau Product Architecture provides the best stability, scalability, extensibility and tools customer need to run talent management solutions and extend those solutions as their business evolves.

For more information on Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.

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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 and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.

Plateau Partners to Showcase Talent Management Solutions and Services at Insights 2008

Partner Round-Up Expo Highlights Solutions from Leading Business and technology partners including Satyam, General Physics, Verizon Business, BIRT Exchange and UKS

Arlington, Va. - 11 August, 2008 – Plateau Systems, leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced the Partner Round-Up Expo, which will take place during this year’s annual Insights user conference “Blazing the Talent Trail” September 14-17 in Phoenix. During the Expo, featuring the latest in talent management and IT solutions from Plateau's partners, conference attendees will have an opportunity to view new, industry-leading solutions and services offered by Plateau’s application, content, technology and integration partners.

“Because partners are critical to our business and our ability to make Plateau customers successful, we invest heavily in cultivating relationships with proven application, content, technology and integration providers who share our commitment to delivering real customer value,” said Jeff Kristick, SVP Marketing at Plateau. “By leveraging the knowledge, expertise and technology of our partners, Plateau is able to provide customers with practical, progressive solutions that deliver real value by enabling them to reach across their entire enterprise to employees, customers, partners and vendors.”

Satyam, a leading global consulting and IT services company, heads the expansive list of partners scheduled to participate in this year’s Expo. As a Diamond sponsor, Satyam will be a featured speaker at the conference and will also sponsor the “Denim and Diamond’s” Gala where Plateau’s annual Customer Excellence Award winners will be announced. Additional Plateau partners scheduled to exhibit include General Physics, Verizon Business, Adobe, BIRT Exchange, UKS and Vertex Solutions. For a complete list of sponsors and exhibitors, please visit http://www.plateau.com/insights/expo.htm.

The Partner Round-Up Expo will open Sunday evening during the Welcome Reception, and continue through the conclusion of the conference on Wednesday. For complete event details and registration information, please visit the Plateau Insights 2008 Web site at http://plateau.com/insights.

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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 and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.

Plateau Systems Extends iContent Offerings with Three New Content Partners

Perpetual Demand for Talent Management Solutions that Expedite Training and Reduce Administrative Burden Drives iContent Expansion

Arlington, Va. - 7 August, 2008 – Plateau Systems, leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced the expansion of its iContent solution offerings, adding three new partners: Martec International, StarQuest Online and NIIT. These partners bring new retail, sales, customer service, leadership and information technology titles to the iContent catalog and enable the creation of specialized custom-content for unique training needs. With these new partnerships, iContent now offers more than 30,000 talent management assets that span a broad range of business, technology and leadership development topics as well as custom content.

With iContent, users can procure talent management materials from a wide range of vendors; accelerate content integration to deliver custom and third-party content faster and with little to no administrative headaches; and securely manage all custom and off-the-shelf content in a central location. By providing organizations with a single place to buy, manage, and store third-party and custom developed content, iContent speeds the availability and delivery of the content while simultaneously decreasing the time and labor costs associated with managing and storing it. More than 40 customers across the globe and within every major industry – including government, retail, manufacturing, healthcare and finance – are using iContent to make custom and pre-packaged learning and training material available to their users. Major global organizations, including Royal Ahold, Mercury Marine and CA, are using iContent to support both internal and external training and development needs.

Martec International is a leading consulting and training practice specializing in retail sales training, including buying and merchandising, supply chain and store operations. In the United States, Martec markets pre-developed e-learning programs in conjunction with the National Retail Foundation’s (NRF) University, Wired. Martec’s training materials leverage the expertise of consultants who are former retailers and the courses they develop are based on real-world experience in retailing and retail technology. Delivering this content through iContent will make Martec’s courses accessible to a broader user base and will enable those in the retail industry to strengthen sales techniques and extend market knowledge to increase sales. For a limited time, organizations can register for a free 30-day trial of the iContent/Martec solution. During this trial, users can access a variety of training titles including Solution Selling, Buying and Merchandising and Understanding Retail. For more information about the trial or to sign up, contact Kevin Mosher at 703-678-0312 or kevin.mosher@plateau.com.

StarQuest Online, a division of StarQuest Learning Systems, Inc., provides blended e-Learning solutions that develop people in the areas of leadership and management development, sales effectiveness, and customer service. The StarQuest blended design combines the latest educational technology with robust reinforcement guides and tools for managers and trainers to facilitate discussions with their team members. This blend results in more learning, faster, with better retention of knowledge and greater returns on investment. Through the partnership, iContent users from across industries will have access to StarQuest’s course offerings ranging from change management and business strategy and leadership, to customer service and team development.

NIIT is a multinational IT learning solutions company which specializes in IT education and training through cutting edge instructional design methodologies and curricula development. Through their iContent partnership, Plateau will collaborate with NIIT to help iContent users with their custom content development needs. With more than 20 years of experience developing custom courses in various subjects for global customers in a wide range of industries, including IT, sales, insurance, medicine and concrete construction, NIIT will work with iContent users to design and create specialized content for their unique learning environments.

“With the creation and consumption of custom and pre-packaged content increasing and becoming more ubiquitous, integrating and managing that content continues to be one of the largest challenges for both learning and IT departments across organizations of all sizes,” said Lee Wright, Sr. Director of Services for iContent, at Plateau. “iContent is offloading this significant administrative burden by assuming the end-to-end management of the entire content procurement and administration process. Alleviating this headache and reducing the time and cost organizations are spending managing what amounts to content chaos allows organizations to shift their focus, time and budgets to other strategic initiatives within their organization.”

Spurred by corporate imperatives increasingly highlighting talent management as a strategic priority in today’s market, more than 300 Plateau customers are expected to attend this year’s conference. A record number of customers have already submitted Plateau Customer Excellence Awards entries, which will be announced at the Insights Gala.

View more information about iContent at http://www.plateau.com/icontent/.

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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 and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.

Plateau Announces Keynote Speakers and Agenda for Insights 2008, Extends Early Bird Pricing

Legendary Explorer and Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard, Heads Impressive List of Speakers and Presenters; Offers Personal Perspective on Managing, Developing and Rewarding Talent

Arlington, Va. - 1 August, 2008 – Plateau Systems, leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced the agenda and speakers for its 13th annual Insights user conference, “Blazing the Talent Trail.” The conference, which runs from September 14-17, at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix, features an action-packed agenda and star-studded line-up of speakers and presenters including industry pioneers and visionaries, talent mavericks and mavens and innovative, trend-setting customers, as well as interactive educational tracks.

This year, conference-goers are invited to attend Plateau’s inaugural Buzz Panel, moderated by Plateau CEO, Paul Sparta. Plateau has lassoed in talent management experts Bill Kutik, Technology Columnist, Human Resource Executive Magazine; Josh Bersin, CEO & President, Bersin & Associates; David Smith, Managing Director, Talent & Organization Performance, Accenture and Nathan Swanson, Partner, Human Capital Management Research, ThinkPanmure to discuss current trends in talent management, software-as-a-service, and the economy’s impact on talent management. During this session, panelists will also field real-time questions from the audience.

Featured Speakers and Presenters

• Renowned oceanographer and explorer Dr. Robert Ballard, who made several amazing discoveries, including the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998, will discuss his philosophy on identifying and training high-performing individuals and building successful teams. During his presentation, Dr. Ballard will share his insight on the importance of developing and rewarding team members and how retaining strong performers is critical for sustaining successful business ventures.
• Mary Tilley, HR Leader at W.L. Gore, will discuss her organization’s extensive and inclusive process for managing its employee talent. W.L. Gore utilizes an annual multi-rater assessment approach to ensure that all employees are ranked and commented on by their peers regarding their contribution to the organization. Through a series of meetings and feedback discussions, this input is reconciled and used in making compensation recommendations.
• Carol Rozwell, VP Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, will lead an interactive workshop on how Web 2.0 and social software are affecting organizations’ traditional approaches to learning. Attendees will learn how embracing a social learning culture can benefit their organizations by enabling more informal, collaborative learning, how social learning platforms can help bridge learning styles across multi-generations, and how organizations can effectively govern social learning behavior and content.
• Connie Linardarkis, Chief Human Resources Officer at Zions Bancorporation will present real-world best practices for consolidating and centralizing HR systems and transactional operations in a post-acquisition environment. She will discuss how this streamlined approach has enabled Zions Bancorporation to maximize HR alignment with local business outcomes and continue its growth.

Industry thought leaders and Plateau customers from leading global organizations including A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, Deltek, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Qualcomm Inc., Yahoo, and Zions Bancorporation and government agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will present case studies and best practices that highlight Plateau’s role in helping them create high performance workplaces. During the conference, Plateau’s SVP Product Management, Joe Herman, will present Plateau’s vision and product roadmap and Ed Cohen, CTO, will discuss the evolution of content and trend towards Content-as–a-Service (CaaS), content’s corollary to the popular software-as a-service (SaaS) paradigm.

Throughout the conference, attendees will have an opportunity to participate in more than 45 additional customer and Plateau-led sessions focused on various aspects of Talent Management, including learning, performance, talent management, competencies and development, training, technology integration. Conference sessions are aligned across four tracks – Learning, Performance, and Products and Services and will feature real-world customer case studies presented by HR and learning practitioners and hands-on Learning Labs and Open Demos led by Plateau experts.

Sessions will include the following topics:

• Performance Management Trends and Systems
• Global Expansion of a Learning Management System (LMS)
• Successful Implementations of Talent Management Systems
• Connecting with a Virtual Audience
• Best Practices for Leveraging Learning and Performance
• Talent Management in the Public Sector

Spurred by corporate imperatives increasingly highlighting talent management as a strategic priority in today’s market, more than 300 Plateau customers are expected to attend this year’s conference. A record number of customers have already submitted Plateau Customer Excellence Awards entries, which will be announced at the Insights Gala.

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Sponsors & Partners
Plateau consistently leverages its alliances with leading business partners to deliver best-in-class solutions to its customers. Throughout the conference, attendees will have access to the Insights Partner Expo, featuring the latest in learning and IT solutions from Plateau's alliance partners.

For complete event details or to register, please visit the Plateau Insights 2008 at http://www.plateau.com/insights/index.htm.

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 and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.