Plateau Systems Unveils Latest Version of Industry Leading Talent Management Suite

Plateau Talent Management Suite Version 6.1 Highlights Include New Organizational Dashboards, Enhanced Performance Review Capabilities and a Streamlined User Interface

Arlington, Va. - 16 June, 2009 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced the latest release of the company’s industry leading talent management suite. Featuring new, powerful and flexible talent planning capabilities, Plateau Talent Management Suite version 6.1 takes talent management to the next level by enabling organizations to implement an effective talent management strategy that will engage, develop and retain high performing workforces and create operational efficiencies that help organizations maximize their investment in talent management initiatives.

Plateau Talent Management Suite version 6.1 is an enterprise class on-demand application that consists of Plateau Learning, Plateau Performance, Plateau Compensation and Plateau Career and Succession Planning. Plateau OnDemand is in use by over 2.5 million users worldwide with some of the largest software-as-a-service deployments in the talent management space including six production customers with over 100,000 users each. This release introduces significant usability advancements and offers innovative tools for end users, managers, and organizational owners to better align individual development and performance with the achievement of corporate business goals. Specific product highlights include:

• Organizational Dashboards introduce key functionality that allows managers to have a finger on the pulse of the organization, enabling them to be proactive in providing the direction and actions required to meet company initiatives, maintain compliance, and meet goals and deadlines.


• Enhanced Performance Review Capabilities that streamline processes and provide more efficient and effective navigation, simplifying the performance review process for both users and supervisors.


• Streamlined User Interface provides a reorganized interface integrating the entire talent management application, effectively breaking down the barriers that exist between different areas of the application. The home page provides a launching pad for talent management processes, and includes new features that allow for easier access to common tasks, your to do list, and key performance indicators for important talent management processes.

"The talent management challenges facing today's organizations are complex and rapidly changing," said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO, Plateau Systems. "The complexities of today's economic environment necessitate organizations to better align the goals and development of individuals with the overall strategy and goals of the company. This alignment will maximize productivity gains while increasing operational efficiencies across the organization. Our latest release arms users with the information and enhancements they need to quickly address these challenges."

According to recent research from Gartner¹ , "Talent Management application investment can help, in the short term, to improve employee productivity and lower costs while reducing risks in critical roles. …Short-term investments in talent management applications build the foundation for longer-term benefits by enabling organizations to understand how talent-related investments drive specific business outcomes….Enterprises face significant talent challenges, yet HR organizations have difficulty building a strong business case for talent management application investments. The current economic challenges make it more important for HR organizations to focus more on short-term productivity improvement and cost and risk reduction, in addition to the longer-term strategic value."

Plateau Dashboards
Through interactive graphical charts, Plateau Dashboards deliver point-in-time analysis of key metrics that allow organizations to better manage their talent investments and monitor key outcomes. The charts are displayed in windows that allow the user to filter the data based on core attributes and to drill deeper into the data to uncover problems or opportunities. Flexible dashboard management allows administrators to assign ownership of the dashboard on a chart-by-chart basis, with the data secured at an organizational level. Dashboards in Plateau Talent Management Suite version 6.1 include:

• Learning Item Completions: data on how many items and learning hours were completed by each organization within given time periods;


• Learning Projections: data on how many items and learning hours are predicted for delivery within a given time period;


• Curriculum Status: the current assigned curricula status of employees within a given organization;


• Performance Review: the distribution of the overall scores for performance reviews in an organization; and


• Goal Progress: the count of the Goals assigned to users in an organization for each status.

Enhanced Performance Reviews

Plateau Talent Management Suite version 6.1 introduces significant enhancements to Plateau Performance Reviews, including a redesigned performance review, enhanced control and transparency with user scoring, and improved employee and manager collaboration. Featuring simplified navigation and what-to-do-next instruction, Plateau Performance Reviews dramatically streamlines the performance review process and make it much easier for individuals and managers to better align their goals and review their results in the context of the overall organizational goals.

Availability

Plateau Talent Management Suite 6.1 will be generally available next month, and will be available on-demand or on-premise. Additional information on the features available in Plateau Talent Management Suite 6.1 is available online at http://www.plateau.com/6.1. For more information on Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.

¹Gartner Inc., “Building the Business Case for Talent Management Application Investments,” James Holincheck, 18 December 2008.

About Plateau
Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the United States Air Force and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. 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.

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Plateau Systems and iLearn Solutions Announce the Release of the Performance-Based SkillBuilder CORE Learning System to iContent Customers

Arlington, Va. - 11 June, 2009 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced the expansion of its iContent offering, adding the performance-based SkillBuilder CORE Learning System to its iContent solution to provide an integrated learning and assessment solution. iLearn Solutions’ competency-based "Test-to-Learn" content system now includes CORE transferable job competencies, objective assessments, and SkillBuilder ecourses. The result is an integrated learning offering designed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the employee learning process.

"At iLearn Solutions our core objective is to simplify the process of competency management and employee development by making it possible for organizations to objectively evaluate employee skills and performance, quickly identify targeted opportunities for individual development, and measure the effectiveness of specific employee development activities and initiatives," said Joel Wilkinson, Sr. V.P. of Business Development and Partnerships. "By making our SkillBuilder CORE Competency Learning System available within iContent, we are making it possible for organizations of all sizes and across all regions to increase employee effectiveness and productivity in a cost-effective manner. Plateau’s iContent solution provides a user-friendly, feature-rich, learning and talent management solution for customers looking to deploy the SkillBuilder CORE Competency Learning System to optimize their employee development processes."

With iContent, users can procure learning and training 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. More than 60 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 Deltek, are using iContent to support both internal and external training and development needs.

iLearn Solutions’ innovative SkillBuilder CORE Competency Learning System incorporates the cycle of assessment and learning to support the development of critical organizational competencies:

• Pre-learning iTests identify CORE competency strengths and gaps


• SkillBuilder ecourses develop competency in gap areas


• Post-learning iTests provide objective measurement of learning attainment

iLearn Solution’s newly released SkillBuilder CORE Competency Learning system is designed to streamline and optimize the assessment and learning process for businesses and organizations around the globe.

"Employee development and competency management have become even more important in these tough economic times as companies re-evaluate their business strategies and the workforce they need to execute their strategies," said Lee Wright, Sr. Director of Services, iContent at Plateau Systems. "iLearn Solutions’ SkillBuilder CORE Learning System allows companies to streamline competency gap assessments, providing a direct path to prescribed courses and shortening the time it takes to address gaps. By making these assessments available through iContent, iLearn Solutions is expanding its global reach and enabling global organizations to more quickly close competency gaps that impact business results."

Companies worldwide are realizing substantial benefits from adopting iContent as the preferred solution for on-demand content. 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 content, while simultaneously decreasing the time and labor costs associated with managing and storing learning and talent management content.

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

About Plateau

Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the United States Air Force and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. 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.

About iLearn Solutions

iLearn Solutions is a leading provider of talent management consulting services and performance-based employee development content designed to maximize employee productivity. iLearn Solutions is known for their catalog of assessment and learning content which is easily integrated into any Learning and Talent Management System. iLearn Solutions innovative approach integrates objective competency assessment with elearning to facilitate focused and effective employee development. iLearn Solutions is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with a network of operations, customers, and reseller partners in the United States, Europe, Canada, India, and the Middle East. Learn more at www.ilearnsolutions.com.

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Media Contact:
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Plateau Systems
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Plateau Launches Compensation Management Resource Center

Arlington, Va. - 26 May, 2009 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today launched its second informational microsite - the Plateau Compensation Resource Center. Similar to the Plateau Learning Resource Center, unveiled in March, the Compensation Resource Center provides materials including whitepapers, podcasts, toolkits and worksheets to individuals and organizations interested in developing best practices around compensation management, justifying their compensation investments and linking their compensation initiatives with broader talent management goals.

"The Compensation Resource Center, the second free resource center Plateau has created, was developed in response to the positive feedback and web traffic generated by our recently launched Learning Resource Center," said Jeff Kristick, SVP of Marketing at Plateau. "Learning Resource Center visitors are finding value in the quality, quantity and diversity of information available on the site, and have suggested that we create additional resource sites dedicated to other areas of talent management. With companies increasingly looking to integrate their employee compensation initiatives with broader talent management initiatives – from implementing pay for performance programs to leveraging non-monetary rewards to keep workers engaged and productive - we believed that a compensation management resource center would be timely, highly relevant and immediately valuable for talent management and business professionals."

In addition to accessing whitepapers, news articles and reports, product demonstrations, best practices tips, datasheets and customer videos and case studies, visitors to Plateau's Compensation Resource Center can register to attend online events, including an upcoming webinar on June 24 titled "Building the Business Case for Talent Management Application Investments." During this free webinar, Gartner analyst Jim Holincheck will provide guidance on how organizations can build a compelling business case in the current economy for funding talent management application investments, and will discuss costs and actions that are impacted by talent management investments, such as aligning pay with performance.

Plateau’s Compensation Resource Center provides educational materials, information and interactive tools, including a compensation worksheet, to help visitors build a strong business case for compensation management. To learn more about Plateau’s Compensation Solutions and the Compensation Resource Center, please visit Plateau’s booth #1232 at the Word at Work Total Rewards Conference later this month in Seattle. We welcome any comments and suggestions you might have. Click here to let us know what information you would like to see in the Compensation Resource Center.

About Plateau

Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the United States Air Force and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. 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.

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Media Contact:
Wendy Werve
Plateau Systems
703-678-0381
wendy.werve@plateau.com

Plateau Delivers Twelfth Consecutive Year of Growth in 2008

Despite Challenging Business Climate, Company Posts Double-Digit Revenue Growth, Increases Bookings, Expands Market Leadership and Market Share and Expands User-Base Across Talent Management and iContent Solution Lines

2008Highlights: Financial Growth 5-year organic revenue CAGR of 25 percent + Profitable for FY2008, project increasing margins for 2009 SaaS revenue grew 31 percent year/year Achieved GAAP profitability in Q4 45 percent growth in revenues outside North America Customers Added more than 1,000,000 new users Increased SaaS customer-base by 100 percent Expanded international user base by 40,000 Maintained 99 percent+ customer retention rate iContent Exceeded 1,000,000 users Increased iContent annualized bookings by 235 percent More than 8,000 custom course titles under management Launched, on average, 200,000 course per month Arlington, Va. - 17 February, 2009 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced that the company has again posted a double digit revenue gain for its fiscal 2008, with recurring revenues again comprising more than half of the company’s total revenues. Despite the volatile business climate that overshadowed much of 2008, Plateau saw worldwide revenue and customer growth across all product lines, solutions, geographies, market sectors and industries. "Over the past eighteen months, Plateau has significantly expanded our talent management suite and increased our global customer footprint. We continue to deliver increasing value to both existing and new customers," said Paul Sparta, Plateau's Chairman and CEO. "Our ability to execute, grow our customer base and achieve sustainable EBITDA and GAAP profitability in a challenging economic environment, coupled with our impressive 99 percent customer retention rate, reflects Plateau’s sound management philosophy and validates the strength of our business plan and investment strategies." In 2008, more than 100 new customers licensed Plateau's talent management solutions, bringing its total number of users to more than 10 million. During the year, the company continued to enhance its core talent management solutions with the release of Plateau Talent Management 5.8 Service Pack 5 (SP5), which delivered powerful and flexible talent planning and succession management capabilities through the Plateau Talent Management Suite. Key enhancements of SP5 include improved talent management planning, enhanced real-time visibility into talent management operations and additional learning evaluation capabilities. These expanded features allow Plateau customers to better maximize their company’s talent, make informed decisions about their employees and workforce and more effectively and accurately measure the value of learning for both the individual and the company. The company also saw increased demand for and customer adoption of its popular iContent solution. iContent, the industry’s first and only Content-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution, is a comprehensive solution for content management and administration, providing a single point of procurement, centralized management, hosting and an all-inclusive service-level guarantee. iContent ensures customers have one point of access, and a central repository for all third-party and in-house content. Customers Over the past year, leading organizations including Monsanto, HEI Hotels and Resorts, Mercury Marine, Luxottica Retail, Cadence Design Systems, Technip USA and Cubist Pharmaceuticals, as well as government organizations and agencies including the United States Department of Homeland Security and Defense Logistics Agency have selected Plateau’s talent management solutions to support their internal and external learning, training, performance, compensation and/or career and succession management initiatives. Plateau’s OnDemand revenues grew 31 percent during 2008, with more than 25 percent of Plateau’s customers now leveraging Plateau’s OnDemand talent management solutions. iContent Momentum for and adoption of Plateau’s iContent solution continued to soar throughout 2008. In addition to a 235 percent increase in annualized iContent bookings last year, Plateau tripled its iContent customer base, adding global organizations including Deltek Systems, Thomson Reuters, and Canon USA, to name a few. Released in October 2006, Plateau’s iContent solution has surpassed one million users in just two years. Over the past year, the iContent library also continued to grow, with more than 40,000 third-party and custom courses now under management. The company broadened its third-party content and video offerings in retail sales training, business leadership development, competency assessments and IT training, with the addition of several new leading video and content partners including: iLearn Solutions, Martec International, StarQuest Online, NIIT and Fifty Lessons. Market Leadership Over the past year, Plateau continued to earn recognition and accolades for its vision, innovation, market leadership and customer satisfaction and success. In July, the company was recognized as a Leader in Gartner's 2008 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS)1, marking the sixth consecutive time the company has achieved this distinction. The company was positioned as a Visionary in Gartner's inaugural Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software.2 In October, Bersin & Associates recognized Plateau as a market-leading provider of employee performance management software in its Essentials of Performance Management Practices: Part 1 and Part 2. Plateau was specifically commended for its ability to integrate sophisticated learning and development activities with performance and talent management processes and the company’s steadfast commitment to customer satisfaction and comprehensive global services. In November, global analyst firm IDC recognized Plateau as a Strong Performer in its 2008 Integrated Talent Management Marketscape. In addition to the company’s achievements and accolades, several Plateau customers were acknowledged for their innovative and strategic use of Plateau’s talent management solutions in driving their businesses forward. Bersin & Associates recognized Plateau customers CA and Luxottica as 2008 Learning Leaders in the Operational Excellence and Initiative Excellence categories, respectively, for demonstrating excellence in training and development. Customers BB&T Corporation, Perkins+Will and B&W Pantex were recognized as 2008 BEST Award recipients for achieving success with their enterprise-wide learning and development initiatives. According to ASTD, these companies are BEST at Building talent Enterprise-wide, Supported by the organization’s leaders fostering a Thorough learning culture. In the Federal sector, three Plateau customers - the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – took the top spots in 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey. International Operations Outside of North America, Plateau’s revenues grew 45 percent as the company continued to increase its international footprint in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Asia-Pacific regions. The company added several new high-profile customers including Caja Madrid, Spain’s fourth largest banking institution, and experienced significant growth in its international installed base, with several existing customers including Emirates Airlines and Thomson Reuters expanding their investments in Plateau’s talent management solutions. Plateau will continue to leverage investments in internal sales tools, methodology and technology to optimize sales execution across the organization in 2009. About Plateau Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the United States Air Force and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.plateau.com/. ### Media Contact: Wendy Werve Plateau Systems 703-678-0381 wendy.werve@plateau.com

Deltek Deploys Plateau as Backbone for Deltek University's Internal and External Training Initiatives

Arlington, Va. - 20 April, 2009 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced that that Deltek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROJ), the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused businesses, has deployed Plateau Learning Management System (LMS) to support extended enterprise training initiatives. Using Plateau, Deltek is delivering training to its entire employee population as well as more than 5,000 external clients and partners via Deltek University through a single, consolidated system.

With more than 12,000 worldwide customers, Deltek is the market leader offering enterprise applications to project-focused businesses in numerous industries including government contracting, architecture and engineering, aerospace and defense, and consulting. Deltek has long been recognized for its focus on customer satisfaction and was recently awarded the 2008 ACE Award for Achievement in Customer Excellence. This is the second year in a row that Deltek has won this prestigious award. One of the core initiatives behind Deltek’s commitment to empowering users is Deltek University. Deltek University delivers training courses that educate customers on how to make the most of their Deltek applications, and offers users fast, cost-effective ways to keep pace with product and industry changes.

To meet the needs of its expanding internal and external user base while conserving IT resources and systems, Deltek sought an LMS system that would allow them to house, manage and administer both internal and external training on a single platform while integrating with the company’s existing back-office systems. Cost reduction through streamlining was also a critical factor in the selection process as the company looked to automate certain administrative functions.

According to Deltek, "We went through a lengthy evaluation process and found Plateau to be our selection due to the attractive implementation schedule, available training services and strong history of customer satisfaction. It was also important for us to have a system that could power the learning process for employees and clients. With Plateau, we purchased a world-class LMS that fully met our needs."

Deploying Plateau Learning Management System allows Deltek to achieve its goal of consolidating internal and external training in one solution, and accelerates the delivery of training across the extended enterprise through Deltek University. Providing anytime, anywhere access to recorded sessions, Deltek can make training available to the largest possible audiences. In order to further simplify the customer experience, Deltek has integrated Plateau’s LMS with PayPal’s PayFlowPro Gateway to provide a seamless way for customers to procure training.

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About Deltek
Deltek® (NASDAQ: PROJ) is the leading provider of enterprise applications software designed specifically for project-focused businesses. For more than two decades, our software applications have enabled organizations to automate mission-critical business processes around the engagement, execution and delivery of projects. More than 12,000 customers worldwide rely on Deltek to measure business results, optimize performance, streamline operations and win new business. Visit www.deltek.com.

About Plateau

Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the American Red Cross and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. 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.

Media Contact:
Wendy Werve
Plateau Systems
703-678-0381
wendy.werve@plateau.com

Plateau Customers earn High Marks in 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey

Plateau Congratulates Federal Agencies for Achieving Top Rankings Across All Survey Categories

Arlington, Va. - 17 March, 2009 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced that three of its customers - Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - have taken the top spots in the 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey, according to results released by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) earlier this year. Conducted every two years, the 2008 survey gauged attitudes and impressions of more than 210,000 Federal employees from 57 agencies in four areas related to their overall work experience, including: Talent Management; Leadership and Knowledge Management; Results-Oriented Performance Culture; and Job Satisfaction. According to OPM, all agencies are accountable for ensuring the Federal Government has an effective workforce. The 2008 survey rankings reflect where agencies stand on meeting that expectation.

“Plateau is proud to be working closely with several Federal agencies to develop and deliver talent management solutions that directly support their agency-specific human capital initiatives as well as those defined in the Human Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework (HCAAF),” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. “We congratulate all of them, and especially NRC, NSF and NASA, for their leadership, innovation and success in setting and achieving aggressive human capital goals, and for their focus on developing, managing and retaining talented employees.”

In addition to ranking among the top five in each category in the survey, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, National Science Foundation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ranked first, second and third, respectively, in the Talent Management Agency Rankings Index portion of the survey. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ranked first in the areas of Job Satisfaction and Leadership and Knowledge Management, with National Science Federation ranking first in Results-Oriented Performance Culture.

According to report, “The Federal Government depends on attracting, developing and retaining talented employees and ensuring they have the support and information to contribute to the mission of their agencies.” As a leading provider of talent management solutions for developing, managing and optimizing employee productivity, Plateau has become the learning, performance and succession management platform of choice for Federal government agencies.

For more information about how Plateau’s talent management solutions are assisting Federal agencies in addressing current Federal human capital mandates. For complete information about the 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey report and results, click here.

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About Plateau
Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the American Red Cross and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. 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.

Media Contact:

Wendy Werve

Plateau Systems

703-678-0381
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Leading Industry Expert to Provide Insight Into How Organizations Can Protect Training and Development Budgets in Tough Economic Climates

Upcoming Plateau Systems’ Webinar, Featuring Forrester Research Analyst Claire Schooley, will Focus on How Organizations Can Maximize their Investments in Training and Development to Weather the Current Economic Storm

Arlington, Va. - 17 February, 2009 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced that registration is now open for its March 11, 2009 Webinar titled, “Top 5 Ways to Protect your Training and Development Budget in 2009,” featuring Claire Schooley, a senior analyst covering learning strategy and technology at Forrester Research.

In order to survive in today’s tough economic environment, organizations are being forced to cut valuable resources, skills and employees without having full visibility into the long-term impact these cuts will have on their business. In many cases, organizations are eliminating the very programs that can help them successfully navigate through the current downturn. Many will be tempted to cut leadership development programs, viewing them as “nice-to-haves,” rather than as critical business “must-haves.” Shortsighted approaches, however, will put organizations at a significant disadvantage when the economy does recover.

During this interactive Webinar, Schooley will discuss how organizations can leverage their training and development investments today to identify critical skills, positions, employees and initiatives within the organization. By aligning employee skills with the critical needs of the business, organizations can maximize employee productivity and performance and focus on achieving their immediate business goals.

Webinar attendees will learn how to:

• Identify mission-critical training and development initiatives;


• Translate training and development programs into revenue generating opportunities; and


• Improve operations and maximize budgets.

WHO:	Claire Schooley, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research
WHAT:	Top 5 Ways to Protect your Training and Development Budget in 2009
WHEN:	Wednesday, March 11, 2009; 1:00 p.m. EST
WHERE:	Click here to register

For more information about Plateau, visit http://www.plateau.com/.

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About Plateau

Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the American Red Cross and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.plateau.com/.

Registration Now Open for Plateau's Annual User Conference - Insights 2009

Insights 2009 in San Francisco to Highlight Best Practices and Emerging Trends in Talent Management

Arlington, Va. - 10 February, 2008 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced that registration is open for its 14th annual user conference, Insights 2009, September 21-24, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Insights 2009 will provide a highly interactive forum where attendees can engage with industry experts and peers and share insights on the latest trends, technologies and best practices in talent management.

During the conference, themed: “Building Bridges to Talent Management: Leveraging Human Capital to Achieve a High Performing Workforce,” Plateau customers, partners and industry experts will discuss the importance of constructing and implementing a comprehensive talent management strategy that focuses on linking employee skills with organizational goals and priorities. Plateau executives will discuss the organizational benefits of connecting employees with internal and external peers, and share their views on how organizations can embrace collaboration and social networking to support their talent management objectives. Through technical and business breakout sessions and hands-on educational labs, attendees will learn how they can leverage their current talent management investments to meet immediate and long-term business goals amid today’s challenging business conditions.

Insights 2009 will also be a celebration of customer innovation, featuring the sixth annual Plateau Customer Excellence Awards. This program honors Plateau customers who have created outstanding value and addressed a variety of business challenges in their organizations through the use of Plateau's product and service offerings. Awards will be recognized in four categories, including Best Overall Use of Product, Best Launch to Organization (organizations with more than 10,000 employees), Best Launch to Organization (organizations with less than 10,000 employees), and Best Business Solution. Winners will be announced during the evening event on Wednesday, September 23, 2009. For more information on applying for a Customer Excellence Award, visit http://plateau.com/insights/awards.htm.

“Given the unprecedented economic and business challenges affecting today’s organizations, Plateau’s Insights 2009 conference agenda will feature practical sessions designed to help organizations maximize their Plateau investment and develop talent management strategies to successfully navigate through these dynamic market conditions,” said Jeff Kristick, Plateau’s senior vice president of marketing. “Through both formal and informal information exchange and knowledge-sharing, Insights attendees can expect to leave this year’s conference with actionable ideas on how to effectively build out their organization’s talent management initiatives and optimize their use of Plateau solutions.”

Last year, more than 400 customers, prospects and industry experts converged in Arizona to attend Plateau’s sold-out Insights 2008 featuring customer keynote presentations from Mary Tilley, HR Leader, W.L. Gore and Associates, and Connie Linardakis, EVP and Chief Human Resource Officer, Zions Bancorporation. Mary Tilley’s presentation focused W.L. Gore’s use of Plateau to support its unique organizational structure and complex processes around managing, assessing and rewarding W.L Gore associates. Connie Linardakis discussed how Utah-based Zions Bancorporation’s is leveraging Plateau’s integrated platform to unify and streamline the organization’s talent management applications and processes while maintaining autonomy for multiple subsidiaries. Click here to view highlights of Insights 2008.

Early bird registration and pricing will available at http://plateau.com/insights/index.htm until May 1, 2009. Special discounts are also available for groups and government attendees.

For more information about Plateau, visit http://www.plateau.com/.

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About Plateau Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the American Red Cross and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.plateau.com/.

Plateau Systems Debutes in Visionaries Quadrant in Employee Performance Management Software Magic Quadrant

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Arlington, Va. - 6 February, 2008 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, announced today it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionaries quadrant in its “Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software”¹ (EPM). According to Gartner, “visionaries have been advanced in promoting the latest trends (for example, user experience) driving EPM solutions.”

The report notes that "customers typically want to buy new EPM solutions to “automate their EPM processes, improve the linkage between pay and performance, help support the development of the next generation of leaders in the organization, and/or improve employee/associate retention (and engagement).” As customers solve the challenges of automating EPM processes, improving the ability to link pay to performance and other issues, Gartner expects “the focus to shift to leveraging talent data to make better decisions about worker-related programs and investments.”

“As organizations of all sizes across virtually every industry continue to weather the current economic storm, business leaders are looking for every opportunity to minimize costs by maximizing resources,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. “Right now, with people being an organization’s most valuable - and expensive - resource, employee skills and talents must be developed and utilized in way that directly supports the most critical and immediate goals of the business. Plateau is enabling organizations to do this by providing an integrated solution that allows users to link employee performance with development activities, synchronize goals across business units, and directly measure performance against those goals. We consider our positioning in Gartner’s recent Employee Performance Management Software Magic Quadrant to be further validation of Plateau’s ability to deliver the performance management capabilities organizations need to optimize their talent today.”

Plateau has expanded into performance management, succession management and compensation management (through the acquisition of Nuvosoft in February 2007).” In June 2008, Gartner positioned Plateau in the Leaders Quadrant in its “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems.”² By integrating Plateau Performance with Plateau's award- winning Learning Management System (LMS), customers can tie learning and development activities to individual employee performance and development plans and employees can take immediate action to achieve their performance targets by launching relevant training when and where they need it. Using the latest release of Plateau Talent Management 5.8 SP5, customers can leverage powerful and flexible talent planning capabilities, including enhanced real-time visibility into talent management operations and additional learning evaluation capabilities to make more informed decisions about their talent and better gauge the value of learning for both the individual and the company.

Today, more than 10 million employees and managers from some of the world's most respected organizations rely on Plateau's talent management solutions to engage, develop, manage, and retain high performing employees and workforces. For more information about Plateau, visit http://www.plateau.com/.

¹ Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software” by James Holincheck and Thomas Otter. February 3, 2009.
² Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems,” Carol Rozwell and James Lundy. June 30, 2008.

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About Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrants are 208 and 2009, by Gartner, Inc. and are reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Plateau Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the American Red Cross and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.plateau.com/.

Plateau Adds New Members to Customer Advisory Board

Learning Experts Will Discuss Current Trends at Insights Conference

Arlington, Va. - 27 January, 2008 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, announced today that learning and talent management professionals from several leading global organizations, including W.L. Gore, Zions Bancorporation, Schering-Plough, and the U.S. Air Force Air Education Training Command, have recently joined Plateau’s customer advisory board. The board, comprised of senior level HR executives representing a wide range of industries and organizations, provides Plateau executives with real-world insight into industry trends and challenges and practical guidance on the development of Plateau’s products, solutions and services.

Currently, Plateau's customer advisory board is comprised of learning and talent management professionals from 11 major global organizations, including:

• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• CA
• Capital One Financial
• GE
• Schering-Plough Corporation
• Thomson Reuters
• U.S Air Force Air Education Training Command
• W.L. Gore
• Zions Bancorporation

"From our inception, Plateau has focused on differentiating from other software providers by fostering a customer-focused culture within our organization,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau. “A key part of doing this successfully centered on involving and communicating with customers directly, and by creating an active customer advisory board. Through their active participation, constructive feedback on strategic priorities and willingness to openly share their real-world perspectives, concerns and recommendations, Plateau’s customer advisory board has been instrumental in ensuring our ability to make customers successful, and we are grateful for (or "we appreciate") their continued support."

Advisory board members will meet at Insights 2009, Plateau’s 14th annual user conference in September to share their perspectives and exchange best practices around maximizing learning and talent management investments in a dynamic economy.

For more information about Plateau, visit http://www.plateau.com/.

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About Plateau Plateau led the charge in transforming corporate workforces in the mid-‘90s with its award-winning learning management system (LMS) platform, which streamlined the management and delivery of learning and training across some of the world’s most respected organizations, including General Electric, the American Red Cross and Capital One Services. Plateau expanded its LMS platform, and in early 2000 delivered the industry’s first fully integrated, J2EE-based talent management platform, which allowed organizations to link learning and training with employee performance to ensure that employee goals aligned with corporate objectives. Today, organizations around the world rely on Plateau’s software and solutions to drive innovation, facilitate collaboration and connect people in ways that support the organization’s most critical business objectives. Customers and industry analysts continue to recognize Plateau as a customer satisfaction leader and for its continued leadership, vision and technology innovation. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.plateau.com/.

AICC Certifies Plateau 5.8 Learning Management System

Fourth AICC Certification Validates Plateau's Longstanding Commitment to Open Standards and Software Interoperability

Arlington, Va. - 12 December, 2008 – The Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC) announced today that Plateau 5.8 Learning Management System (LMS) has been formally certified as compliant with the AICC's Web-Based Computer Managed Instruction Systems (CMI) Guideline (AGR-010). This guideline ensures that AICC-conforming Web-based learning content and courseware interoperates with AICC-conforming LMS systems.

Plateau LMS was originally certified by the AICC in June 2001, and again in 2003 and 2005. It was recertified last month when an independent testing lab validated the compliance of Plateau 5.8 with CMI guidelines. In addition to AICC, Plateau also complies with Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM), the other major standard for ensuring interoperability between enterprise software and e-Learning content.

"With its fourth AICC certification, Plateau continues to demonstrate that it is an industry leader with a long- term commitment to interoperability," said William A. McDonald, AICC CMI Subcommittee chair and Learning Technology Architect at Alteon, Boeing's aviation training company.

For nearly a decade, Plateau Systems has been an active AICC member and a leader in the learning industry's effort to standardize communication between e-Learning content and enterprise software applications. Plateau’s Chief Technology Officer, Ed Cohen, has served as the chair of the AICC Training Infrastructure Subcommittee since 2004. As a subcommittee chair, Cohen has substantial input within the AICC's Executive subcommittee, which guides the organization's strategic direction and administration.

“We have worked collaboratively and consistently with the AICC and other leading standards bodies for the past several years to promote open standards that facilitate software interoperability in the e-Learning industry,” Cohen said. “This most recent certification of Plateau 5.8 LMS reinforces our commitment to creating a global standard for learning technology not only for our major aviation customers, but the entire industry.”

The AICC is an international association of technology-based training professionals. While its mission is to create open standards for computer-based training in the aviation industry, AICC guidelines are being used by software vendors across a variety of industries, and are paving the way for the global standardization of learning technologies.

Standards such as those set by the AICC and SCORM allow courseware and learning management systems to seamlessly convey and exchange information. They also ensure that the content and the learning management system will work together to provide not just learning material, but data that can be used to meet an organization's strategic goals.

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About the AICC
The AICC's mission is to provide and promote information, guidelines and standards that result in the effective creation and implementation of CBT and WBT. The AICC has long been an advocate of interoperable learning technology. More information is available at the organization's Web site at http://www.aicc.org/.
For more information about Plateau, visit http://www.plateau.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 and has offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.plateau.com/.

Plateau Congratulates Winners of ASTD Best Awards

ASTD Recognizes Plateau Customers BB&T Corporation, Perkins+Will and B&W Pantex with BEST Awards for Demonstrating Excellence in Learning

Arlington, Va. - 14 October, 2008 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced three of the company’s current customers have been honored by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) with a 2008 BEST Award. BB&T Corporation, Perkins+Will and B&W Pantex were among 40 organizations recently recognized by ASTD for achieving success with their enterprise-wide learning and development initiatives. According to ASTD, these companies are BEST at Building talent Enterprise-wide, Supported by the organization’s leaders fostering a Thorough learning culture.

The Plateau customers who earned BEST Awards this year are using Plateau’s Talent Management solutions in innovative ways to drive critical human capital initiatives across their enterprises. They include:

• BB&T Corporation – Ranked number two on the ASTD BEST Award rankings, BB&T uses Plateau Learning and Plateau Analytics to deliver, manage and track enterprise-wide learning activities.


• Perkins+Will – Ranked number seven on the 2008 ASTD BEST Award rankings, Perkins+Will has integrated Plateau Learning with the company’s internal HR solution and Plateau Virtual Learning System with Microsoft® Office Live Meeting to deliver live instruction quickly and cost effectively.


• B&W Pantex – Ranked number 22 on the ASTD BEST Award rankings, B&W Pantex has deployed Plateau’s Learning Management System (LMS) to support its comprehensive learning strategy.

“BB&T, Perkins+Will and B&W Pantex have all achieved tremendous success with their learning and development initiatives, and they all appreciate the role learning plays in individual and organizational performance,” said Shelly Heiden, EVP Global Operations at Plateau. “Plateau is proud to be providing the tools these organizations depend on to support their critical human capital initiatives. We congratulate them on this well-deserved recognition from ASTD.”

Established in 2003, the BEST Awards Winner’s Circle is comprised of diverse organizations that span a broad range of global organizations and industries, including small and large private, public, and not-for-profit organizations. The Awards recognize organizations that create, support, and champion learning opportunities for results and a learning culture. The 2008 ASTD BEST Award winners are featured in the October issue of Training + Development (T+D), ASTD’s monthly magazine, and were honored during a reception on October 2 in Washington, D.C.

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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 http://www.plateau.com/.

Cadence Design Systems Selects Plateau to Power Talent Management Initiatives Across Extended Enterprise

Leader in Global Electronic Design Innovation to use Plateau Learning Management System, Virtual Learning System and iContent to Deploy and Track Training for Thousands of Internal and External Global Users

Arlington, Va. - 2 October, 2008 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced that Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic design innovation, selected Plateau’s talent management solutions to deliver and manage training throughout its extended enterprise. By selecting Plateau’s talent management solutions for inter- and intra-enterprise use, Cadence’s 5,100 global employees and more than 13,000 external users - including partners and customers - can access training anytime, anywhere. This expanded investment in delivering 24/7 training to employees, partners and customers underscores Cadence’s commitment to making its customers successful by maximizing design team productivity and helping users reduce time-to-market.

Cadence Design Systems is a leader in the highly competitive electronic design automation (EDA) industry, where customer engineers depend on the quality of their industry-leading technologies and engineering services and their ability to constantly innovate to meet consumer demand for smaller and sleeker electronic devices. To meet this demand, Cadence maintains offices distributed worldwide – including China, India, Europe, Russia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and North America – and one of the electronics industry’s most robust partner and alliance programs. As a leader in EDA and sponsor of several significant initiatives across the electronics industry, Cadence is committed to ensuring that its design teams, alliance members and customers are up to date on the latest technology, techniques and methodologies required for achieving design success and remaining at the forefront of technological innovation.

Through Plateau Learning Management, Cadence will be able to deploy training across its extended enterprise and track its completion. Plateau will provide hosting for the solution, enabling Cadence to deliver its Internet Learning Series (iLS) self-paced Cadence Education classes to users who want to complete training at their own pace, anytime and anywhere. Cadence decided to migrate its previously disparate LMS solutions to Plateau in order to consolidate its internal learning services and external education services onto a single platform.

“Consolidating our internal and external LMS solutions through Plateau enables us to significantly reduce the administrative time we spent on the LMS and content solutions, and keep the focus on providing the training our employees, partners and customers need to maintain highly productive design teams,” said Ellen Tam, Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations, Cadence Design Systems. “In our review, we found that Plateau provided the industry’s leading talent management solutions for deploying and managing training within the extended enterprise.”

Cadence will also use Plateau to register its customers for instructor led training as well as Virtual Classroom Learning, a new innovative method of delivery where customers can remotely attend training classes-taking advantage of live instructions through a conference call - and perform hands on exercises using virtual lab environment with the instructor monitoring and answering their questions. Virtual Classroom and iLS offerings provide Cadence customers a unique opportunity to receive training more cost effectively and efficiently.

“Cadence is one of a growing number of leading organizations who recognize that delivering training to extended user communities is as critical to the company’s success as training and development of their internal employees,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO, Plateau Systems. “Employee, partner and customer productivity is directly tied to Cadence’s ability to deploy knowledge across their extended enterprise, rapidly and efficiently. Using Plateau, Cadence can deploy, manage and track ongoing training throughout its extended enterprise to create tighter partner relationships and expand its competitive advantage.”

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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 http://www.plateau.com/.

Plateau's Annual Insights 2008 User Conference Hits all the Right Notes with Global Customers

Industry Experts, Visionaries and Leading Organizations Converge at Annual User Conference to Discuss the State of Talent Management and Share Industry Best Practices; Zion’s Bancorporation, Capital One, The U.S. Department of Agriculture and The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Recognized for Talent Management Innovation as Plateau Customer Excellence Award Winners

Arlington, Va. - 18 September, 2008 – Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced the successful conclusion of its 13th annual Insights user conference. With more than 450 attendees from 160 global customer organizations, this year’s conference - held earlier this week in Phoenix, Arizona – marked the largest user conference in Plateau’s history.

Aptly themed “Blazing the Talent Trail,” this year’s conference was hotter than ever as Plateau customers and event-goers from around the world joined with colleagues and peers to exchange best practices, share success stories and lessons learned and network with fellow Plateau users. This year’s multi-track agenda featured keynote presentations delivered by Plateau executives, customers and guest speaker Dr. Robert Ballard, customer and partner breakout sessions, an interactive Buzz Panel, hands-on learning labs and Plateau product and services tracks, providing attendees with a broad range of opportunities to learn and engage with industry experts and other Plateau users.

Customers were also invited and encouraged to schedule one-on-one meetings with Plateau experts to discuss strategies and specific best practices around deploying and leveraging Plateau’s industry-leading products and services to drive increased business performance. Additional highlights from Insights 2008 included:

• The release of Plateau Talent Management 5.8 Service Pack 5, Plateau’s flagship talent management suite that delivers powerful and flexible talent planning and succession management capabilities through the Plateau Talent Management Suite. The release arms Plateau customers with innovative ways to achieve their business goals through managing and developing talent, fostering employee growth and retention, and measuring the effectiveness of their talent management initiatives.


• Renowned ocean explorer and guest keynoter, Dr. Robert Ballard, received a standing ovation after an awe-inspiring presentation highlighting the symbiotic relationship between technology and people. During his presentation, Dr. Ballard discussed the impact technology has had on exploration, and showed how technology is bringing important discoveries to schools, desktops and living rooms around the world, enabling others to connect and learn in real time. Dr. Ballard is most famous for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. Most recently he discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2003.


• Customer keynote presentations from Mary Tilley, HR Leader, W.L. Gore and Associates and Connie Linardakis, VP and Chief Human Resource Officer, Zions Bancorporation. Mary Tilley’s presentation focused on how W.L. Gore is using Plateau to its unique organizational structure and complex processes around managing, assessing and rewarding W.L Gore associates. Connie Linardakis discussed how Zions Bancorporation’s is leveraging Plateau’s integrated platform to unify and streamline the organization’s talent management applications and processes while maintaining autonomy for multiple subsidiaries.


• Plateau’s inaugural Buzz Panel, a lively discussion about current trends and perceptions in talent management, software-as-a-service, and the economy’s impact on talent management. The panel featured well-known talent management experts and personalities including Human Resource Executive Magazine technology columnist Bill Kutik, Josh Bersin from Bersin & Associates, Accenture’s David Smith, and Nathan Swanson from ThinkPanmure.

“The record attendance at this year’s Insights conference demonstrates that talent management has become a strategic corporate imperative and competitive advantage for virtually all organizations,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau. “By bringing our customers together at Plateau’s annual user conference, we are providing a forum where they can openly exchange information with their peers, engage with industry experts on business trends, and meet one-on-one with Plateau executives and experts to discuss strategies and best practices around using Plateau’s solutions to meet their corporate goals. This interactive dialogue inspires innovation and generates ideas that our customers can apply within their organizations, and it provides us with valuable feedback we can leverage to extend Plateau’s talent management offerings and industry leadership.”

Plateau also hosted its second annual Customer Advisory Board meeting comprised of Plateau customers representing a wide range of industries. During the meeting, members from global organizations met with Plateau executives to discuss the state of talent management and provided expert insight into how talent management is perceived within their organizations, how they are using Plateau’s solutions to drive business value within their organizations and how Plateau can continue to support their talent management initiatives.

Customer Excellence Award Recognition

Insights 2008 also served as the backdrop for Plateau’s Fifth Annual Customer Excellence Awards honoring customers who have demonstrated innovation and success in leveraging Plateau's software to meet business challenges. Conference attendees selected the final winners from a competitive field. Winners were announced at the Insights Evening Gala sponsored by Satyam. This year’s Customer Excellence Awards winners include:

• Capital One for Best Business Solution


• U.S Department of Agriculture for Best Overall Use of Product


• Bureau of Tobacco, Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for Best Launch to an Organization Under 10,000 Employees


• Zion’s Bancorporation for Best Launch to an Organization with Over 10,000 Employees

“Our customers continue to impress us with the innovation they demonstrate and enthusiasm they exude around their talent management initiatives,” said Shelly Heiden, Executive Vice President of Global Operations at Plateau. “With so many companies using our talent management solutions in ways we never imagined, it has become increasingly difficult to pick a few that stand out from the pack. This year’s winners have each demonstrated creativity and ingenuity in leveraging Plateau’s solutions to create value and achieve their corporate goals. We are pleased to recognize them as this year’s Customer Excellence Award winners.”

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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 http://www.plateau.com/.

Plateau Systems Introduces Next Generation of Flagship Talent Management Suite

Expanded Features in Plateau Talent Management Enhance Planning Capabilities and Real-time Visibility into Talent Management Operations

Arlington, Va. - 15 September, 2008 – Plateau Systems, leading provider of talent management softwaresoftware, services and solutions, today announced the latest release of its flagship talent management suite, delivering powerful and flexible talent planning and succession management capabilities through the Plateau Talent Management Suite. The release arms Plateau customers with innovative ways to achieve their business goals through managing and developing talent, fostering employee growth and retention, and measuring the effectiveness of their talent management initiatives.

Plateau Talent Management 5.8 Service Pack 5 (SP5) provides key enhancements in several areas of the suite including improved talent management planning, enhanced real-time visibility into talent management operations and additional learning evaluation capabilities. With these expanded features, Plateau customers can better maximize their company’s talent, make more informed decisions and more effectively and accurately measure the value of learning for both the individual and the company. Highlights of Plateau Talent Management 5.8 SP5 include:

• An expanded Talent Profile that includes additional information from Plateau Talent Management and employee social interests and communities, giving you a more complete picture of your company’s talent.
• Dynamic Talent Pools that broaden succession planning capabilities to enable talent identification, risk assessment, team building, internal recruiting and bench strength development.
• Plateau Report Designer – a fully integrated robust reporting tool that allows for interactive reports to be built using a visual design environment, giving you greater control over the layout and content of your reports with full application security and without third-party reporting software
• Enhanced survey features and additional reports that complement exam functionality in Plateau Learning, allowing a more comprehensive understanding of training effectiveness.
• Enhanced global commerce capabilities with full support for multiple currencies, which allows companies to manage content pricing and costs in a global deployment.

According to a recent Bersin & Associates research bulletin, The Economic Benefits of an Integrated Talent Management Suite, those organizations with integrated talent management suites had returns on investment up to 250 percent higher than those with standalone systems for performance management, learning management, and recruiting. This bulletin also includes a review of Plateau Talent Management 5.8 SP5 and states, “These features clearly position Plateau for the ’next generation’ of talent management system applications, which integrate the HR-driven needs for management and planning with the employee’s need for social networking, collaboration and expertise location.” To read the Bersin & Associates bulletin, click here.

“The talent challenges plaguing today’s global economy require an integrated approach to talent management that enable organizations to align talent management efforts with their business objectives,” said Paul Sparta, chairman and CEO, Plateau Systems. “The expanded features and enhanced user experience we’re delivering in this latest release of the Plateau Talent Management Suite directly address these growing talent demands, and provide the relevant features our customers need in order to make integrated talent management a reality.”

Dynamic Talent Pools

Successful talent management and succession planning initiatives require an understanding of the characteristics, potential and areas of risk in your workforce and your ability to develop strategies on how to grow and retain talent or mitigate the effects of talent losses. With the expanded Talent Pools functionality in Plateau Talent Management, organizations can use pool-based planning to enhance succession management capabilities and to address broader talent management problems associated with talent identification, risk assessment, team building, internal recruiting and bench strength development.

Talent Pools are created using flexible, multi-dimensional searches of employee talent profiles. Once groups of employees are defined, organizations can manage, track, analyze and associate activities or succession plans with the pool members over time. Managers can use the resulting talent pools as a workbench when considering candidates for new positions and use the Talent Pool’s personalized display capabilities to enhance the decision-making process. Because Plateau Talent Pools are dynamic, additional candidates can automatically be added to the pool as soon as they meet the pool’s criteria. Pools also serve as a launching pad for additional information on each pool member or group of members. Managers can use Talent Pools to review individual members’ talent profiles or group several members together to compare relative competency gaps and compare qualifications. With Talent Pools, managers can group high potential and critical employees based upon performance data from Plateau Performance, placing the focus on tracking, developing and retaining critical employees. To facilitate employee development, managers can assign training and learning activities directly from Talent Pools.

According to the Bersin & Associates research bulletin, “Plateau’s product has now reached the level of maturity and richness that any Plateau LMS customer should strongly consider implementing Plateau’s talent management features before selecting another product.”

The report further states, “Plateau LMS customers who implement Plateau’s talent management software can quickly leverage all of the employee training history, demographic information, employee hierarchy data, and security and domain information in their talent management solution.”

Plateau Report Designer

Plateau Report Designer is an integrated enterprise-class report development platform that allows users to address unique customer reporting requirements. Plateau Report Designer frees customers from the additional expense and provisioning associated with the deployment and integration of third-party reporting tools. The reports provide real-time visibility into talent management operations and help address key questions regarding learning adoption and costs, performance review compliance and a broad range of other operational questions. Plateau Report Designer provides a flexible means to modify standard reports, produce ad hoc reports based on existing reports, create new reports and build completely new reports using a variety of chart styles.

Availability

Plateau Talent Management 5.8 SP5 will be generally available later this month. Additional information on the features available in Plateau Talent Management 5.8 SP5 is available online at www.plateau.com/SP5. For more information on Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.

¹Bersin & Associates, “The Economic Benefits of an Integrated Talent Management Suite,” Aug. 21, 2008, http://www.bersin.com/Lib/Rs/Details.aspx?Docid=10337574.

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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.