SHL Supports New Taleo Solution Exchange
Adds Global Assessment Solutions to World’s Largest Talent Management Cloud Community -- the Taleo Talent Grid
September 9, 2009 -- SHL, the global leader in talent assessment solutions in the workplace, today announced it has joined Taleo’s Solution Exchange, the company’s online community where partners and customers connect. Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, announced the launch of the Solution Exchange today as it readies for next week’s Taleo WORLD 2009, the the company's premier annual event for customers and partners.
The Taleo Solution Exchange is one of the three exchanges on the Taleo Talent Grid™—a networked global community of customers, partners and candidates that extends every aspect of Taleo’s offerings. Through the Solution Exchange, Taleo customers will be able to evaluate, demo and activate “pre-integrated” solutions from partners, such as SHL. Offerings in the Solution Exchange cover a range of business needs, such as leadership development, recruitment and talent management.
"Many of SHL's customers need a truly global assessment solution provider to meet their business needs. Taleo and the Solution Exchange team are in tune with this expectation,” said Chris Clarke, VP Alliances, SHL. “This partnership with Taleo means SHL is able to take full advantage of the innovation the Solution Exchange provides to raise awareness of our comprehensive solutions across Taleo’s customer base.”
“The Solution Exchange is an economical and easy way for our customers around the world to connect with best-of-breed solutions providers, like SHL, and learn more about their offerings,” said Al Campa, Chief Marketing Officer at Taleo. “Part of the beauty of the Solution Exchange is the ability for customers to quickly and easily extend their talent management solutions and make the most of their technology investment.”
About SHL Group Limited
SHL Group, the global leader in talent assessment solutions in the workplace, supports organisations in the selection and development of people at all levels and across all sectors. Operating in more than 50 countries and in more than 30 languages, SHL offers the world’s largest portfolio of assessment tools and delivers innovative approaches to help organisations increase productivity, identify future leaders and gain a competitive advantage through improved people performance. In the year to 30 June 2009, SHL delivered over five million online assessments. SHL works with thousands of organisations worldwide, including 80% of the FTSE 100 and 60% of the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit www.shl.com.
About Taleo
Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO) is the leader in on-demand unified talent management solutions that empower organizations of all sizes to assess, acquire, develop and align their workforces for improved business performance. Approximately 4,100 organizations use Taleo for talent acquisition and performance management, including 46 of the Fortune 100 and approximately 3,400 small and medium sized businesses across 200 countries and territories. Known for its strong configurability and usability, Taleo runs on a world-class infrastructure and achieves 99.9% availability. Taleo's Talent Grid will harness the resources of the Taleo community of customers, candidates, and partners to power the talent needs of companies around the world.
Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the demand for and results from use of Taleo's solutions and the integrated solutions of Taleo's partners. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Taleo's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Taleo's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Taleo disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Further information on potential factors that could affect actual results is included in Part II, Item 1A of Taleo’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on August 7, 2009, and in other reports filed by Taleo with the SEC.
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