Personic Becomes One of the First Software Companies to Release a Web Services Solution Based on Microsoft .NET

Business Wire, Nov 13, 2001

Business Editors/Technology Writers

COMDEX Fall 2001

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001

Personic TEN(TM) Creates a New Standard for Recruiting, Staffing, and

Hiring Solutions

Personic, Inc., the premier global provider of Human Capital Relationship Management (HCRM) solutions, today announced the release of Personic TEN(TM), a Web based enterprise software solution based on the XML standard and Microsoft .NET architecture. Personic TEN enables organizations to gain a competitive advantage in the recruiting, staffing, and hiring processes. Personic will unveil Personic TEN this week in Microsoft's .NET Partner Pavilion at COMDEX.

"As a leader in the recruiting and staffing software industry, Personic was an obvious choice for a Microsoft .NET alliance in this vertical market. In fact, Personic is not only a pioneer in its sector, but also one of the first software companies to release a Web services solution based on our .NET architecture." said Peter Boit, VP of Microsoft's .Net Solutions Group. "We have been continually impressed with Personic's vision of the future of Web services, as well as their understanding of the need for an Internet-native integration methodology in this age of increasingly complex systems and rapidly growing business networks."

Personic TEN transforms the traditional relationships of the human capital supply chain, driving down the cost of interconnection and creating a new level of customer value. As a fully Web services based solution, Personic TEN leapfrogs existing enterprise applications by reducing the energy required to create and maintain third party contacts and allowing easy integration with other best-of-breed Web services. This innovation means that customers are no longer held hostage to the hard-wired partner networks imposed by the vendor. Additional Web services can be continually added, updated, or replaced to fulfill the specific HCRM vision of any given organization.

In addition to enabling seamless product upgrades with no downtime, Personic TEN provides customers with the following benefits:

-- Flexibility - Customers can select and integrate plug-and-play Personic TEN
components and Web services to precisely meet organizational demands.

-- Performance - Customers can monitor and immediately reconfigure Web services
as needed to optimize deployment in real time.

-- Control - Customers retain complete control of the configuration, for all
users, whether centralized or distributed and still preserve future technology
upgrade paths.

Personic TEN, according to Nicholas Zaldastani, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, opens opportunities in new vertical markets. "In addition to our traditional Global 2000 and staffing agency customers, Personic TEN is optimized for industries with large and continuing labor imbalances, such as public sector, healthcare, and pharmaceutical research and development," said Zaldastani. "For example, by eliminating much of the administrative work involved in screening and processing resumes, Personic TEN gives these organizations the ability to spend more time aligning their recruiting, hiring, and staffing efforts with their business goals and helps them put the right people in the right place at the right time."

About Personic, Inc.

Personic, Inc. is the premier global provider of Human Capital Relationship Management (HCRM) solutions. More than 720 organizations worldwide use Personic's powerful solutions to gain a strategic business advantage by optimizing their workforce and ensuring that the right person is in the right place at the right time. Founded in 1993, Personic is headquartered in Brisbane, Calif., with regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago and Washington, D.C.; European headquarters in London and Asia Pacific headquarters in Sydney, Australia. More information about Personic, Inc. can be found at www.personic.com.

Personic's global customers include Air New Zealand, CDI, 7-Eleven, EMC, Enron, The Judge Group, LL Bean, Novell, Owens Corning, Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002, and TMP Worldwide.