SuccessFactors Announces Business Execution Workshop Series with Inform

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, at SuccessConnect 2010, SuccessFactors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFSF) announced the 2010 Business Execution Workshop Series designed to provide business leaders with methodologies, tools and techniques to gain business insight and further accelerate results within any organization.

In partnership with the Inform Academy, Inform's series of workshops on workforce planning, strategic reporting and business analytics, SuccessFactors will deliver these new Business Execution Workshops to address the most important imperative in business today: how companies execute. The series of three courses focus on execution excellence, business alignment and people performance, in order to deliver real business impact.

The 2010 Business Execution Workshop series kicks off on Wednesday, May 19 in San Francisco, CA with the "Building a Human Capital Reporting Strategy" workshop.

The Business Execution Workshops include:

Strategy to Execution: Goal Setting and Key Performance Indicators – Focuses on the value of business alignment in delivering real business impact.

• Attendees learn how to:
  • Decompose a business strategy into goals;
  • Create specific, measurable, attainable and relevant goals; and
  • Identify the most relevant business metrics from the exhaustive supply of data.
• Dates and Locations: July 13 (Minneapolis, MN) and October 20 (New York, NY).

Business Execution through Integrated Talent Management – Details how to align a company's business strategy across diverse units and functions, as well as with its HR function.

• Attendees learn how to:
  • Operationalize strategic objectives;
  • Drive top- and bottom-line value with people performance; and
  • Coordinate key activities for business managers so they see the link between talent management and business results.
• Dates and Locations: August 10 (Toronto, ON), November 9 (Washington DC) and December 7 (Los Angeles, CA).

Building a Human Capital Reporting Strategy -- Focuses on leveraging workforce reports to drive business execution.

• Attendees learn how to:
  • Design and implement a reporting strategy within their organization;
  • Create overview and issue focused reports; and
  • Tailor workforce data to different audiences.
• Dates and Locations: May 19 (San Francisco), June 8 (New York, NY), July 13 (Minneapolis, MN), August 10 (Toronto, ON), September 7 (Boston, MA) and December 7 (Los Angeles, CA).

To learn more about the workshops and upcoming schedule of events, please visit www.informimpact.com/events/calendar.

On February 4, 2010, Inform and SuccessFactors announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement under which SuccessFactors will acquire Inform. The acquisition is expected to close in Q3 2010, subject to customary closing conditions. For more information please visit http://www.successfactors.com/inform/.

About SuccessConnect 2010

With the driving forces of people performance and business alignment, SuccessConnect 2010 explores how the SuccessFactors Business Execution Suite can be best leveraged across all organizations to accelerate business execution and achieve real business results. SuccessConnect assembles SuccessFactors customers and partners, as well as industry analysts and thought leaders, to share experiences and discuss how to get the most out of SuccessFactors. SuccessConnect takes place in New York on May 10-11 and San Francisco on May 17-18 and will feature keynotes from EMC Corporation and Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

SuccessFactors will also host its second annual customer conference in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on August 16-17 and its third European conference in Frankfurt, Germany in October. Both conferences will deliver world-class content and keynotes from SuccessFactors executives and customers. The events will also include programs for prospective customers who want to learn more about SuccessFactors products and services.

For more information on all SuccessConnect 2010 conferences and to register, please visit: http://www.successfactors.com/successconnect/.

About SuccessFactors, Inc.

SuccessFactors is the global leader in Business Execution Software. The SuccessFactors Business Execution Suite improves business alignment and people performance to drive breakthrough results for companies of all sizes, anywhere in the world. More than 8 million users and 3,000 companies leverage SuccessFactors every day. To learn more, visit: http://www.successfactors.com/.

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