Most Users in the Cloud, SuccessFactors Completes Acquisition of Plateau…from SuccessFactors

June 30, 2011

 

Combining two clear market leaders to create the broadest SaaS HCM suite, with the largest R&D budget and go-to-market force in our market

HRchitect featured SuccessFactors in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Matt Lafata and Tiffany Appleby from HRchitect attended and sponsored the SuccessConnect event in San Francisco in May 2011.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFSF), the global leader in business execution software, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Plateau Systems, the leading learning management system (LMS) and Content-as-a-Service (CaaS) provider. Watch this video to learn more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFS_vFedfjA

“We have seen tremendous, four times bigger than expected, immediate deal interest from existing and new customers since we announced the acquisition, reinforcing our belief that this combination is an important tipping point for the industry, and will drive great growth for SuccessFactors. Since the announcement, large Plateau customers have invited us to meet with them from the West Coast of the US to Northern Europe because they were impressed with our combined scale, exclusive cloud-offering, and passionate, experienced team,” said Lars Dalgaard, founder and CEO, SuccessFactors.

“Now that Plateau and SuccessFactors are officially one, and what we believe to be the strongest cloud-HCM company, with what we believe is the largest R&D investment, the biggest cloud-operations, infrastructure, support, service and go-to-market force, our whole combined organization is ecstatic to accelerate delivery of products to our customers. Plateau’s people are such pros, we are grateful to be together, leading this combined once-in-a-lifetime platform, into one of the biggest remaining application markets, to accelerate the thrust to love work again, and to execute better on business strategies, through people,” Dalgaard continued.

Through its acquisitions and speed of innovation over the past 12 months, SuccessFactors has continued to build on its core Business Execution (BizX) solutions to revolutionize the market. Combining Plateau with SuccessFactors makes the company the only SaaS provider to offer a robust suite of recruiting, on-boarding, performance management, compensation, variable pay, 360 review, content-as-a-service, core HR as the employee system of record and foundation, workforce analytics and reporting, collaboration, and now with Jambok, and Plateau, formal, informal and social learning. This is a merger of two companies that are experts in serving large enterprise customers. From initial estimates, SuccessFactors and Plateau have combined subscription seats of approximately 15 million in the cloud, the most in our industry.

SuccessFactors Sets a New Standard in Learning

SuccessFactors Learning (formerly Plateau’s LMS) is a core part of SuccessFactors’ Business Execution (BizX) Suite, and it provides comprehensive learning solutions that uniquely combine formal and informal practices. SuccessFactors now delivers an unmatched set of formal, informal, social, collaboration, mobile, content management and analytics capabilities in the cloud to help business leaders advance the workforce by improving employee skills, ensuring compliance and aligning organizational objectives.

SuccessFactors Learning combines best-in-class LMS with: 

  • Social Learning and Collaboration – SuccessFactors Social Learning brings a Facebook- and YouTube-like experience to corporate learning, making it easy for anyone in the organization to share their expertise, connect with communities, and quickly find the information they need to get things done.
  • Content-as-a-Service – SuccessFactors iContent uniquely provides content distribution and management in the cloud as a service, taking the headache and hassle out of managing digital learning assets, from online courseware to on-demand presentations and video, and provide learners with reliable, high-quality on-demand access to both off-the-shelf and custom content.
  • Authoritative Insight – Comprehensive reporting and analytics gives HR and learning leaders authoritative insight about the state of their talent and talent development initiatives.

“I truly believe that we’re witnessing one of the most important changes in the HCM industry right now as Plateau is joining SuccessFactors,” said Paul Sparta, founder and CEO of Plateau Systems. “Never before have customers had the opportunity to completely integrate learning with talent management, recruiting and core HR, all in the cloud. I’m excited to be a part of this movement.”

SuccessFactors is a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management, while Plateau is a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems. Plateau is also the clear Learning Leader in the recent Forrester Wave for Integrated Talent Management.

For more information on SuccessFactors, please visit www.successfactors.com

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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Plateau’s iContent Continues Momentum with Addition of Six New Partners…from Plateau

December 17, 2009

 

Anderson-davis, Inc., Aterias, K Alliance, Safety Skills, Syntrio, Inc. and Wombat Security Technologies added to Popular Learning Content Solution

HRchitect featured Plateau in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Plateau participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. Jeff Kristick, Sr. VP Marketing of Plateau Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on April 3, 2009.  If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Plateau Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class SaaS solutions for talent management, announced continued momentum with its iContent Content-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution with the addition of six new partners: Anderson-davis, Inc., Aterias, K Alliance, SafetySkills, Syntrio, Inc. and Wombat Security Technologies. These new partnerships expand the online content titles available through iContent, giving users access to an expanded catalogue of learning content to meet diverse and specialized training requirements.

iContent, the industry’s first and only Content-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution, alleviates online content management hassles by providing a single, centralized place for procuring and hosting third-party and custom developed content. This approach allows organizations to find, purchase and deliver relevant e-learning to their end-users quickly, easily and cost effectively. Today, more than 1.4 million users in 154 countries are using iContent to deliver and access e-learning content, spanning a wide range of users and industries including government, retail, manufacturing, healthcare and finance.

iContent is a fully managed service and portal that supports the delivery and management of online content, including hosting, testing, validation and updates. Currently, the iContent eCommerca Portal houses more than thousands of customer-created courses and supports an expansive library of pre-packaged titles from more than 30 leading content vendors. The latest companies to join Plateau’s robust community of online learning content providers include: 

  • Anderson-davis, Inc. – Regarded as an international leader in anti-harassment, ethics, diversity and leadership education, the partnership with Anderson-davis will make content titles on preventing sexual harassment, building respectful workplaces, conducting investigations and facilitating the healing process available through iContent.
  • Aterias – Known for its government-specific harassment and “NoFear” training, Aterias’ employment law compliance training content is designed to reduce the amount of discriminatory harassment in the workplace and encourage employees to disclose violations of the law and government waste without fear of retaliation.
  • K Alliance – iContent customers will have access to K Alliance’s on-demand IT training materials covering a wide variety of topics, including IT certifications, IT skills, government training, Department of Defense training, soft skills and desktop applications.
  • SafetySkills – Through the partnership, SafetySkills will make its best-in-class online safety training programs on a variety of topics available via iContent, including emergency response, human resource compliance, occupational health and safety, driver safety and hazmat transportation.
  • Syntrio, Inc. – Key business topics, including occupational health and safety, workers compensation, legal compliance, general business and management skills, Syntrio will make its library of more than 100 titles available through iContent.
  • Wombat Security Technologies – As provider of Anti-Phishing Phil, an online training game that focuses on cyber security awareness, Wombat Security Technologies’ has partnered with iContent to make its engaging and interactive gaming tool used to educate employees about harmful phishing scams that may endanger their computers and electronic data available on-demand.

”Since launching in 2006, iContent has experienced significant growth across our user base, partners and content library as organizations recognize the benefits of Content-as-a-Service offerings in terms of budget, time and resources,” said Lee Wright, Sr. Director of Services for iContent at Plateau Systems. “These new partnerships expand the iContent library and give our users access to third-party content offerings in HR, diversity, IT and cyber security training from some of the industry’s top learning content providers.”

For more information about Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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

June 12, 2009

 

HRchitect featured Plateau in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Plateau Systems participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. Jeff Kristick, Senior VP of Marketing with Plateau, appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on April 3, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

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.

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

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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Plateau Delivers Twelfth Consecutive Year of Growth in 2008…from Plateau

May 28, 2009

 

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

HRchitect featured Plateau in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Jeff Kristick, Senior VP of Marketing with Plateau, participated in the HRchitect WebMingle on April 3, 2009. Plateau Systems is also a sponsor and will participate in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

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.

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

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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