Human Resources: CHD Meridian Healthcare Streamlines HR and Talent Management with UltiPro

WESTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2007--Ultimate Software
(Nasdaq:ULTI), a leading provider of end-to-end strategic human
resources, payroll, and talent management solutions, announced today
that CHD Meridian Healthcare, an I-trax, Inc. company and the leading
provider of workplace healthcare, has achieved significant
efficiencies and strategic benefits since rolling out core UltiPro,
UltiPro Performance Management, and UltiPro Salary Budget
Administration delivered through Ultimate Software's
software-as-a-service model, Intersourcing and has purchased UltiPro
Recruitment.

With approximately 2,500 employees and 28 Federal Identification
Numbers, CHD Meridian Healthcare chose Ultimate Software for its
comprehensive employee management Web-based feature-set to streamline
processes, hold down costs, improve service to employees, and
ultimately allow human resources the time and tools to efficiently
acquire and retain the best talent possible. UltiPro's functionality
is helping the healthcare organization:

    -- improve talent management,

    -- expedite compensation management,

    -- empower leadership with customizable business intelligence
        reporting, and

    -- automate hundreds of paper-based transactions.

For employees in its corporate headquarters, CHD Meridian
Healthcare started managing performance appraisals, self-appraisals,
goal setting, and competency scoring with UltiPro Performance
Management in February 2007. Today, employees regularly interact with
the system to keep track of milestones and log their performance
progress.

"When we first rolled out UltiPro Performance Management, our
employees and managers were tentative," said Ava DeFonzo, CHD Meridian
Healthcare's payroll and HRIS manager. "But as soon as they realized
its capabilities and figured out how easy and efficient the solution
is, their sentiment changed. We are in the process of rolling it out
to all 230 locations in 34 states and elevating our talent management
to a new level by identifying and rewarding performers consistently
companywide. We want to be clear about the objectives that employees
know they need to achieve in order to be successful."

UltiPro Performance Management functionality allows organizations
to proactively manage employee performance as part of an overall
talent management strategy. With online performance review
capabilities, including 360-degree feedback and goal-setting tools,
UltiPro Performance Management can help businesses better understand
employee competencies, identify and reduce competency gaps, and plan
for future workforce needs.

After performance data was completed this spring, CHD Meridian
Healthcare's managers submitted merit increases and market adjustments
online. Before using UltiPro Salary Budget Administration, management
handled salary adjustments with paper forms that had to be completed
and mailed to HR, where data was manually entered. Because UltiPro
Performance Management and UltiPro Salary Budget Administration are
integrated with UltiPro, information is reportable from core UltiPro
on its own or combined with other workforce metrics and can be easily
shared without redundant data entry.

"We had little, if any, human capital reporting available before
UltiPro, and nothing was real-time," said DeFonzo. "Earlier this year,
using UltiPro, I developed the first in-depth turnover analysis, which
managers and executives found very helpful. I have also used UltiPro
to report on important HR topics such as benefits and compensation
forecasting."

CHD Meridian Healthcare will begin using UltiPro Recruitment by
the end of the year and plans to roll out Web self-service for
managers and benefits enrollment soon after. By automating and
integrating all of its talent management activities with UltiPro,
DeFonzo and her team have established a holistic approach to human
resource management.

"Until UltiPro, we were a rapidly growing company that was
functioning like a small company from a human resource perspective
because we were bogged down managing paper transactions," said
DeFonzo. "Not only is the team already able to spend more time on
strategic projects like talent management and become HR business
partners, but with UltiPro, we are also anticipating a rapid payback."

"UltiPro can help to transform the contributions that HR teams
make to impact overall business performance business, as it has for
CHD Meridian Healthcare," said Greg Swick, senior vice president of
sales for Ultimate Software. "We are happy to see that Ava DeFonzo and
her team are taking advantage of the broad scope of functionality that
UltiPro delivers to manage the employee life cycle efficiently, cost
effectively, and strategically."

About CHD Meridian Healthcare

CHD Meridian Healthcare, an I-trax company, is the leading
provider of integrated workplace health and productivity management
solutions. Serving more than 100 clients in 34 states, CHD Meridian
Healthcare offers on-site health centers, which deliver primary care,
acute care, corporate health, occupational health and pharmacy care
management services, as well as integrated disease management,
wellness, and lifestyle management programs. CHD Meridian Healthcare
provides a comprehensive solution utilizing telephonic and e-health
tools to enhance the trusted relationship established by its
clinicians at the worksite. CHD Meridian Healthcare is focused on
helping companies achieve employer-of-choice status, making the
workplace safe, improving the quality of care and the productivity of
the workforce while mitigating healthcare costs. Managing
employer-sponsored health centers for over 40 years, some of CHD
Meridian Healthcare's clients include: BMW, Blue Ridge Paper, Coors
Brewing Company, Coushatta Casino Resort, Deutsche Bank, Eastman
Chemical, Fieldale Farms, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New
Jersey, Lowe's, Toyota, UnumProvident and US Steel. For more
information, visit www.chdmeridian.com.

About Ultimate Software

A leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources,
payroll, and talent management solutions, Ultimate Software markets
its award-winning UltiPro products as on-demand services through its
software-as-a-service offering, Intersourcing, and as licensed
software. Based in Weston, FL, Ultimate Software employs more than 700
professionals who are focused on developing the highest quality
products and services. Ultimate Software's IT team won a first-place
award for its management of Intersourcing, from the American Business
Awards in 2007, and its customer service team won two first-place
awards for service excellence in 2006, one from the Service & Support
Professionals Association and another from the American Business
Awards. Ultimate Software was named a "Leader" in Forrester Research
Inc.'s 2006 U.S. Midmarket HR solutions Wave ranking and ranked #3 on
the 2006 and 2007 lists of the Best Medium-Sized Companies to Work For
in America by the Great Place to Work Institute. Ultimate Software
customers represent diverse industries and include such organizations
as The Container Store, Elizabeth Arden, The Florida Marlins Baseball
Team, The New York Yankees Baseball Team, Nintendo of America, Ruth's
Chris Steak House, and SkyWest Airlines. More information on Ultimate
Software's products and services can be found at
www.ultimatesoftware.com.

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