Gainesville, Florida (October 5, 2005) - MindSolve Technologies will release version 5.1 of MindSolve Visual Performance (MVP), its flagship Employee Performance Management (EPM) software suite, at HR Executive´s HR Technology Conference & Exposition in Chicago this week.
Most of version 5.1´s new features were driven by customer demand and changing business environments. "Our single-point-of-contact, high-touch service model gives us the unique ability to quickly respond to customer needs," says Jeff Lyons, Chief Client Officer. "By being attentive and responsive, with each release we´re able to introduce some unique new features that set MVP apart from other, less configurable EPM solutions."
MVP 5.1 rounds out MindSolve´s Legal Toolkit with the introduction of the Legal MinderTM language scanner. Legal Minder identifies legally inappropriate or risky comments and offers alternative wording. While other EPM software offers language scanning capability, "we have developed the most comprehensive and adaptable legal scanner in the industry," Lyons says. "Partnering with an employment law firm, we developed logic that not only identifies risky language by words and phrases, but applies contextual logic, so there aren´t a bunch of false alarms."
"Legal Minder can be customized by a client to specify language to flag - or not - under certain conditions. This is helpful especially in cases where a company´s product or project may contain a word or acronym that might be considered risky terminology in other contexts," Lyons says.
Other 5.1 enhancements include manager and department head capability to edit employee information directly from a dashboard, an organizational tree browser incorporated into manager and employee dashboards, and advanced searching capability within the system.
Technical improvements included in 5.1 optimize performance across all servers, with impressive gains in response time over an already powerful system. "Large clients with tens of thousands of users will see big benefits from these improvements, and even smaller clients with hundreds of users will see speeds two to ten times faster than previous versions," says Dan Boccabella,
MindSolve´s General Manager and Chief Technology Officer.
"As companies turn employee performance management from an annual appraisal event to a process, their demands from the system increase dramatically. For that reason, we do all our testing on a heavy load model, simulating full functionality with thousands of simultaneous users, typically more extreme demands than even our big, multinational clients," Boccabella adds. "Our customers can always count on high performance from our system - so they can focus on high performance from their employees."
MindSolve will showcase MVP 5.1 at the HR Technology Conference and Exposition in Chicago on October 19 - 21.
About MindSolve Technologies. MindSolve Technologies, Inc. is a privately held company, headquartered in Gainesville, Florida. In 1994, MindSolve revolutionized Employee Performance Management with the introduction of visual, user-friendly multi-rater assessment. In 1998, MindSolve offered the industry's first web-based drag & drop workforce performance management software.
MindSolve offers hosted or licensed web-based software solutions with related professional services for users in over 50 countries worldwide. Employee Performance Management applications include performance appraisal, 360 feedback processes, goal alignment and tracking, employee development, salary and compensation planning, career and succession planning, executive coaching and leadership training, and organizational development.
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Helene Goldson
Marketing Communications Manager
MindSolve Technologies, Inc.
203 SW 3rd Avenue
Gainesville, Florida 32601
Tel.: +1 352.264.2821
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e-mail: hgoldson[at]mindsolve.com
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