Wayland, MA - September 6, 2005 - Softscape, an industry leader in strategic people management technology and services, today announced that Softscape received the highest rating of "Strong Positive" in Gartner´s 2005 MarketScope for Employee Performance Management (EPM) Software. The Gartner "Strong Positive" rating is only provided to a vendor who is considered a solid provider of strategic products, services or solutions. Gartner recommends that existing customers continue investments while potential customers consider the vendor a strong strategic choice.
According to the Gartner report: "EPM is an important linchpin in talent management applications. EPM and its integration with other talent management applications are key to gaining business value."
"Softscape shares Gartner´s view in the report that EPM and its integration with other talent management applications are key for gaining business value," said Dave Watkins, co-founder and CEO, Softscape. "It has been our vision since we launched 11 years ago that driving value requires not only an integrated HCM strategy, but a single platform that enables the key linkages between all strategic HR processes. These connections extend beyond performance management to include workforce planning, talent acquisition, learning and development, succession planning, compensation management, workforce collaboration, knowledge sharing, and in-depth business reporting and analytics."
Gartner continues in the MarketScope: "Most companies want to increase the productivity of their workforces. EPM solutions are important enablers to help ensure that employees have the right competencies to do their work and spend their energies on the right activities."
In recent announcements from Softscape, customers state that they rely on the company´s industry best practices and on-demand integrated platform for their HCM strategy. Softscape ApexTM is one of the industry´s most comprehensive human capital management (HCM) platform providing fully integrated on-demand workforce management. The Softscape platform was built from the ground up to connect critical workforce processes into a single easy-to-use system for complete planning, hiring, aligning, developing, compensating, managing, reporting, collaborating, and knowledge sharing across an organization´s workforce.
With Softscape, customers are far better equipped to attract and retain high performing workers, change organizational culture, improve workforce performance, and develop capable leaders. Softscape is the solution of choice for customers who are seeking industry best practices and require highly configurable options specific to their needs.
For more information on Softscape´s Human Capital Management solutions, please visit http://www.softscape.com.
About Softscape (www.softscape.com)
Softscape simplifies every aspect of people management with innovative technology and strategic services to better manage human resources and government case management. Recognized by leading industry analysts as the most comprehensive integrated people management platform, Softscape´s award-winning web-based software enables customers to easily enhance productivity, improve effectiveness, facilitate long-term planning, reduce operational costs, and drive organizational performance. Softscape´s customers represent millions of workers across 46 countries and include Merrill Lynch, Corning, Northrop Grumman, Freightliner, Medica, YMCA, the City of Chicago, and the US Department of Homeland Security.
Softscape is based in Massachusetts with offices in Chicago, San Francisco, Hartford, Washington DC, New York City, London, Munich, and Hong Kong.