SuccessFactors Announces SuccessAwards 2010 Winners

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May 18, 2010, 08:05 ET

SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, at SuccessConnect 2010, SuccessFactors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFSF) announced the winners of SuccessAwards 2010, the company's annual customer awards program.

SuccessAwards recognize leaders that are leveraging SuccessFactors' Business Execution (BizX) Software Suite to accelerate business execution and achieve real business results across their organizations. The SuccessAwards and winners are:

SuccessROI Return on Investment Award – Recognizes the customer that uses the BizX Suite to drive a steep return on investment. Awarded to Nissan North America, using SuccessFactors Goal Management, Performance Management, Learning & Development and Succession Management to drive business results, the company experienced increased sales of 43 percent year-over-year in March 2010. This surge, along with Nissan's increasing market share and quality ratings, illustrate this team's long-standing drive to shift organizational effectiveness into a higher gear when it comes to business execution.

SuccessAdoption Award – Honors organizations with the most creative, effective or original deployment of the BizX Suite. This year the award was given to three organizations:

B&H Photo – B&H is the world's leading retailer of imaging products, serving millions of professionals and consumers, and one of the most successful single-location retailers on the planet. Within two weeks of going live for 400 managers on SuccessFactors, in an initiative to operate on a pay-for-performance system, B&H Photo exceeded 95 percent completion rates in their first cycle. Despite the economic climate, B&H has grown rapidly, and a year later, more than 1,200 employees at all levels of the organization have adopted the BizX platform.
The New York Times Company – Since deploying a SuccessFactors-based system called "Times Talent" with seven different BizX modules to thousands of employees in 2009, The New York Times Company has driven transformation across the organization. The implementation has coincided with tremendous business results: In the past 18 months, the New York Times Company's stock price has tripled; they have reduced debt by one third; and swung from the worst loss in company history back to profitability last year.
Prime Therapeutics LLC – A pharmacy benefit management company dedicated to providing innovative, clinically-based, cost-effective pharmacy solutions, Prime Therapeutics implemented all BizX Suite modules in 2009 and has achieved fantastic adoption rates. As a result, they have streamlined their performance management process across their entire organization.

SuccessLeader Award – Honors an individual with unprecedented results or a unique achievement leveraging BizX. SuccessFactors awarded Dr. Jay Greenstein, the founder and CEO of Sport & Spine Companies, a group of seven multi-disciplinary offices, a sports performance center and a clinical research foundation in the Washington, DC area. Since implementing SuccessFactors more than three years ago within Sport & Spine, Dr. Greenstein has launched three additional offices while achieving a 20 percent increase in revenue per employee.

SuccessChampion Award – Honors executive-level sponsors who have championed the cause of performance and talent management. Awarded to Panasonic Avionics, the world leader in in-flight entertainment and communications, the human resources team deployed five BizX modules, including SuccessFactors' Goal Management, Performance Management, Learning & Development, Succession Management and Compensation Management, as well as the GeoLearning LMS solution, to more than 2,000 employees in more than 40 international locations, all in under two years.

Pinnacle Performer Award for Small Business – Honors small businesses with unprecedented results or a unique achievement using SuccessFactors Professional Edition/SuccessPractices. Given to Product Partners LLC, the parent company of Beachbody®, the creator of the nation's most popular in-home fitness and weight loss solutions, the company began using SuccessFactors in 2008 and since, has transformed the way they run their business. Product Partners has integrated SuccessFactors throughout their organization – from Performance Management and Goal Management to 360-Degree Reviews. Product Partners relies on SuccessFactors to deliver real time data, allowing CEO Carl Daikeler and his team to improve execution across the organization.

MVP Community Members – Recognizes the SuccesssFactors members who through active participation and meaningful contribution make the Customer Community a richer, more helpful and more rewarding environment for thousands of peers around the world. James Viscanti of Independence Blue Cross and Lori Marra of Arizona Public Services were recognized for their contributions to the discussions within the SuccessFactors customer community and for their product suggestions to the SuccessFactors Ideafactory to help with continuous product innovation. Additionally, they have spurred meaningful discussions that affect everyday execution to help all our customers drive better business results.

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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