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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Chooses SuccessFactors to Help Align and Motivate Employee Performance. Foundation Uses Workforce Performance Management Tool to Encourage for-profit Business Rigor in Non-Profit Environment

SuccessFactors, Inc., the market and Web business application leader in on-demand workforce performance management, announced that the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, an entity with assets over $4 billion and an annual operating budget of approximately $20 million, has chosen SuccessFactors to help align employee performance around the foundations core objectives and ensure that individuals are paid for performance. With the vision of encouraging for-profit business best practices to elevate employee performance in a non-profit world, the Foundation will begin rolling out SuccessFactors performance management technology this month to their employee base. After reviewing technology options, the Foundation chose to work with SuccessFactors based on the technologys ease of use, short implementation times and overall product capability. SuccessFactors ASP-based technology offering enabled implementation schedules for the Foundation that were three times shorter than other offerings as well as customized form development in less than an hours time.

(HRmarketer/PRWEB ) February 9, 2005 -- SuccessFactors, Inc., the market and Web business application leader in on-demand workforce performance management, today announced that the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has chosen SuccessFactors to help align employee performance around the foundations core objectives and ensure that individuals are paid for performance. With the vision of encouraging for-profit business best practices to elevate employee performance in a non-profit world, the Foundation will begin rolling out SuccessFactors performance management technology this month to their employee base.

Prior to choosing a partnership with SuccessFactors, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation was leveraging an internally developed performance management review system. Based on high employee growth, however, the organizations needs changed, requiring more functionality without high dependence on IT support. After reviewing technology options, the Foundation chose to work with SuccessFactors based on the technologys ease of use, short implementation times and overall product capability. After assessing available technologies, the Foundation realized that SuccessFactors ASP-based technology offering enabled implementation schedules that were three times shorter than other offerings and ensured an ease of use that resulted in customized form development in less than an hours time.

As responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation needs to operate as a focused and agile organization," said Saul Macias, Moore Foundation HR Director. SuccessFactors technology enables the Foundation to apply the same business rigor that we apply to our grantees to ourselves. By aligning employees around our organizations goals, SuccessFactors helps bring accountability down to an individual level."

In 2000, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation began a five year, human resource driven plan that included developing management skills, defining and implementing MBOs and increasing employees visibility into the companys yearly goals. In 2005, with the help of SuccessFactors Workforce Performance Manager and Compensation Planning modules, the Foundation will more effectively implement a three-phase review process that encompasses objective setting, mid-year self assessments, end-of-year assessments and reviews as well as pay for performance.

Aligning, motivating and elevating employee performance have proven to be key in realizing an organizations goals," said Lars Dalgaard, SuccessFactors CEO. By following the course on a long-term performance planning vision and implementing SuccessFactors technology, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has proven that they are leading their peers in their goal of delivering exceptional performance."

The SuccessFactors Workforce Performance Management Suite is composed of distinct capabilities, all of which are fully integrated. The technologys ease-of-use, rapid deployment and on-demand delivery allow customers to solve immediate needs by getting to productive events in record time. The entire suite is highly scalable and modular, allowing customers to add new modules when theyre ready -- on demand."

About the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation:
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation was established in September 2000 to create positive outcomes for future generations. The Foundation funds outcome-based grants and initiatives to achieve significant and measurable results. Grant making supports the Foundation's principal areas of interest: global environmental conservation, science, higher education, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

About SuccessFactors:
With the highest renewal rate in the industry, SuccessFactors is the established global leader in providing on-demand, Web-based, integrated Workforce performance management solutions. SuccessFactors was founded in 2001 to deliver software and solutions that help companies implement effective Workforce performance management strategies that align employee performance with bottom-line business results. The company has over 600,000 users from more than 200 highly satisfied customers across all industry sectors, including Textron, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Mastercard, Informatica, MeadWestVaco, PG&E, Lancaster General Hospital, Samsung, Riggs Bank, Grant Thornton, Friendlys Ice Cream and HP Hood. SuccessFactors is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. and has multiple worldwide offices. The applications are being used in 60 countries and in multiple languages.

SuccessFactors is a trademark of Success Acquisition Corporation, d.b.a SuccessFactors and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.

For more information, visit www.successfactors.com or call 1-800-809-9920.

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