SuccessFactors Unleashes SuccessFactory: Real-Time, On-The-Fly Innovation at HR Technology Conference

On-Demand Performance and Talent Management Leader to Develop New Prototypes, Collaborate With Attendees Live on the Conference Floor

CHICAGO - Oct. 9, 2007 - SuccessFactors, the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, announced today that it will again showcase SuccessFactory, its innovative, collaborative approach to rapid software delivery, at the HR Technology Conference and Exposition on Oct. 11 and 12 in Chicago. Conference attendees will see true innovation at work on the show floor in a first-of-its kind demonstration from SuccessFactors' designers and engineers as they build new prototypes live at the conference. Attendees can interact with the developers to provide input on design, functionality and purpose, and will be able to see the results at the end of the show.

SuccessFactory exemplifies the company's commitment to cutting-edge innovation, customer-driven product evolution and frequent functionality enhancements. SuccessFactors NextLabs™ innovation team analyzes the latest HR and Web 2.0 developments to create new functionality. The team is in constant collaboration with customers, both live and through the IdeaFactory™ Web portal, to bring the most desired concepts to life. Leveraging the on-demand technology model, SuccessFactors delivers these innovative, customer-driven new features on a monthly basis. This rapid-fire release model aligns with the company's customer-first ethos, and allows customers to continuously increase the value they receive from the SuccessFactors solution.

"At our annual global user conference, we invited our customers to join in the development of our product and collaborate on product ideas first hand, and now we are opening this innovative, collaborative environment to the rest of the industry," said Rob Bernshteyn, SuccessFactors VP of product marketing and management. "The HR Technology Conference is one the industry's premier venues and we're proud to showcase the tremendous amount of work we put into collaborating with our customers in developing user-centric software."

The prototypes will include:

• SuccessFinder, a tool that will help identify what characteristics are common among successful people at a company;
• MyStuff, a corporate MySpace application where each employee can create a personalized profile;
• Job Library, a catalog of job roles and descriptions custom built by each company;
• Career Trajectory, a tool that helps employees identify what it takes to get promoted and be successful;
• Answers, a user-driven knowledge sharing tool; and
• Badges, a fun way for employees to reward each other for great performance.

SuccessFactors unveiled SuccessFactory at its SuccessConnect 2007 global user conference in New York in May 2007 as part of its NEXTLabs initiative, which aims to make SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Suite a fun, user-focused business application that employees want to use every day. SuccessFactory highlights the company's rapid response to customer demand, and is emblematic of SuccessFactors' user-first approach to software development and customer collaboration.

SuccessFactors provides an on-demand performance and talent management solution designed to be used by almost every person throughout an organization. The solution automates the performance review process and creates a company-wide network of information related to employee performance, including skill-sets, interests, career aspirations, ability to relocate, experience, languages spoken and more. By providing deep, real-time company-wide visibility into such critical performance data, companies are able to make better, more informed decisions about how to promote, recruit, compensate, reward and manage their entire employee base.

About SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors is the leading provider of on-demand employee performance and talent management solutions that enable organizations of every size, across every industry and geography, to realize their employees' potential and thus drive business results. Its hosted service is organically built from the ground up - providing a fully integrated, modular suite of performance and talent management applications that provide customers with immediate process benefits and tangible return on investment. Fueled by customer success, SuccessFactors currently has more than 1,400 customers across over 60 industries, with more than 2 million end users in over 150 countries using the application in 18 languages. The company currently employs more than 700 people worldwide, all passionately focused on delighting customers through prompt and effective execution and constant improvement driven by customer feedback. SuccessFactors' customers include Kimberly-Clark Corporation, MasterCard Worldwide, Textron, Sutter Healthcare, Direct Energy, Quintiles Transnational, Volkswagen of North America, Lancaster General Hospital, and McDermott International, Inc. Founded in 2001, SuccessFactors has multiple offices worldwide collaborating for strong local support and measurable success of customers.