SuccessFactors Drives Business Performance in Asia Pacific with Number of Customers Up 160% since 2006; Empowers Goal of Tens of Millions of Users in Emerging Markets

Hundreds of Customers and Hundreds of Thousands of Users As Initial Footprint; Expanded Operations Include New Development Centers in China and IndiaSHANGHAI, Mar 12, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFSF), the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced significant company growth in Asia Pacific with hundreds of thousands of successful users and hundreds of APAC-based customers and the recent expansion of China and India Development Centers.

With a 160 percent compounded annual growth rate since early 2006, SuccessFactors has grown its customer base more than 85 percent year-over-year and now has more than 550 customers and 270,000 users with a presence in Asia Pacific, with logins up nearly 100% to 4.4 million in the last 12-months alone. SuccessFactors is also seeing great traction and discernable potential in Japan, Australia, China, Singapore, Korea, New Zealand and India.

SuccessFactors continues this global expansion and development further into the Asia Pacific region with the recent establishment of SuccessFactors China and India Development Centers and leadership. The Chinese Development Centre, based in Shanghai, was opened in 2008. The Indian Development centre based in Bangalore was just opened in 2009. These centers are a team extension of the core product development team and work closely with the development centers in the US.

"SuccessFactors has significantly expanded operations across Asia Pacific to support a growing customer base and help more and more companies accelerate business execution with our on-demand software," said Jay Larson, vice president of global enterprise and mega sales at SuccessFactors. "In the last two years, SuccessFactors has established itself as the fastest growing public software company with an 85% compounded average revenue growth rate, and we're continuing to develop and invest in APAC as part of our strategic overall growth for the company. SuccessFactors already has a strong presence with hundreds of thousands of users and hundreds of customers based in Asia Pacific and we're looking forward to continuing to drive this growth to millions of users."

About SuccessFactors, Inc.

SuccessFactors is one of the fastest growing public software companies and the leading provider of on-demand employee performance and talent management solutions. The company enables organizations of every size, and across every industry and geography, to achieve high-performing workforces through goal alignment and execution, talent development and planning, and pay-for-performance initiatives. From 92 customers and approximately 282,000 end users in 2003 to more than 2,590 customers and 4.5 million end users today, SuccessFactors' solutions are widely deployed across 60 industries in over 185 countries in 31 languages. Founded in 2001 with offices around the world, the company employs passionate people focused on revolutionizing the future of work. For more information, visit: http://www.successfactors.com.

SOURCE: SuccessFactors, Inc.

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Dominic Paschel, 415-262-4641
Director of Public & Investor Relations
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Adele Bernard (02 9238 6680)
APAC Senior Marketing Manager
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