SuccessFactors Announces Call for SuccessAwards 2009 Submissions

Awards Recognize Organizations and Individual Leaders Who Execute Strategy to Drive Business Results Through SuccessFactorsSAN MATEO, Calif., Apr 17, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFSF), the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced the call for SuccessAwards 2009 submissions, a program designed to recognize those organizations and leaders who execute strategy to drive business results using SuccessFactors.

SuccessAwards winners will be announced at the 2009 SuccessConnect Local, SuccessFactors' annual customer gathering being held in three locations this year: San Francisco on June 8-9, Chicago on June 15-16 and New York on June 18-19. Nominations are open for the following seven categories:

SuccessROI Award - Honors organizations with measurement of exceptional results working with SuccessFactors' solutions.
SuccessAdoption Award - Honors organizations with the most creative, effective, or original deployment of SuccessFactors.
SuccessLeader - Honors individuals with unprecedented results or a unique achievement using SuccessFactors.
SuccessChampion Award - Honors executive-level sponsors who have championed the cause of performance and talent management.
SuccessInnovation Award - Honors organizations with innovative implementations of SuccessFactors.
Most Valuable Community Member - Honors the Community member who through active participation and meaningful contribution makes the SuccessFactors Customer Community a richer, more helpful and more rewarding environment for thousands of peers around the world.
The Pinnacle Performer Award for Small Business - Honors small businesses with unprecedented results or a unique achievement using SuccessFactors Professional Edition/SuccessPractices.

To submit nominations, please send an email to successawards@successfactors.com or visit http://www.successfactors.com/successconnect/2009/awards/. SuccessAwards nominations will be accepted through May 20, 2009.

2009 SuccessConnect Local

Intended for organizations committed to optimizing and aligning their workforces with business goals and strategy, SuccessConnect Local will combine high-impact keynotes, customer presentations and best practices sessions, and its new localized format and free registration underscores SuccessFactors' commitment to customer success. For more information on SuccessConnect Local and to register, please visit: http://www.successfactors.com/successconnect/.

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 2,600 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.

SuccessFactors
Dominic Paschel, 415-262-4641
Director of Public & Investor Relations
dpaschel@successfactors.com