• Two product families offering fully integrated talent management will launch in 2012
• Customers given industry's widest choice of technology deployment options
• Additional shared functionality - social collaboration, e-learning - will also launch in 2012

HRTech, Las Vegas, 3 October 2011- Lumesse has revealed at HRTech that major new product releases early in 2012 will offer customers an unrivalled choice of technology deployment strategies for integrated talent management solutions that cover the entire employment lifecycle. These fully internationalized releases will leverage the unmatched global and local expertise that Lumesse has developed in both talent management and talent acquisition over many years. The strategy will result in the delivery of two substantially expanded products sets, with talent management added to Lumesse TalentLink in February 2012 and talent acquisition added to Lumesse ETWeb later in 2012. Both products will immediately benefit from substantially enhanced user interfaces and powerful new analytics, plus later in 2012 shared new capabilities in areas such as social collaboration and integrated learning management. Lumesse will fully integrate the exceptional, SaaS-based learning management technology acquired with Edvantage Group on 3 October into both product lines.

"We're going to make life a lot easier for companies of all sizes building fully integrated talent management strategies," said Matthew Parker, CEO at Lumesse: "First, we're making it easy to create a fully integrated talent management system that covers the entire employment lifecycle, with an innovative, intuitive user experience, by expanding our core talent management and talent acquisition products so that each covers all key functional areas. Second, we're making it easy to configure or customize our technology - as full SaaS, hosted, or on-premises - by giving customers freedom to choose whichever suits them."

"We're very pleased to see Lumesse making such a strong commitment to developing its products to meet global customer needs, enhancing the user experience, and integrating critical new functionality," said Stephen Cerrone, Executive Vice President, Human Resources of Sara Lee Corporation.

Lumesse in 2012 will give customers unprecedented freedom to select a talent management strategy that is aligned to their specific business needs, user populations, and technology preferences, without compromising on functional capabilities or the ability to customize or configure a solution exactly as they want it. Customers that want a fully integrated, highly configurable talent management system based on a pure SaaS (Software as a Service) delivery model can chose Lumesse TalentLink which, in version 12.0, adds powerful capabilities in HR core, performance management, and succession management. Additional functionality in areas such as compensation management and learning management, and enhanced capabilities in onboarding and contingent workforce management, will be added in a three releases per year update cycle. Customers that want a fully integrated, highly customizable talent management system based on either hosted or on-premises (in-house) infrastructure can chose Lumesse ETWeb which, in version 11, adds an intuitive new user interface, powerful new reporting and analytics capabilities, and a more scalable, performance-oriented architecture. In addition, a future release will bring powerful talent acquisition capabilities to Lumesse ETWeb, based on the unmatched global experience of Lumesse in this space.

Both products will also benefit from integration with new, social collaboration tools to be launched in 2012, plus extended learning management technology from Edvantage Group following its acquisition by Lumesse on 3 October.

"We're bringing together many years of expertise in global, enterprise talent management and talent acquisition to offer our customers highly-integrated, highly functional products with a state-of-the art web 2.0 user experience," added Matthew Parker, CEO at Lumesse: "But the added Lumesse extra is choice - not just in how to install, deploy and access our technology, but in how these products are configured, integrated and experienced by global, multilingual user populations in companies of all sizes."

Lumesse ETWeb version 11

Lumesse ETWeb version 11 - to be released in December 2011 - is focused on the Lumesse promise  to be the only global company making talent management work locally, with extended performance and scalability, and changes that will drive higher levels of user adoption and satisfaction, including:

• A substantially enhanced user experience thanks to a brand new UI that is faster, easier to use, reduces learning time and promotes exploration and effective use of the depth of functionality in Lumesse ETWeb.
• Reduced cost of ownership driven by significant reductions in platform investment, combined with higher performance and increased scalability, through migration to the latest server, OS and database technology.
• Advanced, highly configurable yet easy-to-use reporting and analytics that deliver real, actionable talent intelligence across global business structures.

The new Lumesse ETWeb version 11 UI extends its support for major browser variants, including IE9, FireFox 6, Safari and Opera, and over 30 languages, simplifying rollout across global user populations.

Lumesse TalentLink version 12

Lumesse TalentLink version 12 - to be released in Q1 2012 - marks a radical step forward for the industry's most powerful and user-friendly talent acquisition system with the introduction of fully integrated, core talent management capabilities including performance management, core HR functions and succession planning. Delivered as a true SaaS solution, with its user-focused, apps-based and highly configurable workspaces, and with connectivity to the Lumesse Mobile app for smartphones built-in, Lumesse TalentLink v12 once again raises the bar for productivity, compatibility and sheer ease of use in international talent management. Major enhancements delivered in version 12 include:

• A fully configurable, comprehensive HR Core system of record that captures and displays - to properly authorized users - full details on each employee.
• Performance management and succession planning - each fully integrated with each other and accessed through Lumesse TalentLink's configurable, apps-based workspaces tailored to the needs of different functional groups - HR, recruiters, line managers, employees, etc.
• Seamless integration with LinkedIn through 'Apply with LinkedIn' to deliver a faster, simpler job application process, plus many other enhancements to Lumesse TalentLink's established talent acquisition leadership.
• Powerful, fully navigable, interactive organization charts that allow selection of individual employee profiles and analysis of key information such as performance plan status, plus a new Workflow Modeler that allows administrators to build highly-configured HR processes.

About Lumesse

Lumesse is the only global company making talent management solutions work locally. We help customers around the world to implement successful local talent management initiatives that identify, nurture and develop the right people, in the right place, at the right time. Our multi-cultural background and presence means we understand how to deliver talent solutions that work the way our customers work, as individuals and as teams, because no two people, organisations or cultures are the same. We regard differences as strengths, not as obstacles.

1,700 customers work with us in over 70 countries because they recognise that commitment, innovation and value only come from people. We help customers to unlock and inspire that human potential in their businesses. Our integrated talent management solutions are comprehensive, intuitive, secure and fully internationalised into over 50 languages.

About Edvantage Group

Edvantage Group is Europe's leading e-learning company. Edvantage group helps organisations improve employee skills and transfer knowledge, leading to better performance and business results. The company seamlessly combines cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technologies, including Learning Gateway and CourseBuilder, with exceptional learning experiences, on-demand content and professional services to deliver measurable value for clients. Edvantage group serves over 400 organizations from offices throughout the Nordic countries, Benelux and the UK.

Visit www.edvantagegroup.com for more information.