28 April 2011 - StepStone Solutions, a global leader in talent management, today announced continuing strong revenue growth and particularly high levels of new customer acquisition during the first three months of 2011. StepStone Solutions signed 79 new customers in the period January-March 2011 and also contracted with 134 existing customers for increased commitments to the company's products. StepStone Solutions now serves almost 1,700 businesses in around 70 countries, with well over a million active users of its Software-as-as-Service (SaaS) products. New customers were won in the first quarter across all operating countries.

Matthew Parker, CEO, StepStone Solutions, said: "Our growth and global success in so many regions is a great start to the year. Including acquisitions our business grew almost 40% over the equivalent period in 2010 as a result of both substantial enterprise wins worldwide, increasing use of our solutions by many existing customers and a continuing low level of customer churn."

Among the highlights of the first three months of the year were the release of the latest version of StepStone Solutions' MrTedTalentLink talent acquisition product, with major enhancements to the user experience and the web services API; the winning of a prestigious award - Best Talent Management Software Provider in Greater China 2010-2011; being again named as as 'Leader' in Gartner's 2011 Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management; and major successes announced with global customers such as Banque de France, RKW-Group, Knauf, and Peugeot Citroën.