Salary.com Excels in Quality of User Experience, Industry Leading Data Sets and Integration Across the Suite; Recognition Follows 'Product of the Year' Award from Human Resource Executive(R) Magazine

WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salary.com, Inc. , a leading provider

of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions, today announced that it was recognized as an industry leader in one of two new studies released by Bersin & Associates, a research firm focused on enterprise learning and talent management. The studies, "The Essentials of Performance Management Practices: Part 1 and Part 2," represent the most comprehensive analysis of the employee performance management market to date.

As part of its analysis, Bersin evaluated the 25 top vendors in the market and cited Salary.com as an outstanding provider, differentiated by:

  --  Proprietary compensation and competency data inside,
  --  A highly flexible software platform that can easily be configured to
      customer business processes without customization, and
  --  Consulting services for all aspects of human capital management
      delivered by highly skilled professionals

Additionally, the research firm cited Salary.com's award-winning talent management suite, TalentManager(R), for its "deep support for pay-for-performance practices" and "job-based competency approach to talent management."

"Given the company's long history in the compensation management market, we were not surprised to find that the suite offers deep support for pay-for-performance practices. The performance planning and cycle management functionality enables organizations to configure processes to accommodate their unique approach and requirements. What we did not expect is the amount of care the product management team put into developing a true 'suite.' In addition to enabling a strong job-based competency approach to talent management, the solution includes comprehensive support for profile management and talent analytics. These core suite features are thoughtfully integrated across all of the TalentManager applications," said Leighanne Levensaler, director of talent management research for Bersin & Associates.

The report also noted that "... the biggest differentiator is the company's comprehensive data sets. Salary.com offers industry-leading compensation data, job models, job descriptions and competency content that can be easily integrated into TalentManager to align and develop talent."

According to Salary.com CEO Kent Plunkett, "We are very pleased to be recognized for both the quality of our products and the depth and breadth of our datasets by the industry experts at Bersin. Their evaluation included the top competitors in our market and we are proud that we distinguished ourselves in the areas of quality, ease of use and flexibility - all characteristics valued by our customers."

Bersin estimates the 2008 performance management systems market to be $520 million, representing a 35 percent increase over 2007. The market is growing more than twice as fast as the more mature talent management segments of recruitment and learning management and has the potential to be the largest talent management segment overall by 2011. Bersin has established itself as a market-defining thought leader in the area of employee performance management and has, during the last 24 months, analyzed the dramatic advancements in employee performance management solutions that have contributed to explosive market growth.

About Salary.com, Inc.

Salary.com is a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions helping businesses and individuals manage pay and performance. Salary.com's highly configurable software applications, proprietary data and consulting services help HR and compensation professionals automate, streamline and optimize critical talent management processes including: market pricing, compensation planning, performance management, competency management and succession planning. Built with compensation and competency data at the core, Salary.com solutions provide businesses of all sizes with the most productive and cost-effective way to manage and inspire their most important asset -- their people. For more information, visit http://www.salary.com/.

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