Plateau Announces Integrated Learning and Performance Analytics

Personalized Dashboards and Reports Provide Information and Analysis that Increases Learning and Performance Management Effectiveness

Arlington, Va. • October 19, 2005 - Plateau Systems, a leading provider of software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and talent, today announced Plateau Analytics 5.5, an advanced analytics solution that provides comprehensive learning and performance metrics, dashboards and reports. Plateau Analytics 5.5 allows organizations to track the impact of training and performance management, enabling them to maximize the value of learning and performance management investments and increase workforce productivity.

Measuring learning and performance management programs is critical to increasing their effectiveness. Yet in a recent research Report from Bersin & Associates entitled People, Performance and Technology, training managers rated themselves well below average in measuring training, and providing reports and analysis.

"The pressure to demonstrate the business impact of training and performance management programs has brought measurement issues to the forefront," says Josh Bersin, president of Bersin & Associates, a research and advisory company. "E-learning and performance management technologies are giving organizations much more data to use – yet organizations still are building the processes to harness it."

Plateau Analytics 5.5 provides a comprehensive solution to harness learning and performance information, delivering 25 interactive reports with over 100 data categories and 60 learning and performance metrics. Dashboards display a consolidated view of key performance and learning indicators and saved charts from multiple reports in a single view. Relevant metrics, dashboards and saved report views can be easily personalized by end users to their unique information requirements, without requiring IT assistance.

Because Plateau provides a single integrated learning and performance management solution with a common database, Plateau Analytics 5.5 allows users to easily correlate learning and performance data. Organizations can now quickly assess the impact of learning and performance management, answering questions such as:

What progress are people making against their development plans?
How are my training and development efforts impacting employee performance over time?

"Plateau Analytics 5.5 is integral to our strategy of increasing workforce productivity and maximizing operating performance," said Paul Sparta, chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. "With the information it provides, Plateau Analytics 5.5 enables organizations to make the necessary adjustments to their learning and performance management programs to further increase workforce productivity and performance."

Plateau Analytics will be available the end of October. For more information about Plateau Analytics 5.5, visit http://www.plateau.com/prod/analytics.htm.

About Plateau: Plateau is a leading provider of adaptable Web-based software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and talent to increase workforce productivity and business operations performance. Plateau's software is being used by some of the world's largest, most successful enterprises, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, Internal Revenue Service, and Wendy's International. Industry analysts, including Forrester Research and Bersin & Associates, have rated Plateau a leader in functionality, technology, and customer satisfaction. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Va. For more information, please visit www.plateau.com.

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