Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced the agenda for Taleo WORLD 2007:  Performance 2.0, taking place September 9–12 in San Francisco, California at The Westin St. Francis Hotel.

Taleo WORLD’s theme of Performance 2.0 will focus on how to employ talent management strategies to drive high levels of organizational and business performance. Top HR and business leaders from around the world will gather to present sessions on using talent management for aligning talent to business goals and improving overall performance.

The agenda includes topics ranging from global talent management strategies, talent acquisition and retention tactics, internal mobility, performance management, workforce planning and talent sourcing. Dozens of Taleo customers will share best practice presentations that will highlight proven methods and case studies from Alcatel-Lucent, Allstate, Dell, Duke Energy, El Paso, Fannie Mae, Foschini, Hyatt, Intermountain Healthcare, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, Nokia, PepsiAmericas, P&G, Philip Morris, Seagate, Starwood, Suez, TeleTech, Toyota, Transfield, YRC, and many more.

Featured keynote speakers:

• Tom Peters, the best-selling author and business guru, will speak on how the new business value equation makes talent more important than ever.

• Lyn Heward, the former President of Creative Content at Cirque du Soleil and author of “The Spark: Igniting the Creative Fire That Lives Within Us All”, will discuss her innovative approach to human resources and talent.

• Michael Gregoire, President and CEO of Taleo, will outline how demographics, economics, and technology are dramatically changing the talent playing field.

• Brad Benson, Executive Vice President of Products and Technology at Taleo, will demonstrate innovative new technologies for achieving HR transformation.

Additional keynote speakers and moderators include Patrick Beharelle, SVP, Spherion Corporation, Bill Kutik, HR Executive Technology Columnist, and Kari Oswold and Louise Ross, Vice Presidents at Volt Information Sciences.

“Record low unemployment, job market transparency, and business growth are fueling the need for improved hiring, performance management, and retention practices. The powerful combination of attracting, developing, and retaining talent through integrated recruiting and performance management is the key to achieving Performance 2.0,” stated Michael Gregoire. “This year’s Taleo WORLD will be a summit of global HR leaders coming together with the single focus of improving performance. With our introduction of the Taleo Performance Suite, our customers will get a head start on making that transformation to a talent-driven culture.”

“Our Web 2.0 user experience and new innovative approach to performance management are the first to be designed from the ground up to successfully work in the real world and achieve popular adoption throughout the organization,” stated Brad Benson. “Our customers have seen how superior talent management practices and processes drive business performance and Performance 2.0 is the next level of business success.”

Sponsors of Taleo WORLD 2007 include:
• Platinum Keynote Sponsor: Spherion
• Silver Luncheon Sponsor: Momentum – A Volt Information Sciences Company
• Bronze Breakout Sponsors: eQuest, HireRight, RightThing
• Partner Fair Sponsors: ChoicePoint, SkillSurvey, Valtera, Verifications, Inc, Verified Person, Pinstripe, and Indeed.
 
About Taleo WORLD
Taleo provides many opportunities for customers to network, share best practices, and execute successful talent strategies as a community of users. The annual Taleo WORLD conference gathers users from around the world to focus on talent management. More information on the Taleo WORLD 2007 agenda and logistics can be found at the conference website: http://www.taleoworld.com/2007.

About Taleo
Taleo (NASDAQ:  TLEO) delivers on demand talent management solutions that enable organizations of all sizes, around the world, to assess, acquire, develop, and align their workforce for improved business performance.  More than 1,000 organizations use Taleo to recruit and retain top talent with 900,000 users processing 60 million candidates from 100 countries.

Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Taleo’s new product development, market growth, the demand for Taleo’s solutions and general business conditions.  Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Taleo's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Taleo's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Taleo disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially.  Further information on potential factors that could affect actual results is included in Item 1A of Taleo’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2007, in Item 1A of Taleo’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2007, and in other reports filed by Taleo with the SEC.