Tom Peters, Lyn Heward and Michael Gregoire to Keynote; Over 40 Customers Presenting
Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced its upcoming user conference, Taleo WORLD 2007: Performance 2.0. More than 600 talent management leaders will gather to discuss strategies for wining the war for talent, aligning talent to business goals and driving higher performance. In addition, Taleo will provide a sneak preview of Taleo Performance, a next-generation solution addressing performance management, goals management, career management, and succession planning. Select sponsors include Spherion Corporation, IBM, Momentum, A Volt Information Sciences Company, eQuest, HireRight, The RightThing, Inc. and AIRS-Human Capital Solutions.
| WHAT: | Taleo World 2007: Performance 2.0 |
| WHEN: | September 9–12, 2007 |
| WHERE: | The Westin St. Francis Hotel 335 Powell Street San Francisco, California Grand Ballroom |
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
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This year’s user conference will offer over 50 classes, panels and keynote presentations from Taleo executives, customers and partners, including: Honeywell, JP Morgan Chase, Nokia Corporation, Seagate Technology, Starbucks and Weyerhauser. For more information about Taleo WORLD 2007 and to register, please visit https://www.taleoworld.com/2007.
About Taleo
Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO) is the leader in on demand, web-based hiring and talent management solutions that empower organizations of all sizes, around the world to source and manage their candidates. More than 1,200 organizations use Taleo (including a third of the Fortune 100 firms) to recruit and retain top talent with over 1,080,000 users processing 66 million candidates from over 100 countries. Requiring no capital investment, Taleo’s software as a service and on demand delivery offers 99.9% availability.
Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the demand for Taleo’s solutions, results from use of 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 August 9, 2007, and in other reports filed by Taleo with the SEC.