2009 SuccessConnect Local Europe Opens in Barcelona

BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today SuccessFactors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFSF), the global leader in business execution software, announced that its annual European user conference has brought together more customers from across Europe than any other recent event of its kind. Building off the momentum of the SuccessConnect Local customer events in North America, SuccessFactors is hosting its second annual European user conference at The Hilton, Barcelona, Spain (9-10 November).

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Keynote speakers such as Founder and CEO, Lars Dalgaard, and author and Financial Times columnist, Richard Donkin, will start the proceedings. Lars Dalgaard's session, entitled "Execution is the Difference(TM)," will focus on how business execution is the key to business performance and how to unlock its potential. Esteemed journalist and author, Richard Donkin, will be discussing how the dominant forces that shape the international workforce over the next 20 years will influence the development of performance management in companies and how best to make the most of internal talent.

Intended for organizations committed to business alignment and people performance, SuccessConnect Europe 2009 is comprised of customer presentations and best practice sessions and also gives customers a chance to meet one-on-one with SuccessFactors executives so that they can share experiences, discuss how best to address business issues and how to implement new strategies. SuccessFactors customers will be delivering breakout presentations to their peers on the successful management strategies they have employed with SuccessFactors.

Customer Sessions Include:

• Gaining Executive Support for People Performance on a Global Basis - Hilti Corporation: Based in Liechtenstein, Hilti provides tools and services for construction professionals world-wide. In this presentation, you will hear how Hitli's executive team supports People Performance, see examples of how the importance of talent development align with Hilti's corporate strategy, and how that strategy is communicated by the Executive Board to more than 20,000 employees in 50 countries.
• Aligning and Executing Strategy in a Global Organization - The Novozymes Case: Gain insights into how Novozymes, a global fast growing producer of enzymes and bio-fuel, use SuccessFactors to implement and execute strategy across 5 continents. The presentation will provide an overview of all project aspects from defining strategy to ROI.
• Creating Business Solutions: Forging People's Growth - Celsa Group: Understand how Celsa Group uses SuccessFactors to support its People Performance Culture in a Lean Global Organization, with more than 8 languages, harmonizing on a common culture based on speed and agility and aiming for people and organizational growth.
• Driving High Performance through Business Alignment - Premier Farnell plc: Premier Farnell plc is a leading, high service, multi-channel distribution group supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally through its Group companies. Over the last 3 years, Premier Farnell has executed a very clear strategy to achieve the status of becoming a high performance organization through the alignment of its employees with the business strategy. This presentation will share how Premier Farnell in the space of 7 months through clear senior leadership, revolutionized its people processes overnight with the introduction of Success Factors in 21 operating countries and 7 major languages.
  

Strong European Momentum:
With a 99% year-over-year revenue growth rate for the first half of 2009, SuccessFactors has grown its customer base by more than 309% year-over-year and now has nearly 1,000,000 users across EMEA.

The EMEA region continues to contribute greatly to SuccessFactors' financial results for the first-half of 2009, as the company added new customers in over 13 countries including Hartley - SAS in the United Kingdom, Siemens, Deutsche Bank, and Allianz in German, Barilla in Italy, Societe Generale, AREVA and Veolia in France, Nestle in Switzerland, Cofra, PON, and ING in the Netherlands, Hilti in Liechtenstein, Fortum and Fiskars in Finland, many notable 10,000 plus employee companies, and eircom in Ireland.

SuccessFactors continues to win large scale deployments across EMEA in 2009, including previously-announced Siemens AG, the world's largest enterprise cloud deployment with 420,000 users across 80 countries in 20 different languages, and Veolia Environmental Services, part of the Veolia Environment Group, in support of its enterprise cloud initiative, deployed to almost 3,000 executives and managers across five countries. Major European customers also include companies such as Kellogg, Orange, and Cadbury Schweppes.

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SuccessFactors is the global leader in Business Execution Software. The SuccessFactors Business Execution Suite improves business alignment and people performance for companies of all sizes. More than 5 million users and 2,800 companies use SuccessFactors every day. For more information, visit: www.successfactors.com.

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