2002 Press Releases

WorkForce OS And Aquire, Inc. Announce Partnership To Extend Organizational Charting Products Availability

Aquire's OrgPublisher For Intranets™ and OrgBuilder™ Available For The First Time In Application Service Provider (ASP) Model

Burlingame, Calif. and Dallas - September 5, 2002 - WorkForce OS, a Burlingame, CA-based company offering workforce planning and management software, and Aquire, Inc., an international provider of Web-based organizational charting software, today announced a strategic partnership that will further diversify Aquire's customer base and increase overall market share. For the first time, Aquire's flagship product, OrgPublisher for Intranets, and latest release, OrgBuilder, will be available in an ASP model - allowing customers to decide whether they would like to host the solution locally or remotely. By joining Aquire's Alliance Network Program, WorkForce OS gives its customers access to interactive, org charting products used by more than 1,700 companies in 53 countries, including many of the Fortune 100's elite.

Stand-alone or combined, OrgPublisher and OrgBuilder provide companies with an automated way to visualize, communicate and analyze organizational structures.

OrgPublisher uses existing data to automatically generate a graphical, interactive organizational chart published to a company's Intranet. Data can be accessed from virtually any database, including IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and enterprise-resource planning (ERP) systems such as SAP and PeopleSoft. Users can view accurate org charts, reporting structures, employee profiles and contact information, as well as utilize search capabilities for additional information access.

OrgBuilder was designed as an enterprise resource management tool ideal for large, international companies with multiple departments and locations, a business environment that often yields various hierarchical challenges. Regardless of the existence of an official data management environment or formal human resource system, companies can rapidly and efficiently build, manage and communicate multiple, complex organizational structures.

WorkForce OS' proprietary technology, TheSkillsMatch®(TSM), is a modular, flexible, fully self-service product that gives employers an in-depth view of their workforce; detailed information on skills, experience, and goals and places it at the fingertips of managers and HR professionals to aid them with recruitment, retention, professional development, and more.

"More and more clients and prospects are asking for complete product offerings. Our alliance with Aquire adds a critical element to our SuccessionMap product as well as to our recruitment and career development tools. OrgPublisher and OrgBuilder have been designed with the same philosophy as TheSkillsMatch: giving the client a tool to meet their needs without adding to their workload. It adds value, while keeping it simple for both the employee and the employer," said Susan Magrino, president and chief executive officer of WorkForce OS.

"We are always seeking new strategic relationships that further our aggressive market saturation strategy. WorkForce OS is an ideal partner because they provide us with both a new business model as well as impressive customer base," said Lois Melbourne, chief executive officer of Aquire. "In today's economy, data integrity is a critical issue at the top of every executive's mind, regardless of company size. Our goal is to provide WorkForce OS customers with the tools to maintain critical employee data and organizational information."

About WorkForce OS
WorkForce OS was founded in 1999. Its core patent pending technology, TheSkillsMatch, synchronizes workforce skills and knowledge with organizational goals. TheSkillsMatch is the foundation for WorkForce OS products supporting areas such as recruiting, career development, succession planning, and project management across for-profit and non-profit industries.

About Aquire, Inc.
Founded in 1994, Irving, Texas-based Aquire, Inc. develops Internet/Intranet-based, organizational charting software used by more than 1,700 organizations in more than 53 countries. Customers include American Airlines, Braun Gillette, Colgate-Palmolive, Compaq Computers, Reliant Energy, Verizon, among others. With more than three million individuals charted worldwide, OrgPublisher for Intranets, the company's flagship product, continues to be the interactive org charting software of choice by many of the Fortune 500?s elite. Stand-alone or combined, Aquire?s products OrgPublisher and OrgBuilder provide the most comprehensive tools for creating, maintaining, distributing, and analyzing organizational information across the enterprise.

Aquire has received numerous awards recognizing its growth, product quality and service record. In November 2001, Deloitte & Touche named Aquire as one of the nation's 500 fastest-growing companies. Aquire has also been recognized by Software Magazine for being a Top 500 company, and by the Dallas Business Journal for three consecutive years as one of the 50 fastest-growing, high-tech companies in Dallas-Fort Worth. The company also received the Greater Dallas Chamber International Business Achievement Award for small businesses and the Small Business Administration?s Exporter of the Year Award.

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