Deploy Solutions, Inc. and The Sovren Group Awarded Certification By HR-XML Consortium

RALEIGH, N.C., 2004 June 22 – Deploy Solutions, Inc. and The Sovren Group are the latest to be certified under the HR-XML Consortium’s “HRcertify” program. The program certifies HR solutions for conformance to the open data exchange standards developed by the HR-XML Consortium.

Organizations that successfully complete the HR-XML Consortium’s certification process are awarded a logo to use on their websites and a link to a conformance statement within a registry located at www.HRcertify.org registry. The HR-XML certified logo signals that the solution provider is a technology leader and is ready to integrate flexibly and opportunistically with customers and partners.

Deploy Solutions, headquartered in Westwood, MA, delivers talent optimization software that helps companies maximize staffing performance for multiple worker types (http://www.deploy.com). Deploy is a Charter Member of the HR-XML Consortium. The Sovren Group (http://www.sovren.com), based in Houston, TX, provides resume parsing components and recruitment management technology to software companies and recruiting organizations.

“We congratulate these organizations for achieving HR-XML Consortium certification,” said Chuck Allen, HR-XML Consortium Director. “HR professionals are making compliance with open standards part of the criteria they use when procuring HR solutions. We are pleased to add Deploy and Sovren to our registry of certified solutions,” Allen remarked.

The two newly certified companies join 27 other certified companies. Those companies are: Allegis Group; American Background; BenefitsXML, Inc.; CareerBuilder.com LLC; Development Dimensions International; eWork Exchange Inc.; ExecuTRACK Software; Fidelity Investments; Hewitt Associates; Hire.com; HireCheck, a First Advantage company; Hiredesk; HireRight; Jobpartners Ltd.; Manpower; milch & zucker; Oracle; PeopleClick; PeopleSoft Inc.; Resume Mirror; SAP; Sterling Testing Systems; Taleo, formerly Recruitsoft; The Gallup Organization; Ultimate Software; Unicru; and Vertical Screen companies (including Truescreen, Inc.; Business Information Group (BIG), Inc.; and Certiphi Screening, Inc.).

For information about the HR-XML Consortium’s certification program, please visit http://www.hrcertify.org or send your question certify@hr-xml.org. Individuals attending the Society for Human Resource Management’s Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 27 - 30, 2004, are encouraged to stop by the HR-XML Consortium’s booth (#2920) to learn more about certification.

For more information, contact:
Chuck Allen, Director, HR-XML Consortium, Inc.
chucka@hr-xml.org