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HR-XML Consortium Awards Certification to ChoicePoint® and Lawson Software, Inc.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- January 24, 2007 -- The HR-XML Consortium announced today that it has
awarded certification to ChoicePoint and
Lawson Software, Inc.
- ChoicePoint (NYSE: CPS) provides businesses, government agencies and non-profit
organizations with technology, analytical services and data, all intended to help
identify and mitigate economic or physical risk. Each year, ChoicePoint helps more
than six million people get the jobs they deserve and more than 100 million people
get fairly priced home and auto insurance. ChoicePoint’s authentication and anti-fraud
tools improve efficiency and instill confidence in the decision-making process for its
customers and consumers.
- Lawson Software, Inc. provides software and service solutions to 4,000 customers in
manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries across 40 countries.
Lawson's solutions include Enterprise Performance Management, Supply Chain Management,
Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing Resource
Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and industry-tailored applications.
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The HR-XML Consortium’s "HRcertify program" certifies HR solutions that conform to
the HR-XML Consortium’s interoperability standards. Organizations that successfully
complete the HR-XML Consortium’s certification process are awarded a logo to use on
their Web sites and a conformance statement within a registry located at www.HRcertify.org. The HR-XML certified logo indicates that the solution provider is a technology leader and is ready to integrate in a flexible and opportunistic manner with customers and partners.
"Over the past two years, we have experienced a dramatic increase in
requests from employers wanting to streamline their recruiting workflow by integrating
the ChoicePoint employment screening platform with their Web-based applicant tracking
system, HRIS and similar systems," said Scott Greenough, vice president of product
development for ChoicePoint. "Our use of the HR-XML standard helps speed up the
deployment of an integration utilizing an industry standard communication protocol."
"Becoming HR-XML certified means our customers will be able to collaborate
more easily with their business partners, which is a key benefit of moving to a
service-oriented architecture environment," said Larry Dunivan, global vice president
of Human Capital Management for Lawson. "Conforming to HR industry standards, such as
HR-XML, ultimately simplifies the process of getting information where it’s needed to
maximize workforce potential and increase productivity."
Other HR-XML Consortium certified companies are: Applicant Insight Limited, Inc.;
BenefitsXML Inc.; BrassRing; Candidate Manager Ltd; CareerBuilder.com LLC;
ClearStar.net; Deploy Solutions, Inc.; deverus; ePredix; eWork Exchange Inc.;
ExecuTRACK Solutions; Fidelity Investments; Gallup; Hewitt Associates; HireDesk;
HR Services, Inc.; JobFlash; Jobpartners Ltd.; Kenexa; Manpower; MetLife Inc.; milch & zucker;
Monster; MrTed Limited; Oracle; PeopleBank; Peopleclick; Questionmark; Resume Mirror, Inc.;
SHL Group PLC; SHPS; Sovren; Taleo; Unicru; USA-FACT; Valtera; Volt Information Sciences;
and Vurv (formerly Recruitmax).
"We congratulate these organizations for achieving HR-XML Consortium certification,"
said Chuck Allen, HR-XML Consortium Director. "HR decision makers are making compliance with open standards part of the criteria they use when procuring HR solutions. HR-XML’s registry of certified solutions provides decision makers an important resource to consult when making procurement decisions," Allen remarked.
For information about the HR-XML Consortium’s certification program, please visit
http://www.hrcertify.org
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