Authoria Manager Advisor Awarded Human Resource Executive Magazine's Top HR Product of the Year; Innovative Solution Increases Manager Effectiveness and Productivity.

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Authoria, Inc., a leader in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM), today announced that it has received Human Resource Executive's Top HR Product of the Year award for Authoria Manager Advisor(TM). Introduced in March 2004, Authoria Manager Advisor helps raise the performance of managers throughout an organization to better drive business results. Manager Advisor helps managers with change management, recruiting, compensation, performance management, employee development, and employee communication, in a single integrated application.

"The job of the manager becomes more challenging every year," said David Shadovitz, the editor and publisher of Human Resource Executive. "Authoria's Manager Advisor demonstrates that with the right tools, managers can spend more of their time helping employees reach their full potential. This helps managers - and their teams - become more successful. We couldn't let this product go unrecognized."

Each year, Human Resource Executive's editors select 10 products as the best of the year based on a series of criteria, including level of innovation, the value the products bring to the HR community and how well the products meet stated objectives. Only those that truly deliver innovation and value to HR professionals are deemed worthy of competing for Top HR Product of the Year. This is Authoria's third Product of the Year award from the magazine.

"We're honored to be recognized by the editors of Human Resource Executive. This award is for our customers, who are showing every day that informed and empowered managers are critical to corporate success," said Tod Loofbourrow the president and CEO of Authoria. "When employees have questions, they turn first to their managers. Now, with Manager Advisor, managers can perform at a much higher level, whether recruiting, assessing performance, setting compensation, interacting with employees, or developing employees' careers. Manager Advisor helps people become more effective managers."

Manager Advisor brings together, in a single integrated desktop, all the just-in-time coaching and knowledge that managers need to perform at their peak. It provides managers with the tools necessary to maximize corporate and employee productivity, driving stronger business performance. Manager Advisor brings the following benefits:

--Ensures consistency by providing an easy-to-use single point of access to information

--Drives better performance by delivering just-in-time knowledge and coaching to managers

--Provides personalized, context-sensitive information

--Directs managers to relevant training and content

--Captures analytics, trends and manager behaviors

--Tracks and drives manager compliance

Since its introduction, numerous Authoria customers have adopted Manager Advisor, a key element of successful change management and pay-for-performance initiatives at leading organizations. Manager Advisor is part of the Authoria Advisor Series(TM) (which also consists of Performance Advisor(TM), Compensation Advisor(TM), and Employee Advisor(TM)) and is a key enabler in the successful implementation of an integrated strategic human capital management solution.

About Authoria

Authoria's strategic human capital management (HCM) solutions help employers support enterprise-wide pay-for-performance initiatives and reach their high-level business objectives through their people. Authoria combines compensation and performance management with just-in-time knowledge and coaching for employees and managers, driving shareholder value at over 200 leading organizations, including Boeing, Pfizer, and Unocal. Authoria provides a strategic approach to effective communication, empowering employees to better understand and use benefit, policy and total compensation information. Visit www.authoria.com/news20.

Note to editors: Authoria is a registered trademark and the Authoria logo and Authoria Advisor Series are trademarks of Authoria, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. All other names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. The software is protected by U.S. Patent Nos. 6,505,183, 6,633,859, 6,640,216 and other patents pending.