Bond International Announces Banner First Quarter; Staffing Software Leader Acquires eEmpACT, Adds Customers, Creates CWM Division.

RICHMOND, Va. -- The year 2005 has started on a decidedly positive note for Bond International Software.

The U.K.-based company's February acquisition of eEmpACT has made it the global leader in staffing and recruiting software. Q1 2005 has brought in over 50 new U.S. customers, exceeding expectations. And Bond announced this week that it has created a Corporate Workforce Management (CWM) division that will focus on a groundbreaking new human capital management solution - headed by the just-hired chief architect of one of the leading Applicant Tracking System (ATS) providers.

"The growth spurt in the staffing industry today is a global phenomenon," observes industry analyst Dr. Katherine Jones, managing director of Aberdeen Group's Human Capital Management research practice. "To be truly competitive, shore-to-shore coverage is essential. To remain viable, staffing companies need to make the international moves that Bond has done."

Before it was acquired by Bond, eEmpACT had been the U.S. leader in staffing and recruiting software, with Bond dominating the rest of the world market with its flagship product, Adapt. Combined, the new company is the largest staffing, recruiting and human capital management software provider on the planet, and Adapt and eEmpACT are the leading software solutions in their respective niches: Adapt for larger companies, and eEmpACT for mid-sized firms.

"The staffing industry is becoming truly global, and the acquisition of eEmpACT keeps us a step ahead of that evolution," says Bond U.S. president and CEO David Read. "The steady influx of new customers is testimony to the fact that we now have a portfolio of products that suits every kind of staffing or recruiting company, from the smallest to the largest."

Bond is significantly enhancing its scope with the creation of its Corporate Workforce Management division, which is headed by Zachary Thomas, who designed and built the market's leading ATS software solution while at Kenexa.

"Because of the current labor squeeze, corporations are starting to realize that they have to compete for a rapidly shrinking pool of available talent," says Read. "Bond is in a unique position to provide corporate HR recruiters with the tools that leading staffing agencies have utilized for over 20 years, thus making them more productive and less focused on administrative tasks."

Bond's new Corporate Workforce Management solution will break new ground by taking the concept of applicant tracking to the level of human capital management - which, says Read, will increase efficiency for the entire process of acquiring and retaining human capital.

"That's the direction in which the industry is already heading - toward human capital management," says Read. "And with our Corporate Workforce Management (CWM) system, Bond will be the first to get there."

About Bond International Software Group

A publicly held company quoted on the London Stock Exchange, Bond International Software Group (www.bondadapt.com) is a pioneer in the development and provision of staffing software, support and consultancy services to the staffing and recruiting industries. It supports more than 50,000 staffing professionals in 42 countries worldwide and has over 150 employees worldwide in its offices in the U.K., Australia, South Africa, the U.S. and Canada. Since its founding in 1973, Bond has consistently combined innovation, dedication and market focus to forge ahead of its competitors. Its products and services have achieved prestigious acclaim and are now the market choice of many of the world's largest and most well-respected personnel organizations. Its consistent, visionary perspective has enabled its network of global users to interpret and manage dynamic, complex markets and realize tangible competitive advantage in the race for human capital.

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