BrassRing Launches Enterprise 5.5, Expanding its Global Leadership in Talent Management Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2003 BrassRing, the leading provider of enterprise talent management software and services, today announced the launch of BrassRing Enterprise 5.5, the next generation of talent management software with extensive European language capabilities. With delivery available both as a service (ASP) and as software installed on-site, Enterprise 5.5 supports recruiters and hiring managers in multiple languages, including Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, UK English, and US English, for optimal global collaboration in staffing processes. With this new release, BrassRing's award-winning Talent Gateways, the candidate web interfaces on corporate career websites, are now available in all the languages of Enterprise listed above as well as in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Brazilian Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese (português brasileiro in Portuguese) is a group of dialects of Portuguese written and spoken by virtually all the 190 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a couple million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, . "BrassRing's multinational user community has been asking for additional language capability. With Enterprise 5.5, we've delivered all of the advanced functionality they've come to expect from BrassRing, in the business languages they use most often," said Deb Besemer, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BrassRing. "BrassRing remains committed to our multinational user base, which is experiencing steady and strong growth in Europe. This commitment to offering an expanded language set and functionality is drawing a tremendous positive response in the global marketplace." "Optimizing talent is an important global concern. Organizations increasingly are seeing the need to standardize stan·dard·ize v. 1. To cause to conform to a standard. 2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. recruitment processes not just across offices, but across countries," said Marc Pramuk, program manager for HR Management & Staffing at IDC. "We are seeing increased demand for applications built for worldwide deployment--not only with greater language capabilities, but also the necessary infrastructure and support. In recruiting, there are distinct benefits to having the ability to access a single, global talent pool, as well as being able to report on all recruitment activities worldwide." This newest version of Enterprise offers enhanced global workflow tools so clients can customize decision processes, job requisitions, hiring process milestones, and other system settings, based on the requirements of their individual offices and locations. In addition, the platform offers seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. between clients' back-end applicant tracking and candidate communication tools, and the Talent Gateways that are connected to corporate intranets and Internet websites. Talent Gateways can be configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: for a variety of audiences, so worldwide clients are able to optimize optimize - optimisation the applicant experience for individual recruiting workflows. This means that graduate recruiting, staffing agency submittal, internal referral, and external application processes can all be managed independently, in multiple languages. Along with the new release, BrassRing also announced the expansion of support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for worldwide users of Enterprise. These services include: -- Localized Translated into the spoken language of the country. See localization. European account management -- European help desk and technical support -- European implementation capabilities (for example, configuration, integration, training, and process consulting) through BrassRing and its Tier 1 partner network For ASP clients of the Enterprise application, the transition to the new version will be seamless and will take place without any support from the clients' IT teams. Because BrassRing hosts the application, users will log in and be able to take advantage of the new functionality as soon as it is activated activated a state of being more than usually active. In biological systems this is usually brought about by chemical or electrical means. Commonly said of pharmaceutical and chemical products. . Enterprise 5.5 is available for immediate implementation. About BrassRing BrassRing delivers talent management solutions that help companies engage people. The company offers clients a custom blend of recruitment software, talent consulting, and recruitment process management. The world's most diverse and successful organizations rely on BrassRing's talent management expertise to achieve competitive advantage. Investors in BrassRing LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and its affiliates include The Washington Post Company, Tribune Company The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, responsible for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Hartford Courant , Gannett Co., Inc., and Accel Partners. BrassRing has earned a number of prestigious industry awards, including Upside's 2001 Hot 100 List of Privately Held Companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , IDC's list of the Top 10 eRecruiting providers, Forbes Magazine's Best-of-the-Web 2001 directory, Information Week's Top 100 ASPs, HR Executive's Top 10 New Products of the Year, CAREERXROADS Top Online Employment Site, and two WEDDLE'S Users' Choice Awards. |
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